The effect of Maerl extraction on Benthic Communities in the Glénan Archipelago.

The DORIS programme (Data from Observations for the Recognition and Identification of Underwater Fauna and Flora) relies primarily on the network of divers from the Biology and Underwater Environment Commissions coordinated by the CNEBS of the FFESSM (French Federation of Underwater Studies and Sports).

Upon building a new waste pool for waste from oyster farming, a zostera noltii seagrass meadow was destroyed by sediment deposits. This site is located in the Arcachon basin and has been monitored since 2005 in order to evaluate the impact this of this work and the recolonisation of the site by benthic macrofauna.

Resomar is a French national network of marine stations and observatories for exchanging and collaboration on scientific projects, studies and monitoring programmes. In 2007, the CNRS/INSU launched a programme with a view to giving new life to RESOMAR (formerly RNSM and then RNSLM), and to made it a strategic tool for enhancing coastal marine biology studies at a national level. This network has been given the task of scientifically collating and exploiting biological databased relating to the components of benthic and pelagic ecosystems on the French coast.