ILICO's 2025 Annual Meeting will take place in Boulogne sur mer the week of October 27th to 31st and the scientific event will be dedicated to “Long term coastal in situ observation from automated platforms of small temporal and spatial scales”
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Established in 2016, ILICO, France’s multi-agency Research Infrastructure for coastal ocean observation, aims to observe and understand coastal ocean and seashore environments in a comprehensive manner. ILICO brings together an ensemble of complementary observation networks that collect samples and deploy a wide range of measurement devices to study these ecosystems. The observation networks are accredited through a peer-reviewed evaluation process overseen by national research agencies. The networks are : BENTHOBS, COAST HF, CORAIL, DYNALIT, MOOSE, PHYTOBS, ReefTemps, SOMLIT & SONEL. ILICO’s missions include to foster interactions between members of its pluri-disciplinary research community in order to improve understanding of the function and evolution of these environments.
Video on ILICO's youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdoO6H7n83I
To find out more
Coastal Ocean and Nearshore Observation: A French Case Study https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00324/full
Video on ILICO's youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdoO6H7n83I