Established in 2016, the Coastal Ocean and Nearshore Observation French Research Infrastructure (“ILICO”) is dedicated to observing and improving our understanding of seashore environments and coastal ecosystems. ILICO is a distributed infrastructure comprised of in situ observation networks deploying a wide range of instruments to sample and measure parameters at high and / or low frequencies.
Long-term monitoring is essential to understanding and anticipating large-scale processes and phenomena that can impact coastal and littoral zones (such as quantifying the impact of extreme and / or intermittent events such as tsunamis or cyclones). The study of these environments is notorious for the challenges posed by spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics at nested scales.
ILICO is a network of 8 established observation networks COAST-HF, CORAIL, DYNALIT, MOOSE, PHYTOBS, ReefTEMPS, SOMLIT, SONEL (and BENTHOBS, applying for national observation network recognition).
It’s also a pluri-disciplinary network of over 50 French laboratories involved in coastal and nearshore scientific research (lab correspondants work together on priority actions).
To find out more - in English - read our review Coastal Ocean and Nearshore Observation: A French Case Study
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00324/full
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L'IR-ILICO organise annuellement un colloque dédié à des réflexions autour de questions scientifiques et donnant lieu à son Assemblée Générale.
MAJ 28/09/2020
Malgré l'annulation du colloque scientifique, une partie de la séquence ILICO (dont l'Assemblée Générale) sera maintenue à distance (i.e. visio). Merci de conserver vos journées du lundi 26 et mardi 27 octobre (le programme est en cours d'actualisation et sera affiché / circulé prochainement).
Mercator Ocean International organizes in October 2 2019 in Brussels, Belgium, an event entitled “Copernicus Marine for MSFD”.