MarHa - Marine habitats
Le logo représente les lettres du nom Marha en vert et bleu
Improving the conservation status of 8 main types of temperate French marine habitats is the main objective of the Life Marha project.
In 2012, the conservation status of the majority of Natura 2000 marine habitats was assessed as unfavourable. This result was the motivating factor for the Life Marha. The French Office for Biodiversity coordinates this national project with eleven other partners bringing together managers and research organizations. For Ifremer, four departments are involved: REM, ODE, IDM and RBE.
To improve knowledge and the development of conservation status indicators for coastal habitats, Ifremer has proposed several areas of study relating to:
• seagrass beds with the main objective of better understanding the dynamic of this emblematic habitat, its variability and its responses to local and/or global pressures,
• intertidal reef habitats: boulder fields and reef flats of the Basque coasts because of their specific biogeographical and environmental traits and fucales for the regression they may experience in certain sectors,
• subtidal reef habitats, and more specifically kelp, whose distribution and standing stock assessment are major issues for this habitat management,
• innovation to develop new tools for monitoring benthic habitats by testing the potential of hyperspectral sensors for the assessment of conservation status.
Scientific contact: Touria Bajjouk, coordination du volet côtier (Dyneco/Lebco), Vincent Ouisse (LER Languedoc-Roussillon), Marie-Noelle De Casamajor (LER Anglet), Isabelle Auby (LER Arcachon), Claire Rollet (LER Bretagne-Nord)
Collaborations:
The picture shows the 3 letters OFB in blue on the right and the OFB logo on the left in green and blue.
The logo shows the letters CNRS written horizontally and the text Advancing the Frontiers written vertically.
The logo shows green arrows to the right that go upwards. On the left you can see the name GIS Posidonia and then underneath the text Groupement d'intérêt scientifique pour l'environnement marin (Scientific Interest Group for the Marine Environment).
The logo shows on the left a green triangle with blue arrows. On the left are the letters IMA
The picture shows on the left different circles in a blue gradient. On the right you can read UMS Natural Heritage. Center of Expertise and Data. MNHN - AFB - CNRS
Le logo montre à gauche une ellipse verte contenant un hippocampe blanc. A droit on lit Parc naturel régional du Golfe du Morbihan en français puis en breton (Park ar Mor Bihan). En dessous on lit: une autre vie s'invente ici.
The logo shows on the left a green ellipse containing a white wolf and a flag with an ermine (Breton emblem). On the right is written in red Armorique Regional Natural Park in French and then in Breton: Park an Arvorig.
The logo shows on the left a green ellipse containing white bull horns representing the Camargue. On the right one reads Regional Natural Park of the Camargue
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