Octopus datalab is proud to coordinate the newly launched Wildinsync program: High resolution temporal monitoring of marine fish communities using environmental DNA
We need high-resolution temporal monitoring of biodiversity. Why ? Because the world is rapidly changing. Human activities and climate change impact marine ecosystems at an alarming rate. Monitoring earth’s physical environment benefits from fully functional remote sensing and automated measurement systems. However, monitoring biodiversity (and marine biodiversity in particular) is another story. It is logistically […]
BioDivMed 2023 fieldwork : Environmental DNA in South East of France
The sampling begins The BioDivMed program, which involves taking 700 eDNA samples over 2,000 km, has begun. Our teams, spread out along the coast and/or on board offshore vessels, are carrying out numerous field missions. During our visit to Martigues on June 22, 2023, we received a team from France 3 Provence-Alpes to cover our […]
Launch of the BioDivMed 2023 program: Environmental DNA to revisit the distribution of fish species on the French Mediterranean coasts
Environmental DNA (eDNA) still has a lot to offer. From extending the known diversity (Juhel et al 2022) to revisit global ecological patterns (Marques et al. 2020) and challenge conservation paradigms (Boulanger et al. 2021) (and many more studies…), eDNA has shaken the world of ecology. Now this technique will be used to review what […]
