CEFREM : Centre of Education and Research on Mediterranean Environments

The CEFREM has for a long time been investigating coastal environments, focussing on the socio-economic issues inherent in using them.

Its research looks at matter and energy transfers at the coastal system’s interfaces. This includes physical exchanges of water masses, particles and other elements (carbon in particular) within the continent/ocean continuum. Its marine ecology resources have recently been bolstered. It carries out all of this research within the framework of international, national and regional programmes.

Director(s)

• M. Wolfgang Ludwig (Director)

Research areas

• Geosystems and ecosystems
• Resources and natural hazards

Equipments

• Technologic platform CREM-IEEM (Intervention and Valuation in Marine Environnement) at Port-Barcarès
•  Acquisition of geophysical data (C-MAX CM2 sidescan sonar, mini-sparker seismic and INNOMAR Chirp, "Real Time Kinematic” positioning system, single-beam probe)
• Processing of geophysical data (Caraibes, SonarScope, Globe and Hypack software, multi-beam and sidescan data, ISE, SES, Kingdom-Suite and sonarWizz applications, Fledermaus, 3DViewer and NViz, ArcGis, QuantumGIS and Surfer.
• Poem-L2r plateform
• Etm, C and N analytical instruments, D13C and D15N stable isotopes
• Trap and core treatment plant
• Marine ecology equipment (1 x 7 m BWA semi-rigid boat, 1 x 5 m Bombard semi-rigid boat, 1 thermal compressor, 1 electrical compressor, VEMCO acoustic equipment: 2 VR100 receivers + VR2 beacons, 1 Remotely Operated Vehicle, wire-guided robots
  
  

Partnerships

• Veolia
• Lyonnaise des Eaux
• Total
• IFREMER
• CD 66
• DREAL LR
• Marine park
• Research bodies (Banyuls, Toulouse, Montpellier, La-Seyne-sur- Mer, Aix, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Paris, Brest, Caen, Barcelone, Athènes, Ancône, …)

Additional information

European and ANR programmes

• ANR CIEL
• ANR MATUGLI
• MISTRALS CNRS-INSU project : Mermex, Paleomex, Sicmed, Escofa
• SOERE MOOSE (Mediterranean Ocean Observing System)
• HERMIONE
• PERSEUS
• European programme SUBLIMO LIFE+ : Analyse, monitor and restore marine biodiversity
• GIREL/NAPPEX (Agence de l'eau - Ecocean)
• E-Cate (Fondation Total, Fondation de France, CG 66)