Scientific diving in France: an overview of the current practices in science
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Date | 2023 | ||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||
Other localization | https://ecsd7.sciencesconf.org/ | ||||||||
Author(s) | Hocdé Régis1, Thouzeau Gerard2, Bourquin Sophie3, Borel Laurent4, Coulange Mathieu5, 6, Féral Jena-Pierre7, Feunteun Eric8, 9, Jacquet Stéphan10, Le Bras Philippe11, Le Gall Line12, Legrand Sebastien13, Lenfant Philippe14, Lepage Mario15, Play Caroline3, Saragoni Gilles14, Schull Quentin1 | ||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : UMR MARBEC - MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation, france 2 : LEMAR - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), france 3 : IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement , france 4 : CCJ - Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité, france 5 : C2VN - Centre recherche en CardioVasculaire et Nutrition = Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition research, france 6 : Hôpitaux Sud - Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite [CHU - APHM] , france 7 : IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale, france 8 : BOREA - Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques , france 9 : CGEL - Centre de Géo-Écologie Littorale, france 10 : CARRTEL - Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques , france 11 : IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, france 12 : ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, france 13 : DRASSM - Département des Recherches Archéologiques Subaquatiques et Sous-Marines [Marseille], france 14 : CEFREM - Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens, france 15 : UR EABX - Ecosystèmes aquatiques et changements globaux , france |
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Meeting | ECSD7 - 7th European Conference on Scientific Diving. 14 tu 18 May 2023, Roscoff, France | ||||||||
Abstract | The French National Committee for Scientific Diving (CNPS) takes on different tasks including acting as an observatory of occupational scientific diving practices and innovations (Thouzeau et al., 2019). Since 1991 in France, scientific diving has been recognized by law as an occupational sector and is therefore regulated with the aim to reduce the hyperbaric risk. Currently, French scientific diving encompasses many fields such as life sciences and ecology, geosciences, social & cultural sciences including archeology, health & food, engineering sciences, energy... Due to the existence of overseas territories - with France's maritime spaces representing the world's second largest exclusive economic zone - French territories display an extensive variety of submarine habitats. Furthermore, the historical richness of scientific diving in France has led the French scientific diving community to be involved in all oceans worldwide. All subaquatic ecosystems, from the polar regions to the tropical belt, from drowned karsts to freshwater and high altitude lakes, including mesocosms and artificial structures are studied by diving scientists. On top of the traditional diving methods (apnea, open circuit and hookah) scientific diving benefits in recent years from the use of closed-circuit rebreathers but also from combining CCR and saturation methods, which greatly enhanced the study of the mesophotic zones. In light of the diversity of environments, disciplines and scientific issues, scientific divers are continuously innovating to perform outstanding research. This presentation will outline the recent work of the last decade highlighting the importance of scientific diving in science (in France). |
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