DEFEND THE "STATION MARINE D ENDOUME" AND THE OTHER MARINE LABS

Target:

tutelles de la Station Marine d'Endoume

Sponsored by:

Jean Pierre Feral, Station Marine d'Endoume

Don't dismantle Marine Stations without fully functional alternative(s).

for sale: the 116 year-old Station Marine d Endoume in Marseille

On 20 May 2005 a decision was taken to sell 3 out of 4 of the buildings of the "Station Marine d'Endoume" (SME). This laboratory in Marseille benefits from its geographical position, between the Rhone delta and the renowned "Calanques", an extensive rocky limestone coast, and has access to many emblematic Mediterranean biotopes, some of them recognized as reference and focal sites at a European level.

Current research at the SME is focused on priority topics as identified by French, European and International science and funding agencies: marine biodiversity and functional ecology, in relation to disturbance such as the terrigenous input of the Rhone River, biological invasions and consequences of climatic changes, primarily in coastal areas. The scientific approach is to balance the use of direct and long-term observations, taxonomy, population surveys, in situ and ex situ experimentations and molecular tools.

A marine station is the only place where most aspects of these research topics can be studied together, thanks to the availability of natural running sea-water and direct access to the studied ecosystems. The suggested alternative for the SME is a hypothetical new INLAND laboratory, located 14 km from Endoume, plus one small and shabby building of the SME, remaining on the coast to accommodate experimental gear and aquariums maintained by "few technicians" without any direct and continuous control from researchers. This is inadequate to maintain the function as biological and environmental observatory carried out by SME's researchers for more than one century. This would also impair the educational role of the SME, particularly concerning the biodiversity courses.

The problems of development and management of the coastal zone imply significant responsibility for oceanologists (biologists, physiologists, ecologists, oceanographers, physicists, geologists or modellers together with geneticists and molecular biologists) whose research is located in the coastal field. The future and the development of coastal oceanology depend on a certain number of measures which are important to take concerning research, social demand and education. In a context of ever increasing pressures on the coastal zone and of biodiversity loss, the density and importance of the network of European Marine Stations are an essential support for the management of the coastal environment (scientific expertise, logistic support for monitoring, long-term series, experimentation and identification, testing and calibration of indicators...).

It is certainly not the appropriate time to close the Station Marine d'Endoume, without any functional alternative project.

DEFEND THE "STATION MARINE D'ENDOUME" AND OTHER MARINE LABS

I am concerned by the disappearance of the Station Marine d'Endoume which I consider as an important member of the network of marine stations in France and in Europe.
I therefore urge decision makers at all levels in France to reconsider their current plans and to make sure that their actions meet with future needs of Science and Society and are not irreversible.

The undersigned

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# 3,924:

5:28 am PDT, May 27, Name not displayed, Romania
Asistenta medicala principala obst.gin.lucrez din 1982 in Sectia OBSTETRICA-GINECOLOGIE a SPITALULUI CLINIC DE URGENTA SIBIU.Doresc sa lucrez in Franta sau in regiunile francofone tot ca asistenta medicala.Vorbesc limba franceza mediu.

# 3,923:

4:06 pm PDT, May 20, Olivier Giuly, France
Cadre technico-commercial

N� � Endoume !

# 3,922:

5:53 am PDT, May 16, Laurenti Patrick, France
Ma�tre de conf�rences

Universit� Paris-Diderot, CNRS

# 3,921:

1:38 am PDT, Apr 15, Hugo Cousillas, France
Ma�tre de Conf�rences, Neuro-Ethologie

Universit� de Rennes1

# 3,920:

3:20 am PDT, Mar 24, Crayssac Eric, France
Consultant pr�vention risques

Comaris

# 3,919:

11:49 am PDT, Mar 20, Loi Tran-ngoc, Georgia
I was one of the late Professor Jean Marie Peres's students. I defended my D.Sc in 1967 at the University of Aix-Marseille. I spent quite some time at SME and was very pleased with the services that SME offered to young foreing students. In short, I wouldn't be successful without SME. I am begging that SME be saved for the development of global oceanography. Thank you. Sincerely

Retired Professor/Director, Institue of Oceanography of Nhatrang, Nhatrang, Vietnam. Retired Senior Scientist, The Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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1:16 am PST, Feb 8, Daniela Pessani, Italy
Professor ; university teacher (Zoology; Marine Biology)

Dipartimento di Biologia animale e dell'uomo - Turin University

# 3,916:

4:39 am PST, Jan 31, Piotr Sicinski, Poland
monitoring environment

# 3,915:

12:14 pm PST, Jan 23, Raynaud-Crayssac A, France
doctor

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7:06 am PST, Dec 20, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece

# 3,912:

8:53 am PST, Dec 6, DEVREKER SYLVIANE, France

# 3,911:

3:53 pm PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, France

# 3,910:

1:51 am PST, Nov 17, Nyiri Alain, France
M�decin cardiologue, Animateur de biologie sous marine.

Adh�rent de la f�deration fran�aise de sports sub-aquatiques

# 3,909:

2:36 am PST, Nov 10, Name not displayed, France
�tudiante

L'IUT st j�r�me

# 3,908:

9:54 am PST, Nov 9, Jessica Lizotte, Canada

# 3,907:

3:21 am PST, Nov 8, Gregory Montreuil, France
artist

independent

# 3,906:

1:37 am PST, Nov 8, Christine Rod�s, France
Art critic, lecturer

independent

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9:51 am PST, Nov 4, Angel Harris, Tennessee

# 3,904:

6:22 pm PDT, Oct 31, Alan Willsie, Canada
Environmental Effects Monitoring Specialist Sp�cialiste en suivi des effets sur l'environnement

Environment Canada Environnement Canada

# 3,903:

2:23 am PDT, Oct 22, Christian BANGE, France
Professeur honoraire des Universit�s, ancien pr�sident de la Soci�t� d'histoire et d'�pist�mologie des sciences de la vie

# 3,902:

5:31 am PDT, Oct 2, Bouchet Vincent, France
Looking for a post doc

# 3,901:

4:43 am PDT, Sep 27, Alexis PEY, France
�tudiant au COM

centre d'oc�anologie de marseille

# 3,900:

3:03 am PDT, Sep 21, Isabelle Peronnet, France
chercheur halieute

ifremer

# 3,899:

1:06 am PDT, Sep 12, Richard Serge, French Southern Territories
Technicien pilote de sous marin

G�navir

# 3,898:

11:26 pm PDT, Sep 11, Seyer Gerard, France
enseignant

rectorat

# 3,897:

3:46 am PDT, Aug 20, Blanc Julie, France
doctor

hoptital des enfants, la timone, marseille

# 3,896:

5:40 am PDT, Aug 2, Gilles Verdun, France
�tudiant

ustv

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1:00 am PDT, Jun 14, Higgins-roger Christine, France
infirmi�re et syndicaliste

clinique priv�e

# 3,894:

3:17 am PDT, May 26, Dalila Sadi, Germany
Phd Student

institut for Zoologie, University of Hamburg

# 3,893:

4:48 pm PDT, May 16, Brent Rubio, California
Graduate Student, Organic Chemistry PhD

University of California Santa Cruz

# 3,892:

2:38 am PDT, May 16, Patrick SCAPS, France
Ma�tre de conf�rences

Universit� des Sciences et Technologies de Lille

# 3,891:

1:58 pm PDT, May 6, Claudia Boot, California
Graduate Student

UCSC

# 3,890:

9:02 pm PDT, May 4, Jacqueline Compton, California
Office Manager, Ecclesiastical Notary

Diocese of Oakland

# 3,889:

1:24 pm PDT, May 4, Name not displayed, California
Grants coordinator

UCSC

# 3,888:

11:34 am PDT, May 4, Name not displayed, California
ISS Manager

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

# 3,887:

10:26 am PDT, May 4, Eric Mejia, California
Graduate Student

UCSC

# 3,886:

10:14 am PDT, May 4, Sarah Robinson, California
researcher

ucsc

# 3,885:

10:12 am PDT, May 4, Steven Loveridge, California
Lab Technician

UC Santa Cruz

# 3,884:

10:05 am PDT, May 4, Katie Watts, California
Graduate Student

University of California, Santa Cruz

# 3,883:

9:24 am PDT, May 4, Wendy Rothwell, California
Lecturer in Biomolecular Engineering

University of California, Santa Cruz

# 3,882:

8:42 am PDT, May 4, Thomas Compton, California
Retired

Alameda County

# 3,881:

11:15 pm PDT, May 3, Jason Compton, California
teacher

csaa

# 3,880:

8:49 pm PDT, May 3, Jennifer Compton, California
Postdoctoral Researcher

University of California, Santa Cruz

# 3,879:

4:54 pm PDT, May 3, Karen Tenney, California
Marine Chemical Biologist

University of California Santa Cruz

# 3,878:

4:07 pm PDT, May 3, Laurent Calcul, California
Postdoctoral scholar

UCSC

# 3,877:

4:00 pm PDT, Apr 27, Jean-Pierre BAUDOIN, France
PhD Student

INSERM

# 3,876:

7:16 am PDT, Apr 26, Florent RENAUD, France
PhD student

International Atomic Energy Agency

# 3,875:

8:00 am PDT, Apr 24, Jean-yves Lallemand, France
head of the Institute of Natural Products chemistry

CNRS

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1:36 am PDT, Apr 24, Ludmila Ermolenko, France
IR

ICSN-CNRS

# 3,873:

2:11 am PDT, Apr 20, Gabant Marion, France
phD

ICSN

# 3,872:

8:47 pm PDT, Apr 19, Daniel Romo, Texas
Professor of Chemistry

Texas A&M University

# 3,871:

9:17 am PDT, Apr 19, Barale Karine, France
student

ICSN (CNRS)

# 3,870:

7:32 am PDT, Apr 19, Picon Sylvain, France
student

icsn (CNRS)

# 3,869:

1:40 am PDT, Apr 19, M.Letizia Ciavatta, Italy
Researcher

CNR

# 3,868:

1:14 am PDT, Apr 19, FRanck GABRIEL, France
chercheur

CEA

# 3,867:

12:46 am PDT, Apr 19, Margherita Gavagnin, Italy
Researcher

Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare - CNR

# 3,866:

12:19 am PDT, Apr 19, Angelo Fontana, Italy
Senior researcher

CNR - Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry

# 3,865:

11:58 pm PDT, Apr 18, Al-Mourabit Ali, France
Research Director

CNRS (ICSN)

# 3,864:

1:49 am PDT, Apr 4, Felix Hidalgo Puertas, Spain
Ma�tre de Conf�rences

Universit� de Grenade

# 3,863:

8:49 am PDT, Mar 28, Morhange Christophe, France
Pr

Universit� Aix Marseille 1

# 3,862:

3:18 am PST, Mar 2, Concepcion Marcos, Spain
Senior Lecturer in Ecology

University of Murcia

# 3,861:

5:22 am PST, Feb 23, Daubelcour Christine, France
Professeur des �coles

Education Nationale (DEA Oc�anographie 1986)

# 3,860:

1:50 pm PST, Feb 1, Sergey Piontkovski, Ukraine
Senior Scientist

Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas

# 3,859:

11:57 am PST, Jan 27, Nia Haf Jones, United Kingdom
Marine Education Outreach Officer

Marine Awareness North Wales

# 3,858:

6:52 am PST, Jan 27, Emilie-Fleur Dicks, United Kingdom
Biodiveristy Reporting Officer

Countryside Council for Wales

# 3,857:

5:18 am PST, Jan 16, Touahria Tarik, Algeria
Researcher

Facult� des Sciences Biologiques Laboratoire Ecosysteme P�lagique USTHB

# 3,856:

8:37 pm PST, Dec 28, Ange Barrett, United Kingdom
.

# 3,855:

4:03 am PST, Dec 12, Ondine Cornubert, France
Etudiante bio

Luminy

# 3,854:

3:58 am PST, Dec 8, Rodier Christelle, France
AVS

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# 3,853:

9:59 am PST, Nov 27, Gaetan White, France
manager

D.O.C. BETON

# 3,852:

4:22 pm PST, Nov 1, V.J.Robert Sladovic, Croatia
MPhil Postgraduate, University of Bradford (Aspects of Environmental Management Problems in the Croatian Adriatic Region)

# 3,851:

3:26 pm PST, Oct 29, Karlie Atherton, United Kingdom
student

plymouth university

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