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Photosynthetic biofilm study areas- Sélune Observatory

Microbial communities play a major role in the functioning of ecosystems: they are at the base of the food chain (primary production) and participate in the degradation of organic matter. These communities are also known to respond rapidly to environmental changes. Like macro-invertebrates, they can be used as ecological indicators.

Benthic diatoms are the main photosynthetic organisms in this biological community. The relative abundance of the various species is used to calculate an environmental quality index (EQI). Major differences in communities between the upstream and downstream zones were observed when the dams were in place. These differences will change once the dams are removed.

As part of the Sélune observatory, pilot stations have been set up along the main course of the Sélune, distributed from upstream to downstream of the hydroelectric dams. Three stations are located in the former reservoirs of the dams, while the other two, known as the reference stations, are outside the area of influence of the former dams (one downstream and the other upstream). At these stations, aquatic biocenoses (including benthic macroinvertebrates, biofilms, macrophytes, etc.) are monitored. Since September 2014, the stations are ideally sampled every month from April to October (7 annual surveys) using artificial substrates (glass slides placed in the water). In addition to the diatom survey (floristic list, IBD calculation), the chlorophyll-a concentration is measured.

This layer shows the location of the study sectors used to monitor photosynthetic biofilms and the campaigns carried out.

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Date (Creation)
2025-03-03T10:38:00
Edition

2025

Citation identifier
fr-20250303103810-umrsas-selune-v_bioc_biofilm_sctr_biofilm
Purpose

The purpose of this layer is to locate benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring stations as part of the Sélune Observatory.

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

INRAE U3E

Jean-Marc Roussel

jean-marc.roussel@inrae.fr

Point of contact

UMR DECOD

Gorzérino Caroline

caroline.gorzerino@inrae.fr

Point of contact

AESN

aesn@aesn.fr

funder

University of Rennes

Pannard Alexandrine

alexandrine.pannard@univ-rennes.fr

Point of contact

INRAE U3E

Nadine Herrard

nadine.herrard@inrae.fr

Custodian
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note

Last update: 09/12/2024 with autumn 2024 data (surber only)

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

UMR DECOD

Chevé Manuel

manuel.cheve@inrae.fr

Publisher
Theme
  • Open data

  • Biology, Fauna, Flora

Keywords
  • Environmental monitoring facilities

INSPIRE topics

  • Environmental monitoring facilities

Use limitation

Unrestricted use subject to the following compulsory wording on all distribution documents: "Source: INRAE - DECOD / U3E".

Use limitation

Open licence : https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

No public access restriction

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
25000
Language

fre

Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
2014-09-01
End date
2027-12-31
Reference system identifier
RGF93 / Lambert-93 (EPSG:2154)
Geometric object type
Point

Distributor

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

UMR 1069 SAS INRA - Agrocampus Ouest

Pole GéoSAS

geosas_adm@framalistes.org

Distributor
Distributor format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

1.0

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://programme-selune.com/fr/observatoire/

Sélune Observatory

OGC:WFS

https://geosas.fr/geoserver/selune/wfs?SERVICE=WFS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

selune:v_bioc_biofilm_sctr_biofilm_session

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://geosas.fr/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=selune:v_bioc_biofilm_sctr_biofilm_session&outputFormat=application%2Fjson

Download "Photosynthetic biofilm monitoring stations - Sélune Observatory Sélune" JSON file

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://geosas.fr/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=selune:v_bioc_biofilm_sctr_biofilm_session&outputFormat=csv

Download "Photosynthetic biofilm monitoring stations - Sélune Observatory" CSV file

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://geosas.fr/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=selune:v_bioc_biofilm_sctr_biofilm_session&outputFormat=SHAPE-ZIP

Download "Photosynthetic biofilm monitoring stations - Selune Observatory" in shapefile format

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WFS

https://geosas.fr/geoserver/selune/wfs?SERVICE=WFS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

selune:v_bioc_biofilm_sctr_biofilm_session

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification for the spatial data theme Elevation

Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

Not rated

Pass
No
Statement

The monitoring stations were located using a hiking GPS (expected planimetric accuracy <= 20 m).

Metadata

File identifier
fd744239-52d3-413e-bc00-8b879b0a5ae0 XML
Metadata language

fre

Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
e91b4cb1-252d-4ae9-bdf4-24366af7a87c

e91b4cb1-252d-4ae9-bdf4-24366af7a87c

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-06T16:29:25
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115

Metadata standard version

1.0

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

UMR 1069 SAS INRA - Agrocampus Ouest

GéoSAS

geosas_adm@framalistes.org

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
English
French UTF8
 
 

Overviews

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

Biology, Fauna, Flora Open data
INSPIRE topics

Environmental monitoring facilities


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