MERSEA
à l’Université de Caen Normandie
Responsible FORSEAS
Our ambition
Monitoring the health of marine environments – from genes to ecosystems
Our research teams, PHARE and FORSEAS, bring together recognized scientific expertise. Their work is complementary, spanning multiple scales of investigation, from molecular biology to ecosystem-level dynamics
Our missions
- Study marine organisms to understand their interactions, acclimation processes, and long-term adaptations
Investigate ecosystem functioning and track their trajectories in response to anthropogenic pressures, such as climate change, pollution, and habitat disturbance
Monitor the health of marine environments, using multi-scale approaches – from molecular biology to ecosystem analysis
Focus on the English Channel as a key observation area, serving as a model region for understanding environmental changes in temperate coastal seas
Support sustainable marine management by providing scientific data and expertise to inform public policy and conservation efforts
Our expertise
- Knowledge on the physiology of marine organisms
- Model organisms : microalgae, mollusks, fish
- Physiological functions : reproduction, growth, immunity
- Study in environmental toxicology
- The development of bio-indicators : from organisms to coastal ecosystems
- Characterization and management of biodiversity and associated functions
- Development and diversification of the aquaculture
- Marine biotechnology
- Development of –omics approaches: From the epigenome to the proteome
- Acquisition and management of databases
Our teams
PHARE
The PHARE team brings together researchers and teachers of the unit specialized in the processes of regulation of the molecular physiology of aquatic species, on the levels of observations spanning the gene, cell, tissue, and up the body…
FORSEAS
The research team FORSEAS UR MERSEA focuses on thecoastal ecosystem of the Neck, characterized by gradients of human impact, with areas such as the Bay of the Seine much affected by the human activities…
