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New marine specimens were collected along the shore of Dinard, a town in Brittany on the « Côte d’Émeraude », during the first sampling mission that was executed entirely by the ATLASea program. Beach of the « Pointe de la Roche Pelée » and Marine Station of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Dinard. © ATLASea From June 24 to […]

As part of the KANAMECO oceanographic campaign led by the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), ATLASea had the opportunity to collect new samples of marine species during the month of March in the large southern lagoon off Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia. From March 11 to 31, a number of ATLASea members, including Janaina […]

Thanks to its expertise in collecting, taxonomy and conservation, the Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) is coordinating the field component of this DIVE-Sea program. The aim is to coordinate the collection of marine organisms for genomic sequencing. To mark the launch of the targeted DIVE-Sea project, a press conference was organized on Friday April 5, […]

Between September 26th and October 6th 2023, a group of ATLASea researchers participated in a sampling expedition in Leucate, near Narbonne on the western side of the French Mediterranean coast. The expedition was organized by the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle. After collecting the samples, the boat crews and divers placed them in cold water and […]