EB Lab in other initiatives 

Gravity Marine

EBLab is engaged in an interdisciplinary dialogue with the consultancy, Gravity Marine about the methods used in environmental impact assessments and monitoring. This collaboration has resulted in an original series of research articles that aim to improve the quantitative tools used for aquatic and marine environmental impact studies.

APOLIMER (2016-2021)

EBLab members make regular contributions to the interdisciplinary projects and research propositions led by this group. Our interest is in developing and testing how scientific expertise reported in environmental impact assessments, is perceived by different stakeholder groups. In particular, we have been exploring how the results of deterministic ecosystem models are used (or not) during negotiations between stakeholders and decision-makers.

LIA BeBEST (2016-2019)

EBLab’s participation in the Laboratoire International Associé (LIA) BeBEST ended in 2019, following the failure of the group leadership to support quantitative methodological developments in marine ecology and environmental impact detection.

EBLab members constructed the scientific project of the LIA BeBEST which was accepted by the CNRS in 2016, and helped raise the profile of this international group in benthic marine ecology created within the “LEMAR” (Laboratoire des sciences de l’environnement marin) of the Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer in Brest. EBLab has promoted individual-based approaches in benthic marine systems as a means to push the limits of our understanding of ecological interactions and the prediction of their outcomes. Within BeBEST, we strove to reinforce and strengthen the links between experimentation, observation and modelling. We reviewed and revised experimental methods in ecology to be compatible with high resolution observations, systematic data analysis, and mathematical models. 

EBLab led the drive to build on interdisciplinary topics for BeBEST, especially at the interface between social, economic and ecological systems. Our main theme of environmental impact assessment has evolved to include exploring the potential role of quantitative information and methods for improving how marine environments are managed. We have thus been at the origin of several new partnerships with consultants, as well as collaborations with social scientists during this time. 

We also designed the website architecture, helped manage social media, and provided training in scientific communication skills for group’s students.