Become a player in the scientific project BiodivAquArt, aquatic biodiversity in art!
Our MIO colleagues, Thomas Changeux and Thomas Richard (EMBIO) are strongly involved in this project
During a visit to the museum, did you come across a work of art containing an aquatic animal? Share your discoveries online and contribute to the progress of this original study in historical ecology carried out by staff from the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO) and the laboratory Temps, Espaces, Langages, Europe méridionale, Méditerranée (TELEMMe)!
During a visit to the museum, did you come across a work of art containing an aquatic animal? Share your discoveries online and contribute to the progress of this original study in historical ecology carried out by researchers from the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO) and the laboratory Temps, Espaces, Langages, Europe méridionale, Méditerranée (TELEMMe)!
Understanding the aquatic environments of the past is essential to better understand and protect today's ecosystems.
The researchers of the BiodivAquArt project use works of art as sources of information and evidence on aquatic fauna. This information is analysed using the statistical tools of ecology. By cross-referencing this data with historical and archaeological studies, these works of art provide information on the long-term evolution of aquatic socio-ecosystems in Europe, and make it possible to determine the "natural" state of the environment before degradation.
A participatory programme to enrich the analyses
Researchers need to collect a large number of works of art to refine their analyses... become a player in this research project by helping them to identify works!
How can you participate?
Simply create an account on www.biodivaquart.fr, then publish a work that you have come across during your visits to a museum, a gallery, etc.
Share the photo and fill in some information. Explore and comment on the other contributions in the gallery!
These works should contain :
- aquatic fauna (fish, molluscs, crustaceans...)
- the name of the author
- the geographical origin
- the period of the work.
Contacts BiodivAquArt
Anne-Sophie Tribot : anne-sophie.tribot@univ-amu.fr
Thomas Changeux : thomas.changeux@ird.fr
Daniel Faget : daniel.faget@univ-amu.fr
Thomas Richard : thomas.richard@mio.osupytheas.fr
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