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Ms. Catherine BELIN

National Manager of the REPHY (French Phytoplankton and Phycotoxins Monitoring Network)

Oceanography and Coastal Ecosystems Dynamics

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Nantes

Work Location

Rue de l'Île d'Yeu
BP 21105
44311 Nantes Cedex 03
France

Nationality

France

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Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.net/expert/cbelin

Highest Degree

Engineer

Job Type

Data Management
Natural Resource Management
Operational Support (technical)

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Fisheries, Aquaculture

Activities

Manager of the French Phytoplankton and Phycotoxins Observation and Monitoring Network (REPHY), which is a national programme. Coordination, monitoring strategy, valorization and data spreading, international contacs. This monitoring has both environmental and sanitary objectives. For the environmental aspect (phytoplankton time series), it participates to the surveillance control for the European Directives (WFD and MSFD). For the sanitary aspect, the main problems are linked to Dinophysis and lipophilic toxins, to Alexandrium (minutum, catenella/tamarense) and PSP toxins, to Pseudo-nitzschia and ASP toxins.

Skills

Monitoring

Working language(s)

English

Website(s)

http://envlit.ifremer.fr/

Created: 1997-06-06 | Last Updated: 2024-07-17


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