Welcome to BenthOBS-B!

The BenthOBS observation network

The benthic macrofauna observation network BenthOBS aims to have long time series along the French metropolitan and ultra-marine coasts in order to highlight and understand changes in specific diversity within benthic communities and their consequences on the functioning of coastal marine ecosystems.
BenthOBS combines the resources, skills and expertise of French marine laboratories to:

• CNRS
• IFREMER
• MNHN
• University of Lille
• University of Caen
• Sorbonne University
• University of Brittany
• University of La Rochelle
• University of Bordeaux

BenthOBS-B database

BenthOBS-B is a system to store data concerning benthic fauna in France, developed together by the network BenthOBS, i.e. a coalition of marine research stations from french universities, CNRS, MNHN and IFREMER.

Information for user

An Roscoff Marine Station ABiMS-platform account is needed to log in the system. If you don't have this account, you can request one from the ABiMS account page - remember to select 'Benthobs B' checkbox under 'Service needs / Restricted access resources'. You will receive a confirmation email once your account has been created.

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the development team at contact.benthobs@sb-roscoff.fr.