Terrestrial Metatron
Introduction
The terrestrial mesocosms available through AnaEE-France are present in a device called Metatron. This platform allows a study of terrestrial ecosystems thanks to a large-scale system allowing the observation of population movements according to the climatic conditions under control in the different compartments.
Indeed, the Metatron includes a set of climate-controlled enclosures designed to study terrestrial metacommunities. These large cages are inhabited by a community of animal and plant species on which certain conditions of temperature, humidity and solar radiation are imposed.
Proposed services
- Custom experimental services in enclosed environment;
Types of ecosystems
Terrestrial ecosystemsTypes of pressures
Biodiversity, Ecosystem management, Structure of ecosystems, Weather manipulation
Platforms
Animaleries
The Station of Theoretical and Experimental Ecology (SETE) has all the facilities to raise Invertebrates, Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles and a greenhouse for the production of plants, to control the communities of species introduced into the metatron.
Métatron
The Metatron includes 48 cages of 100 m² and 2 m high each in which the climatic conditions can be handled (temperature, hygrometry and solar radiation). The units are connected to each other by corridors allowing organisms to pass from one unit to another. Metatron is used to test the effects of climate on population dynamics, particularly in the context of global change and fragmentation.
