AnaEE France

Analysis and Experimentations on Ecosystems

AnaEE France offers the scientific community, companies and civil society organisations full access to the study of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems through its experimental platforms distributed throughout mainland France and the French overseas territories.
It also supports your projects by offering analyses on its analytical platforms and modelling pipelines.

Anaee France ecosystem illustration by par Jocelyn Duluc

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facilities
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projects per year
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users per year
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publications

Services offered

Enclosed experimentation In natura experimentation Mobile instrumentation Analytical platforms Information systems

Enclosed experimentation

AnaEE-France offers the possibility of studying aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in controlled environments. Two Ecotrons and six experimental platforms are thus made available to scientists, for studies in artificial environments or in situ in a controlled manner:

Ecotron Ile de France
Ecotron of Montpellier
PLANAQUA platform
PEARL platform
Mesocosms and lake experimentation
Terrestrial Metatron
Aquatic Metatron
ECP platform
XPO platform

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In natura experimentation

It allows in situ monitoring, often over the long term, of different types of ecosystems, in order to measure in particular their evolution in the face of climate change, under different conditions (environmental and pedoclimatic conditions, operating conditions, etc.). The four main families of ecosystems studied within the framework of AnaEE-France are:

agrosystems (permanent and temporary grasslands, field crops),
forest ecosystems including temperate and continental forests, Mediterranean forests and tropical forests and plantations,
lake ecosystems.
alpine ecosystems

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Mobile instrumentation

The “mobile laboratories” allow measurements to be taken directly in the field and to overcome the constraints of transport and packaging. They allow:

to ecologically characterize terrestrial ecosystems, in particular via targeted measurement campaigns on gas flow sites in spectroscopy or spectrometry with, for certain devices such as the PTRMS, a measurement of the instantaneous flows of volatile organic components.
to take samples and carry out initial analyses in biogeochemistry, biochemistry or molecular biology.

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Analytical platforms

In addition to its experimentation platforms, AnaEE-France provides scientists with a series of analytical tools:

three environmental genomics platforms (eDNA, EcogenO and GenoSol);
an enzymatic analysis laboratory (BioChem-Env).
but also tools distributed in the experimental platforms dedicated to environmental isotopy, biogeochemistry of soils and lake environments, and biological analysis.

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Information systems

AnaEE France provides access to information and data modelling systems for the use of the results obtained on the various platforms of the infrastructure:

an information system for the management of projects, platforms and associated metadata which also serves as a catalogue,
an information system for the management of long-term experimental data,
a semantic repository and data annotation pipelines for data sharing and reuse in a FAIR logic.

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News

Job opening – Research technician in measurement, experiments, and instrumentation

A research technician position in measurement and instrumentation, focused on Mediterranean forest ecophysiology, is open at the Mediterranean Forest Ecology...

Publiée le 18 February 2026

NbS-Chairs SOLU-BIOD call for projects

The NbS-Chairs SOLU-BIOD call for projects is now open. This program supports innovative and collaborative research on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) by welcoming outstanding...

Publiée le 10 February 2026

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ANAEESC26: Ecosystem Science for a Resilient Future – Registration Open!

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2nd International AnaEE Science Conference (ANAEESC26), the...

Publiée le 30 January 2026

International CAST Symposium 2026: “Cultivating A Sustainable Tomorrow”

The international symposium CAST – Cultivating A Sustainable Tomorrow will be held in Rennes on November 3–4, 2026. Organised...

Publiée le 20 January 2026

New publication: building the foundations for qualitative and quantitative freshwater zooplankton metabarcoding

A new study published in Environmental DNA presents a comprehensive methodological framework for developing reliable and quantitative metabarcoding approaches...

Publiée le 08 December 2025

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DMR: High-Resolution Monitoring of Vertical Solute Transport in the Unsaturated Zone Using an Innovative Automated Soil-Water Sampler on Friday, 28th November at 14:00-14:45 CEST

When? November 28th at 14:00 CET Where? Online, participate by downloading this calendar invite. Or by clicking this Teams meeting link at...

Publiée le 17 November 2025

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Interactive map of the AnaEE France infrastructure

Find the interactive map of the entire AnaEE-France infrastructure. A network based on four pillars with complementary functions in the field of research on continental ecosystems:

Experimentation platforms in a controlled environment
In natura experimentation platforms
Analytical platforms, including:
- mobile instrumentation for in situ analyzes
- analytical platforms
Information systems and data management tools.

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Documentary resources

Specialized publications

You will find here a list of our research products including publications in international scientific journals, conference proceedings, reviews or technical reports.

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Data from AnaEE France

AnaEE France data is currently organised in multi-disciplinary repositories for sharing and open access or organised in disciplinary databases available in secure access for your research needs.

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Resource catalogue

The resource catalogue brings together in an organised way the AnaEE France devices and provides lists of metadata for the exploitation of these devices.

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Documentation

AnaEE France technical documentation includes our internal public documents such as service charters, data and access policy documents, and best practice guides.

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