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Thesis defense

Research and Development

Miss Elisabeth Riera defended her doctoral thesis on artificial reefs on January 21, 2020, the result of four years of research in Master 2 then within the framework of the Doctoral School (co-directed by Professor Patrice Francour, ECOSEAS-University laboratory Côte d'Azur and Doctor Cédric Hubas, UMR BOREA-National Museum of Natural History).

This research work, directly related to the reefs made with a 3D printer immersed in the Larvotto MPA, has highlighted the intrinsic characteristics to be taken into account for any artificial reef immersion project and the associated methods.

An initial question: “How to choose the right material and the right structure for an immersion program to be effective?”

Two objectives:
1: Test the effect of the quality of the materials by analyzing the colonization of the fixed communities.
2: Quantitatively evaluate the structure of artificial reefs and propose a classification.

Miss Elisabeth Riera received congratulations from the entire jury for the quality of her work, which opens up new perspectives in the field of artificial reefs.

Learn more:

http://ecoseas.unice.fr/index.php/people/phd-students/95-elisabeth-riera