Abstract
Biochemical indicators are potent tools to assess ecosystem functioning under anthropic and global pressures. Nevertheless, additional work is needed to improve the methods used for the measurement of these indicators, and for a more relevant interpretation of the obtained results. To face these challenges, the platform Biochem-Env aims at providing innovative and standardized measurement protocols, as well as database and information system favoring result interpretation and opening. Its skills and tools are also offered for expertise, consulting, training, and standardization. In addition, the platform is a service of a French Research Infrastructure for Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems, for research in environmental and agricultural sciences.
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The authors, N. Cheviron (technical director), V. Grondin (laboratory manager), and C. Mougin (scientific director), thank the permanent staff of the UMR Ecosys (INRA) involved in the technical activities of the platform: Christelle Marrauld, Jean-Pierre Pétraud, and Françoise Poiroux, as well as in its support activities: Mehdi Belkacem, Céline Duisit, Anne Jaulin, and Amélie Trouvé. They are also grateful to Rachid Benabdallah, Olivier Crouzet, Ghislaine Delarue, Sylvie Nélieu (UMR Ecosys, INRA), and Magali Rault (UMR IMBE, Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse), and to the non-permanent staff for their interest to the activities of the platform. Biochem-Env is a service of the “Investment d’Avenir” infrastructure AnaEE-France, overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) (ANR-11-INBS-0001). The department ECOSYS is member of the LabEx BASC, funded by “Investment d’Avenir” Program overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) (LabEx BASC, ANR-11-LABX-0034).
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Cheviron, N., Grondin, V. & Mougin, C. Biochem-Env: a platform of biochemistry for research in environmental and agricultural sciences. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 6154–6157 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8973-x
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