U3E's experimentation facilities and scientific consulting

The U3E experimentation unit offers tools and scientific skills for research on lentic and lotic aquatic environments:

• The Rennes – Le Rheu aquatic experimentation facility (PEARL), part of the AnaEE-F infrastructure. It includes:
  • an experimention complex with tanks, greenhouses, indoor facilities and an array of mesocosms, at the Rennes agricultural science campus
  • a pond array at Le Rheu near Rennes
• Three river monitoring sites with migratory fish monitoring facilities. These are on the Oir, a tributary of the Sélune in the Manche département, the Scorff, a coastal river in the Morbihan département, and the Bresle in Seine-Maritime.

U3E's facilities are complemented by cross-cutting services: a water quality monitoring laboratory, a sclerochronology platform and information systems.