Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC)

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The primary vocation of the Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) is to understand how species adapt – or disappear – in the face of natural changes, or those induced by man’s use of nature. Our study models are vertebrates, reptiles, birds, mammals, terrestrial and marine.

Scientists from the Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé study the elephant seals of Rivière du Nord in the Kerguelen Islands, as part of the IPEV CYCLELEPH research programme (Cycle de vie des éléphants de mer austraux : énergétique et personnalité).

Every year since 2010, as part of the 1091 programme, scientists have been monitoring the reproduction and feeding performance at sea of Adélie penguins, "Pygoscelis adeliae", on Petrels Island, using a bio-logging approach.

This island of the Prince Edward Islands has been a nature reserve since 1995. Scientists are studying its fragile ecosystem, long threatened by human activities.

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