The LTSER platform Zone Atelier Bassin du Rhône belongs to LTER-France network and is located in south eastern France, ranging from the Alp mountains to the Camargue delta, in the mediterannean sea. The LTSER focus on aquatic continental ecosystems (lakes, rivers and wetlands) from alpin to mediterannean climats. The ZABR aims at elucidating the relationship between a large river, the Rhône river, its channel and associated ecosystems and the societies established in its landscape, using a multidisciplinary approach. Research topics include physical and chimical characteristics, ecosystem dynamics, sociological studies. Long term changes in ecological processing and pollution are taken into account using paleoecological studies. Perception of the natural and anthropised environment are considered through geographical and sociological studies.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

2001

Size :

2 229 800.00ha

Purpose of Site :

The Rhone Basin Long Term Environment Research is organized in Observatory and / or Experimental subsites. Research programs provide knowledge to stakeholders and decision makers, contributing to the sustainable management of rivers and watersheds. It is a researchers and partners network with a scientific label of the CNRS, 23 universities, schools or research organisations and 300 researchers. It aims to provide to decision makers a methodology to evaluate the effects of watershed rehabilitation or restoration on river hydrosystems, in terms of biodiversity, sustainability (lasting effects), ecological services and potential uses. Four research themes are crossed with experimental sites : 1) climatic change and resources, 2) flows, forms, habitats and biocoenocis, 3) pollution fluxes, ecotoxicology and ecosystems, 4) social observation of riverine territories.

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Coordinates:

Latitude: 45.450000000000
Longitude: 4.500000000000

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

0.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

3 000.00msl

Elevation - Average:

126.00msl

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

3.00°C

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

25.00°C

Air Temperature: Average Annual:

12.30°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

11.00mm

Precipitation Annual :

886.00mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

104.00mm

Biome :

Fresh Water Rivers

GEO-BON Biome:

Fresh water lakes

Fresh water rivers

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Rivers
Large rivers

Biogeographic Region:

Atlantic / Mediterranean

Geology:

Fluvial sediment deposit Calcareous karstic system

Hydrology:

Continental and alpine hydrology

Vegetation:

From alpine to mediterrannean vegetation

Soils:

From alpin to medeterranean soils, but mostly fluvial soil

eLTER Parameters

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Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Networks/Projects:

LTER
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
ALTER-Net
Help Unesco
Nationalpark
Natura 2000
Ramsar
Water Supply Sanitation Technology Platform

LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_FR_006

LTER Site Classification/Category:

LTSER

Accreditation Status by LTER Member Network:

Accredited formal LTER facility

ExpeER Classification:

Highly Instrumented Observational AND Experimental Site

Protection Status and Resource Management

Natura 2000

0 - 25%

National park

0 - 25%

Management of Resources :

Yes

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

0 - 25%

Management of Resources - Notes:

Fishery Biodiversity Ground water Surface water quality

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Platform

Scale of Observation:

entire catchment

Design of Observation:

partly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

mainly experimentation

Infrastructure

Value of the Infrastructure :

700-2000 k

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

regular car

Permanent Power Supply:

Yes

Infrastructure:

Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing equipment
Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing frequency › Daily
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Telephone line
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Satellite
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Radio transmission system (repeaters, receivers, centralstation)
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › GMS/UMTS
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Telephone line
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › GMS/UMTS
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Radio transmission system (repeaters. receivers. centralstation)
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Satellite
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure › Energy supply › Permanent Power Supply Location › Central station(s)
Energy and data infrastructure › Energy supply › Permanent Power Produced › More than 100 kW
Supporting infrastructure › Lodging at site › No lodging possible
Supporting infrastructure › Staff room at site › Unknown number of places
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 4WD
Observation device › Temperature Controlled Container
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Paper
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Structured file
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Relational database
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure › Data storage › XML database
Data infrastructure › Data services › Data portal
Data infrastructure › Data services › Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Data infrastructure › Data services › Web Map Service (WMS)

Operation

Operation Notes:

Sampling interval and maintenance frequency varie according to ecosystem study : very frequent for urban instrument (waste water, river and ground water) and more rarely for lakes and the Rhône river itself.

Permanent Operation:

Yes

Site Visit Interval:

Every 30 days

Maintenance Interval:

Every 30 days

Data Management

General Data Policy:

Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset

The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description

The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset

Data Storage Location :

Distributed over multiple institutions

Data Storage Format :

Prioprietary file format

Spatial database (GIS)

Data services :

Data portal

Data Request Format :

Offline (Mail or Telephone)

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