BACKGROUND Long-term benthic monitoring is rewarding in terms of science, but labour-intensive, whether in the field, the laboratory, or behind the computer. Building and managing databases require multiple skills, including consistency over time as well as organisation via a systematic approach. Here, we introduce and share our spatially explicit benthic database, comprising 11 years of benthi...

Compared to other melon types, Cantaloupe Charentais melons are highly aromatic with a major contribution to the aroma being made by aliphatic and branched esters. Using a transgenic line in which the synthesis of the plant hormone ethylene has been considerably lowered by antisense ACC oxidase mRNA (AS), the aliphatic ester pathway steps at which ethylene exerts its regulatory role were found....

Cet article s’appuie sur une étude menée en 2019 à l’île de Ré concernant les mouillages sauvages herbiers zostères, habitat protégé depuis 1992, relevant la “Directive Habitats”. L’épineuse question des est relancée par le prisme dégradations qu’ils engendrent zostères. Dans contexte du littoral charentais et plus particulièrement l'île Ré, l’article tente d’expliquer, partir deux études cas L...

Ripening-associated pectin disassembly in melon is characterized by a decrease in molecular mass and an increase in the solubilization of polyuronide, modifications that in other fruit have been attributed to the activity of polygalacturonase (PG). Although it has been reported that PG activity is absent during melon fruit ripening, a mechanism for PG-independent pectin disassembly has not been...

This paper reports an ultra-low-voltage (ULV) single-crystal oscillator-timer (XO-Timer) for sub-0.5 V Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) radios that aims self-powering by harvesting the ambient energies. Specifically, we tailor on-chip micropower manager (lPM) to customize voltage and current budgets each sub-function of XO-Timer. Such lPM shows a high power efficiency introducing 3-stage cascaded str...

Nowadays, pesticides and microplastics (MPs) are commonly found in coastal waters worldwide. Due to their widespread use, persistence toxicity, they may induce adverse effects on physiology behaviour of marine organisms such as the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). This study explored growth valve activity juvenile oysters exposed for 24 days two frequently detected pollutants Pertuis Charent...