European Temperature and Biodiversity Observation Network

This is the first large-scale temperature and biodiversity network implemented by us in 2010. It encompasses 22 rocky shores along the Atlantic coast of Europe, from Scotland to Morocco.

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On each location (see map below), we deployed 20 autonomous temperature data-loggers at a wide variety of microhabitats.  We started by using robolimpets but then moved to the much-improved EnvLoggers, which we created specifically for this purpose. They have been continuously registering hourly temperatures in an autonomous way.

Quantitative biodiversity data were collected in 2003-2005, in 2017-2019, and in 2022. As new developments by us are making it possible to semi-automate biodiversity surveys, they will become annual.