Scientific departments
The four scientific departments are the pillars of IFREMER’s scientific production.
Department of Marine and Digital Infrastructures
The Department of Marine and Digital Infrastructures (Infrastructures Marines et Numériques — IMN) provides services and conducts projects to create or modernise research infrastructures and advocate them to relevant national and international funding agencies.
Department of Biological Resources and Environment
The Department of Biological Resources and Environment (Biological resources and Environnement — RBE) studies the living resources in the oceans to highlight their value and promote sustainability and the socio-economic development of the marine sector, particularly fishing and aquaculture.
Department of Oceanography and Ecosystem Dynamics
The Department of Oceanography and Ecosystem Dynamics (Océanographie et Dynamiques des Ecosystèmes — ODE) focuses its activities on observation, modelling and understanding the physical ocean at various scales, as well as coastal pelagic and benthic ecosystems.
Department of Physical Resources and Deep-Sea Ecosystems
The Department of Physical Resources and Deep-sea Ecosystems (REM) tackles scientific and technological challenges. Its research involves the study of the seafloor and the sub-seafloor, the geological evolution of continental shelves, past climate variation, geological risks, biodiversity and the dynamics of deep-sea ecosystems and the interaction between the biosphere and the geosphere on scales ranging from bacteria to the glacial cycles.