WaQMoS : Coastal waters quality surveillance using bivalve mollusk-based sensors
Project funded by the ANR
2015 – 2021
Overview
The main goal of the project is to develop a biosensor, based on measurements and interpretation of bivalves mollusks behavior, for remote online detection of coastal water pollution and climate change consequences.
The biosensor development is based on EA team’s (CNRS UMR 5805 EPOC, Arcachon) technology of high-frequency noninvasive valvometry for mollusks and by applying the systems and control theory methods of VALSE team (Inria, Lille). The monitoring system has intelligent capabilities and possess long term autonomous work without human intervention.
WaQMoS is an interdisciplinary collaborative project (marine biology – electronics – applied mathematics). One of the main potential applications of the monitoring technique is water quality surveillance along coastlines and harbors (harmful algal bloom events, noise pollution), and around oil or wind energy production offshore platforms. Another studied practical challenge is monitoring changes in an ecosystem due to global warming (in sensitive areas such as the Arctic zone).
People involved in the project
VALSE team, Inria Lille – Nord Europe:
The VALSE team is developing an estimation theory, built around differential algebra and operational calculation on the one hand, and high gain algorithms (sliding mode, homogeneous, etc.) on the other hand.
Denis Efimov (project leader), DR Inria, is an expert in automatic control theory. His main research interests include nonlinear oscillation analysis, observation and control, nonlinear system stability. Rosane Ushirobira, CR Inria, is working on algebraic methods for signal and parameter estimation, based on differential algebra and Weyl algebra. Hafiz Ahmed, PhD student, was hired by Inria/Hauts-de-France Region and defended his thesis in September 2016. Nelson de Figueiredo Barroso, PhD student, is hired by WaQMoS/Hauts-de-France Region and defended his thesis in December 2020.
EA team of EPOC laboratory:
The EA team of EPOC laboratory is specialized in eco-physiology and chronobiology of bivalve mollusks as well as respiratory physiology and ecotoxicology of aquatic animals. Since 1997, EPOC is developing High Frequency Non-Invasive (HFNI) valvometry, a unique technique, currently available at international level, to analyze the movement of valves in mollusks, i.e., their behavior.
Jean-Charles Massabuau, DR CNRS émérite is a world-class researcher working in bio-monitoring with bivalves at sea using unmanned systems, and impact of contamination to sub-lethal doses and global warming. Damien Tran, CR CNRS, specializes in bio-monitoring with bivalves at sea using unmanned systems, chronobiology and behavioral changes and biological rhythms of oysters. Pierre Ciret, IR CNRS, works in the field of electronics applied to biology. Mohamedou Sow, Research Engineer ADERA, is in charge of development, adaptation and integration to the operational chain of codes used in the MolluSCAN eye data production system. Bruno Etcheverria, TCE, is an experimentation assistant. Mickael Perrigault, Research Engineer, was hired by WaQMoS in January 2016 for two years. Laura Payton, Research Engineer, was hired by WaQMoS in October 2017 for ten months.
Publications
K.S. Last, Hafker N.S., Hendrick V.J., Meyer B., Tran D., Piccolin F. Biological clocks and rhythms in polar organisms, In: Berge J., Johnsen G., Cohen J. (eds) POLAR NIGHT Marine Ecology. Advances in Polar Ecology, vol 4. Springer, 217-240, 2020.
M. Perrigault, Andrade H., Bellec L., Ballantine C., Camus L., Tran D. Rhythms during the polar night: evidence of clock-gene oscillations in the Arctic scallop Chlamys islandica. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287 (1933), 2020.
D. Tran, Andrade H., Durier G., Ciret P., Leopold P., Sow M., Ballantine C., Camus L., Berge J., Perrigault M. Growth and behaviour of blue mussels, a re-emerging polar resident, follow a strong annual rhythm shaped by the extreme high Arctic light regime. Royal Society Open Science. 7(10), 2020.
D. Tran, Perrigault, M., Ciret, P., Payton, L. Bivalve mollusc circadian clock genes can run at tidal frequency. Proc. R. Soc. B. 287, 2020.
N. de Figueiredo Barroso, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov, A.L. Fradkov. On robustness against disturbances of passive systems with multiple invariant sets. International Journal of Control, 2020.
N. de Figueiredo Barroso, Ushirobira R., Efimov D., Sow M., Massabuau J.-C. Model-based adaptive filtering of harmonic perturbations applied to high-frequency noninvasive valvometry. Proc. 21rst IFAC World Congress, Berlin, 2020.
M. Perrigault, Andrade, H., Ballantine, C., Camus, L. Tran, D. Rhythms during polar night: Evidence of clock−gene oscillations in the Arctic scallop Chlamys islandica. Polar Chronobiology meeting. Tromso, Norway, 14-15 Nov., 2019.
D. Tran, Perrigault, M., Andrade, H., Ballantine, C., Camus, L. Behavioral rhythms in the scallop Chlamys islandica and the mussel Mytilus edulis in High Arctic. Polar Chronobiology meeting. Tromso, Norway, 14-15 Nov., 2019.
N. de Figueiredo Barroso, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov. Universal formula for robust stabilization of affine nonlinear multistable systems. Proc. 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Nice, 2019.
N. de Figueiredo Barroso, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov, A. L. Fradkov. On robust stability of multistable passive systems. European Control Conference, Naples, 2019.
L. Payton, D. Tran. Moonlight cycles synchronize oyster behaviour. Biol. Lett. 15(1), 2019.
M. Charifi, A. Miserazzi, M. Sow, M. Perrigault, P Ciret, S. Benomar and J.-C. Massabuau. Noise pollution decreases metal bioaccumulation and growth rate in the Pacific oyster Magallana gigas. PLoS ONE, 2018, 13(4): e0194174
M. Charifi, M. Sow, P Ciret, S. Benomar, J.-C. Massabuau. The sense of hearing in oyster Magallana gigas. PLoS ONE, 2017, 12(10): e0185353
H. Ahmed, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov. Experimental study of the robust global synchronization of Brockett oscillators. To appear at The European Physical Journal Special Topics (2017) (With Experimental Results) <preprint>
H. Ahmed, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov., L. Fridman, Y. Wang, Oscillatory global output synchronization of nonidentical nonlinear systems. In Proceedings of IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France (2017).
D. Tran. ARTICLOCK project. Study of the circadian clock of the Arctic scallop Chlamys islandica during the polar night. 2017 AWIPEV Science Introduction Seminar – Brest. 20-21/02
H. Ahmed, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov. Robust synchronization of genetic oscillators subjected to cell division and common entrainment.. In Proceedings of ECC 2016 – 15th annual European Control Conference, Jun 2016, Aalborg, Denmark. <hal-01380247>
H. Ahmed, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov. On the robust synchronization of Brockett oscillators. 6th IFAC Workshop on Periodic Control Systems PSYCO 2016 Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 29 June – 1 July 2016. <hal-01380180v1
L. Payton et al. Symposium Time and Light; Vienna, Austria (poster). 8 – 10 May 2016. Diurnal cycling transcriptome of the oyster C. gigas. Effect of the harmful algae A. minutum.
L. Payton et al. JEST meeting; Gujan-Mestras, France (oral), 11 – 12 April 2016. Impacts of the harmful algae A. minutum on oyster’s biological rhythms (behavior and genes expression) .
L. Payton et al. Meeting of the Research Network PHYCOTOX; Villefranche.-sur-mer, France (talk). 15 – 16 March 2016. Diurnal cycling transcriptome of the oyster C. gigas. Effect of the harmful algae A. minutum.
News
- Interview with D. Tran
- Video of R. Ushirobira on the project presentation for Inria Fête de Science
- Exciting welcome of the international press for the PhD works of M. Charifi (New York Times, Scientific American, New Scientist, Daily Mail, Newsweek, France 2) and L. Payton (The Guardian, Smithsonian, Wissenschaft)
- H. Ahmed obtained a prize for his PhD thesis (prix de thèse du GDR MACS 2017) and the EECI PhD Award in 2018
Contact
Denis Efimov
