Do you have doubts about the name of an animal encountered during your dives? A simple click on the DORIS website is enough! To deepen your knowledge of predation behavior, another click on DORIS… Whether you are a diver, scientist, teacher, amateur biologist, or simply curious, they all share this reflex. But who is behind this pioneer site of participatory science? Dive with us to discover these anonymous faces.
Flashback
The term « slides » may evoke distant memories for you, or you may be part of Generation Z who has never known these white plastic squares containing inverted pictures that were inserted into a projector to magically reveal a giant photo on a wall.
Let’s go back to 1988: the National Commission for Subaquatic Environment and Biology (CNEBS) of the FFESSM had selected 200 slides illustrating a wide diversity of underwater species. These images, captured in their natural habitat, were used for presentations and training in marine biology. Each French region was equipped with them, but the handling of this case was complex, as it had to circulate among various training organizers.
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