IFREMER

French research institute for the exploitation of maritime environment
Organization research_institute Q1657069
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IFREMER

Summary

IFREMER is a research institute[1]. IFREMER ranks in the top 5% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • IFREMER's field of work was fisheries science[3].
  • IFREMER's field of work was oceanography[4].
  • IFREMER's field of work was aquaculture[5].
  • IFREMER's field of work was marine biology[6].
  • IFREMER was a member of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea[7].
  • IFREMER was a member of Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic[8].
  • IFREMER was a member of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission[9].
  • IFREMER was a member of Q2986627[10].
  • IFREMER was a member of ORCID, Inc.[11].
  • IFREMER was a member of Couperin Consortium[12].
  • IFREMER is in the country of France[13].
  • IFREMER's image is recorded as Siège social de l'Ifremer.jpg[14].
  • IFREMER's instance of is recorded as research institute[15].
  • IFREMER's instance of is recorded as organization[16].
  • IFREMER's headquarters location is recorded as Plouzané[17].
  • IFREMER's chief executive officer is recorded as François Houllier[18].
  • IFREMER's ISNI is recorded as 0000000406419240[19].
  • IFREMER's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135641800[20].
  • IFREMER's GND ID is recorded as 5250500-5[21].
  • IFREMER's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85326357[22].
  • IFREMER's IdRef ID is recorded as 027783073[23].
  • IFREMER's child organization or unit is recorded as Laboratory of Environnemental Marine Sciences[24].
  • IFREMER's child organization or unit is recorded as European Institute for Marine Studies[25].
  • IFREMER's child organization or unit is recorded as Collecte Localisation Satellites[26].
  • IFREMER's child organization or unit is recorded as LabexMER[27].

Body

Founding

+1984-06-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of IFREMER[28].

Identity

IFREMER's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L EXPLOITATION DE LA MER'}[29]. IFREMER's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ifremer'}[30].

Leadership

IFREMER's chief executive officer is recorded as François Houllier[18].

Operations

IFREMER's headquarters location is recorded as Plouzané[17]. Subsidiaries include Laboratory of Environnemental Marine Sciences[24], a French UMR[31], in France[32], founded in 1996[33]; European Institute for Marine Studies[25], an institute[34], in France[35], founded in 1997[36]; Collecte Localisation Satellites[26], an Entreprise à mission[37], in France[38], founded in 1986[39], headquartered in Ramonville-Saint-Agne[40]; LabexMER[27], a facility[41], in France[42], founded in 2011[43]; Inrae-Cirad-Ifremer-Ird joint ethics advisory committee[44]; and Aménagement des usages des ressources et des espaces marins et littoraux[45], a laboratory[46], in France[47], founded in 2008[48].

Industry

Industries include research[49] and research and development in other physical and natural sciences[50]. Fields of work include fisheries science[3], an interdisciplinary science[51]; oceanography[4], a field of study[52]; aquaculture[5], a branch of agriculture[53]; and marine biology[6], a branch of biology[54].

Why It Matters

IFREMER ranks in the top 5% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] IFREMER has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] IFREMER is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . wikidata.org.
  4. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . wwz.ifremer.fr. wwz.ifremer.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  12. [20] . wikidata.org.
  13. [21] . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [24] . wikidata.org.
  17. [25] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [27] . wikidata.org.
  20. [44] . wikidata.org.
  21. [45] . wikidata.org.
  22. [49] . wikidata.org.
  23. [50] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  24. [7] . wikidata.org.
  25. [8] . wikidata.org.
  26. [9] . wikidata.org.
  27. [10] . wikidata.org.
  28. [11] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [12] . couperin.org. couperin.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . legifrance.gouv.fr. legifrance.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [54] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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