Marine Station of Endoume


Marine Station of Endoume
The Marine Station of Endoume in 2009.
Founder(s) Antoine-Fortuné Marion
Established 1882
Focus Oceanography
Marine biology
Head Ivan Dekeyser
Endowment CNRS, Aix-Marseille University
Formerly called Endoume Laboratory
Location Marseille, France
Coordinates 43°16′38″N 5°22′38″E / 43.2772°N 5.3771°E / 43.2772; 5.3771Coordinates: 43°16′38″N 5°22′38″E / 43.2772°N 5.3771°E / 43.2772; 5.3771
Address Chemin Batterie des Lions

The Marine Station of Endoume is an oceanography and marine biology research institute located in Marseille (France). It was founded in 1882 by Antoine-Fortuné Marion (1846–1900). It is today one of the sites for the joint research unit IMBE[1](Mediterranean Institute of marine and terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecology) hosting research teams from Aix-Marseille University and the CNRS.

History

The first marine biology laboratory in France outside Paris was founded in Marseille in 1869. The project to build a marine station in Marseille was initiated by its director Antoine-Fortuné Marion in 1872 and accepted in 1882. The station was built between 1883 and 1889, on the site of an old artillery battery in the neighbourhood of Endoume[2]. The first scientific studies started in the summer of 1889.

In 1891, the first public aquarium in Marseille opened at the marine station; in 1894, a marine natural reserve was created right in front of the marine station[3]. A-F Marion was director of the station until his death in 1900.

G. Gastine and Antoine-Fortuné Marion in a laboratory at the marine station of Endoume in 1897.

Directors

Name[4] Quality Term
Antoine-Fortuné Marion Professor of Natural science 1872–1900
Étienne Jourdan Professor of Physiology 1900–1919
Gaston Darboux Professor de Zoology 1919–1921
Albert Vayssière Professor of Zoology, specialist of Opisthobranchia mollusca 1921–1924
Maximilien Kollmann Professor of Zoology 1925–1948
Jean-Marie Pérès Professor, member of the Institut de France 1948–1983
François Blanc Professor 1983–1996
Lucien Laubier Professor 1996–2001
Ivan Dekeyser Professor 2001–

Architecture

The original building finished in 1889 consists of a single wing with, to its right, a round tower in which are found the main stairs, and to its left a terrace with stone stairs on each side.

The Endoume Laboratory in 1897.

References

  1. ↑ "IMBE website".
  2. ↑ Marion, A.-F. (1897). "La Station zoologique d'Endoume-Marseille". Revue générale internationale scientifique, littéraire et artistique. 14: 179–198.
  3. ↑ Romano, R. (1996). "Histoire d'une station marine à Marseille : origine, naissance, développement (1869–1983)". Master thesis, Université Aix-Marseille 1.
  4. ↑ "Arbre des Directeurs de la SME de 1872 à 1996". Histoire de la station marine d'Endoume (in French).
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