Our technological choices and challenges in the development of in-situ and mobile sensors focused on achieving low energy consumption, providing embedded intelligence to transmit relevant and streamlined information, miniaturizing, reaching a low cost (at least a tenfold reduction), minimizing environmental impact, and ensuring social uptake (open source, accessible components, etc.).

Around twenty sensors are currently under development :

Surface dynamics

• Hyperspectral camera to monitor surface state dynamics

• Soil moisture sensor

Aquatic ecosystem fluxes and physico-chemistry

• Multiparameter probe for the physico-chemistry of aquatic ecosystems

• MOD probe

• Radar 2.0 for real-time discharge measurements

Aquatic ecosystem metabolism

• Proximity measurement station to study river metabolism (mini LOMOS 2.0)

• Dissolved pCO₂ sensor

• Mass spectrometer for high-frequency in-situ measurement of dissolved gases

• Laser spectrometer for carbon isotope analysis

Contaminant dynamics

• Contaminant accumulator in aquatic environments

• Radon/gamma sensor

• Caged and instrumented sentinel species

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) fluxes

• Laser spectrometer for mapping and measuring GHG fluxes

• Automated climate chamber

Animal behavior

• Biologger for animal behavior analysis

• GPS for tracking animal movements

• Audio recorder to study animal behavior

Microbial activity at interfaces

• Multiparameter probe for measuring biogeochemical activity in interstitial zones

• ATP probe

• Automated systems for high-frequency and high-resolution microbiological sample collection

• Biogeophysical measurement device for biogeochemical activity in interstitial zones

Species richness and diversity

• Audio-video traps for invertebrate and bird recognition

• Semi-automated, broad-spectrum entomoscope