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You are about to fill-in the survey questionnaire. The section below provides you with detailed information on the scope of the survey.
If you prefer filling the questionnaire on a MS Word document, you can download it through this link and send back your information by email (Nicolas Walter) or by regular mail (CAREX Project Office ESF - 1, quai Lezay-Marnesia, BP 90015, F-67080, Strasbourg Cedex, France).
For any further information or clarification, please contact Nicolas Walter.
Scope of the survey
In the context of the survey, ‘research on life in extreme environments’ should be understood as scientific, technology or infrastructure development activities relevant to:
1- The following organisms:
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Microbes - Eurkaryotes |
Plants - Terrestrial |
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Microbes - Prokaryotes |
Plants - Aquatic |
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Viruses |
Animals - invertebrates |
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Fungi |
Animals - vertebrates |
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Lichens |
2- Evolving in on one or more of the following environments:
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Terrestrial (non polar) |
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Marine (non polar) |
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Hot springs |
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Deep sea |
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High altitude and glacier |
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Hydrothermal vents |
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Hot regions and deserts |
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Reducing/anoxic |
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Acidic environments |
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Hypersaline environments |
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Alkaline environments |
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Sub seafloor |
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Polluted areas |
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Subsurface |
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Polar |
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Space |
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Polar regions |
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Planetary bodies |
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Polar Seas |
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Space vessels/space environment |
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Ice shelves |
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Subglacial environments |
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3- Stressed by one or more of the following parameters:
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Temperature |
Chemicals and pollutants |
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Pressure |
Available level of energy |
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pH |
ionising radiation |
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Dryness |
non-ionising radiation |
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Salt concentration |
visible light |
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Gaseous concentration |
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Funding
‘Funding’ should be considered as grants to be allocated to actual research, technology or infrastructure development activities relevant to research on life in extreme environments, including workforce. This funding can be either competitive (subject to calls) or dedicated to one or more institute/research centre.