SIA - Aquatic Field Station

SIA is an aquatic field station specializing in the health of aquatic ecosystems and their links to human and animal health, within a One Health approach. Based in Saint-Louis, Senegal, it has conducted applied research in the Senegal River valley for ten years, notably on schistosomiasis, in partnership with Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame and Cornell University. Its data have contributed to publications in Nature, PNAS and other leading journals.

SIA conducts field studies, ecological and parasitological analyses, and tests practical solutions for the health of people and aquatic ecosystems.

Areas of expertise

• Drone mapping of aquatic environments

• Study of disease-transmitting snails

• Rice-fish co-culture

• Water-related livestock health

• Management and valorization of invasive aquatic plants

Field base

• Embedded in more than 100 villages, with a network of community facilitators

• A station in Saint-Louis with laboratory, hatchery and a 1 ha experimental site

• A team of about 20

SIA supports researchers and universities with experimental set-up, data acquisition, field logistics and follow-up.