LASAA is a French laboratory set up in June 1993 by two national research institutes, IFREMER and IRD in order to develop technical and scientific concepts concerning research in sclerochronology (i.e. estimation of time from the growth marks recorded and preserved in calcified tissues).

The objectives of this laboratory are wide-ranging :

  • Investigations into biological knowledge (relation between the formation of growth marks and the environment, estimation of demographic parameters,...),
  • Development of new technologies (image processing, microchemical analysis,...),
  • Assistance and training.
  • LASAA is located on the site of IFREMER in Brest.