CRIOBE is a Research Support Unit affiliated to École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). It is located in Perpignan and French Polynesia and also has a representative office in Paris. Its members are committed to promote research, education, and services related to the ecological, biological, chemical, physiological, genetic, social, and cultural dimensions of coral reefs.