The FASCICLE project aims to conduct inter-site comparisons of ecological responses from contrasted continental aquatic ecosystems to global changes through the application of an innovative approach combining various data analysis methods. The meta-analysis techniques and the numerical approaches developed by some teams involved in the consortium together with the expertise of other teams in the functioning of the freshwater ecosystems represent the originality of the project. The project is a necessary step to build a larger network to reinforce the collaboration between France (and Europe) and Asia in the domain of the consequences of global changes on limnic ecosystems (and more generally in aquatic ecosystems).