For effective fisheries management to be able to act, realistic fisheries removal data are needed, so as to assess exploitation levels and the impact of fisheries on the ecosystem. Unfortunately, official statistics underestimate catches in most countries and regions. In the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean), where artisanal fishing and indu...
Pacific Ocean western boundary currents and the interlinked equatorial Pacific circulation system were among the first currents of these types to be explored by pioneering oceanographers. The widely accepted but poorly quantified importance of these currents - in processes such as the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation an...
Le bilan en eau du lac est la différence entre les apports par la pluie et les rivières, et les pertes par évapotranspiration et infiltration vers les nappes souterraines. Il n'y a pas d'exutoire de surface. Le Chari est le principal contributeur des apports au lac avec 88 % de l'apport total en eau. Pour la période de Petit Tchad observée (1988-20...
The underestimation of fisheries removals is a global issue that spans countries from different continents and different socio-economic situations. Underestimation of catches is especially important in countries where fishing fleets are highly diversified, the enforcement of fishing management is low, data availability is poor, and there is high de...
The regional and near-coastal circulation around New Caledonia is investigated using a compilation of more than 20 years of observations. Velocity profiles acquired by Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) during 109 research cruises and ship transits since 1991 are analyzed and compared with absolute geostrophic currents inferred fro...
Large ungulates as primary consumers consume variable proportions of herbaceous and woody plants. Recent climate changes modify the herbaceous/woody plant balance. To test their differential effects on ungulate species abundance, we compared large ungulate feeding strategies with climate change patterns, taking the game preferences of local people ...
On dénombre 128 espèces de poissons dans l'ensemble du bassin tchadien, mais aucune endémique. Le nombre d'espèces présentes dans le lac est un peu plus grand en situation de Moyen Tchad qu'en période de Petit Tchad, durant laquelle les espèces migratrices sont plus faiblement représentées. Les autres espèces n'ont pas pour autant disparu car elles...
The regional and near-coastal circulation around New Caledonia is investigated using a compilation of more than 20 years of observations. Velocity profiles acquired by Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) during 109 research cruises and ship transits since 1991 are analyzed and compared with absolute geostrophic currents inferred fro...
Large ungulates as primary consumers consume variable proportions of herbaceous and woody plants. Recent climate changes modify the herbaceous/woody plant balance. To test their differential effects on ungulate species abundance, we compared large ungulate feeding strategies with climate change patterns, taking the game preferences of local people ...
Pacific Ocean western boundary currents and the interlinked equatorial Pacific circulation system were among the first currents of these types to be explored by pioneering oceanographers. The widely accepted but poorly quantified importance of these currents - in processes such as the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation an...
