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Chouvelon, Tiphaine; Violamer, L.; Dessier, Aurelie; Bustamante, Paco; Mornet, Francoise; Pignon-mussaud, Cecilia; Dupuy, Christine. |
Small pelagic fish represent an essential link between lower and upper trophic levels in marine pelagic ecosystems and often support important fisheries. In the Bay of Biscay in the north-east Atlantic, no obvious controlling factors have yet been described that explain observed fluctuations in European sardine Sardina pilchardus and European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus stocks, in contrast to other systems. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate to which extent these fluctuations could be trophodynamically mediated. The trophic ecology of both fish species was characterised over three contrasting periods (spring 2010 and 2011 and autumn 2011) in the area, in relation to potential variation in the abundance and composition of the... |
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Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00247/35859/34381.pdf |
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Dessier, Aurelie; Bustamante, Paco; Chouvelon, Tiphaine; Huret, Martin; Pagano, Marc; Marquis, Elise; Rousseaux, Frederic; Pignon-mussaud, Cecilia; Mornet, Francoise; Breret, Martine; Dupuy, Christine. |
Mesozooplankton can be considered the most important secondary producers in marine food webs because they hold an intermediate position between the phytoplankton assemblage and the upper trophic levels. They also are a robust indicator of climatic and hydrological conditions. We conducted an analysis of the interannual variability of the spring mesozooplankton assemblage, as sampled by the PELGAS fisheries survey in the southern part of the Bay of Biscay (Northeast Atlantic Ocean) between 2003 and 2013. We examined hydrology and trophic drivers to explain the variability. Our results revealed that the subsurface temperature, the subsurface salinity, the biomasses of subsurface pico-, nano-, and microphytoplankton, and the copepod assemblage exhibited a... |
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Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00439/55010/56428.pdf |
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