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| Blanchet, H; Lavesque, Nicolas; Ruellet, T; Dauvin, J; Sauriau, Pierre-guy; Desroy, Nicolas; Desclaux, C; Leconte, M; Bachelet, G; Janson, A; Bessineton, C; Duhamel, S; Jourde, J; Mayot, S; Simon, S; De Montaudouin, X. |
| This study deals with the application of macrozoobenthos-based biotic indices (BI) within the frame of the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. More precisely, this study aimed at assessing the performance of five recently developed methodologies (BI) for the assessment of ecological quality status (EcoQ) in two semi-enclosed, sheltered coastal ecosystems and in one transitional water body situated along the Western French coast, namely Marennes-Oleron Bay, Arcachon Bay, and the Seine Estuary. This study showed that these five indices rarely agreed with each other, describing very different pictures of the overall EcoQ of the three study sites. This work also clearly underlined the limitations of these approaches, notably the... |
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Palavras-chave: Transitional waters; Semi enclosed coastal ecosystems; Benthic invertebrates; Directive; European Water Framework; Biotic index. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3987.pdf |
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| Dauvin, J; Ruellet, T; Thiebaut, E; Gentil, F; Desroy, Nicolas; Janson, A; Duhamel, S; Jourde, J; Simon, S. |
| Since late 1990s the annelid polychaete Melinna palmata and the mollusc bivalve Ensis directus have been collected in the eastern part of the Bay of Seine (English Channel), indicating changes in the benthic communities. Melinna palmata was never collected prior to 2002, whereas it was reported in the muddy fine sands of the western part of the Channel, along the French (e.g. Bay of Cherbourg) and southern UK (e.g. Southampton Waters) coasts. Ensis directus was first reported in 1998 and now appears to be well implanted, given the abundant population collected in 2006. The colonization of Melina palmata seems to be a consequence of recent increase of the fine sediment in the eastern part of the Bay, while that of the invasive Ensis directus seems more... |
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Palavras-chave: Invasive species; Environmental disturbances; New records; Range expansion; English Channel; Bay of Seine; Ensis directus; Melinna palmata. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3567.pdf |
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| Dauvin, J; Desroy, Nicolas; Denis, L; Ruellet, T. |
| The suprabenthos comprises all bottom-dependent animals, mainly crustaceans (including decapods and peracarids), which perform - with varying amplitude, intensity and regularity - seasonal or daily vertical migrations above the sea floor. The presence of organisms in the Benthic Boundary Layer is determined by two general factors: (1) organism behaviour, which depends on the light penetration in the water column and (2) boundary-layer hydrodynamics. In the coastal zone of the eastern English Channel, during the spring Phaeocystis bloom, the presence of gelatinous colonies modifies the penetration of light in the water column, which may seriously affect the abundance and/or the behaviour of the suprabenthos community. To clarify this point, 19 suprabenthic... |
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Palavras-chave: Diel migration; Phaeocystis bloom; English channel; Suprabenthos. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4066.pdf |
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