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| Vianello, Patrick; Ternon, Jean-francois; Demarcq, Herve; Herbette, Steven; Roberts, Michael J.. |
| This work is part of the MADRidge Project special issue which aims to describe pelagic ecosystems in the vicinity of three prominent shallow seamounts in the South West Indian Ocean: one here named MAD-Ridge (240 m below the surface) plus Walters Shoal (18 m) on the Madagascar Ridge, and La Pérouse (60 m) on the abyssal plain east of Madagascar. The three span latitudes 20°S and 33°S, some 1500 km. The study provides the background oceanography for the once-off, multidisciplinary snapshot cruise studies around the seamounts. As life on seamounts is determined by factors such as summit depth, proximity to the light layers of the ocean, and the ambient circulation, a first description of regional spatial-field climatologies (16–22 years) and monthly... |
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Palavras-chave: South West Indian Ocean; Madagascar Ridge; Seamounts; Walters shoal; Sea surface temperature; Eddy kinetic energy; Mixed layer depth; Chlorophyll-a; Geostrophic currents. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00634/74581/74476.pdf |
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| Martins, Rodrigo S.; Roberts, Michael J.; Chang, Nicolette; Verley, Philippe; Moloney, Coleen L.; Vidal, Erica A. G.. |
| Specific gravity is an important parameter in the dispersal of marine zooplankton, because the velocity of currents, and therefore the speed of transport, is usually greatest near the surface. For the South African chokka squid (Loligo reynaudii), recruitment is thought to be influenced by the successful transport of paralarvae from the spawning grounds to a food-rich feature known as the cold ridge some 100-200 km away. The role of paralarval specific gravity on such transport is investigated. Specific gravity ranged from 1.0373 to 1.0734 g cm(-3) during the yolk-utilization phase, implying that paralarvae are always negatively buoyant, regardless of yolk content. The data were incorporated into a coupled individual-based model (IBM)-Regional Ocean... |
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Palavras-chave: Agulhas Bank; Chokka squid; Dispersal; Paralarvae; Specific gravity. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00013/12461/9316.pdf |
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| Marsac, Francis; Galletti, Florence; Ternon, Jean-francois; Romanov, Evgeny V.; Demarcq, Herve; Corbari, Laure; Bouchet, Philippe; Roest, Walter; Jorry, Stephan; Olu, Karine; Loncke, Lies; Roberts, Michael J.; Ménard, Frédéric. |
| There is a growing interest in the management of seamounts of the South Western Indian Ocean (SWIO) both in waters under national jurisdictions and in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ). On the one hand, new scientific knowledge has been gathered through various oceanographic cruises during the past decade and, on the other hand, new agreements are under consideration globally to promote conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity in the ABNJ, where the deep sea ecosystems associated to seamounts are a growing matter of concern. SWIO seamounts have attracted interests from fishing operators since the 1960s, while mining exploration contracts have been recently granted. Seamounts are known to shelter rich, fragile and poorly resilient... |
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Palavras-chave: International Law of the Sea; Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems; Deep-sea fisheries; Deep-sea mining; Benthic biodiversity; Saya de Malha Bank; South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement; Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction; Amended Nairobi Convention; Marine protected areas. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00598/71049/69362.pdf |
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