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New paper out: No Sign of Homogenisation in Reef Fish Communities Across an Ecological Transition Zone Exposed to Warming - doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13…

Why do seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets and flying gurnards evolve differently across oceans? 🌏🐟 A new study led by Scripps researchers reveals that colonization dynamics drive the decoupling of species richness and morphological diversity. Dive in: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

Super proud of my 2nd PhD paper exploring shifts in evo. integration among reef fish fins with expansions in locomotor modes, out now in Evolution. Within modes there is much diversity in fin shape and weak connections between form and function. doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

@cwaldock1 revealed a major mismatch between micronutrients available on tropical reefs and those caugth by small-scale fisheries Towards micronutrient-orientated policies targeting species with a complementary micronutrient profiles @umrMARBEC doi.org/10.1002/pan3.1…

@FranckPichot3 pulished his first PhD chapter doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13… Corsica and Balearic islands as refugia for elasmobranch and threatened fishes 187 #eDNA surveys detected 153 species (17 🦈) Elasmobranch richness impacted by human gravity @umrMARBEC @AndromedeOcean

NEW CORAL REEF RESEARCH: Environmental change and connectivity drive coral reef fish abundance in the Western Indian Ocean (OPEN ACCESS) academic.oup.com/icesjms/advanc… Worldwide, coral reefs are facing risk from climate change. The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) harbours about 16% of global coral reefs with highly reef-dependent local communities. Coastal protection and food security depend on effective conservation management, which requires understanding species abundances. Here, we explore how fish group distribution and abundance across the WIO, categorized by their trophic function, are explained by oceanographic connectivity, sea surface temperature (SST), and chlorophyll a. We designed a proportional oceanographic connectivity metric describing the relative strength of connectivity between all WIO coral reefs and each survey site. We created statistical models for four trophic groups: grazers and detritivores, herbivorous excavators, corallivores, and primary piscivores across 51 sites in the WIO. We show that SST and chlorophyll a are strong predictors of all trophic fish groups and that the proportional oceanographic connectivity metric improved the model predictions significantly for grazers and detritivores and excavators. For excavators, peak abundances were predicted at medium connectivity, and for grazers and detritivores, at low and medium connectivity, suggesting that larvae dispersal predominates at a local scale. Decision making should include connectivity for efficient conservation area prioritization, for which our proportional oceanographic connectivity metric is a valid and useful parameter. #coralreefs #coralfish #reeffish #fish #coral #connectivity #management #coralreefecology #research #marinescience #marinebiology

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First launch of our swarm of Autonomous Underwater Vehicules #AUV sampling #eDNA, physico-chemical parameters, sounds, videos etc. SEAMAP project funded by @Bpifrance Developped by seaber.fr with @SPYGEN_Lab Next try in La Ciotat with @SauvonsLeau @umrMARBEC

Congrat Letizia for this new masterpiece showing how to reduce the dimensionality of multitaxa eDNA samples to reveal biogeographic and human gradients doi.org/10.1111/2041-2… Samples as mixtures of K different sources PhD at @cefemontpellier @ETH_en @EPHE_PSL @WSLbiodiversity

Check out our new blog post that introduced ‘Life on the edge’, a new toolbox for predicting population responses to global change 🌎 buff.ly/3U2IP2H

⚡️Paper Alert⚡️ The socioeconomic and environmental niche of #ProtectedAreas reveals global conservation gaps and opportunities. @CNRS @CNRSecologie @psl_univ @EPHE_PSL @criobe_pf @ocean_climate doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Measuring 29 fish community contributions to Nature or People on tropical reefs show that: 1. Contributions for Nature are correlated to biomass 2. Trade-offs among contributions are not the rule 3. Bright-spots can be in any country doi.org/10.1016/j.onee… @BiodiversaPlus

Protected areas: rare opportunities identified on a global scale doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Socio-economic conditions had a greater influence than environmental conditions in the establishment of PA globally HDI & NGOs ++ Accessibility & dependence on fish stocks - - @FRBiodiv

Never to late to advocate for conservation: Thrilled to see that the German Press Agency (@dpa) featured my research on #WorldAnimalDay! 🐠🤖 My paper was showcased as a state-of-the-art example of #AI in conservation. read it e.g. @zeitonline: t1p.de/l7hf3 @LeibnizZMT

4 simplified distinct states on coral reefs using benthic cover and fish size classes, denoted as: Coral–large fish, algae–large fish, algae–small fish, and coral–small fish. doi.org/10.1111/geb.13… Multi-decadal state shifts in 88.1% of coral reefs @FRBiodiv @OFBiodiversite

Marine protected areas boost the living standards of coastal populations after 18y in Tanzania lemag.ird.fr/en/marine-prot… Dividends of tourism not fisheries catches doi.org/10.1111/conl.1… Salaried employment pays much better than subsistence activities @ird_fr @umontpellier

Counterfactual scenarios predict 5.7% less fish biomass without fishing restrictions on coral reefs doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… With 30% coverage of fully protected #MPAs, fish biomass would be ~17 to 28% higher depending on the context Highest gains where human gravity is low

I'm glad to share our new paper published in @ESAFrontiers 🎉! We assessed the co-benefits and trade-offs between Natural Climate Solutions (#NCS) within 12 ecosystems and 150 Sustainable Development Goals (#SDG) targets. 🔗 Paper available here: doi.org/10.1002/fee.28… 🔗 1/5

@GaelMariani published another masterpiece in collaboration with +20 coauthors on co‐benefits and trade‐offs between Nature Climate Solutions and #SDG doi.org/10.1002/fee.28… After a brillant PhD with us at @umrMARBEC @umontpellier he is moving to @WMUHQ

SAVE THE DATE Lundi 21 oct. Avant-première de la dernière Mission Gombessa de Laurent Ballesta « Cap Corse : Le Mystère des Anneaux » En présence de Laurent Ballesta À plus de 100m de profondeur, des formations mystérieuses ont été découvertes pulse.ly/xbkwj7qfqt