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Season and seagrass: drivers of fish assemblage structure in the Banc d'Arguin,...
Compain, Philippe; Mallmann, Antonia; Sidina, Ebaye; Bourweiss, Mohammed; Ba, Mamadou Abdoul; Talla, Ismaila Samba; Niang, Alioune; Erzini, KarimThe Banc d’Arguin is the most ecologically significant coastal wetland of West Africa, a UNESCO Marine World Heritage area with one of the most extensive seagrass areas on Earth, used by many marine species as breeding and/or feeding habitat. However, little is known about the subtidal biodiversity supported by these extensive seagrass meadows. This study aimed to assess the influence of subtidal seagrass veget...
Atlantic connectivity of a major green sea turtle Chelonia mydas foraging aggre...
Patrício, Ana Rita; Coveney, Sophia A.; Barbanti, Anna; Barbosa, Castro; Broderick, Annette; El’Bar, Nahi; Godley, Brendan; Hancock, Joana M.ABSTRACT: Understanding population connectivity is paramount for effective conservation. While genetic tools have elucidated sea turtle migration patterns, notable data gaps limit our understanding of ocean-wide connectivity, especially regarding east Atlantic green turtles. We characterized the genetic composition of a globally important green turtle foraging aggregation at the Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, incor...
Movement patterns of green turtles at a key foraging site: the Banc d’Arguin, M...
Mestre, Julie; Patrício, Ana Rita; Sidina, Ebaye; Senhoury, Cheibani; El’bar, Nahi; Beal, Martin; Regalla De Barros, Aissa; Catry, PauloABSTRACT: Interactions with fisheries is a major threat to sea turtles. However, space-use at foraging locations remains overlooked in many populations, preventing effective protection. We assess the space-use of 14 juvenile and 24 adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) satellite-tracked in 2018–2022 within a foraging site of global importance for this species, the Banc d’Arguin in Mauritania, West Africa. Turtle...
Movement patterns of green turtles at a key foraging site: the Banc d’Arguin, M...
Mestre, Julie; Patrício, Ana Rita; Sidina, Ebaye; Senhoury, Cheibani; El’bar, Nahi; Beal, Martin; Regalla, Aissa; Catry, PauloInteractions with fisheries is a major threat to sea turtles. However, space-use at foraging locations remains overlooked in many populations, preventing effective protection. We assess the space-use of 14 juvenile and 24 adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) satellite-tracked in 2018–2022 within a foraging site of global importance for this species, the Banc d’Arguin in Mauritania, West Africa. Turtles exhibite...
eDNA metabarcoding reveals a rich but threatened and declining elasmobranch com...
de la Hoz Schilling, Carolina; Jabado, Rima W.; Veríssimo, Ana; Caminiti, Luca; Sidina, Ebaye; Gandega, Cheikhna Yero; Serrao, EsterElasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are the most threatened marine vertebrates, particularly in tropical and subtropical areas. Their population status is often poorly understood due to insufficient information. Despite reportedly harbouring critical elasmobranch habitats, the Banc d'Arguin National Park (PNBA) in Mauritania lacks comprehensive and updated information on the diversity of elasmobranch species in the...
Satellite tracking and field assessment highlight major foraging site for green...
Catry, Paulo; Senhoury, Cheibani; Sidina, Ebaye; El Bar, Nahi; Samba Bilal, Abdellahi; Ventura, Francesco; Godley, Brendan; Pires, António A.There is a remarkable paucity of estimates of the numeric importance of sea turtles at foraging grounds. The Banc d'Arguin (BA) is a vast shallow marine area off the coast of Mauritania, known as a site of world importance for coastal migratory birds and other biodiversity, including extensive seagrass beds. We sampled foraging green turtles on the BA, and extensively tracked adult female green turtles from the...
Potential biodiversity connectivity in the network of marine protected areas in...
Assis, Jorge; Failler, Pierre; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Abecasis, David; Touron-Gardic, Gregoire; Regalla, Aissa; Sidina, Ebaye; Dinis, HerculanoMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) must function as networks with sufficient stepping-stone continuity between suitable habitats to ensure the conservation of naturally connected regional pools of biodiversity in the long-term. For most marine biodiversity, population connectivity is mediated by passively dispersed planktonic stages with contrasting dispersal periods, ranging from a few hours to hundreds of days. Th...