Publications by authors named "Manuel Rouquette"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates how fish populations in the Eastern English Channel (EEC) are influenced by the interactions between pelagic (water column) and benthic (seafloor) habitats over five different time periods.
- - It uses stable isotope analysis to evaluate the sources of organic matter that support fish communities and highlights that these couplings are consistent due to shallow waters and adaptable feeding behaviors.
- - The research reveals that changes in fish species compositions do not disrupt these couplings, as many dominant species can utilize a variety of resources, enhancing our understanding of energy transfer within the ecosystem.
Whether considered as a risk for human health or as ecological tracers, contaminants' concentrations measured in fish muscles are commonly expressed relative to wet or dry mass. Comparison of results required conversion factors (CF) but accurate values are scarce and case-specific. The present paper is aimed at investigating errors linked with the use of the theoretical value.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn June 2015, an individual of Diretmichthys parini (Post and Quero, 1981) was trawled at 530m depth, in the North Sea off Norway and donated to research. This capture, the first for this species in the North Sea was the northernmost recorded so far, and provided an opportunity to document some aspects of the biology and ecology of this data-poor species. This individual was a female, 331mm total length of 33years old, with low mercury content in muscle and liver (~0.
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