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TI Are growth and density quantitative indicators of essential fish habitat quality? An application to the common sole Solea solea nursery grounds
BT 
AF GILLIERS, Camille
   LE PAPE, Olivier
   DESAUNAY, Yves
   MORIN, Jocelyne
   GUERAULT, Daniel
   AMARA, Rachid
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:2;6:5;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;4:PDG-DOP-DCMMN-HMMN-RHPEB;5:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;6:;
C1 Univ Lille 1, Lab Econum Ecotox, F-56655 Villeneuve Dascq, France.
   Agrocampus Rennes, Département Halieutique, 65 rue de St Brieuc CS 84215, 35042 Rennes, FRANCE
   IFREMER, EHM, Nantes 03, France.
   IFREMER, F-14520 Port En Bessin, France.
   Univ Littoral Cote dOpale, MREN, F-62930 Wimereux, France.
C2 UNIV LILLE, FRANCE
   AGROCAMPUS RENNES, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV LITTORAL COTE D'OPALE, FRANCE
SI NANTES
   PORT-EN-BESSIN
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH
   PDG-DOP-DCMMN-HMMN-RHPEB
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 1.733
TC 78
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2016.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Flatfish juvenile;Essential fish habitat quality;Quantitative bio indicators
AB Bio-indicators were measured on juvenile fish to assess the quality of eight coastal and estuarine nursery grounds in the Eastern English Channel and in the Bay of Biscay during 3 years. Growth (size and otolith daily increment width), body condition (morphometric index) and abundance of juvenile common soles were analysed together with xenobiotic concentrations (heavy metals and organic contaminants).   Condition indices displayed important variations and did not allow relevant estimation of environmental quality. On the contrary, growth and density indicators showed good steadiness above years but varied among sites. In spite of difficulties of interpreting these indicators on such a meso-scale approach, analyses highlighted the estuaries of Seine and Gironde. In these nursery areas, the levels of contamination were especially high, and the combination of fish growth performances and density was significantly lower than in other sites. The combination of these variables appears to provide reliable indicators of habitat quality and anthropogenic pressure on nursery grounds, especially highlighting contaminated areas. Such indicators may thus contribute to improve assessment of environmental quality of essential fish habitats with the aim of a sustainable management of fisheries resources. A study at a different scale, from this meso-scale nursery approach with more precise analyses, on local habitats, will nevertheless be necessary to optimize the relevance of these indicators for the assessment of essential fish habitat quality. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY 2006
PD AUG
SO Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
SN 0272-7714
PU Elsevier
VL 69
IS 1-2
UT 000239855300008
BP 96
EP 106
DI 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.02.006
ID 2016
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