MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation

2February 2017

Extrapolating cetacean densities to quantitatively assess human impacts on populations in the high seas

 Par: Laura Mannocci Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (Duke University) - Ifremer, Sète Lieu: Mont St-Clair room, Ifremer Center, avenue Jean Monnet, Sete

As human activities expand beyond national jurisdictions to the high seas, there is increasing need to consider anthropogenic impacts to species inhabiting these waters. The current scarcity of scientific observations of cetaceans in the high seas impedes the assessment of population-level impacts of these activities. To know more...

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MARBEC MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, is a research unit which includes the staff of 4 organizations: IRD, IFREMER, UM and CNRS. Its objective is the study of marine biodiversity in lagoon coastal and offshore ecosystems, at different integration levels, molecular, individual, population and community aspects and the way humans use this biodiversity.