François LE LOC'H
Trophic ecology
Research Director
IRD Ouest
Trophic ecology
Research Director
IRD Ouest
LEMAR Laboratory
Discovery
02 98 49 87 01
My research focuses on the study of the functioning of exploited tropical and Mediterranean coastal marine ecosystems. I have a generalist approach to trophic ecology, combining field and laboratory work with the use of trophic and statistical models. The main objective of my research activities at IRD is to contribute to the management of marine resources in the context of the ecosystem approach in order to reconcile conservation and sustainable exploitation. My work, some of which is resolutely multidisciplinary, has been carried out mainly in partnership with Senegal, Tunisia and more recently Brazil and Gabon.
I have been responsible for various scientific programmes dedicated to the study of the functioning of an archetypal Mediterranean ecosystem, the Gulf of Gabes. I am currently coordinating several national and international multidisciplinary projects (mangrove ecosystems in Gabon, impact of offshore wind turbines), I have also been in charge of several working groups in national and international projects.
2023
Fofack-Garcia R., Mazé C., Lejart M., Safi G., Chauvac N., Thermes M., Ragueneau O., Le Loc’h F., Niquil N. 2023. Socio-political acceptability of floating offshore wind farms in France: challenges and perspectives for marine governance towards sustainability. Ocean and Coastal Management 236: 106513
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106513
Mve Beh J.-H., Sadio O., Mbega J.-D., Tchinga G., Tsinga F., Leboulanger C., Ben Rais Lasram F., Tito de Morais L., Le Loc’h F. 2023. Spatial and temporal structure of the fish assemblage in Akanda National Park (Gabon), an equatorial mangrove estuary. Regional Studies in Marine Sciences 59: 102805
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102805
Mauffret A., Chouvelon T., Wessel N., Cresson P., Bănaru D., Baudrier J., Bustamante P., Chekri R., Jitaru P., Le Loc’h F., Mialet B., Vaccher V., Harmelin-Vivien M. 2023. Trace elements, Dioxins and PCBs in different fish species and marine regions: importance of the taxon and regional features. Environmental Research, 216: 114624
2022
Pelage L., Lucena-Frédou F., Eduardo L.N., Le Loc’h F., Bertrand A., Lira A.S., Frédou T. 2022. Competing with each other: fish isotope niche processes in two resource availability contexts. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 975091.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.975091
Limeira A.G.C., Frédou T., Soares A.P.C, Lira A.S., Le Loc’h F., Segundo Viana G.F., Rosa Filho J.S., Lucena-Frédou F. 2022. Trophic ecology and resource partitioning of Haemulidae species along the Northeastern Brazilian continental shelf. Neotropical Ichthyology 20(3):e220001.
https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0001
Vanalderweireldt L., Albouy C., Le Loc’h F., Blestel C., Millot R., Patrissi M., Marengo M., Garcia J., Bousquet C., Barrier C., Lefur M., Bisgambiglia P.-A., Donnay A., Ternengo S., Aiello A., Lejeune P., Durieux E.D.H. 2022. Ecosystem modelling the Eastern Corsican Coast (ECC): case study of one of the least trawled shelf of the Mediterranean. Journal of Marine Systems, 235: 103798.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103798
Lira A., Lucena-Frédou F., Figueiredo Lacerda C.H., Eduardo L.N., Ferreira V., Frédou T., Ménard F., Angelini R., Le Loc’h F. 2022. Effect of fishing effort on the trophic functioning of tropical estuaries in Brazil. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 277: 108040.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108040
Hsun Hsu H., Yacoubi L., Lin Y.-J., Le Loc’h F., Katsanevakis S., Giovos I., Qurban M.A., Nazeer Z., Panickan P., Maneja R.H., Prihartato P.K., Loughland R.A., Rabaoui L. 2022. Elasmobranchs of the western Arabian Gulf: diversity, status, and implications for conservation. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 56: 102637
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102637
McQuatters-Gollop A., Guérin L., Arroyo N.L., Aubert A., Artigas F., Bedford J., Corcoran E., Dierschke V., Eilliott S., Geelhoed S.C.V., Gilles A., González-Irusta J., Haelters J., Johansen M., Le Loc’h F., Lynam C., Niquil N., Meakins B., Mitchell I., Padegimas B., Rombouts I., Pesch R., Preciado I., Safi G., Schmitt P., Schückel U., Serrano A., Stebbing P., De la Torriente A., Vina Herbon C. 2022. Assessing the state of marine biodiversity in the Northeast Atlantic. Ecological Indicators, 141: 109148
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109148
Pelage L., Ferreira V., Lucena Frédou F., Ferreire G., Guazzelli Gonzaleza J., Pontes Viana A., Lira A.S., Munaron J.M., Frédou T., Ménard F., Le Loc’h F. 2022. Estuarine food web structure and relative importance of organic matter sources for fish in a highly connected Northeastern Brazil ecotone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 275: 107972
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107972
Denis J., Rabhi K., Le Loc’h F., Ben Rais Lasram F., Boutin K., Kazour M., Diop M., Gruselle M.-C., Amara R. 2022. Role of estuarine habitats for the feeding ecology of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). Plos One, 17(7): e0270348.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270348
Sadio O., Simier M., Le Loc’h F., Tito de Morais L. 2022. Length–weight relationships of four fish species from Fatala estuary, Guinea, West Africa. Journal of Applied Icthyology, 38: 372-374
https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14318
Santos L.V., de Vasconcelos-Filho J.E., Lira A.S., Soares A., Eduardo L.N., Le Loc’h F., Passarone R., Lucena Frédou F. 2022. Trophic ecology and ecomorphology of the shorthead drum, Larimus breviceps (Acanthuriformes: Sciaenidae), from the Northeastern Brazil. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences 38: 1–11
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00365-6
Noquès Q., Araignous A., Bourdaud P., Halouani G., Raoux A., Foucher E., Le Loc’h F., Loew-Turbout F., Ben Rais Lasram F., Dauvin J.-C., Niquil N. 2022. Spatialized ecological network analysis for ecosystem-based management: effects of climate change, marine renewable energy and fishing on the functioning of the Bay of Seine ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsac026
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac026
Lira A., Le Loc’h F., Agrelli de Andrade H., Lucena Fredou F. 2022. Vulnerability of marine resources affected by a small-scale tropical shrimp fishery in Northeast Brazil. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsac004
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac004
Le Marchand M., Ben Rais Lasram F., Araignous E., Saint-Béat B., Lassalle G., Michelet N., Serre S., Safi G., Lejart M., Niquil N., Le Loc’h F. 2022. Potential combined impacts of climate change and non-indigenous species arrivals on Bay of Biscay trophic network structure and functioning. Journal of Marine System, 228, 103704
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103704
Masiá P., Mateo J. L., Arias A., Bartolomé M., Blanco C., Erzini K., Le Loc’h F., Mve Beh J.-H, Powers D., Rodriguez N., Schaal G., Machado-Schiaffino G., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2022. Potential microplastics impacts on African fishing resources. Sciences of the Total Environment, 806 (2), 150671
2021
Mbega J.-D., Sadio O., Liwouwou J.-F., Mvé Beh J.-H., Bamba I., Eleng Spanian A., Yedi M.-L., Cardiec F., Le Loc’h F. 2021. Reproductive biology of the lesser African threadfin, Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795) in Gabon. African Journal of Marine Science 43(4): 499-509
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1995493
Santos L.V., de Vasconcelos-Filho J.E., Lira A.S., Soares A., Eduardo L.N., Le Loc’h F., Passarone R., Lucena Frédou F. 2021. Trophic ecology and ecomorphology of the shorthead drum, Larimus breviceps (Acanthuriformes: Sciaenidae), from the Northeastern Brazil. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00365-6
Eduardo L.N., Bertrand A., Mincarone M.M., Martins J.R., Frédou T., Vieira Assunção R., Siqueira Lima R., Ménard F., Le Loc’h F., Lucena-Frédou F. 2021. Distribution, vertical migration, and trophic ecology of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) in the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography 199: 102695
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102695
Martins K.M., Lucena Fredou F., Le Loc’h F., Pelage L., Justino A., Vaske Junior T., Traverssos P. 2021. Assessing trophic interactions between pelagic predatory fish by gut content and stable isotopes analysis around Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Brazil), Equatorial West Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology 99: 1576-1590
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14863
Sadio O., Simier M., Le Loc’h F., Tito de Morais L. 2021. Length–weight relationships of 5 fish species from the Sine Saloum estuary, Senegal, West Africa. Journal of Applied Ichtyology 37: 802-804
https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14230
Kerninon F., Payri C., Le Loc’h F., Alcoverro T., Maréchal J.-P., Chalifour J., Gréaux S., Mège S., Anthanase J., Cordonnier S., Rouget M.-L., Lorre E., Uboldi T., Monnier O., Hellio C. 2021. Selection of parameters for seagrass management: Towards the development of integrated indicators for French Antilles. Marine Pollution Bulletin 170: 112646
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112646
Sadio O., Le Loc’h F., Simier M., Tito de Morais L. 2021. Length–weight relationships of 20 fish species from the Sine Saloum estuary, Senegal, West Africa. Cybium 45(2) 155-158
https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2021-452-007
Hmida L., Fassatoui C., Missaoui S., Zaghab J., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F., Ben Rais Lasram F. 2021. Morphological and genetic characterization of the invasive rayed pearl oyster Pinctada imbricate radiata (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pteriidae) populations from contrasting environments along the Tunisian coast. Marine Biology Research DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2021.1919713
https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1919713
Guazzelli Gonzalez J., Darnaude A.M., Duarte Neto P.J., Le Loc’h F., Constantino de Lima M., Ménard F., Ferreira V., Lucena Frédou F., Munaron J.-M., Frédou T. 2021. Trophic ecology of the juveniles of two jack species (Caranx latus and C. hippos) in contrasted tropical estuaries. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 225: 107370
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107370
Bouaziz R., Le Loc’h F., Rolet C., Veillet G., Munaron J.-M., Rabhi K., Borhane Djebar A., Amara R., Ben Rais Lasram F. 2021. Structure and seasonal variability in fish food webs in a small macrotidal estuary (Canche estuary, Eastern English Channel) based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis. Regional Studies in Marine Science 44: 101694
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101694
Niquil N., Scotti M., Fofack-Garcia R., Haraldsson M., Thermes M., Raoux A., Le Loc’h F., Mazé C. 2021. The merits of qualitative modelling of cause-effect mechanisms in social-ecological systems associated to offshore wind farms. Frontiers Ecology and Evolution 9:635798
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.635798
Pelage L., Guazzelli J.G., Le Loc’h F., Munaron J.-M., Ferreira V., Lucena Frédou F., Fredou T., 2021. Importance of estuarine morphology for coastal connectivity: a case study in Brazilian tropical estuaries. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 251: 107184
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107184
Lira A., Lucena Frédou F., Ménard F., Frédou T., Guazzelli Gonzalez J., Ferreira V., Munaron J.-M., Le Loc’h F. 2021. Trophic structure of a nektobenthic community exploited by a multispecific bottom trawling fishery in Northeastern Brazil. Plos One 16(2): e0246491
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246491
Sardenne F., Bodin N., Barret L., Blamey L., Govinden R., Gabriel K., Mangroo R., Munaron J.-M., Le Loc’h F., Bideau A., Le Grand F., Sabino M., Bustamante P., Rowat D. 2021. Diets of spiny lobsters from Mahé Island reefs, Seychelles, inferred by trophic tracers. Regional Studies in Marine Science 41: 101640
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101640
Sadio O., Simier M., Le Loc’h F., Tito de Morais L. 2021. Length–weight relationships of 19 fish species from two tropical artificial reservoirs (Manantali and Selingue) in Mali, West Africa. Cybium 45(1): 59-62
https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2021-451-007
Lira A., Lucena-Frédou F., Le Loc’h F. 2021. How the fishing effort control and environmental changes affect the sustainability of a tropical shrimp small scale fishery? Fisheries Research 235: 105824
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105824
Noguès Q., Raoux A., Araignous E. Chaalali A., Hattab T., Leroy B., Ben Rais Lasram F., David V., Le Loc’h F., Dauvin J.-C., Niquil N. 2021. Cumulative Effects of Marine Renewable Energy and Climate Change on Ecosystem Properties: Sensitivity of Ecological Network Analysis. Ecological Indicators, 107128
2020
Eduardo L.N., Bertrand A., Mincarone M.M., Silva L.S., Frédou T., Assunção R., Silva A.C., Ménard F., Schwamborn R., Le Loc’h F., Lucena-Frédou F. 2020. Trophic ecology, habitat, and migratoryl behaviour of the viperfish Chauliodus sloani (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae) reveal a key mesopelagic player. Scientific Reports 10: 20996
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77222-8
Araújo Abrantes de Figueiredo G.G., Schwamborn R., Bertrand A., Munaron J.-M., Le Loc’h F. 2020. Body size and stable isotope ratios of zooplankton in the western tropical Atlantic. Journal of Marine Systems, 212: 103449
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103449
Sardenne F., Bodin N., Médieu A., Antha M., Arrisol R., Le Grand F., Bideau A., Munaron J.-M., Le Loc’h F., Chassot E. 2020. Benefit-risk associated with the consumption of fish bycatch from tropical tuna fisheries. Environmental Pollution, 267: 115614
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115614
Halouani G., Villanueva C., Raoux A., Dauvin J.-C., Ben Rais Lasram F., Foucher E., Le Loc’h F., Safi G., Araignous E., Robin J.-P., Niquil N. 2020. A spatial food web model to investigate potential spillover effects of an offshore wind farm. Journal of Marine Systems 212: 103434
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103434
Le Marchand M, Hattab T., Niquil N., Albouy C., Le Loc’h F., Ben Rais Lasram F. 2020. Climate change in the Bay of Biscay: arrivals of southern species could have greater impacts on spatial biodiversity pattern than local extinctions. Marine Ecology Progess Series 647:17-31
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13401
Ben Rais Lasram F., Hattab T., Nogues Q., Beaugrand G., Dauvin J.-C., Halouani G., Le Loc’h F., Niquil N., Leroy B. 2020. An open-source framework to model present and future marine species distributions at local scale. Ecological Informatics 59: 101130
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101130
Eduardo L.N., Bertrand A., Mincarone M.M., Silva L.S., Frédou T., Assunção R., Silva A.C., Ménard F., Schwamborn R., Le Loc’h F., Lucena-Frédou F. 2020. Hatchetfishes (Sternoptychidae: Stomiiformes) of the Southwestern Atlantic: biodiversity, trophic ecology, vertical niche partitioning and functional roles. Progress in Oceanography 187:102389
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102389
Cardiec F., Bertand S., Witt M.J., Metcalfe K., Godley B.J., McClellan C., Vilela R., Parnell R.J., Le Loc’h F. 2020. “Too Big To Ignore”: A feasibility analysis of detecting fishing events in Gabonese small-scale fisheries. Plos One 15(6):e0234091
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234091
Annasawmy P., Cherel Y., Romanov Y., Le Loc’h F., Ménard F., Ternon J.-F., Marsac F. 2020 Stable isotope patterns of mesopelagic communities at two shallow seamounts of the south-western Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II 176: 104804
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104804
Cresson P., Chouvelon T., Bustamante P., Bănaru D., Baudrier J., Le Loc’h F., Mauffret A., Mialet B., Spitz J., Wessel N., Briand M.J., Denamiel M., Doray M., Guillou G., Jadaud A., Lazard C., Prieur S., Rouquette M., Saraux C., Serre S., Timmerman C.-A., Verin Y., Harmelin-Vivien M. 2020 Primary production and depth drive different trophic structure and functioning of fish assemblages in French marine areas. Progress in Oceanography 186: 102343
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102343
Soares A., Lira A.S., Gonzalez J.G., Eduardo L.N., Lucena-Frédou F., Le Loc’h F., Ferreira B.P., Frédou T. 2020. Feeding habits and population aspects of the spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus (Perciformes: Mullidae), on the continental shelf of northeast Brazil. Scientia Marina 84(2): 119-131.
https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04958.24A
Le Croizier G., Lorrain A, Schaal G., Le Loc’h F., Munaron J.-M., Ketchum J., Hoyos Padilla M., Besnard L., Point D. 2020. Trophic resources and mercury exposure of two silvertip shark populations in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Chemosphere 53: 126645
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126645
Abdou K., Le Loc’h F., Gascuel D., Romdhane M.S., Aubin J., Ben Raïs Lasram F. 2020 Combining ecosystem indicators and life cycle assessment for environmental assessment of demersal trawling in Tunisia. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25(1): 105-119
2019
Gonzalez J.G., Lira A., Pontes Viana A., Lucena Frédou F., Le Loc’h F., Ménard F., Agrelli de Andrade H., Munaron J.-M., Frédou T., Ferreira V. 2019. Trophic resource partitioning of two snook fish species (Centropomidae) in tropical estuaries in Brazil as evidenced by stable isotope analysis. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 226: 106287
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106287
Thabet I., Bourgeois K., Le Loc’h F., Abdennadher A., Munaron J.-M., Gharsalli M., Romdhane M.S., Ben Rais Lasram F. .2019 Determining the trophic ecology of Scopoli’s shearwaters through different breeding phases in the Zembra Archipelago using stable isotope analysis. Marine Biology 166: 61.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3509-1
Ferreira V., Le Loc’h F., Ménard F., Fédou T., Lucena Frédou F., 2019. Ecological guilds of the fish fauna and evidence of connectivity between coastal environments in Northeastern Brazil. Scientia Marina 83(2): 133-142
https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04855.25A
Arroyo N.-L., Safi G., Vouriot P., López-López L., Niquil N., Le Loc’h F., Hattab T., Preciado I. 2019. Towards coherent GES assessments at sub-regional level: signs of fisheries expansion processes in the Bay of Biscay using an OSPAR food web indicator, the Mean Trophic Level. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences
https://doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz023
Halouani G., Le Loc’h F., Shin Y.-J, Velez L., Hattab T., Romdhane M.S., Ben Rais Lasram F. 2019. An end-to-end model to evaluate the sensitivity of ecosystem indicators to track fishing impacts. Ecological Indicators 98: 121-130
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.10.061
Le Croizier G., Schaal G., Point D, Le Loc’h F., Machu E., Fall M., Munaron J.-M., Walter P., Laë R., Tito de Morais L. 2019. Stable isotope analyses revealed high intraspecific variability in foraging habitat and origin of mercury contamination in tropical coastal marine fish. Science of the Total Environment 650: 2129-2140
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.330
Raoux A., Lassalle G., Pezy J.-P., Tecchio S., Safi G., Ernande B., Mazé C., Le Loc’h F., Lequesne J., Girardin V., Dauvin J.-C., Niquil N. 2019. Measuring sensitivity of two OSPAR indicators for a coastal food web model under offshore wind farm construction. Ecological Indicators 96(1): 728-738
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.014
Akadje C.M.A, Amon Y.N., N’Da K., Le Loc’h F. 2019. Reproductive biology of barracuda, Sphyraena guachancho, on Ivorian coasts (eastern central Atlantic). Vie et Milieu – Life and environment 69 (2-3): 177-185
2018
Lira A., Angelini R., Le Loc’h F., Ménard F., Lacerda C., Frédou T., Lucena Frédou F. 2018 Trophic flow structure in a neotropical estuary in Northeastern Brazil and the comparison of ecosystems models indicators in estuaries. Journal of Marine Systems 182: 31-45.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.02.007
Abdou K., Gascuel D., Aubin J., Romdhane M.S., Ben Rais Lasram F., Le Loc’h F. 2018 Environmental life cycle assessment of seafood production: a case study on trawler catches in Tunisia. Science of the Total Environment 610-611: 298-307.
2017
Abdou K., Ben Rais Lasram F., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F., Aubin J. 2017. Rearing performances and environmental assessment of sea cage farming in Tunisia using life cycle assessment (LCA) combined with PCA and HCPC. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23(5): 1049–1062
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1339-2
Cachera M., Le Loc’h F. 2017. Assessing the relationships between phylogenetic and functional singularities in sharks (Chondrichthyes). Ecology and Evolution 7(16): 6292–6303.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2871
Abdou K., Aubin J., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F., Ben Rais Lasram F. 2017. Environmental assessment of seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and seabream (Sparus aurata) farming from a life cycle perspective: a case study of a Tunisian aquaculture farms. Aquaculture 471: 204-212.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.01.019
Reed J., Shannon L., Velez L., Akoglu E., Bundy A., Coll M., Fu C., Fulton B., Grüss A., Halouani G., Heymans J. J., Houle J., John E., Le Loc’h F., Salihoglu B., Verley P., Shin Y.-J. 2017. Variability of species’ trophic level – does it matter? ICES Journal of Marine Science 74(1): 158-169.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw150
Raoux A., Tecchio S., Pezy J.-P., Lassalle G., Degraer S., Wilhelmsson D., Cachera M., Ernande B., Le Guen C., Haraldsson M., Grangeré K., Le Loc’h F., Dauvin J.-C., Niquil N. 2017. Benthic and fish aggregation inside an offshore wind farm: Which effects on the trophic web functioning? Ecological Indicators 72: 33–46.
2016
Halouani G., Ben Rais Lasram F., Shin Y., Velez L., Verley P., Hattab T., Oliveros-Ramos R., Ménard F., Diaz F., Baklouti M., Guyennon A., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F. 2016. Modelling food web structure using an end-to-end approach in the coastal ecosystem of the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia). Ecological modelling 339: 45-57.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.08.008
Le Croizier G., Schaal G., Gallon R., Fall M., Le Grand F., Munaron J.-M., Rouget M.-L., Machu E., Le Loc’h F., Laë R., Tito De Morais L. 2016. Trophic ecology influence on metal bioaccumulation in marine fish: inference from stable isotopes and fatty acid analyses. Science of the Total Environment 573: 83-95.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.035
Viana A., Lucena-Frédou F., Ménard F., Frédou T., Ferreira V., Lira A.S., Le Loc’h F. 2016. Length-weight relationship of 81 fish species from tropical coastal region of Pernambuco (Northeast) Brazil. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 46(3): 271-277.
https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2016.46.3.12
Chaalali A., Beaugrand G., Raybaud V., Lassalle G., Saint-Béat B, Le Loc’h F., Bopp L., Tecchio S., Safi G., Chifflet M., Lobry J., Niquil N. 2016. From species distributions to ecosystem structure and function: A methodological perspective. Ecological Modelling 334: 78–90.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.04.022
Abdou K., Halouani G., Hattab T., Ben Rais Lasram F., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F. 2016. Exploring the effects of Marine Protected Areas on ecosystem’s trophic functioning using Ecospace model: A model for the Gulf of Gabes. Aquatic Living Resources 29: 202.
https://doi.org/10.1051/alr/2016014
Halouani G., Abdou K., Hattab T., Romdhane M.S., Ben Rais Lasram F., Le Loc’h F. 2016. A spatio-temporal ecosystem model to simulate Fishing Management Plans: A case of study in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia). Marine Policy 69: 62-72.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.04.002
Hattab T., Leprieur F., Ben Rais Lasram F., Gravel D., Le Loc’h F., Albouy C. 2016. Forecasting fine‐scale changes in the food‐web structure of coastal marine communities under climate change. Ecography 39(12): 1227-1237.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01937
Ben Rais Lasram F., Hattab T., Halouani G., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F., Albouy C. 2016. Cumulative human threats on fish biodiversity components in Tunisian waters. Mediterranean Marine Science 17(1): 190-201.
2015
Carlier A., Chauvaud L., van der Geest M., Le Loc’h F., Le Duff M., Vernet M., Raffray J., Diakate D., Labrosse P. Wagué A., Legoff C., Gohin F., Chaperon B., Clavier J. 2015. Trophic connectivity between offshore upwelling and the inshore food web of Banc d’Arguin (Mauritania): New insights from isotopic analysis. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 165: 149-158.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.05.001
Shaiek M., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F. 2015. Study of the ichthyofauna diets in the Ichkeul Lake (Tunisia). Cybium 39(3): 193-210.
Ben Rais Lasram F, Hattab T., Halouani G., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F. 2015. Modeling of beta diversity in Tunisian waters: predictions using Generalized Dissimilarity Modeling and bioregionalisation using fuzzy clustering. PLoS One 10(7): e0131728.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131728
Halouani G., Gascuel D., Hattab T., Ben Rais Lasram F., Coll M., Tsagarakis K., Piroddi C., Romdhane M.S., Le Loc’h F. 2015. Fishing impact in Mediterranean ecosystems: an EcoTroph modeling approach. Journal of Marine Systems 150: 22-33.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.05.007
Wahbi F., Le Loc’h F., Berreho A., Benazzouz A., Ben Mhmed A., Errhif, A. 2015. Régime alimentaire de Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) de la zone sud de la côte Atlantique marocaine. Cybium 39(2): 131-142.
Albouy C., Ben Rais Lasram F., Guilhaumon F., Velez L., Meynard C.N., Boyer S., Benestan L., Mouquet N., Douzery E., Aznard R., Troussellier M., Somot S., Leprieur F, Le Loc’h F., Mouillot D. 2015. FishMed: traits, phylogeny, current and projected species distribution of Mediterranean fishes and environmental data. Ecology [Data paper]. Ecology 96: 2312–2313.
https://doi.org/10.1890/14-2279.1
Chaalali A., Saint-Béat B., Lassalle G., Le Loc’h F., Tecchio S., Safi G., Savenkoff C., Lobry J., Niquil N., 2015. A new modeling approach to define marine ecosystems food-web status with uncertainty assessment. Progress in Oceanography 135: 37-47.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.03.012
Hattab T., Albouy C., Ben Rais Lasram F., Le Loc’h F., Guilhaumon F., Leprieur F. 2015. A biogeographic regionalization of coastal Mediterranean fishes. Journal of Biogeography 42(7):1336-1348.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12505
Le Loc’h F., Durand J.-D., Diop K., Panfili J. 2015. Spatio-temporal isotopic signatures (d13C and d15N) reveal that two sympatric West African mullet species do not feed on the same basal production sources. Journal of Fish Biology 86: 1444-1453.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12650
Albouy C., Leprieur F., Le Loc’h F., Mouquet N., Meynard C.N., Douzery E., Mouillot D. 2015. Projected impacts of climate warming on the functional and phylogenetic components of coastal Mediterranean fish biodiversity. Ecography 38: 681-689.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01254
Escalas A., Ferraton F., Paillon C., Vidy G., Carcaillet F., Salen-Picard C., Le Loc’h F., Richard P., Darnaude A.M., 2015. Variations in diet and organic matter sources modulate the size and condition of seabream (Sparus aurata L.) juveniles within their lagoon nursery sites. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 152: 78-90.
2014
Ndour I., Le Loc’h F., Kantoussan J., Thiaw M., Diadhiou H.D., Ecoutin J.-M., Tito de Morais L., Thiaw O.T., 2014 Changes in the trophic structure, abundance and species diversity of an exploited fish assemblage in an artisanal fishery (Northern Coast, Senegal, West Africa). African Journal of Marine Science 36(3): 361-368.
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.950696
Colléter M., Gascuel D., Albouy C., Francour P., Tito de Morais L., Valls A., Le Loc’h F. 2014. Fishing inside or outside? A case studies analysis of potential spillover effect from marine protected areas, using food web models. Journal of Marine Systems 139: 383-395.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.07.023
Hattab T., Albouy C., Ben Rais Lasram F., Somot S., Le Loc’h F., Leprieur F., 2014. Towards a better understanding of potential impacts of climate change on marine species distribution: a multiscale modelling approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23(12): 1417-1429.
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12217
Ménard F., Benivary H.D., Bodin N., Coffineau N., Le Loc’h F., Mison T., Richard P., Potier M. 2014. Patterns in the δ13C and δ15N values of micronekton from the Mozambique Channel. Deep-Sea Research Part II. Topical Studies in Oceanography 100: 153-163.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.10.023
Albouy C., Velez L., Coll M., Colloca F., Le Loc’h F., Mouillot D., Gravel D. 2014. From projected species distribution to food‐web structure under climate change. Global Change Biology 20: 730-741.
2013
Akadje C., Konan J.K., Le Loc’h F., Diaby M., N’Da K. 2013. Diet of Sphyraena guachancho (Cuvier, 1829) in Ivory Coast (Equatorial Atlantic Ocean). Cybium 37(4): 285-293.
Hattab T., Ben Rais Lasram F., Albouy C., Romdhane M.S., Jarboui O., Halouani G., Cury P., Le Loc’h F. 2013. An ecosystem model of an exploited southern Mediterranean shelf region (Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia) and a comparison with other Mediterranean ecosystem model properties. Journal of Marine Systems 128: 159-174.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.04.017
Hattab T., Ben Rais Lasram F., Sammari C., Romdhane M.S., Leprieur F., Albouy C., Cury P., Le Loc’h F. 2013. The use of predictive habitat model and fuzzy logic approach for marine management and planning. Plos One 8(10): e76430.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076430.
Rombouts I., Beaugrand G., Fizzala X., Greenstreet S.P.R., Le Loc’h F., McQuattors-Gollop A., Mialet B., Niquil N., Renaud F., Rossberg A.G., Féral J.P. 2013. Food web indicators under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: from complexity to simplicity? Ecological Indicators 29: 246-254.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.12.021
Lassalle G., Lobry J., Le Loc’h F., Mackinson S., Sanchez F.D., Tomczak M.T., Niquil N. 2013. Ecosystem status and functioning: searching for rules of thumb using an intersite comparison of food-web models of North-Eastern Atlantic continental shelves. ICES Journal of Marine Systems 70(1): 135-149.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss168
Albouy C., Guilhaumon F., Leprieur F., Ben Rais Lasram F., Somot S., Aznar R., Velez L., Le Loc’h F., Mouillot D. 2013. Projected impacts of climate change on coastal Mediterranean fishes. Journal of Biogeography 40: 534-547.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12013
Bodin N., N’Gom Ka R., Ka S., Thiaw O.T., Tito de Morais L., Le Loc’h F., Rozuel-Chartier E., Auger D., Chiffoleau J.-F. 2013. Assessment of trace metal contamination in mangrove ecosystems from Senegal, West Africa. Chemosphere 90(2): 150-157.
2012
Lassalle G., Gascuel D., Le Loc’h F., Lobry J., Pierce G., Ridoux V., Santos B., Spitz J., Niquil N., 2012. Assessing the effects of fisheries on marine top-predators: the Bay of Biscay case study. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69(6): 925-938.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss049
Faye D., Le Loc’h F., Thiaw O.T., Tito de Morais L., 2012. Mechanisms of food partitioning and ecomorphological correlates in ten fish species from a tropical estuarine Marine Protected Area (Bamboung, Senegal, Africa). African Journal of Agricultural Research 7(3): 443-455.
2011
Lassalle G., Lobry J., Le Loc’h F., Bustamante P., Certain G., Delmas D., Dupuy C., Hily C., Labry C., Le Pape O., Marquis E., Petitgas P, Pusineri C., Ridoux V., Spitz J., Niquil N. 2011. Lower trophic levels and detrital biomass control the Bay of Biscay continental shelf food web: implications for ecosystem management. Progress in Oceanography 91(4): 561-575.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2011.09.002
Albouy C., Guilhaumon F., Villéger S., Mouchet M., Mercier L., Culioli J.-M., Tomasini J.-A., Le Loc’h F., Mouillot D. 2011. Predicting trophic guild and diet overlap from functional ecomorphological traits: opportunities and limitations for fish ecology. Marine Ecology Process Series 436: 17-28.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09240
Faye D., Tito de Morais L., Raffray J., Sadio O., Thiaw O.T., Le Loc’h F. 2011. Structure and seasonal variability of fish food webs in an estuarine tropical marine protected area (Senegal): evidence from stable isotope analysis. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 92(4): 607-617.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.02.017
Bodin N., N’Gom Ka R., Le Loc’h F., Raffray J., Budzinski H., Peluhet L., Tito de Morais L. 2011. Are exploited mangrove molluscs exposed to Persistent Organic Pollutant contamination in Senegal? Chemosphere 84(3): 318-327.
2010
Albouy C., Mouillot D., Rocklin D., Culioli J.-M., Le Loc’h F. 2010. Simulation of the combined effects of artisanal and recreational fisheries on a Mediterranean MPA ecosystem using a trophic model. Marine Ecology Progress Series 412: 207–221.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08679
Kaplan D.M., Planes S., Fauvelot C., Brochier T., Lett C., Bodin N., Le Loc’h F., Tremblay Y., Georges J.Y. 2010. New tools for the spatial management of living marine resources. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2: 88-93.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2010.02.002
Gning N., Le Loc’h F., Thiaw O.T., Aliaume C., Vidy G. 2010 Estuarine resources use by juvenile Flagfin mojarra (Eucinostomus melanopterus) in an inverse tropical estuary (Sine Saloum, Senegal). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 86(4): 683-691.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.037
Kostecki C., Le Loc’h F., Roussel J.-M., Desroy N., Huteau D., Riera P., Le Bris H., Le Pape O. 2010. Dynamics of an estuarine nursery ground: the spatio-temporal relationship between the river flow and the food web of the juvenile common sole (Solea solea, L.) as revealed by stable isotopes analysis. Journal of Sea Research, 64(1-2): 54-60.