Seagrasses and seagrass habitats in Pacific small island developing states: Potential loss of benefits via human disturbance and climate change

G Brodie, E Holland, NY Antoine De Ramon… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seagrasses provide a wide range of services including food provision, water purification and
coastal protection. Pacific small island developing states (PSIDS) have limited natural …

High fidelity of sea turtles to their foraging grounds revealed by satellite tracking and capture-mark-recapture: New insights for the establishment of key marine …

F Siegwalt, S Benhamou, M Girondot, L Jeantet… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Movement ecology studies are essential to protect highly mobile threatened species such as
the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. In …

Seagrass ecosystems of the Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A global bright spot

LJ McKenzie, RL Yoshida, JW Aini, S Andréfouet… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seagrass ecosystems exist throughout Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs).
Despite this area covering nearly 8% of the global ocean, information on seagrass …

Dugong (Dugong dugon) movements and habitat use in a coral reef lagoonal ecosystem

C Cleguer, C Garrigue, H Marsh - Endangered Species Research, 2020 - int-res.com
Little is known about how the Vulnerable dugong Dugong dugon uses coral reef lagoons
despite the importance of these habitats throughout much of its vast range. We used GPS …

Compensating for geographic variation in detection probability with water depth improves abundance estimates of coastal marine megafauna

R Hagihara, RE Jones, S Sobtzick, C Cleguer… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The probability of an aquatic animal being available for detection is typically< 1. Accounting
for covariates that reduce the probability of detection is important for obtaining robust …

Spatial mismatch between marine protected areas and dugongs in New Caledonia

C Cleguer, A Grech, C Garrigue, H Marsh - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a powerful tool for conserving marine biodiversity when
designed using ecological information and conservation goals and targets. Dugongs …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of climate change on seagrasses and seagrass habitats relevant to the Pacific Islands

GD Brodie, A De Ramon N'Yeurt - 2018 - researchgate.net
Due to anthropogenic pressure, seagrass habitats are declining by over 7% annually
worldwide, with approximately 29% of the world seagrass stock having already been …

Drivers of change in the relative abundance of dugongs in New Caledonia

C Cleguer, C Garrigue, M Fuentes… - Wildlife …, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Sound understanding of temporal changes in the abundance of wildlife species is
required for assessing their status and for effective conservation and management. In New …

Fibropapillomatosis Prevalence and Distribution in Immature Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Martinique Island (Lesser Antilles)

T Roost, JA Schies, M Girondot, JP Robin, P Lelong… - EcoHealth, 2022 - Springer
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) threatens the survival of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations
at a global scale, and human activities are regularly pointed as causes of high FP …

Informing dugong conservation at several spatial and temporal scales in New Caledonia

C Cleguer - 2015 - ird.hal.science
Comprehensive, up-to-date spatial information on species distributions and threatening
processes can enhance the identification of sites for conservation and management action …