Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Coastal Education and Research Foundation
Résumé : International audience
The ichthyofauna of the Manche-à-Eau mangrove lagoon was regularly sampled in 2002 with a fixed net at seven stations during 4 months corresponding to two hydrological seasons. Physicochemical variables (depth, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH) and population descriptors (species and family richness, density and biomass) were measured. The Whitefield and the well-being indexes were calculated to appreciate species equilibrium. Canonical correspondence analysis and generalized linear models were used to link species assemblages to physicochemical variables and to search for a special link with salinity. A total of 30,733 individuals belonging to 34 species and 23 families were collected. The Gerreidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Scianidae, and Sparidae represented almost 98% of the total number of individuals. Our results show that organization of the fish assemblages in the lagoon is poorly dependent on salinity, whereas dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH could have a stronger role. Looking at response curves to salinity change, most fishes species appeared to be visitors, either temporarily present or regular migrators. Only a few species compose the year-round resident population. They have a high patrimonial value and could be considered bioindicator species for long-term studies (e.g., of global change and natural or anthropogenic disturbances). The Euclidean distance and biomass variables were not useful descriptors of confinement and biological zonation in the lagoon, whereas the negative gradient of specific richness, number of individuals, Whitefield index, and index of well-being better described confinement. On the basis of these last parameters, biological zonation in the Manche-à- Eau lagoon was established and is provided.
ISSN: 0749-0208

hal-00755285
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00755285
DOI : 10.2112/06-0804.1

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Ecole nationale du génie rural
Résumé :  
A l'échelle de l'arbre, la fertilité chimique des sols semble expliquer la localisation majoritairement superficielle du système racinaire, alors que le type de drainage explique la forte variabilité de sa répartition verticale. Les racines profondes, malgré leur faible proportion, jouent un rôle important pour extraire l'eau en saison sèche. A l'échelle du peuplement, les variations latérales du sol influent sur des processus tels que la compétition inter-individuelle et la sylvigénèse. Pour les sols de terre ferme, plus les conditions édaphiques sont contraignantes, plus les gros arbres sont rares dans le peuplement forestier. Celui-ci est dense lorsque le sol est très aminci, moins dense en situation hydromorphe. Le sol influence nettement la composition floristique des peuplements. Mais d'autres facteurs tels la dynamique sylvigénétique ou la dynamique propre à chaque population ont un poids très important. Des résultats divergents conduisent à formuler de nouvelles hypothèses, parmi celles-ci l'influence majeure de l'épaisseur du profil d'altération.
ISSN: 0035-2829

hal-01031882
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01031882

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : We investigate experimentally the alteration of fractured class-G cement flowed by CO2-rich brine. The experiment mimics a mechanically damaged rough-walled fractured cement annulus at temperature 60 °C and pressure 10 MPa. The experiment consists of flowing a reservoir-equilibrated brine mixed with CO2 (partial pressure of 2.3 MPa) through the fracture of average aperture 14 μm at constant flow rate (100 μL min−1). This flow rate corresponds to pressure gradient representative of an average in situ hydrodynamic condition. Results indicate an intense alteration of the cement with a large removal of mass at the scale of the sample. However, the fracture alteration patterns are triggered by the initial heterogeneity of the fracture aperture; the aperture of the low aperture zones tends to decrease due to calcite precipitation whereas preferential paths develop in the zones of higher aperture associated. Nevertheless, the expected large permeability increase triggered by the mass removal is mitigated by the precipitation of a low density Si-rich amorphous material. The alteration rate will decrease with time because of the increasing distance of diffusion between the fracture where the reactants are actively renewed by advection and the portlandite and C-S-H dissolution fronts. The different zones of reaction can be adequately modeled by a simple 1D diffusion-reaction model using published kinetics coefficients and extrapolation to larger times than the experiment time can be drawn. Altogether, and in addition to the previous studies of the alteration of fractured well cement annulus, this study shows that the leakage potential is strongly controlled by the initial distribution of the aperture along the fracture: low aperture zones will tend to self-heal while localized flow in connected high aperture paths will be perennial.
ISSN: 1750-5836

hal-01346006
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01346006
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.01.032