Effects of animal pollination on pollen dispersal, selfing, and effective population size of tropical trees: a simulation study Auteur(s) : Degen, Bernd Roubik, David Auteurs secondaires : Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (ECOFOG) ; Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF) - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley Résumé : Animals, especially insects, are principal pollen vectors of tropical trees and have behavior patterns that affect gene dispersal. Here, we explore complex pollination systems using a new simulation model Eco-Gene and considering, among other factors, flowering synchrony, spatial distribution of trees, degree of selfing, population densities, pollinator flight distances, pollen deposition, and pollinator response to floral display size. Sensitivity analyses using two contrasting tree data sets (Jacaranda copaia and Dipteryx odorata) determined the importance of each parameter on three response variables: the proportion of seeds from self-pollination, effective population size, and pollen dispersal. Spatial considerations and attractiveness of floral displays were prominent features determining the population genetic result of pollinators, and some biological implications of the results are discussed. ISSN: 0006-3606 hal-01032091 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032091 DOI : 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00309.x | Partager |
Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity Auteur(s) : Chanel, Sophie Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes Résumé : This paperdiscusses approaches to cultural alterity in the context of tourism, with an emphasis on food consumption.Tourism as a field of study is ideal for the observation and analysis of the strategies adopted by individuals facing the unknown, the other.Food consumption, although universal,is deeplycultural, and it anchors social norms in the body.Studyingfood inthe context of tourismallows us tohighlightthese normsas well ascertain individual identification processes. Roseau’s cruise port, Commonwealth of Dominica, serves as the empirical basis for my analysis. In 2006, 470 830 cruise passengers disembarked on the Island, which represented over 80% of visitors to the island, as well as more than six times the national population. In consideration of these impressive statistics, analyzing food strategies can give us insights into larger patterns of negotiation, between fear and attraction to the unknown. Ce texte propose de développer la question de la relation à l’altérité culturelle en jeu dans la pratique touristique sous l’angle de l’alimentation. Le tourisme a l’avantage d’offrir un terrain d’étude privilégié pour observer les stratégies identitaires des individus face à l’inconnu. La consommation alimentaire, bien qu’universelle, est profondément culturelle, et ancre dans les corps des normes sociales. Etudier l’alimentation dans le contexte touristique donne l’occasion de mettre en évidence ces normes de même que certaines logiques identitaires des individus. Le port de croisière de Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica, sert de base empirique au développement. En 2006, 470 830 passagers de croisières ont débarqués sur l’île, ce qui représentait plus de 80 % des visiteurs de l’île, de même que plus de six fois la population nationale. Face à ces impressionnantes statistiques, s’intéresser aux stratégies alimentaires permet de mettre en évidence des schémas plus larges : entre peur et attrait de l’inconnu. Dominique Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5655 http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5655 | Partager |
Les métaphores océaniques et la subjectivité métisse dans l’œuvre de Roland Brival Auteur(s) : Helm, Yolande Aline Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes Résumé : L’eau joue un rôle incontournable dans l’Histoire de la Caraïbe. Ainsi que le remarque Aimé Césaire, les premiers colons furent des aventuriers, des pirates qui traversèrent les eaux avec pour mission de violer la terre et ses hommes. L’océan fut ainsi le vecteur qui aboutit au premier génocide de l’histoire. L’eau abonde dans les écrits de Roland Brival qui sont marqués par la mémoire ancestrale liée au « passage du milieu ». Il présente aussi des personnages métis dont la subjectivité est imbibée des composantes de l’eau. Leur corps et leur identité deviennent un prolongement archétypique de l’élément liquide. Ils sont attirés par la mer qui appelle leurs multiples « moi ». L’eau les invite à conjuguer toutes les identités possibles contrairement à la vie terrestre qui leur impose un ancrage identitaire. L’article présente aussi l’eau comme élément complice dans les rencontres Les couples se retrouvent souvent au bord d’une rivière, d’une source, de la mer. L’océanique est ainsi un élément de prédilection pour les héros brivaliens et représente l’espace métis par excellence. L’eau, l’identité et le corps métis partagent la violence de l’histoire, l’entre-deux, le flou, la mouvance et l’impossibilité d’une fin. La métaphore filée de l’eau marque son empreinte dans des textes qui inscrivent la complexité de l’être métis The water plays an inescapable role in the History of the Caribbean. As Aimé Césaire remarks, the first colons were adventurers, buccaneers who crossed the sea with a mission to rape the earth and its men and women. The ocean was a vector, which lead to the first genocide in history. The imagery of water is abundant in the works of Roland Brival: his novels are infused with the ancestral memory linked to the “middle passage.” He also introduces metis characters whose identity is infused by the components of the liquid element. Their body and identity become an archetypical extension of the water. They are attracted by the sea, which invites the multiplicity of self. The water enables them to “conjugate” all the potential identities unlike the life on earth, which imposes an identitarian anchoring. This article also presents the water as an accomplice in sexual encounters. Characters often meet by the river, the spring water, the sea, and the ocean. The water represents the ideal space par excellence for the metis protagonists. The hybrid body, identity, and the waters share the violence of history, the “third space,” the ever-changing and the unfeasibility of closure. The metaphors of water brand the texts of Roland Brival and reveal the complexity of the hybrid body and identity. Martinique Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.6348 http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6348 | Partager |
Tourist Perceptions of Beach Cleanliness in Barbados: Implications for Return Visitation Auteur(s) : Schuhmann, Peter W. Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes Résumé : The quality of the natural environment is inexorably linked to tourism in the Caribbean. Tourists are attracted to the beauty of the Caribbean coastal and marine environment, generating significant economic activity and employment. The resulting development and concentration of human activities in the coastal zone may have deleterious effects on environmental quality and tourists’ willingness to return. Using a survey administered to over 2,000 tourists in Barbados, this work examines tourist perceptions of beach quality and encounters with beach litter. The relationship between the quality of the coastal environment and the probability of return visitation is empirically investigated. Results demonstrate a clear link between viewing beach litter and the perceived quality of beaches and that tourists who stayed beachfront or in large hotels encountered significantly less beach litter and had higher ratings of beach quality. The amount of litter viewed and stated perceptions of beach quality are significantly associated with the probability of return visitation, especially for first-time visitors. Results of this study suggest that targeted beach clean-up efforts may enhance the probability of return visitation and create significant economic value. La qualité de l'environnement naturel est inexorablement liée au tourisme dans les Caraïbes. Les touristes sont attirés par la beauté de la côte des Caraïbes et du milieu marin, stimulant l'activité économique et l'emploi. Le développement qui en résulte et la concentration des activités humaines dans la zone côtière peuvent avoir des effets délétères sur la qualité de l'environnement et de la volonté des touristes à revenir. L'utilisation d'un sondage mené auprès de plus de 2.000 touristes à la Barbade examine les perceptions touristiques de la qualité des plages et des rencontres avec des déchets sur les plages. La relation entre la qualité de l'environnement côtier et la probabilité du retour des visiteurs est une étude empirique. Les résultats montrent un lien clair entre la visualisation des déchets sur les plages, la qualité perçue des plages et le lieu de séjour des touristes en bord de mer, dans les grands hôtels, selon la qualité plus ou moins élevées de la plage. La quantité de litière vue et la déclaration du degré de qualité des plages perçue sont significativement associées à la probabilité de retour des visiteurs, en particulier pour les primo-visiteurs. Les résultats de cette étude suggèrent que les efforts de nettoyage sur les plages cibles peut augmenter la probabilité de retour de visiteurs et de créer une valeur économique significative. Barbade Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5251 http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5251 | Partager |
Current, catch and weight composition of yellowfin tuna with FADs off Okinawa island, Japan Auteur(s) : Kakuma, S Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 Résumé : Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a main target for the fisheries at Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) off the south of Okinawa island. Catch and weight composition of the tuna were monitored at a fisheries cooperative market from 1989 to 1998. Some distinct weight groups (considered to represent cohorts) appeared in the catch and the weight of these groups increased monthly - presumably as individual tuna grew. Although small, light weight fish were caught year-round, the 2 kg weight group that was recruited in May grew to about 15 kg by May of the next year. There was a significant seasonal cycle in the monthly catches. The catch of heavier weight groups decreased in winter indicating the tuna moved out of this FAD area. At one of huge FADs (Nirai), fifteen nautical miles southeast of Okinawa island (depth about 1.300 m), a current meter (Aanderaa RCM-7) recorded current and water temperature from June 1995 to March 1996. The current meter was attached to the FAD at 4 m depth. When typhoons attacked Okinawa, the water temperature drastically dropped. Typically, average current speed was 29 cm/s and eastward current was most frequent. Being affected by tide, the current was averaged over twenty-five hours. Current speed was correlated with the yellowfin catch in 120 daily sets at the FAD; the weaker the current speed, the greater the catch. Although not significant, the catch was greater with northeastward current than with southwestward current. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15300/12662.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15300/ | Partager |
Hydrological and trophic characteristics of tuna habitat: consequences on tuna distribution and longline catchability Auteur(s) : Bertrand, Arnaud Josse, Erwan Bach, Pascal Gros, Philippe Dagorn, Laurent Éditeur(s) : NRC Résumé : We studied relationships between tropical tunas (albacore (Thunnus alalunga), bigeye (Thunnus obesus), and yellowfin (Thunnus albacares)) and their biotic and abiotic environments through simultaneous acoustic observations of tunas and their prey, experimental longline catch, and oceanographic data in French Polynesia. Vertical habitat limits were estimated based on temperature and dissolved oxygen at capture data. We then studied tuna-micronekton relationships to better understand how tuna occupy the pelagic space, At a regional scale, tunas were more abundant in areas rich in prey with favourable hydrological conditions. Inside such areas, at the scale of a longline set, however, the longline catches were maximal only when prey were not distributed in dense patches (except for yellowfin tuna). We interpreted this result by considering that areas with high prey abundance attract tunas, but at a small scale, if prey are patchy distributed, tunas are more inclined to feed on them rather than on longline baits. The effect of patches on yellowfin tuna catch per unit effort (CPUE) does not appear likely because this species also feeds on the mixed layer, where patch density was very low. Not only hydrological characteristics, but also prey density and prey patch characteristics, should be taken into account for interpreting longline CPUE data. Thunnus obesus, et thon à nageoires jaunes, Thunnus albacares) à leurs environnements biotique et abiotique. Pour ce faire, nous avons réalisé simultanément, en Polynésie Française, des observations acoustiques des thons et de leurs proies, des pêches à l'aide d'une palangre instrumentée et des mesures hydrologiques. Des limites d'habitat vertical des thons calculées sur la base de données de température et d'oxygène dissous sont proposées. Nous étudions ensuite les relations thons-micronecton afin de mieux comprendre la stratégie d'occupation de l'espace des thons. A une échelle régionale, les thons sont plus abondants dans des zones riches en proies avec des conditions hydrologiques favorables. Cependant, à l'intérieur de telles zones, les captures sont maximales lorsque les proies ne sont pas distribuées sous forme de patchs (sauf pour le thon à nageoires jaunes). Nous interprétons ces résultats en considérant que les zones de fortes abondances en proies attirent les thons mais, qu'à une échelle fine, si les proies sont distribuées sous la forme de patchs denses, les thons s'en nourrissent préférentiellement, au détriment des appâts de la palangre. Ces patchs ne semblent pas influencer les prises par unité d'effort (PUE) des thons à nageoires jaunes, probablement parce que cette espèce se nourrit également dans la couche homogène où la densité en patchs est très faible. Les caractéristiques hydrologiques, mais également la densité en proies et leur type de distribution, devraient donc être pris en compte pour l'interprétation des données de PUE. Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences (0706-652X) (NRC), 2002-06 , Vol. 59 , N. 6 , P. 1002-1013 Droits : 2002 NRC Canada http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2002/publication-733.pdf DOI:10.1139/F02-073 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/733/ | Partager |
Les metiers de la peche a La Reunion (ocean Indien): description et evolution des techniques de peche sur les dispositifs de concentration de poissons (DCP) Auteur(s) : Roos, David Tessier, E Berthier, P Berthier, L Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 Résumé : Since a few years, the catches of pelagic fish by artisanal fishermen of Reunion Island have strongly increased. Manpower and investments have been constant through the maintenance of about 30 fads all around the island. The traditional techniques of fishing pelagic fishes have been adapted in order to maintain a high level of catches and ensure the income of the fishermen. This report describes different techniques to capture pelagic fish on fads such as drift fishing, dragnet fishing and longline fishing. Knowledge, professional experience of fishermen are the main factors in setting fads and sustaining adaptability. The strong relation between the knowledge of the fishermen and the techniques is discussed. Then, the strategies of fishing, influenced by the environmental and seasonal conditions, and the species, are analysed.Original Abstract: L'activite de la petite peche a l'ile de La Reunion connait, depuis quelques annees, une periode d'expansion rapide de la production de poissons pelagiques. Ce developpement est d'autant plus remarquable qu'il s'effectue, en ce qui concerne la peche professionnelle artisanale, a effectif et investissement presque constants. Il est essentiellement du a la mise en place et a l'entretien d'un parc d'une trentaine de dispositifs de concentration de poissons (DCP), places tout autour de l'ile. Les techniques traditionnelles de peche de poissons pelagiques ont ete adaptees a ce nouveau concept, mais elles doivent continuellement evoluer et s'adapter aux modifications comportementales des poissons, afin de maintenir un niveau de capturabilite assurant les revenus des pecheurs. Cette etude s'attache a decrire les techniques de peche a la derive, a la traine et aux palangres, employees pour la capture de poissons pelagiques sur DCP. Bien que difficile a evaluer, l'experience du pecheur est un facteur determinant dans la mise en uvre de ces techniques et en permet l'amelioration constante. L'imbrication etroite entre le savoir-faire du pecheur et les techniques est egalement abordee et discutee. Enfin, les strategies de peche, fortement influencees par les conditions environnementales, les saisons et les especes rencontrees, y sont analysees. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15294/12652.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15294/ | Partager |
La relation entre tourisme, croissance et développement inclusifs dans les petites destinations insulaires de luxe : l’exemple d’Anguilla dans la Caraïbe Auteur(s) : Dupont, Louis Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes Résumé : L’image idyllique du tourisme de luxe dans certains territoires de la Caraïbe, de l’océan Indien et du Pacifique fait souvent rêver et attire depuis longtemps une clientèle fortunée. Pour autant, les dépenses effectuées sur place par cette clientèle induisent-elles véritablement des retombées positives sur la croissance et le développement économique de ces territoires, sur le niveau de vie de la population, contribue-t-il à combattre le chômage et à réduire la pauvreté ? Quels en sont les impacts au plan environnemental et humain ? En deux mots, les principes du développement durable trouvent-ils sur place un terrain d’application favorable et conforme à ce concept ? Pour y répondre, Anguilla, petite destination touristique de luxe de la Caraïbe, fréquentée majoritairement par une clientèle de séjour en provenance des États-Unis est utilisée comme étude de cas. Aussi, cette étude a pour but d’analyser les relations complexes entre le tourisme et la problématique du développement local dans ce microterritoire, en se fixant deux objectifs : en premier lieu, voir si l’hypothèse de la croissance tirée par le tourisme est une option concevable dans cette petite destination touristique. En second lieu, vérifier si l’activité touristique exerce un impact positif sur le développement économique inclusif d’Anguilla, par sa capacité ou non à stimuler les autres secteurs d’activité. À cet effet, deux modèles de régression employés dans un cadre de cointégration sont utilisés successivement. D’une part, les résultats montrent qu’un accroissement de 1 % de la recette touristique à Anguilla se traduit à long terme par une augmentation de 0,6 % de son PIB, confirmant ainsi l’hypothèse de la croissance tirée par le tourisme. De plus, les tests de causalité de Granger révèlent l’existence d’une causalité bidirectionnelle entre activité touristique et croissance économique. D’autre part, ces résultats montrent que la croissance du secteur touristique s’accompagne par une contraction de l’activité agricole à Anguilla, engendrant de ce fait une perte de ressources pour le pays, ainsi qu’un accroissement de « fuites » liées aux importations dérivées. En conséquence, le potentiel du tourisme en tant que facteur de développement inclusif devient une hypothèse irrecevable dans ce petit territoire, et ce, en raison des effets multiplicateurs et de liaison limités sur les producteurs locaux. The romantic image of luxury tourism in Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and pacific islands make you often dream and attracts for many years a high profile customer. Would the expenses incurred by the visitors lead to a positive impacts on economic growth? What are the impacts on environment and human aspects? Briefly, does the principles of sustainable and inclusive development a concept applicable in these islands? Anguilla, a small luxury island in the Caribbean area is used as case study. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of tourism in the economy of Anguilla. More specifically, this investigation attempts to verify the presence of the tourism-led growth hypothesis (TLGH) in the case of Anguilla, also to explore the nature of the linkage between the tourism sector and the agriculture, manufacturing and other service industries in the long-run and the short-run. In so doing, two regression models are used in a cointegration framework. The long-run relation indicates that a 1% change in tourism revenues in Anguilla would lead to a 0.6% increase in real GDP in the long-run, ceteris paribus. Our findings have also empirically verified the presence of the tourism-led growth hypothesis. However, the application of the error-correction methodology, produced results which suggested that the agriculture sector has contracted as the tourism sector expanded. In conclusion, the economic growth in Anguilla is positively affected by growth in the tourism sector as the latter sector loses resources to the expanding sector. Anguilla Caraïbes Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.7409 http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/7409 | Partager |
Absolute gravity monitoring of water storage variation in a karst aquifer on the larzac plateau (Southern France) Auteur(s) : Jacob, Thomas Bayer, Roger Chery, Jean Jourde, H. Le Moigne, Nicolas Boy, J. P. Hinderer, J. Luck, B. Auteurs secondaires : Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Hydrosciences Montpellier (HSM) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) - Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier Résumé : TAG LITHO In this study we attempt to understand the water storage variations in a karst aquifer on the Larzac Plateau (South of France) using absolute gravimetry. On this karst system, water input is exclusively rainfall and draining occurs at the Durzon perennial spring in a karstic valley. Our basis assumption is that water storage in the vadose zone (epikarst and infiltration zone) has a significant effect on surface gravity through Newtonian attraction. The karst aquifer is hence being monitored since January 2006 with monthly absolute gravity measurements at three sites. The gravity measurements are corrected for regional scale gravity using water storage models in order to obtain gravity variations related exclusively to the local water storage variations. The gravity variations exhibit an important seasonal component (10-15 mu gal corresponding to a variation of equivalent water stab thickness of similar to 24-36 cm). Water storage variation seen by gravimetry is not spatially uniform on the studied karst system, corroborating current geomorphologic observations and interpretations. Finally, we use a global mass balance consideration linking rainfall, evapotranspiration and spring discharge to provide a conceptual framework for the understanding of observed gravity variations. ISSN: 0022-1694 hal-00411884 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00411884 DOI : 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.020 | Partager Voir aussi karst aquifers geodesy absolute gravity water storage variation superconducting gravimeter system deformation hydrology model [SDU.STU.HY] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology [SDU.STU.GP] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] |
The development of the purse seine fishery on drifting Fish Aggregating devices in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: 1992-1998 Auteur(s) : Lennert-cody, Ce Hall, Melanie Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 15-19 octobre 1999 Résumé : Since the early 1990s, drifting Fish Aggregating Devices, or FADs, have rapidly become the dominant type of floating object used by the purse seine fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean to capture tunas. The development of this fishery for larger vessels is described using data collected by observers aboard vessels of more than 363 metric tons fish-carrying capacity. Bamboo rafts, equipped with radio-transmitters that allow for semi-continuous monitoring, are typically used as FADs. Old purse seine netting is often suspended below the bamboo raft to give the FAD an enhanced underwater profile. Similar to the fishery on flotsam between 1992-1998, most sets on FADs were made before 8 am, with skipjack and bigeye being the dominant tuna species caught, and yellowfin tuna captured in lesser amounts. Discard ratios of skipjack and bigeye were comparable for the two modes of fishing; however, the success rate on FADs for bigeye was more than twice that on non-FAD floating objects ("logs"). In addition, the fishery on logs was largely a coastal hshery, while the fishery on FADs extended west to 150 W, into areas that had not been significantly utilized by the purse seine fleet. The capture of tunas per set varied most with area, season and year. Nonetheless, capture per set for at least one of the three tuna species was also found to vary with the depth of the purse seine net and the amount of the netting hanging below the FAD. The effect of net depth and FAD depth on tuna capture varied by area, season and FAD color. Droits : Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15282/12668.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15282/ | Partager Voir aussi Attracting techniques Seiners Seining Tuna fisheries Article Geographic Terms: ISE, Pacific Télécharger |
Differences in volatile terpene composition between the bark and leaves of tropical tree species Auteur(s) : Courtois, Elodie A. Baraloto, Christopher Paine, C. E. Timothy Petronelli, Pascal Blandinieres, Pierre-Alain Stien, Didier Hoeuel, Emeline Bessiere, Jean-Marie Auteurs secondaires : Lab Evolut & Diversite Biol, UMR CNRS 5174 ; Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 (UPS) Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (ECOFOG) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - AgroParisTech - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 5076 ; Ecole Natl Super Chim Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR-Biodiversite program) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier Résumé : Volatile terpenes are among the most diverse class of defensive compounds in plants, and they are implicated in both direct and indirect defense against herbivores. In terpenes, both the quantity and the diversity of compounds appear to increase the efficiency of defense as a diverse blend of compounds provides a more efficient protection against a broader range of herbivores and limits the chances that an enemy evolves resistance. Theory predicts that plant defensive compounds should be allocated differentially among tissues according to the value of the tissue, its cost of construction and the herbivore pressure on it. We collected volatile terpenes from bark and leaves of 178 individual tree belonging to 55 angiosperm species in French Guiana and compare the kind, amount, and diversity of compounds in these tissues. We hypothesized that in woody plants, the outermost part of the trunk should hold a more diverse blend of volatile terpenes. Additionally, as herbivore communities associated with the leaves is different to the one associated with the bark, we also hypothesized that terpene blends should be distinct in the bark vs. the leaves of a given species. We found that the mixture of volatile terpenes released by bark is different and more diverse than that released by leaves, both in monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. This supports our hypothesis and further suggests that the emission of terpenes by the bark should be more important for trunk defense than previously thought. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ISSN: 0031-9422 hal-01032417 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032417 DOI : 10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.07.003 | Partager |
Bilan et perspectives de developpement des DCP au Cap-Vert Auteur(s) : Rey-valette, H Martins, P Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 Résumé : A new programme concerning the experimentation of about thirty Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) is to start in the Cape Verde Islands at the end of 1999. In this context, this communication is intended: - to evaluate the halieutic, economic and social conditions of the artisanal fishery in this archipelago, notably in terms of assets and constraints. Although these conditions are very heterogeneous depending on islands, the fads seem to be able to help the stabilization and the development of the fishing activities, disadvantaged by a low productivity, limited operating ranges of boats, and very irregular outings at sea. But the narrowness of the domestic market is likely to cause drops in the fish prices if the production increases, while the absence of institutional framework may be a handicap at the level of the management (of the programme itself, and/or of some possible conflicts of uses); - to carry out an assessment of the former experiments. It emphasized the insufficiency of the follow-up and the maintenance of the structures, of which the lifespan varied at the most between four and six months, as well as the positive effects of the concentration, and the interest of the fishermen already sensitized with these structures. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15317/12644.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15317/ | Partager |
The Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) system of Hawaii Auteur(s) : Holland, Kn Jaffe, A Cortez, W Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 Résumé : Hawaii was one of the first locations to adapt the Philippine payao concept for use in high energy, deep-water environments. Initial experimental fad deployments were made by the National Marine Fisheries Service in 1977. In 1980, the State of Hawaii started deploying FADs in a programme that has since expanded to its current status of 52 approved surface fad sites. Funding is primarily derived from federal US programmes and the FADs are primarily focused on the sport fishing community. fad sites were selected to expedite access by sport fishermen; specific sites were chosen after consultation with fishermen at public hearings. Since 1997, the FAD system has been managed on a collaborative basis between the State of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii. Hawaiian FADs evolved through two previous designs before the current system of single-sphere spar-buoy was adopted. Today's FADs have an "inverse catenary" mooring system comprised of sections of floating and sinking rope attached to a "tripod" concrete block anchor system. fad sites range between 3.2 km and 46 km from shore. Mooring depths range between 200 and 3,000 metres. Average on-site longevity is 31 months; there is no correlation between longevity and depth of mooring. Windward locations have significantly shorter lifespans than leeward locations. Ten to twenty fads are replaced each year. Each FAD costs approximately us$ 7,500 to build and deploy. Hawaiian fads are heavily used by private and commercial sport fishermen and by small-scale artisanal and commercial fishermen. Commercial pole-and-line boats occasionally use the FADs to capture skipjack tuna. Hawaiian FADs will continue to be used for various types of pelagic fisheries research. Droits : Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15280/12666.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15280/ | Partager |
Analyse fonctionnelle des causes de rupture des DCP de la Réunion (océan Indien) Auteur(s) : Sacchi, Jacques Tessier, E Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 15-19 octobre 1999 Résumé : The development of the FAD gave rise to technical problems owing to their conception, their setting spot and of their utilisation. Failings generated by the unreliability of components or the uncertain repair precariousness, those can prove to be here more and more expensive with the progression of the ageing of devices and reasons of their loss. For as various domains that aerospace or the fishing deck layout, the engineering has functional analysis tools that permit to reduce conception uncertainties of systems by the mean of a hierarchical classification of function values of components. The application of one of these techniques, the FMEA, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, to the study of reasons of FAD loss in La Reunion describes perfectly everything that this type of method can bring to the appraisal in fishing technology. This preventive analysis method assess the potential risks integrates perfectly in the mind of a precaution approach as it would agree to see to apply to the FADs and to their exploitation.Original Abstract: Le developpement des DCP a entraine l'apparition de problemes techniques, issus tant de leur conception, de leur lieu d'implantation que de leur utilisation. Defaillances generees par le manque de fiabilite des composants ou la precarite de reparations aleatoires, celles-ci peuvent s'averer de plus en plus couteuses au fur et a mesure du vieillissement des systemes et cause a terme de leur perte. Pour des domaines aussi divers que l'aerospatiale ou l'amenagement de pont de peche, l'ingenierie dispose d'outils d'analyse fonctionnelle qui, par le biais d'une hierarchisation des valeurs des fonctions de chaque element des systemes etudies, permettent de reduire les incertitudes de la conception. L'application d'une de ces techniques, l'Amdec, analyse des modes de defaillance et de criticite, a l'etude des causes des pertes de DCP a La Reunion illustre parfaitement tout ce que ce type de methode peut apporter a l'expertise en technologie des peches. Cette methode d'analyse preventive qui recense et met en evidence les risques potentiels s'integre parfaitement dans l'esprit d'une approche de precaution telle que celle qu'il conviendrait de voir appliquer aux DCP et a leur exploitation. Droits : Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15289/12675.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15289/ | Partager |
Open Registers of Ships : A Gain for Small Island Economies ? : A Study from the Caribbean States ; La libre immatriculation des navires : un gain pour les petites économies insulaires ? : Étude à partir du cas d'États de la Caraïbe Auteur(s) : Angelelli, Pierre Auteurs secondaires : Centre de Recherche en Economie, Gestion, Modélisation et Informatique Appliquée (CEREGMIA) ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) Université des Antilles-Guyane Fred Célimène Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Résumé : Some States host Open Registers (also known under the pejorative term of “flags of convenience”): ships are registered regardless of their actual owners’ nationality or residence, and thus States enable them to escape from their country of origin’s legal framework. By being an aspect of globalization, this phenomenon has been growing up for 30 years, and is nowadays widespread, or even universal. Because each State fixes the conditions for implementation of its right to register ships, the phenomenon is a legal one. But it has strong economic implications too. Indeed, the laws of the State of registration – namely “flag state” – determine certain costs or some advantages for the company that adopts it, and can be attractive or repellent as for them.This work proposes an economic reading of the open registers of ships as a recent object of economics and tries to highlight the contribution of this activity to small islands’ economies, especially through some Caribbean examples (the Caribbean is by the way the historical cradle of this activity and offshore financial centres).Based on data concerning the last 30 years and 7 open-registry countries of the Caribbean (Gross Domestic Products and some items of the balances of payments), the research conducted here shows that, except perhaps Antigua, no significant correlation exists in host countries between the fleets registered and the economic gains : the “open registration” is not, by itself, a gain for small island economies surveyed. Certains Etats pratiquent la libre immatriculation, également connue sous le terme péjoratif de « pavillons de complaisance » : ils enregistrent des navires chez eux sans considération de la nationalité ou de la résidence effective des propriétaires, et leur permettent ainsi d’échapper au cadre légal de leur pays d’origine. Aspect de la mondialisation, le phénomène qui a pris de l’ampleur dans les 30 dernières années est aujourd’hui largement répandu, voire universel.Au-delà des aspects juridiques (chaque Etat organise son droit à immatriculer les navires), la libre immatriculation a des conséquences économiques fortes car la législation de l’Etat d’immatriculation – dit « Etat du pavillon » – détermine certains coûts ou certaines facilités pour l’entreprise qui l’adopte.Le présent travail propose une lecture de la libre immatriculation des navires en tant qu’objet récent de la science économique et tente, à ce titre, de lever le voile sur la portée de cette activité sur les pays d’accueil, en prenant le cadre restreint de petites économies insulaires de la Caraïbe, berceau historique de cette activité et des centres financiers offshore.Sur la base de données économiques sur 30 ans concernant 7 pays de libre immatriculation de la Caraïbe (produits intérieurs bruts et éléments des balances des paiements), la recherche menée montre qu’hormis peut-être le cas à approfondir d’Antigua, aucune corrélation significative n’existe entre le nombre de navires immatriculés et les gains économiques dans les pays d’accueil. Ces résultats vont dans le sens des critiques de la libre immatriculation : cette activité ne présente pas, en soi, un gain pour les petites économies insulaires étudiées. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00697681 Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess NNT : 2012AGUY0508 tel-00697681 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00697681 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00697681/document https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00697681/file/12angelleli.pdf | Partager |
Do FADs influence the geographical distribution of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)? Auteur(s) : Taquet, Marc Reynal, Lionel Laurans, Martial Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 Résumé : For most fisheries, increasing the local production of pelagic fish is the main objective of Fish Aggregating Devices (fads). This does not rule out the existence of a larger-scale impact, especially on the migratory behaviour of fish. The analysis of data collected during 25 experimental fishing surveys around Martinique between 1995 and 1997 has led to the hypothesis that fads influence the migratory behaviour of young dolphinfish. Unlike recent studies of dolphinfish migration in the Caribbean, which tend to show an annual migration pattern with a seasonal passage through the French West Indies, the experimental fishing surveys done over more than a year on a monthly basis on a single cohort, show that the migratory pattern of part of the regional stock could be disrupted. This analysis has made it possible to estimate an average growth rate for this species during the first year of life. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15321/12635.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15321/ | Partager |
Le Fahs d’Alger : une alternative pour la requalification du tourisme littoral ? Auteur(s) : Menouer, Ouassila Sahah Zerouala, Mohamed Dahmen, Abdelkarim Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes Résumé : Avec son ouverture sur le marché mondial, la ville d’Alger, ou El-Djezaïr, (capitale de l’Algérie), est devenue une destination importante pour le tourisme d’affaires. Par ailleurs, sa côte, riche en plages et en stations balnéaires, reste très convoitée par un tourisme, souvent, massif et destructeur de l’identité de son environnement. D’où l’intérêt de penser à une stratégie de développement touristique visant la protection de son littoral. L’objectif de la présente contribution est la requalification du tourisme littoral à Alger par la réinterprétation de la forme de plaisance et d’agrément qui y a existé avant 1830. Il vise, également, la mise en valeur de son patrimoine territorial : fontaine, résidences d’été, et ainsi que les chemins naturels qui ont, depuis les temps les plus reculés, relié le port de la ville à son arrière-pays.En effet, avant 1830, El-Djezaïr était dotée d’un « Fahs » : un territoire très célèbre par ses « djenanes » (une sorte de résidences d’été faisant face à la mer et dotées de fabuleux jardins). Les « djenanes », souvent, destinés à être des musées déserts, peuvent constituer un potentiel singulier pour la requalification du tourisme littoral d’Alger. L’une des alternatives possibles serait leur reconversion en structures d’accueil pour le tourisme d’affaires, culturel et d’agrément... La contribution présente le cas de la « la villa du traité », un lieu commémoratif de la capitulation de la ville d’Alger en 1830, classée monument historique en 2003. Dans le cadre de l’opération de restauration et de mise en valeur achevée en janvier 2014, la villa et son jardin, situés dans l’enceinte d’une annexe au centre hospitalier de Birtraria (Alger), ont été proposés pour abriter un centre d’éthique et un lieu de manifestations scientifiques nationale et internationale en médecine. With its opening on the world market, the city of Algiers, or El-Djezaïr, (capital of Algeria) has become an attractive destination for business tourism. Although, its coast, rich in beaches and seaside resorts, often undergoes a massive tourism that endangers its environment identity. Hence, it would be of first interest to set-up a touristic development strategy aiming the littoral safeguard. The main scope of this paper is the littoral tourism requalification in Algiers by reinterpreting the leisure and recreation facilities that existed there before 1830. Moreover, it focus on the valuation of its territorial heritage: fountains, summer residences, and mostly the natural paths that used to connect the city port to the hinterland since the earliest times.Indeed, before 1830, El-Djezaïr had its "Fahs”, a territory famous by its "djenanes": a kind of summer residences within fabulous gardens facing the sea. Often seemed like deserted museums, the "djenanes" could constitute a key opportunity coastal tourism requalification. One of the alternatives would be their reconversion into touristic structures for scientific, business, leisure and recreational tourism. The paper presents the case of “La Villa du Traité”, a commemorative place related to the capitulation of the city of Algiers in 1830. The place is proposed to become a center of ethics where national and international scientific events in Medicine could be held. Alger Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.10829 http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/10829 | Partager |
Impact of increasing deployment of artificial floating objects on the spatial distribution of social fish species Auteur(s) : Sempo, Gregory Dagorn, Laurent Robert, Marianne Deneubourg, Jean Louis Éditeur(s) : Wiley-blackwell Résumé : 1. Approximately 300 pelagic fish species naturally aggregate around floating objects (FOBs) at the surface of the oceans. Currently, more than 50% of the world catch of tropical tuna comes from the industrial tuna fisheries around drifting FOBs. Greater understanding of the complex decision-making processes leading to this aggregation pattern and the impact of the massive release of artificial FOBs by fishermen on the spatial distribution and management of tuna is needed. 2. We analyse how the interplay between social (relationships between individuals) and non-social (responses to the environment) behaviours may affect the spatial distribution of a population in a multi-FOB environment. Taking the example of tropical tunas associating with FOBs and using differential equations and stochastic simulations, we examine how, when increasing the number of FOBs, fish aggregation dynamics and the distribution of the population among patches are affected by the population size, level of sociality and the natural retentive and/or attractive forces of FOBs on individual tuna. 3. Our model predicts that, depending on the species' level of sociality, fish will be scattered among FOBs or aggregated around a single FOB based on the number of FOBs deployed in a homogeneous oceanic region. 4. For social species, we demonstrated that the total fish catch is reduced with increasing FOBs number. Indeed, for each size of population, there are a number of FOBs minimizing the total population of fish associated with FOBs and another number of FOBs maximizing the total population of associated fish. 5. Synthesis and applications. In terms of fisheries management, the total catch volume is directly linked to the total number of floating objects (FOBs) for non-social species, and any limit on the number of sets would then result in a limit on the total catch. For social species (e.g. tuna), however, increasing the number of FOBs does not necessarily lead to an increase in the total catch, which is a non-intuitive result. Indeed, our model shows that, for specific values of the parameters, deploying a greater number of FOBs in the water (all other parameters being constant) does not necessarily help fishermen to catch more tuna, but does increase the level of fishing effort and bycatch. Journal Of Applied Ecology (0021-8901) (Wiley-blackwell), 2013-10 , Vol. 50 , N. 5 , P. 1081-1092 Droits : 2013 The Authors. Journal of Applied Ecology, 2013 British Ecological Society http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00151/26275/24439.pdf DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.12140 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00151/26275/ | Partager |
Red-drum (Sciaenops ocellata) farming in Martinique: a new prospect for Caribbean marine aquaculture ? Auteur(s) : Paquotte, Philippe Éditeur(s) : Communication at the IIFET Conference Tromso 1998 Résumé : (not controled OCR) like most other caribbean islands, martinique suffers a reduction in fisheries resources and is now a net importer of seafood products since no major expansion of aquaculture production has been done. nevertheless, this island has numerous assets for marine aquaculture development : tropical clean waters, developed infrastructures and market channels, financial support for research, training and extension due to its tight political and economic connection with france. red drum is a subtropical fish introduced in martinique in 1985 from the south of usa for aquaculture purposes. from 1987 to 1993, ifremer worked on rearing techniques in martiniquan conditions. once the farming techniques were perfected, questions raised about red drum marketing potential and of economic viability of red drum farms in order to attract investments and entrepreneurs. that is the reason why a market analysis and a financial analysis have been carried out. the results of these studies indicate that martiniquan fish farming could be profitable, due to the rapid build-up of the facilities and to the sho rt production cycles. the good quality of infrastructures in martinique, the high purchase power of the population in comparison with most caribbean islands and the frequent air links with europe are important comparative advantages. the market analysis has revealed a good potential on the domestic market thanks to the development of the supermarkets, but has underlined the price constraint. for the french market too, production costs have to be lowered in order to compete on a market dominated by salmon. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1998/acte-2546.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2546/ | Partager |
Guam Fish Aggregating Device programme Auteur(s) : Torres, A Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 Résumé : Installation and maintenance of FADs by the Government of Guam began in 1979, initially with funding from the Salstonstall-Kennedy Act through the Pacific Tuna Development Foundation. Current funding for the Guam FAD project is provided through the Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Sport Fish Restoration programme, a Federal Aid Project funded by taxes collected on the purchase of fishing equipment and motorboat fuels nationwide. There are now sixteen operational FAD sites in Guam's waters. At a cost of approximately US$10,000 per system, concern for the rising costs of replacing and maintaining FAD systems has prompted the Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (DAWR) to investigate alternative FAD maintenance strategies and system design. Several cost-cutting measures being considered include the use of reliable solar-powered navigation lights to reduce the number of maintenance trips required, and switching to a newer generation of lighter, more durable buoys and mooring systems. Average time on station for a dawr fad system is nearing two years. Interestingly, in most cases where an errant system is recovered, the failure in the mooring system was observed to occur at a depth from 35 to 500 metres. These observations have led to speculation that additional protection of the mooring line down to 500 m may result in doubling the average time on station of most FAD systems. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15324/12650.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15324/ | Partager |