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Professor
Yves LETOURNEUR

University of New Caledonia, Department of Sciences 

My research focus on tropical marine ecology, mainly fishes. I have also worked on temperate ecosystems (Mediterranean and Atlantic), but most of my work concerns coral reef-lagoon ecosystems.

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My research topics are about:

  • The study of the structure and functioning of communities in a context of climate and anthropogenic changes,

  • The circulation of organic matter within food webs and the way in which contaminants integrate - or not - into these food webs,

  • The energetic and nutritional values of coral reef fish, and their societal implications (food security, local fisheries, etc.)

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The main methods used bring together underwater visual observations and experimental fishing (field actions) as well as stable isotopes and compound specifics, otoliths, metallic and organic contaminants , and biochemical technics to quantify lipids, proteins, minerals etc. (laboratory actions).

Leader of the TONIC' project




                                          
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Publications

I have published several scientific articles which are available on this website, in the "publications" section grouping several types of communication.

If you are interested in an article, click on the associated link or send me an email specifying the title, I will send it to you as soon as possible.

LECTURES

I speak regularly at conferences, presentations, roundtable meetings etc., in order to share and make understandable the  current ecological issues, the results and the keys to scientific research.

@Lincks communication et partage des savoirs

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Studied areas

RESEARCH ON: Structure and functionning of fish communities and populations on coral reefs and temperate systems. Marine Protected Areas. Relationships between terrestrial and marine ecosystems: destiny of terrestrial organic matter into marine food webs and role of food web structure on metallic and organic contamination. Otolithometry: interest of the otolith’ tool (shape analysis, cristallography, microchemistry, stable isotopes O and C) for the understanding of life history traits of fishes.

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