Amelia Curd

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer | Ifremer · Department of Coastal Environment Dynamics (DYNECO)

Aim The introduction of aquatic non‐indigenous species (ANS) has become a major driver for global changes in species biogeography. We examined spatial patterns and temporal trends of ANS detections since 1965 to inform conservation policy and management. Location Global. Methods We assembled an extensive dataset of first records of detection of A...

Aim: To investigate some of the environmental variables underpinning the past and present distribution of an ecosystem engineer near its poleward range edge. Location: >500 locations spanning >7,400 km around Ireland. Results: Through plotting 981 records of presence and absence, we revealed a discontinuous distribution with discretely bounded sub...

Distributional shifts in species ranges provide critical evidence of ecological responses to climate change. Assessments of climate‐driven changes typically focus on broad‐scale range shifts (e.g. poleward or upward), with ecological consequences at regional and local scales commonly overlooked. While these changes are informative for species prese...

Introduced species constitute a critical bio-security issue worldwide and the precise monitoring of their spread is crucial for their management. For species forming cryptic complexes this may remain difficult. Using integrative taxonomy, we formally report for the first time, well-established populations of the cosmopolitan introduced bryozoan Wat...

The Working Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors under the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and Inter-national Maritime Organization (ICES/IOC/IMO WGBOSV) aims to provide scientific support to international decision-making to reduce the risk of spread and establishment of...

As introduced species constitute a major threat to biodiversity, it is crucial to properly monitor their spread to new regions. The present study reports new records of four species: 1) the amphipod Ampithoe valida S.I. Smith, 1873 and 2) the polychaete Polydora colonia Moore, 1907, both new records for Brittany (North-West part of France); 3) the...

RESUME En réponse à des enjeux d’intégration écologique, différentes approches d’éco-conception des ouvrages maritimes ont été développées ces dernières années ; l’objectif étant d’apporter des fonctions écologiques complémentaires aux fonctions techniques premières de ces ouvrages (digues, quais, pontons, corps-morts, émissaires...). En fonction d...

The distribution range of the American comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi has expanded across Europe for several decades, particularly in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. This study aims to assess its expansion along the French Atlantic coast, mainly in the Bay of Biscay and Iroise Sea, since the first record in 2014. Mnemiopsis leidyi is now...

Increasingly, ecological rehabilitation is envisioned to mitigate and revert impacts of ocean sprawl on coastal marine biodiversity. While in the past studies have demonstrated the positive effects of artificial fish habitats in port areas on fish abundance and diversity, benthic colonization of these structures has not yet been taken into consider...

Biological invasions are one of the main global threats to biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems worldwide, requiring effective inventorying and monitoring programs. Here, we present an updated list of non-indigenous species in French marine and transitional waters. Focused on eukaryote pluricellular species found throughout...

The goal of the ICES Working Group on the Introduction and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) is to contribute to the ICES vision and mission by addressing specific science objectives related to the introduction, spread and impacts of non-indigenous marine species (NIS). The expert working group provides information and advice on the impacts of...

A complex interplay of biotic and abiotic factors underpins the distribution of species and operates across different levels of biological organization and life history stages. Understanding ecosystem engineer reproductive traits is critical for comprehending and managing the biodiversity-rich habitats they create. Little is known about how the rep...

Uncommon fish records may reflect local or global changes of fish composition resulting from environmental changes or anthropogenic activities. Significant records of uncommon marine fishes, including migrant, non-native, cryptic, rare and threatened species, collected in French waters or by French vessels in European waters, observed by scuba dive...

The threat posed by invasive non-native species worldwide requires a global approach to identify which introduced species are likely to pose an elevated risk of impact to native species and ecosystems. To inform policy, stakeholders and management decisions on global threats to aquatic ecosystems, 195 assessors representing 120 risk assessment area...

Reef-building species are recognized as having an important ecological role and as generally enhancing the diversity of benthic organisms in marine habitats. However, although these ecosystem engineers have a facilitating role for some species, they may exclude or compete with others. The honeycomb worm Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767) is an i...

Data that can be used to monitor biodiversity through time are essential for conservation and management. The reef-forming worm, Sabellaria alveolata (L. 1767) is currently classed as ‘Data deficient’ due to an imbalance in the spread of data on its distribution. Little is known about the distribution of this species around Ireland. Using data arch...

Uncommon records of fishes may evidence local or global changes in fish composition resulting from environmental change or anthropogenic activities. Significant records of uncommon marine fishes, including migrant, non-native, cryptic, rare and threatened species, collected in french waters or by french vessels in European waters, observed by scuba...

The intertidal zone is affected by environmental change in both the marine and the terrestrial realms. All along Europe’s coast, a unique biogenic habitat buffers the shores’ environmental extremes for the high-diversity fauna it hosts: the reefs of the honeycomb worm Sabellaria alveolata. Despite being listed as a priority European Union habitat,...

Uncommon records of fishes may evidence local or global changes in fish composition resulting from environmental change or anthropogenic activities. Significant records of uncommon marine fishes, including migrant, non-native, cryptic, rare and threatened species, collected in french waters or by french vessels in European waters, observed by scuba...

The Working Group on the Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) has contributed several major achievements to the ICES vision, including the first ICES Viewpoint on Biofouling and its source document, two Cooperative Research Reports, and numerous pub-lications related to ToRs, and the continued population of the AquaNIS database....

The completion of the first evaluation cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive has led to an update of the national non-indigenous species lists. Since 2016, 19 new in-troductions and six range expansions have been reported along the French coasts. MSFD monitoring and surveillance programmes are being defined and will prioritise hot-spots...

A citizen monitoring program (Phenomer) of marine water discolorations caused by high biomass phytoplankton development (Harmful Algal Blooms, HABs) was conducted in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the coastal waters of Brittany (France). This project aimed to explore the feasibility of acquiring scientifically valuable data on water discolorations phenomen...

Numerous important reef-forming species have been subject to dramatic declines over the centuries as a result of anthropogenic disturbance. Many of these losses have probably passed undocumented and the information is often anecdotal and hard to access. The honeycomb worm Sabellaria alveolata (L.) is a tube-building polychaete that can form large r...

Didemnum vexillum Kott (2002) is a high-impact, globally-invasive, colonial tunicate species that is native to Japan (Lambert, 2009; Stefaniak et al., 2012). It is generally a temperate cold-water organism, and its introduced range currently includes New Zealand, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and both the west and...

Didemnum vexillum Kott (2002) is a high-impact, globally-invasive, colonial tunicate species that is native to Japan (Lambert, 2009; Stefaniak et al., 2012). It is generally a temperate cold-water organism, and its introduced range currently includes New Zealand, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and both the west and...

The Phenomer Project was launched across Brittany in 213. In addition to communication and outreach objectives, the project aims to explore the possibility of acquiring scientifically valuable data on Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) with the help of citizens

Several concepts revolve around the term "marine landscapes": All of them are nourished by aggregating data from multiple sources and disciplines. The SINP (Système d'Information sur la Nature et les Paysages) is the French marine biodiversity and landscape building block in the global marine data infrastructure pyramid. Within this information sys...

The 2013 meeting of the ICES Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Ma-rine Organisms (WGITMO) was held in Montreal, Canada during 20-22. March with Cynthia McKenzie as host and Henn Ojaveer as chair. The meeting was attended by 21 participants from 16 countries. The physical participants were from Belgium, Can-ada, Estonia, Finland, Franc...