List of works - Patrice Francour

A review of marine protected areas in the northwestern Mediterranean region: siting, usage, zonation and management

article

Abundance and Diversity of Crypto- and Necto-Benthic Coastal Fish Are Higher in Marine Forests than in Structurally Less Complex Macroalgal Assemblages

scientific article

Abundance, Population structure and Production of Hydrobia ventrosa (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in a Mediterranean brackish lagoon, Lake Ichkeul, Tunisia

article

Adaptive Vertical Positioning as Anti-Predator Behavior: The Case of a Prey Fish Cohabiting with Multiple Predatory Fish within Temperate Marine Algal Forests

scientific article published on 25 March 2022

An ecotoxicological approach with transplanted mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) for assessing the impact of tyre reefs immersed along the NW Mediterranean Sea.

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Assessment of Diplodus spp. (Sparidae) nursery grounds along the rocky shore of Marseilles (France, NW Mediterranean)

article

Assessment of commercial and recreational fishing effects on trophic interactions in the Cap Roux area (north-western Mediterranean)

Bathymetric distribution and growth rates of Eunicella verrucosa (Cnidaria: Gorgoniidae) populationsalong the Marseilles coast (France)

article

Biofilm monitoring as a tool to assess the efficiency of artificial reefs as substrates: Toward 3D printed reefs

article by Elisabeth Riera et al published September 2018 in Ecological Engineering

Can citizen science contribute to fish assemblages monitoring in understudied areas? The case study of Tunisian marine protected areas

scientific article published in 2018

Capping of marine sediments with valuable industrial by-products: Evaluation of inorganic pollutants immobilization

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Cascading effects of ocean acidification in a rocky subtidal community

scientific article

Climate change and warm-water species at the north-western boundary of the Mediterranean Sea

article

Comparing commercial, recreational and illegal coastal fishery catches and their economic values: A survey from the southern Mediterranean Sea

article by Emna Ben Lamine et al published 16 November 2018 in Fisheries Management and Ecology

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

scientific article published on 02 December 2015

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Corrigendum to “Marine ecosystems’ responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean” [Prog. Oceanogr. 91 (2011) 97–166]

article

Effects of boat anchoring in Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds in the Port-Cros National Park (north-western Mediterranean Sea)

Effects of ocean acidification and diet on thickness and carbonate elemental composition of the test of juvenile sea urchins

article

Enhancing fish Underwater Visual Census to move forward assessment of fish assemblages: An application in three Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas.

scientific article

European cephalopods distribution under climate-change scenarios

scientific article published in 2021

European small pelagic fish distribution under global change scenarios

scientific article published in 2020

Exploring the relationships between marine protected areas and invasive fish in the world's most invaded sea

scientific article published on 30 November 2018

First records of Didogobius splechtnai along the French Mediterranean coast and additional comments about D. schlieweni

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Fish assemblages of Mediterranean marine caves

scientific article

Fishing inside or outside? A case studies analysis of potential spillover effect from marine protected areas, using food web models

scholarly article by Mathieu Colléter published in November 2014

Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management

scientific article

Further evidence of the establishment of Fistularia commersonii (Osteichthyes: Fistulariidae) in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

article

Impact of Caulerpa taxifolia colonization on the littoral ichthyofauna of North-Western Mediterranean sea: preliminary results

Improving predictions of invasive fish ranges combining functional and ecological traits with environmental suitability under climate change scenarios

scientific article

Interpopulation variability of the reproductive cycle of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the south-western Mediterranean

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 80 no. 5, October 2000

Is the Cape Roux marine protected area (Saint-Raphaël, Mediterranean Sea) an efficient tool to sustain artisanal fisheries? First indications from visual censuses and trammel net sampling

article by Catherine Seytre & Patrice Francour published July 2008 in Aquatic Living Resources

Juvenile fish assemblages in temperate rocky reefs are shaped by the presence of macro-algae canopy and its three-dimensional structure.

scientific article

Juvenile fish in Cystoseira forests: influence of habitat complexity and depth on fish behaviour and assemblage composition

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Management priorities for marine invasive species

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Marine ecosystems’ responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

article

Massive mortality of marine invertebrates: an unprecedented event in northwestern Mediterranean]

scholarly article

Modeling trophic interactions to assess the effects of a marine protected area: case study in the NW Mediterranean Sea

article by A Valls et al published 7 June 2012 in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Modelling European small pelagic fish distribution: Methodological insights

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Moving beyond a top-down fisheries management approach in the northwestern Mediterranean: Some lessons from the Philippines

scholarly article by Hazel O. Arceo published in May 2013

Nursery value of Cystoseira forests for Mediterranean rocky reef fishes

scientific article published in 2013

Occurrence and Distribution Range Of Parablennius Pilicornis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Blenniidae) Along the French Mediterranean Coast

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Occurrence of Barred Knifejaw, Oplegnathus Fasciatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Oplegnathidae), in Malta (Central Mediterranean) with a Discussion on Possible Modes of Entry

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Patterns of predation on native and invasive alien fish in Mediterranean protected and unprotected areas

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Predation on Holothurians: A Literature Review

scientific article published in 1997

Recent Occurrences of Opah, Lampris Guttatus (Actinopterygii, Lampriformes, Lampridae), in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Seasonal assessment of biological indices, bioaccumulation, and bioavailability of heavy metals in sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus from Algerian west coast, applied to environmental monitoring

scientific article published on 10 April 2017

Sediment-bound trace metals in Golfe-Juan Bay, northwestern Mediterranean: Distribution, availability and toxicity.

scientific article published on 18 March 2017

The importance of high-level predators in marine protected area management: Consequences of their decline and their potential recovery in the Mediterranean context

scientific article published in 2013

The spread of an Atlantic fish species,Pomadasys incisus(Bowdich, 1825) (Osteichthyes: Haemulidae), within the Mediterranean Sea with new additional records from the French Mediterranean coast

article

Trawling or Visual Censuses? Methodological Bias in the Assessment of Fish Populations in Seagrass Beds

scientific article published on 13 May 2008

Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now?

scientific article published on 14 March 2020

List of works by Patrice Francour

A review of marine protected areas in the northwestern Mediterranean region: siting, usage, zonation and management

Abundance and Diversity of Crypto- and Necto-Benthic Coastal Fish Are Higher in Marine Forests than in Structurally Less Complex Macroalgal Assemblages

Abundance, Population structure and Production of Hydrobia ventrosa (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in a Mediterranean brackish lagoon, Lake Ichkeul, Tunisia

Adaptive Vertical Positioning as Anti-Predator Behavior: The Case of a Prey Fish Cohabiting with Multiple Predatory Fish within Temperate Marine Algal Forests

An ecotoxicological approach with transplanted mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) for assessing the impact of tyre reefs immersed along the NW Mediterranean Sea.

Assessment of Diplodus spp. (Sparidae) nursery grounds along the rocky shore of Marseilles (France, NW Mediterranean)

Assessment of commercial and recreational fishing effects on trophic interactions in the Cap Roux area (north-western Mediterranean)

Bathymetric distribution and growth rates of Eunicella verrucosa (Cnidaria: Gorgoniidae) populationsalong the Marseilles coast (France)

Biofilm monitoring as a tool to assess the efficiency of artificial reefs as substrates: Toward 3D printed reefs

Can citizen science contribute to fish assemblages monitoring in understudied areas? The case study of Tunisian marine protected areas

Capping of marine sediments with valuable industrial by-products: Evaluation of inorganic pollutants immobilization

Cascading effects of ocean acidification in a rocky subtidal community

Climate change and warm-water species at the north-western boundary of the Mediterranean Sea

Comparing commercial, recreational and illegal coastal fishery catches and their economic values: A survey from the southern Mediterranean Sea

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

Corrigendum to “Marine ecosystems’ responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean” [Prog. Oceanogr. 91 (2011) 97–166]

Effects of boat anchoring in Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds in the Port-Cros National Park (north-western Mediterranean Sea)

Effects of ocean acidification and diet on thickness and carbonate elemental composition of the test of juvenile sea urchins

Enhancing fish Underwater Visual Census to move forward assessment of fish assemblages: An application in three Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas.

European cephalopods distribution under climate-change scenarios

European small pelagic fish distribution under global change scenarios

Exploring the relationships between marine protected areas and invasive fish in the world's most invaded sea

First records of Didogobius splechtnai along the French Mediterranean coast and additional comments about D. schlieweni

Fish assemblages of Mediterranean marine caves

Fishing inside or outside? A case studies analysis of potential spillover effect from marine protected areas, using food web models

Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management

Further evidence of the establishment of Fistularia commersonii (Osteichthyes: Fistulariidae) in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

Impact of Caulerpa taxifolia colonization on the littoral ichthyofauna of North-Western Mediterranean sea: preliminary results

Improving predictions of invasive fish ranges combining functional and ecological traits with environmental suitability under climate change scenarios

Interpopulation variability of the reproductive cycle of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the south-western Mediterranean

Is the Cape Roux marine protected area (Saint-Raphaël, Mediterranean Sea) an efficient tool to sustain artisanal fisheries? First indications from visual censuses and trammel net sampling

Juvenile fish assemblages in temperate rocky reefs are shaped by the presence of macro-algae canopy and its three-dimensional structure.

Juvenile fish in Cystoseira forests: influence of habitat complexity and depth on fish behaviour and assemblage composition

Management priorities for marine invasive species

Marine ecosystems’ responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

Massive mortality of marine invertebrates: an unprecedented event in northwestern Mediterranean]

Modeling trophic interactions to assess the effects of a marine protected area: case study in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Modelling European small pelagic fish distribution: Methodological insights

Moving beyond a top-down fisheries management approach in the northwestern Mediterranean: Some lessons from the Philippines

Nursery value of Cystoseira forests for Mediterranean rocky reef fishes

Occurrence and Distribution Range Of Parablennius Pilicornis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Blenniidae) Along the French Mediterranean Coast

Occurrence of Barred Knifejaw, Oplegnathus Fasciatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Oplegnathidae), in Malta (Central Mediterranean) with a Discussion on Possible Modes of Entry

Patterns of predation on native and invasive alien fish in Mediterranean protected and unprotected areas

Predation on Holothurians: A Literature Review

Recent Occurrences of Opah, Lampris Guttatus (Actinopterygii, Lampriformes, Lampridae), in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Seasonal assessment of biological indices, bioaccumulation, and bioavailability of heavy metals in sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus from Algerian west coast, applied to environmental monitoring

Sediment-bound trace metals in Golfe-Juan Bay, northwestern Mediterranean: Distribution, availability and toxicity.

The importance of high-level predators in marine protected area management: Consequences of their decline and their potential recovery in the Mediterranean context

The spread of an Atlantic fish species,Pomadasys incisus(Bowdich, 1825) (Osteichthyes: Haemulidae), within the Mediterranean Sea with new additional records from the French Mediterranean coast

Trawling or Visual Censuses? Methodological Bias in the Assessment of Fish Populations in Seagrass Beds

Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now?