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Applying Acoustic Scattering Layer Descriptors to Depict Mid-Trophic Pelagic Organisation: The Case of Atlantic African Large Marine Ecosystems Continental Shelf

Anne Mouget
Yannick Perrot
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Uatjavi Uanivi
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Ndague Diogoul
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Salahedine El Ayoubi
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Mohamed Ahmed Jeyid
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Abdoulaye Sarré
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Nolwenn Béhagle
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Aka Marcel Kouassi
Eric Feunteun

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To identify key nonspecific organisational characteristics of the mid-trophic pelagic communities, which remain a challenge, we work with sound scattering layers (SSLs). Application was tested in the three African Atlantic Large Marine Ecosystems (AALMEs) to assess the utility of adapting and developing new acoustic variables. Our methodology allowed comparison between Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) based on 14 morphological, spatial and acoustic variables to characterize SSLs over time. These original variables were effective in monitoring and comparing the LMEs, and even allowed us to discriminate different organisations inside the Canary Current LME. Common traits identified for all AALMEs included the importance of the shallowest SSL. However, we identified an unexpected night-time pattern in SSL distributions in the Benguela Current LME which reflect a major difference in diel vertical migration mechanisms relative to other AALMEs. We also highlighted the predominance of elementary sampling unit (ESUs) with a single SSL and an unoccupied tiny layer close to the bottom, even if some ESUs presented up to six SSLs. Inter-annual changes in SSL organisation are highlighted by adaptation of original variables as the proportion of the water column occupied by SSLs and the relative importance of the shallowest SSL. SSL variables have been used mostly in deep water; here, we applied them on the continental shelf. SSL variables can be used to standardize the monitoring of marine ecosystems and capture change in spatial structure and function of mid-trophic pelagic marine ecosystems worldwide, even in data-poor areas where species identification of lower-trophic pelagic organism remains a challenge.
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Anne Mouget, Patrice Brehmer, Yannick Perrot, Uatjavi Uanivi, Ndague Diogoul, et al.. Applying Acoustic Scattering Layer Descriptors to Depict Mid-Trophic Pelagic Organisation: The Case of Atlantic African Large Marine Ecosystems Continental Shelf. Fishes, 2022, 7 (2), 86 [19 p.]. ⟨10.3390/fishes7020086⟩. ⟨hal-03789366⟩
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