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Publications, published data set …

Here is a list of research papers written in the context of SOLAB. More will come as we progressively complete our analyses, in particular for the data collected during the field campaign SCOPES.

  • Brochier, T., Sadio, O., Diop, M., Bertucci, F., Kammegne, C., Bayet, T., … & Tremblay, Y. (2025). Underwater soundscape analysis reveals fish assemblage contrasts between protected and exploited areas in an African mangrove delta. Biological Conservation, 306, 111051.
  • Beye, A., Machu, E., Capet, X., Correa, K., Sourisseau, M., Artigas, L.F., Dynamical setup off the upwelling season off southern Canary Upwelling System highlighted from in vivo/in situ phytoplankton spectral characterization. Submitted in July 2024 to Deep Sea Research Part II: Tropical Studies in Oceanography on EBUS Past, Present and Future.
  • Capson, T.L., Machu, E., Boyé, M., Schmidt, J.O., Capet, X., Diouf, M., 2021. Expanding ocean observation and climate services to build resilience in West African fisheries. One Earth, 4(8), 1062-1065, doi : 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.07.010
  • Chabert, P., X. Capet, V. Echevin, A. Lazar, C. Hourdin and S. Ndoye, 2023: Impact of Synoptic Wind Intensification and Relaxation on the Dynamics and Heat Budget of the South Senegalese Upwelling Sector. J. Phys. Oceanog., 53, 1041-1067.
  • Chabert, P., Echevin, V., Aumont, O., Person, R., Hourdin, C., Pous, S., Machu, E., Capet, X., 2024. Bottom-up propagation of synoptic wind intensification and relaxation in the planktonic ecosystem of the South Senegalese Upwelling Sector. Journal of Plankton Research, 46(6), 567-580. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbae054
  • Correa, K., Machu, E., Brajard, J., Diouf, D., Sall, S.M., Demarcq, H., 2023. Adaptation of a Neuro-variational algorithm from SeaWiFS to MODIS-Aqua sensor for the determination of atmospheric and oceanic variables. MDPI Remote Sensing, 15(14), doi : 10.3390/rs15143613.
  • David, V., Roudaut, G., Habasque, J., Marié, L., Thibault, D., Lebourges-Dhaussy, A., Capet, X., Machu, E. Understanding the spatial distributions of acoustic scattering groups during the warm-to-cold transition period in the Senegal coastal seascape, Journal of Marine Systems.
  • Descroix, L., Sané, Y., Manga, S-P., Thior, M., Ba, B. D., Soumaré, S., Mingou, J., Mendy, V., Coly, S., Dièye, A., Manga, A., Badiane, A., Senghor, M-J., Diedhiou, A.B., Sow, D., Bouaita, Y., Soumaré, S., Diop, A., Faty, B., Mendy, A., Dacosta, H., Sow, B.A., Machu, E., Montoroi, J-P., Andrieu, J., Vandervaere, J-P, Inverse estuaries in West Africa: an evidence of the rainfall recovery? Water, 12(3), 647, doi : 10.3390/w12030647
  • Machu, E., Capet, X., Estrade, P.A., Ndoye, S., Brajard, J., Baurand, F., Auger, P.-A., Lazar, A., Brehmer, P., 2019 First evidence of anoxia and nitrogen loss in the southern Canary Upwelling System. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(5), 2619-2627, doi: 10.1029/2018GL079622.
  • Pitcher, G.C., Aguirre, A., Breitburg, D., Cardich, Carstensen, J., Conley, D.J., Dewitte, B., Echevin, V., Engel, A., Espinoza-Morriberón, D., Flores, G., Garçon, V., Graco, M., Grégoire, M., Gutiérrez, D., Hernandez-Ayon, J.M., May Huang, H.-H., Isensee, K., Jacinto, M.E., Levin, L., Lorenzo, A., Machu,  E., Merma, L., Montes, I., Naqvi, S.W.A., Paulmier, A., Roman, M., Rose, K., Hood, R., Rabalais, N., Salvatteci, R., Sánchez, S., Sifeddine, A., Tall, A.W., van der Plas, A.K., Jing Zhang, M.Y., Zhu, Z.Y., 2021 System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion. Progress in Oceanography, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102613.
  • Puccinelli, E., Sardenne, F., Pecquerie, L., Fawcett, S., Machu, E., Soudant, P., 2021. Omega-3 pathways in upwelling systems: the link to nitrogen supply. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.664601.
  • Tall, A. W., Machu, E., Echevin, V., Capet, X., Pietri, A., Corréa, K., Sall., S.M., Lazar, A., 2021. Variability of dissolved oxygen in the bottom layer of the southern Senegalese shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi : 10.1029/2020JC016854.
  • Tall, A.W., Echevin, V., Machu, E., Capet, X., 2025. Seasonal and interannual variability of bottom dissolved oxygen on the Senegalese shelf using a modelling approach. Deep Sea Research Part II: Tropical Studies in Oceanography on EBUS Past, Present and Future. 221, 105464. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2025.105464

Book chapters

  • Machu, E., Brochier T., Capet X., Ndoye S., Ba S., Descroix L., 2023: Pollutions dans un monde liquide : sources, devenirs et conséquences pour la Planification Spatiale Marine au Sénégal. Planification spatiale marine en Atlantique tropical: d’une tour de Babel à l’organisation d’une intelligence collective, 46-79. Editions IRD. Also available in english at https://books.openedition.org/irdeditions/46616?lang=en
  • Thomas, Y., & Diouf, M., 2023: Pêche artisanale, changement climatique et défis scientifiques pour soutenir la planification spatiale marine. Planification spatiale marine en Atlantique tropical: d’une tour de Babel à l’organisation d’une intelligence collective, 137-158. Editions IRD. Also available in english at https://books.openedition.org/irdeditions/46628

Published datasets

  • Capet Xavier, Machu Eric, Tall Abdoul Wahab, Correa Khassoum, Brochier Timothée, Auger Pierre-Amaël, Thomas Yoann, Camara Ibrahima (2025). SOLAB low-cost field surveys of the southern Senegal continental shelf: physical and biogeochemical variables. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/101038
  • David Viviane, Habasque Jeremie, Roudaut Gildas, Capet Xavier, Machu Eric (2022). Acoustic data – SCOPES survey – Senegal, december 2022 to january 2023. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/96903
  • Capet Xavier, Lazard Alban, Carron Raphael (2013). UPSEN 2013 – Acoustic data. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/101347
  • Capet Xavier, Machu Eric, Tall Abdoul Wahab, Correa Khassoum, Brochier Timothée, Auger Pierre-Amaël, Thomas Yoann, Camara Ibrahima (2025). SOLAB low-cost field surveys of the southern Senegal continental shelf: physical and biogeochemical variables. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/101038
  • Données de réflectance, d’épaisseur optique atmosphérique et de chlorophylle-a issues du traitement SOM-NV des données MODIS-Aqua de 2003 à 2018 sont archivées régionalement au format netcdf :
  • Correa Khassoum, Machu Eric, Brajard Julien, Diouf Daouda, Sall Saïdou Moustapha, Demarcq Hervé, Processing of MODIS-Aqua data with Self-Organizing Maps NeuroVaria method for the southern canary upwelling system, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7971187
  • Site de la campagne SCOPES où seront hébergés l’ensemble des données générées pendant cette campagne : https://doi.org/10.17600/18000662