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Frédéric Ménard is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography. The scientist's work engages with various topics such as Marine and Fisheries Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Animal Studies Overview, and Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics.

Ménard has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with publications appearing in multiple prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Ménard are:

  • Designing Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Tackle Sea Level Rise, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Hatchetfishes (Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) biodiversity, trophic ecology, vertical niche partitioning and functional roles in the western Tropical Atlantic, 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • Hindcasting the 2017 dispersal of Sargassum algae in the Tropical North Atlantic, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Trophic ecology, habitat, and migratory behaviour of the viperfish Chauliodus sloani reveal a key mesopelagic player, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Towards West African coastal social-ecosystems sustainability: Interdisciplinary approaches", 2021, Ocean & Coastal Management

Ménard's collaborative work includes frequent partnerships with several researchers, with notable co-authors being:

  • François Le Loc'h
  • Flávia Lucena-Frédou
  • Thierry Frédou
  • Leandro Nolé Eduardo
  • Valérie Allain

Their research reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating ecological, oceanographic, and environmental perspectives, with particular attention to coastal adaptation, marine biodiversity, trophic ecology, and the sustainability of coastal social-ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Wavelet analysis of ecological time series

    Bernard Cazelles;Mario Chavez;Dominique Berteaux;Frédéric Ménard

  • A Roadmap for Using the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in Support of Science, Policy, and Action

    Joachim Claudet;Laurent Bopp;William W.L. Cheung;Rodolphe Devillers;Rodolphe Devillers

  • Forage fauna in the diet of three large pelagic fishes (lancetfish, swordfish and yellowfin tuna) in the western equatorial Indian Ocean

    Michel Potier;Francis Marsac;Yves Cherel;Vincent Lucas

  • Resource partitioning within a tropical seabird community: new information from stable isotopes

    Yves Cherel;Matthieu Le Corre;Sébastien Jaquemet;F. Ménard

  • Drifting FADs used in tuna fisheries: an ecological trap?

    F Marsac;Alain Fonteneau;Frederic Menard

  • Nitrogen and carbon isotope values of individual amino acids: a tool to study foraging ecology of penguins in the Southern Ocean

    Anne Lorrain;Brittany Graham;Frédéric Ménard;Brian Popp

  • Food consumption of tuna in the Equatorial Atlantic ocean: FAD-associated versus unassociated schools

    Frédéric Ménard;Bernard Stéquert;Alex Rubin;Miguel Herrera

  • Nitrogen isotopic baselines and implications for estimating foraging habitat and trophic position of yellowfin tuna in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

    Anne Lorrain;Brittany S. Graham;Brian N. Popp;Valérie Allain

  • Isotopic evidence of distinct feeding ecologies and movement patterns in two migratory predators (yellowfin tuna and swordfish) of the western Indian Ocean

    Frédéric Ménard;Anne Lorrain;Michel Potier;Francis Marsac

  • Designing coastal adaptation strategies to tackle sea level rise

    Théophile Bongarts Lebbe;Hélène Rey-Valette;Éric Chaumillon;Guigone Camus

  • A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

    Christopher S. Bird;Christopher S. Bird;Ana Veríssimo;Sarah Magozzi;Kátya G. Abrantes

  • Climatic oscillations and tuna catch rates in the Indian Ocean: a wavelet approach to time series analysis

    Frédéric Ménard;Francis Marsac;Edwige Bellier;Bernard Cazelles

  • Opportunistic predation in tuna: a size-based approach

    Frédéric Ménard;Céline Labrune;Yunne-Jai Shin;Ah-Soy Asine

  • Spatio-temporal patterns and environmental controls of small pelagic fish body condition from contrasted Mediterranean areas

    Pablo Brosset;Pablo Brosset;Jean-Marc Fromentin;Elisabeth Van Beveren;Josep Lloret

  • Complex interplays among population dynamics, environmental forcing, and exploitation in fisheries.

    T. Rouyer;J.-M. Fromentin;F. Ménard;B. Cazelles

  • Exploitation of small tunas by a purse-seine fishery with fish aggregating devices and their feeding ecology in an eastern tropical Atlantic ecosystem

    F. Ménard;A. Fonteneau;D. Gaertner;V. Nordstrom

  • Do drifting and anchored Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) similarly influence tuna feeding habits? A case study from the western Indian Ocean

    Sébastien Jaquemet;M. Potier;F. Ménard

  • Influence of environmental variability and age on the body condition of small pelagic fish in the Gulf of Lions

    Pablo Brosset;Frederic Menard;Jean-Marc Fromentin;Sylvain Bonhommeau

  • From In Situ to satellite observations of pelagic Sargassum distribution and aggregation in the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean.

    Anouck Ody;Thierry Thibaut;Léo Berline;Thomas Changeux

  • Mesoscale eddies influence distribution and aggregation patterns of micronekton in the Mozambique Channel

    Philippe S. Sabarros;Frédéric Ménard;Jean-Jacques Lévénez;Emilie Tew-Kai

  • Comprehensive model of Jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas trophic ecology in the Northern Humboldt current system.

    Ana Alegre;Frédéric Ménard;Ricardo Tafur;Pepe Espinoza

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Anne Lorrain
Anne Lorrain Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Jean-Marc Fromentin
Jean-Marc Fromentin French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
François Le Loc'h
François Le Loc'h Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin
Christophe E. Menkès
Christophe E. Menkès Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Bernard Cazelles
Bernard Cazelles Université Paris Cité
Jock W. Young
Jock W. Young Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yunne-Jai Shin
Yunne-Jai Shin Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Arnaud Bertrand
Arnaud Bertrand Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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