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Overview

Jean-Claude Dauvin is affiliated with the Université de Caen Normandie in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, specifically within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's subfields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Environmental Engineering

Their main research topics cover:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

Jean-Claude Dauvin has published extensively in various scientific venues. Some of the frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
  • Biofouling
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Diversity

Their recent papers illustrate a broad engagement with marine ecological systems and environmental impacts. Selected recent works include:

  • "Marine artificial reefs, a meta-analysis of their design, objectives and effectiveness" (2021), published in Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "A spatial food web model to investigate potential spillover effects of a fishery closure in an offshore wind farm" (2020), published in Journal of Marine Systems
  • "Cumulative effects of marine renewable energy and climate change on ecosystem properties: Sensitivity of ecological network analysis" (2020), published in Ecological Indicators
  • "Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)" (2025), published in Research Portal (King's College London)
  • "Benthic foraminifera to assess ecological quality statuses: The case of salmon fish farming" (2020), published in Ecological Indicators

Throughout their career, Jean-Claude Dauvin has collaborated with multiple frequent co-authors, among whom are:

  • Jean-Philippe Pezy
  • Aurore Raoux
  • Pascal Claquin
  • Nathalie Niquil
  • Jessica Salaün

Best Publications

  • Paradox of estuarine quality: benthic indicators and indices, consensus or debate for the future.

    Jean-Claude Dauvin

  • Amphipods are good bioindicators of the impact of oil spills on soft-bottom macrobenthic communities

    J.L.Gómez Gesteira;J.-C Dauvin

  • Polychaete/amphipod ratio revisited

    Jean-Claude Dauvin;T. Ruellet

  • Use of biotic indices in semi-enclosed coastal ecosystems and transitional waters habitats - Implications for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    H Blanchet;Nicolas Lavesque;T Ruellet;J Dauvin

  • The ecological quality status of the Bay of Seine and the Seine estuary: use of biotic indices.

    Jean-Claude Dauvin;Thierry Ruellet;Nicolas Desroy;Anne-Laure Janson

  • Evaluating marine ecosystem health: Case studies of indicators using direct observations and modelling methods

    I. Rombouts;I. Rombouts;G. Beaugrand;G. Beaugrand;L.F. Artigas;L.F. Artigas;J.-C. Dauvin

  • Environmental control of mesozooplankton community structure in the Seine estuary (English Channel)

    Pascal Mouny;Jean-Claude Dauvin

  • Effects of heavy metal contamination on the macrobenthic fauna in estuaries: the case of the Seine estuary.

    Jean-Claude Dauvin

  • The fine sand Abra alba community of the bay of morlaix twenty years after the Amoco Cadiz oil spill

    J.-C. Dauvin

  • Benthic and fish aggregation inside an offshore wind farm: Which effects on the trophic web functioning?

    Aurore Raoux;Samuele Tecchio;Jean-Philippe Pezy;Géraldine Lassalle

  • Taxonomic sufficiency: an overview of its use in the monitoring of sublittoral benthic communities after oil spills

    J.C Dauvin;J.L Gomez Gesteira;M Salvande Fraga

  • Benthic effects of offshore renewables: identification of knowledge gaps and urgently needed research

    Jennifer Dannheim;Lena Bergström;Silvana N R Birchenough;Radosław Brzana

  • Taxonomic level for assessing oil spill effects on soft-bottom sublittoral benthic communities.

    J.L Gomez Gesteira;J.C Dauvin;M Salvande Fraga

  • Classifying Ecological Quality and Integrity of Estuaries

    A. Borja;A. Basset;S. Bricker;Jean-Claude Dauvin

  • Sensitivity of amphipods to sewage pollution

    J.A. De-La-Ossa-Carretero;Y. Del-Pilar-Ruso;F. Gimenez-Casalduero;J.-L. Sanchez-Lizaso

  • Abundance of larval rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in relation to the maximum turbidity zone and associated macroplanktonic fauna of the middle St. Lawrence estuary

    Julian J. Dodson;Jean-Claude Dauvin;R. Grant Ingram;B. d’Anglejan

  • Impact of the Aegean Sea oil spill on the subtidal fine sand macrobenthic community of the Ares-Betanzos Ria (Northwest Spain).

    J.L. Gómez Gesteira;J.-C. Dauvin

  • The Muddy Fine Sand Abra alba–Melinna palmata Community of the Bay of Morlaix Twenty Years After the Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill

    J.-C Dauvin

  • The food web in the lower part of the Seine estuary: a synthesis of existing knowledge

    Jean-Claude Dauvin;Nicolas Desroy

  • Marine artificial reefs, a meta-analysis of their design, objectives and effectiveness

    Baptiste Vivier;Jean-Claude Dauvin;Maxime Navon;Anne-Marie Rusig

  • Impact of amoco cadiz oil spill on the muddy fine sand Abra alba and Melinna palmata community from the Bay of Morlaix

    Jean-Claude Dauvin

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie Niquil
Nathalie Niquil Université de Caen Normandie
Steven Degraer
Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
François Le Loc'h
François Le Loc'h Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin
Thomas Brey
Thomas Brey University of Bremen
Xavier de Montaudouin
Xavier de Montaudouin University of Bordeaux
Dominique Davoult
Dominique Davoult Sorbonne University
Bruno Ernande
Bruno Ernande French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Pierre-Guy Sauriau
Pierre-Guy Sauriau University of La Rochelle
Josette Garnier
Josette Garnier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gilles Billen
Gilles Billen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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