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Michel Kulbicki is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France, where they conduct research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research focuses on topics related to coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, ichthyology and marine biology, fish biology and ecology studies, fish ecology and management studies, marine animal studies overview, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Notable recent publications by Michel Kulbicki include:

  • A general approach to length-weight relationships for New Caledonian lagoon fishes, 2021, Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world, 2020, Science
  • Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes, 2020, Fish and Fisheries
  • Quantifying the shelter capacity of coral reefs using photogrammetric 3D modeling: From colonies to reefscapes, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Delineating reef fish trophic guilds with global gut content data synthesis and phylogeny, 2020, PLoS Biology

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Valériano Parravicini
  • Sergio R. Floeter
  • Nicholas A. J. Graham
  • Laurent Wantiez
  • Jordan M. Casey

Michel Kulbicki regularly publishes in several scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • PLoS Biology
  • Journal of Biogeography

Best Publications

  • Rare species support vulnerable functions in high-diversity ecosystems

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;David R. Bellwood;Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto;Jerome Chave

  • Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs.

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Sébastien Villéger;Valeriano Parravicini;Michel Kulbicki

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • A general approach to length-weight relationships for New Caledonian lagoon fishes

    Michel Kulbicki;Nicolas Guillemot;Marion Amand

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • Environmental DNA illuminates the dark diversity of sharks

    Germain Boussarie;Germain Boussarie;Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Stefano Mariani

  • How the acquired behaviour of commercial reef fishes may influence the results obtained from visual censuses

    Michel Kulbicki

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

    Joshua E. Cinner;Eva Maire;Eva Maire;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Global Biogeography of Reef Fishes: A Hierarchical Quantitative Delineation of Regions

    Michel Kulbicki;Valeriano Parravicini;David R. Bellwood;Ernesto Arias-Gonzàlez

  • Effects of marine reserves on coral reef fish communities from five islands in New Caledonia

    L. Wantiez;P. Thollot;Michel Kulbicki

  • The Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus Undulatus: Synopsis of a Threatened and Poorly Known Giant Coral Reef Fish

    Y. Sadovy;Michel Kulbicki;P. Labrosse;Y. Letourneur

  • Adult and larval traits as determinants of geographic range size among tropical reef fishes

    Osmar J. Luiz;Andrew P. Allen;D. Ross Robertson;Sergio R. Floeter

  • Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges : implications for the Atlantic invasion

    Michel Kulbicki;J. Beets;Pascale Chabanet;K. Cure

  • Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces)

    Ronald Fricke;Michel Kulbicki;Laurent Wantiez

  • Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity

    Loïc Pellissier;Loïc Pellissier;Fabien Leprieur;Valeriano Parravicini;Peter F. Cowman

  • Human-mediated loss of phylogenetic and functional diversity in coral reef fishes.

    Stéphanie D’agata;Stéphanie D’agata;David Mouillot;Michel Kulbicki;Serge Andréfouët

  • Global patterns and predictors of tropical reef fish species richness

    Valeriano Parravicini;Michel Kulbicki;D. R. Bellwood;A. M. Friedlander

  • Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics

    Fabien Leprieur;Patrice Descombes;Patrice Descombes;Théo Gaboriau;Peter F. Cowman

  • Length-weight relationship of fishes from coral reefs and lagoons of New Caledonia: an update

    Y. Letourneur;Michel Kulbicki;P. Labrosse

  • Diet composition of carnivorous fishes from coral reef lagoons of New Caledonia

    Michel Kulbicki;Yves-Marie Bozec;Yves-Marie Bozec;Pierre Labrosse;Yves Letourneur

  • Designing indicators for assessing the effects of marine protected areas on coral reef ecosystems: A multidisciplinary standpoint

    Dominique Pelletier;Jose A. García-Charton;Jocelyne Ferraris;Gilbert David

Frequent Co-Authors

David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Laurent Vigliola
Laurent Vigliola Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Valeriano Parravicini
Valeriano Parravicini University of Perpignan
Yves Letourneur
Yves Letourneur University of New Caledonia
Laurent Wantiez
Laurent Wantiez University of New Caledonia
Sergio R. Floeter
Sergio R. Floeter Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Pascale Chabanet
Pascale Chabanet Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
René Galzin
René Galzin University of Perpignan

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