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Overview

Pierre Fréon is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France and has contributed extensively to environmental science, particularly within oceanography and related disciplines. The primary fields of study for Pierre Fréon encompass Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science.

The research topics addressed by Pierre Fréon span several areas connected to marine and coastal environments, fisheries, and ecological processes. These topics include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Frequent collaboration is evident with several coauthors, indicating a networked approach to research. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Patrice Brehmer
  • Romaïssa Harid
  • Abdoulaye Sarré
  • Salaheddine El Ayoubi
  • Nicolas Bez

Publication venues where Pierre Fréon has appeared most frequently are diverse but with a focus on oceanographic and ecological journals and repositories. These venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Pierre Fréon reflect interests in the dynamics of marine ecosystems, fish populations, and environmental change. Selected recent papers are:

  • Concomitant changes in the environment and small pelagic fish community of the Gulf of Lions, 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • On the robustness of an eastern boundary upwelling ecosystem exposed to multiple stressors, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Climate change impacts on small pelagic fish distribution in Northwest Africa: trends, shifts, and risk for food security, 2024, Scientific Reports
  • Predicting bycatch hotspots in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries at the basin scale, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Observation of a mesoscale eddy dipole on the northern Madagascar Ridge: Consequences for the circulation and hydrography in the vicinity of a seamount, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of pelagic fish distribution and behaviour : effects on fisheries and stock assessment

    Pierre Freon;Ole Arve Misund

  • Dynamics of pelagic fish distribution and behaviour

    Pierre Fréon

  • The dynamics of collapse in world fisheries

    Christian Mullon;Pierre Fréon;Philippe Cury

  • Sustainable exploitation of small pelagic fish stocks challenged by environmental and ecosystem changes : a review

    Pierre Fréon;Philippe Cury;L. Shannon;Claude Roy

  • Review of fish associative behaviour: Toward a generalisation of the meeting point hypothesis

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  • From two dimensions to three: the use of multibeam sonar for a new approach in fisheries acoustics

    François Gerlotto;Marc Soria;Pierre Fréon

  • Life cycle assessment of fisheries: A review for fisheries scientists and managers

    Angel Avadí;Pierre Fréon

  • Analysis of vessel influence on spatial behaviour of fish schools using a multi-beam sonar and consequences for biomass estimates by echo-sounder

    Marc Soria;Pierre Fréon;François Gerlotto

  • Eco-efficiency assessment of the Peruvian anchoveta steel and wooden fleets using the LCA+DEA framework

    Ángel Avadí;Ángel Avadí;Ian Vázquez-Rowe;Pierre Fréon

  • A regional hydrodynamic model of upwelling in the Southern Benguela

    P. Penven;C. Roy;G. B. Brundrit;A. Colin De Verdiere

  • Diel variability of school structure with special reference to transition periods

    P. Fréon;F. Gerlotto;M. Soria

  • Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems: Integrative and comparative approaches

    Pierre Fréon;Manuel Barange;Javier Arístegui

  • Species identification of pelagic fish schools on the South African continental shelf using acoustic descriptors and ancillary information

    Gareth L. Lawson;Manuel Barange;Pierre Fréon

  • Modelling the transport success of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus eggs and larvae in the southern Benguela: the effect of spatio-temporal spawning patterns

    Jenny Huggett;Pierre Fréon;Christian Mullon;Pierrick Penven

  • From particles to individuals : modelling the early stages of anchovy ( Engraulis capensis/encrasicolus ) in the southern Benguela

    Christian Mullon;Christian Mullon;Pierre Fréon;C. Parada;C. Van Der Lingen

  • Interdecadal variability of anchoveta abundance and overcapacity of the fishery in Peru

    Pierre Fréon;Marilú Bouchon;Christian Mullon;Christian García

  • Changes in school structure according to external stimuli: description and influence on acoustic assessment

    Pierre Fréon;François Gerlotto;Marc Soria

  • Estimating environmental preferences of South African pelagic fish species using catch size- and remote sensing data

    J.J. Agenbag;A.J. Richardson;Hervé Demarcq;Pierre Fréon

  • Tropical tuna associated with floating objects: a simulation study of the meeting point hypothesis

    Laurent Dagorn;Pierre Fréon

  • Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish: Conjectures on future climate effects on marine ecosystems dominated by small pelagic fish

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  • Modeling the primary and secondary productions of the southern Benguela upwelling system: A comparative study through two biogeochemical models

    V. Koné;E. Machu;P. Penven;V. Andersen

  • Consequences of fish behaviour for stock assessment

    Pierre Fréon;François Gerlotto;O.A. Misund

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Cury
Philippe Cury Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Lynne J. Shannon
Lynne J. Shannon University of Cape Town
Jean-Philippe Delgenès
Jean-Philippe Delgenès INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Pierrick Penven
Pierrick Penven French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Jean-Philippe Steyer
Jean-Philippe Steyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Eric Bonabeau
Eric Bonabeau Icosystem (United States)
Javier Arístegui
Javier Arístegui University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Scarla J. Weeks
Scarla J. Weeks University of Queensland
Coleen L. Moloney
Coleen L. Moloney University of Cape Town
John C. Field
John C. Field National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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