In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress
achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology …

The pelagic fisheries beyond the continental shelves are currently managed with a range of
tools largely based on regulating effort or target catch. These tools comprise both static and …

Incidental catch of nontarget species (bycatch) is a major barrier to ecological and economic
sustainability in marine capture fisheries. Key to mitigating bycatch is an understanding of …

Many ocean fronts are known to feature enhanced primary and secondary production and
elevated biodiversity. The confluence of water masses on strong fronts promotes …

The monitoring of plastic pollution through marine biota is a difficult task, which is receiving
increasing attention nowadays. A selection of appropriate bioindicator species for plastic …

How animal movement decisions interact with the distribution of resources to shape
individual performance is a key question in ecology. However, links between spatial and …

Abstract The Southern Indian Ocean (20–120° E, 70–30° S) hosts an exceptional
biodiversity that contributed to the inscription of the French and Australian natural reserves …

The well-lit upper layer of the open ocean is a dynamical environment that hosts
approximately half of global primary production. In the remote parts of this environment …

Conceived as a major new tool for climate studies, the Surface Water and Ocean
Topography (SWOT) satellite mission will launch in late 2021 and will retrieve the dynamics …

Systematic conservation planning (SCP) to design marine protected areas (MPAs) has
traditionally focused on species distributions or benthic habitat features that drive the …