Coastal and regional marine heatwaves and cold spells in the northeastern Atlantic by A. Simon, C. Poppeschi, S. Plecha, G. Charria, A. Russo

“…Summer MHWs were very active in the English Channel in 2022 due to long events, in the Bay of Biscay in 2018 due to intense events and in the Bay of Brest in 2017 due to a high occurrence of events. …”
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Characterization and standardization of the Atlantic albacore French pelagic trawl fishery by Nikolic Natacha, Lauretta Matthew, Patucca Audrey, Morandeau Gilles

“…The dataset comprised catch and effort data for the French fleet operating in the Bay of Biscay and Celtic Sea, as well as spatiotemporal and gear characteristics. …”
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Maastrichtian ammonites from the Biscay region (France, Spain) by Ward, P, Kennedy, W

“…Maastrichtian sediments exposed in the Bay of Biscay region at coastal sections at Zumaya and Sopelana, northern Spain, and Hendaye and Bidart, France, yield the most diverse Upper Maastrichtian ammonite faunas yet recovered. …”

Sea Surface Height Estimation from Improved Modified, and Decontaminated Sub-Waveform Retracking Methods over Coastal Areas by Parisa Agar, Shirzad Roohi, Behzad Voosoghi, Arash Amini, Davod Poreh

“…We reached maximum RMS improvements in this scenario of 53% and 86% over the Persian Gulf and the Bay of Biscay, respectively, in comparison with L2 processing. …”
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Place stratégique du patrimoine naturel dans le processus de la Gestion Intégrée des Zones Côtières sur la façade atlantique by Jean-Claude Dauvin

“…English Channel and Bay of Biscay, the main characteristics of the natural heritage, the knowledge tools, the current legislation applicable to the coastal natural heritage for the species and the territories are given. …”
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DNA in a bottle-Rapid metabarcoding survey for early alerts of invasive species in ports. by Yaisel J Borrell, Laura Miralles, Hoang Do Huu, Khaled Mohammed-Geba, Eva Garcia-Vazquez

“…In this study, we employed an extremely simplified environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling methodology from only three 1-L bottles of water per port, followed by metabarcoding (high-throughput sequencing and DNA-based species identification) using 18S rDNA and Cytochrome oxidase I as genetic barcodes. Eight Bay of Biscay ports with available inventory of fouling invertebrates were employed as a case study. …”
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Global-scale parameters for ecological models by Gianpaolo Coro, Pasquale Bove, Kathleen Kesner-Reyes

“…Measurement(s) habitat similarity • Time Series Analysis • Principal Component Technology Type(s) Habitat Representativeness Score • Cross-Correlation • Principal Component Analysis Factor Type(s) Sea-bottom and sea-surface dissolved oxygen, salinity, and temperature • Sea net primary production • Sea ice concentration • Average, minimum, maximum sea depth • Average, minimum, maximum elevation • Distance of a square marine area from land and its fraction covered by water • Indication of the belonging Large Marine Ecosystem (LME), Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW), Major Ocean Basins, and Marine Protected Area (MPA) • Number of islands • Water area that lies within the shelf, slope, and abyssal zones • Tidal range extension • Coral density • Estuary and seamount presence • Carbon dioxide flux at soil • Air surface temperature • Precipitation • Difference between air surface temperature and sea surface temperature • World population density • Sediment thickness • Atmospheric concentration of methane and nitrous oxide • Earth heat flow • Distance from crust plates • Earthquake density, depth, magnitude • Groundwater resources Sample Characteristic - Environment climate system Sample Characteristic - Location Oceans and Seas • Adriatic Sea • Aegean Sea • Baltic Sea • Bay of Biscay • Black Sea • Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Basin • North Sea • Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin…”
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Acoustic micronektonic distribution and density is structured by macroscale oceanographic processes across 17–48° N latitudes in the North Atlantic Ocean by Eva García-Seoane, Thor Klevjer, Kjell Arne Mork, Mette Dalgaard Agersted, Gavin J. Macaulay, Webjørn Melle

“…A research cruise on board R/V “Kronprins Haakon” was conducted during May 2019 from Cape Verde to Bay of Biscay. Hydrological data were obtained at 20 conductivity-temperature-depth sensor (CTD) stations. …”
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Dynamic Coastal-Shelf Seascapes to Support Marine Policies Using Operational Coastal Oceanography: The French Example by Emilie Tew-Kai, Victor Quilfen, Marie Cachera, Martial Boutet

“…We propose here a characterization of seascapes in time and space within the specific framework of the MSFD in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay areas. A spatio-temporal classification of coastal-shelf water masses is carried out using twelve essential oceanographic and derived variables from operational coastal oceanography using the HYCOM model. …”
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Toward functional profiling for eDNA‐based monitoring in coastal environments: A comparison of three approaches by Ion L. Abad‐Recio, Laura Alonso‐Sáez, Anders Lanzén

“…In this study, three methodologies were compared for functional profiling of microbial communities in estuarine and coastal sites in the Bay of Biscay. The methodologies included inference from 16S metabarcoding data using Tax4Fun, GeoChip microarrays, and shotgun metagenomics. …”
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Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas by Luisa R. Abucay, Patricia Sorongon-Yap, Kathleen Kesner-Reyes, Emily C. Capuli, Rodolfo B. Reyes, Eva Daskalaki, Carmen Ferrà, Carmen Ferrà, Giuseppe Scarcella, Gianpaolo Coro, Francesc Ordines, Paula Sánchez-Zulueta, Georgi Dakalov, Stefania Klayn, Liesa Celie, Marco Scotti, Marco Scotti, David Grémillet, David Grémillet, Charlotte Lambert, Gideon Gal, Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, Donna Dimarchopoulou, Donna Dimarchopoulou, Athanassios C. Tsikliras

“…The level of available information was nonetheless reasonably good for sea turtles and moderate for marine mammals in some areas (Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay/Celtic Sea/Iberian Coast, Black Sea, North Sea and western Mediterranean Sea). …”
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Research and Geoconservation of the Albian “Giant” Ammonites Collection in the Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark by Asier Hilario, Miguel Angel López-Horgue, Luis Miguel Agirrezabala

“…Its tectonic and sedimentological setting is related to the opening and spreading of the floor of the Bay of Biscay, which produced important environmental changes that triggered significant ammonoid bioevents, including the occurrence of large forms. …”
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Predicting habitat suitability and range shifts under projected climate change for two octocorals in the north-east Atlantic by Tom L. Jenkins, Jamie R. Stevens

“…The study area covered the north-east Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay to the British Isles and southern Norway; this area includes both the northern range of E. verrucosa and the middle-northern range of A. digitatum. …”
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Identification of Sex and Female's Reproductive Stage in Commercial Fish Species through the Quantification of Ribosomal Transcripts in Gonads. by Iratxe Rojo-Bartolomé, Oihane Diaz de Cerio, Guzman Diez, Ibon Cancio

“…Taking advantage of the differential gene transcription occurring during fish sex differentiation and gametogenesis, the utility of 5S ribosomal RNA (5S rRNA) and General transcription factor IIIA (gtf3a) in the molecular identification of sex and gametogenic stage was tested in different economically-relevant fish species from the Bay of Biscay. Gonads of 9 fish species (, Atlantic, Atlantic-chub and horse mackerel, blue whiting, bogue, European anchovy, hake and pilchard and megrim), collected from local commercial fishing vessels were histologically sexed and 5S and 18S rRNA concentrations were quantified by capillary electrophoresis to calculate a 5S/18S rRNA index. …”
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The Role of Mean Sea Level Annual Cycle on Extreme Water Levels Along European Coastline by Tomás Fernández-Montblanc, Jesús Gómez-Enri, Paolo Ciavola

“…In the case of positive MMSL anomalies, the correlation expands to the Bay of Biscay and northern North Atlantic (at >90% of statistical significance). …”
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A risk-based forecast of extreme mortality events in small cetaceans: Assessing trends and changes over time by Matthieu Authier, Colin Bouchard, Cécile Dars, Jérôme Spitz

“…We applied the use of the indicators on 3 species illustrating different case studies: the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Channel, the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Bay of Biscay, and the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. …”
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Alpine tectonic wedging and crustal delamination in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain) by J. Gallastegui, J. A. Pulgar, J. Gallart

“…The Cantabrian Mountains have been interpreted as a Paleozoic basement block uplifted during an Alpine deformation event that led to the partial closure of the Bay of Biscay and the building of the Pyrenean range in the Cenozoic. …”
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Consistent increase in dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in response to high CO₂ in five shipboard bioassays from contrasting NW European waters by F. E. Hopkins, S. D. Archer

“…Experiments were performed in June and July 2011, using water collected from contrasting sites in NW European waters (Outer Hebrides, Irish Sea, Bay of Biscay, North Sea). Concentrations of DMS and DMSP, alongside rates of DMSP synthesis and DMS production and consumption, were determined during all experiments for ambient CO₂ and three high-CO₂ treatments (550, 750, 1000 μatm). …”
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Statistically downscaled CMIP6 ocean variables for European waters by Trond Kristiansen, Momme Butenschön, Myron A. Peck

“…Evaluation of the ensemble with observations from four European regions (North Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay, and Mediterranean Sea) indicates that the SD projections realistically capture the climatological conditions of the historical period 1993–2020. …”
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Positioning System for Fishing Fleets’ Tracking and Assistance by Álvaro Herrero-Martínez, Miguel A. Gutiérrez, Andrés Ortega-Piris, Emma Diaz-Ruiz-Navamuel, Andrea Martín-Parra, Alfonso-Isidro Lopez-Diaz

“…With the scope of testing the system out, real data from the Spanish fishing fleet in the Bay of Biscay and the medical support assistance vessels available to the Spanish State have been used throughout different seasons. …”
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