Des femmes contre le fascisme

Polsenaere Anne. Des femmes contre le fascisme. In: Les Cahiers du GRIF, n°14-15, 1976. Violence. p. 39

Le comité de défense contre la violence faite aux femmes

Polsenaere Anne. Le comité de défense contre la violence faite aux femmes . In: Les Cahiers du GRIF, n°17-18, 1977. Mères femmes. pp. 95-96

Le groupe S.O.S.-Viol

Polsenaere Anne. Le groupe S.O.S.-Viol. In: Les Cahiers du GRIF, n°23-24, 1978. Où en sont les féministes ? pp. 116-117

On biotic and abiotic drivers of the microphytobenthos seasonal cycle in a temperate intertidal mudflat: a modelling study

Microphytobenthos (MPB) from intertidal mudflats are key primary producers at the land–ocean interface. MPB can be more productive than phytoplankton and sustain both benthic and pelagic higher trophic levels. The objective of this study is to assess the contribution of light, mud temperature, and gastropod Peringia ulvae grazing pressure in shaping the seasonal MPB dynamics on the Brouage mudflat (NW France). We use a physical–biological coupled model applied to the sediment first centimetre for the year 2008. The simulated data compare to observations, including time-coincident remotely sensed and in situ data. The model suggests an MPB annual cycle characterised by a main spring bloom, a biomass depression in summer, and a moderate fall bloom. In early spring, simulated photosynthetic rates are high due to mud surface temperature (MST) values close to the MPB temperature optimum for photosynthesis and because increasing solar irradiance triggers the onset of the MPB spring bloom. Simulated peaks of high P. ulvae grazing (11 days during which ingestion rates exceed the primary production rate) mostly contribute to the decline of the MPB bloom along with the temperature limitation for MPB growth. In late spring–summer, the MPB biomass depression is due to the combined effect of thermo-inhibition and a moderate but sustained grazing pressure. The model ability to infer biotic and abiotic mechanisms driving the seasonal MPB dynamics could open the door to a new assessment of the export flux of biogenic matter from the coast to the open ocean and, more generally, of the contribution of productive intertidal biofilms to the coastal carbon cycle

Does global warming favour the occurrence of recent blue mussel mortality events in France?

We report in this work data of two independent studies carried out in the Pertuis Charentais for which a link might exist? A 30-years local time series study of hydro-climatic variations in water temperature and salinity, which show a significant warming of the water masses in the Marennes Oleron bay (+ 1.5 °C) associated with a significant drop ( > -15%) of freshwater intakes by nearby rivers. In this changing local climate context several major epizootics have appeared, severely affecting farmers and the production of Pacific oysters and mussels, from the first French shellfish-producing department (catching and growing, Agreste, 2012). Following massive mortality event of blue mussels in 2014, a specific study (MORBLEU) is conducted, trying to identify the factors favoring the development of the phenomenon which, furthermore, involves pathogenic bacteria. First analyzes of environmental conditions suggest that there may be a link between: i) the local climate context, ii) a downward trend in phytoplankton diversity indices, iii) imbalances in the dynamics of bacterial community composition. These last two points are concomitant with the recent emergence of spring mortalities of mussels. The hypothesis of this link asks the question of evolution in the interactions between the plankton communities of the water column, mussel microbiota and the emergence of pathogenic microbial flora in bivalve mollusks as underlying the recent shellfish mortality events. Such question  requires performing functional ecology approach with long term monitoring at different scales, involving particularly NGS technology (metabarcoding) for environmental DNA research. Such a study is under way