Cecile Vincent

La Rochelle Université

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Disciplines, scientific fields, research areas

  • Life Sciences
    • Ecology, Evolution, Population and Environmental Biology
      • Animal behavior
      • Marine Biology
      • Population, community and ecosystem ecology

Keywords

  • marine mammals
  • biologging
  • ecology
  • telemetry
  • seals
  • marine protected areas
  • marine renewable energy
  • conservation
  • management

Trivia about me

My research focuses primarily on the ecology and foraging behaviour of seals, using telemetry (Argos and GPS/GSM tags). Collaborations with local NGOs and managers of protected areas used as haulout sites by the seals also aim at understanding the trends in abundance of grey and harbour seals in France (from Western Brittany to the Eastern English Channel in mainland France and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon overseas, north-western Atlantic), their strategies of space and resources usage and the consequences of these studies on the management and conservation of these protected species in France. These last years, my research projects also focus on the impact of offshore windfarm projects on those same seal colonies.

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