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Fine-scale vertical structure of sound-scattering layers over an east border upwelling system and its relationship to pelagic habitat characteristics
University Cheikh Anta Diop UCAD, Institute of Environmental
Science (ISE), BP 5005, Dakar, Senegal
IRD, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, LEMAR, Campus UCAD-IRD de Hann,
Dakar, Senegal
Institut Sénégalais de Recherches agricoles ISRA, Centre de
Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT), BP 2221 Dakar,
Senegal
Patrice Brehmer
IRD, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, LEMAR, Campus UCAD-IRD de Hann,
Dakar, Senegal
IRD, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, LEMAR, DR Ouest, Plouzané,
France
Institut Sénégalais de Recherches agricoles ISRA, Centre de
Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT), BP 2221 Dakar,
Senegal
Yannick Perrot
IRD, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, LEMAR, DR Ouest, Plouzané,
France
Maik Tiedemann
Institute of Marine Research IMR, Pelagic Fish, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway
Abou Thiam
University Cheikh Anta Diop UCAD, Institute of Environmental
Science (ISE), BP 5005, Dakar, Senegal
Salaheddine El Ayoubi
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique INRH, Agadir, Morocco
Anne Mouget
IRD, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, LEMAR, DR Ouest, Plouzané,
France
Chloé Migayrou
IRD, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, LEMAR, DR Ouest, Plouzané,
France
Oumar Sadio
IRD, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, LEMAR, Campus UCAD-IRD de Hann,
Dakar, Senegal
Abdoulaye Sarré
Institut Sénégalais de Recherches agricoles ISRA, Centre de
Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT), BP 2221 Dakar,
Senegal
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Short summary
We characterized the water masses of the Senegalese Petite Côte and described spatial and temporal variations of SSLs in relation to their environment. SSL distributions were mainly structured by bottom depth, diel period, and the level of vertical stratification in the water column. This study serves as a precursor in the field of SSL study in the Senegalese Petite Côte and even West African coasts, hence the importance of this work.
We characterized the water masses of the Senegalese Petite Côte and described spatial and...
