Productive instability of coral reef fisheries after climate-driven regime shifts

…, C Gerry, J Lucas, C Assan, R Govinden… - Nature Ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Tropical coastal communities are highly reliant on coral reefs, which provide nutrition and
employment for millions of people. Climate-driven coral bleaching events are fundamentally …

[HTML][HTML] Changing role of coral reef marine reserves in a warming climate

…, JPW Robinson, SE Smith, R Govinden… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Coral reef ecosystems are among the first to fundamentally change in structure due to
climate change, which leads to questioning of whether decades of knowledge regarding reef …

Behaviour and vulnerability of target and non-target species at drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery determined by acoustic …

…, M Capello, JD Filmalter, R Govinden… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Characterizing the vulnerability of both target and non-target (bycatch) species to a fishing
gear is a key step towards an ecosystem-based fisheries management approach. This study …

Movement behaviour of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) and yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) tuna at anchored fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Maldives …

R Govinden, R Jauhary, J Filmalter, F Forget… - Aquatic Living …, 2013 - cambridge.org
The pole and line tuna fishery in the Maldives relies heavily on an array of 45 anchored fish
aggregating devices (FADs), making it one of the largest anchored FAD-based tuna fisheries …

Diversification insulates fisher catch and revenue in heavily exploited tropical fisheries

JPW Robinson, J Robinson, C Gerry, R Govinden… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Declines in commercial landings and increases in fishing fleet power have raised concerns
over the continued provisioning of nutritional and economic services by tropical wild fisheries…

[HTML][HTML] Marine capture fisheries from western Indian ocean: an excellent source of proteins and essential amino acids

IJ Jensen, N Bodin, R Govinden, EO Elvevoll - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Republic of Seychelles is located in Western-Central Indian Ocean, and marine capture
fisheries play a key role in the country’s economic and social life in terms of food security, …

Behavior of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and bigeye (T. obsesus) tunas associated with drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) …

R Govinden, M Capello, F Forget… - Fisheries …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the associative behavior of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus
albacares), and bigeye (T. obsesus) tuna within multi‐species aggregations associated …

The role of tropical small-scale fisheries in trace element delivery for a Small Island Developing State community, the Seychelles

MA Sabino, N Bodin, R Govinden, R Arrisol… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The concentrations of 13 trace elements were determined in 1032 muscles of 54 small-scale
fisheries species collected from the Seychelles waters between 2013 and 2019. Overall, …

Species ecology explains the spatial components of genetic diversity in tropical reef fishes

…, T Gaboriau, R Govinden… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Generating genomic data for 19 tropical reef fish species of the Western Indian Ocean, we
investigate how species ecology influences genetic diversity patterns from local to regional …

Dietary selenium and mercury intakes from fish consumption during pregnancy: Seychelles Child Development Study Nutrition Cohort 2

…, GE Watson, E van Wijngaarden, N Bodin, R Govinden… - Neurotoxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
Some health agencies have issued precautionary principle fish advisories to pregnant women
based on the presence of methylmercury (MeHg) in fish that could possibly be harmful to …