@article{fdi:010037914,
  title = {{T}urbinaria ornata invasion in the {T}uamotu {A}rchipelago, {F}rench {P}olynesia : ocean drift connectivity},
  author = {{M}artinez, {E}. and {M}aamaatuaiahutapu, {K}. and {P}ayri, {C}laude and {G}anachaud, {A}lexandre},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper focuses on the invasion by {T}urbinaria ornata (a brown algae) in the {T}uamotu archipelago, {F}rench {P}olynesia [(5-35 degrees {S})/(200-230 degrees {E})]. {P}rior to 1980, this alga existed only in the {S}ociety and {A}ustral archipelagoes. {B}etween 1985 and 1990, it began to appear in the southern and northern parts of the {T}uamotu archipelago. {G}enetic analyses have been shown not to be appropriate in determining the origin of this algae population. {T}his study investigated the possible ocean drift of floating aggregates of algae. {O}cean currents were calculated from satellite data from 1993 to 2001. {T}heir spatial variations as well as their seasonal and interannual variations are described along with calculated drift trajectories. {W}hile it was found that mean currents cannot directly transport algae from the {S}ociety and {A}ustral archipelagoes to the {T}uamotu, the large interannual changes during the {E}l {N}ino-{S}outhern {O}scillation phenomenon produce current reversals that are strong enough to create a transport pathway in a short enough time to allow their survival.},
  keywords = {drift connectivity ; {T}urbinaria ornata ; surface currents ; {F}rench {P}olynesia},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}oral {R}eefs},
  volume = {26},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {79--86},
  ISSN = {0722-4028},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00338-006-0160-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037914},
}