@article {5769,
	title = {Trophic relationships and basal resource utilisation in the Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve (Southern Vietnam)},
	journal = {Journal of Sea Research},
	year = {2019},
	abstract = {<p class="rtejustify">Abstract Fatty acid biomarkers and dual stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) were used to identify the preferred food sources of consumers in a mangrove tidal creek and nearby unforested (mud bank) and forested areas located in the Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve (Southern Vietnam). We analysed 15 macro-invertebrates and 1 fish species representing primary consumers and their immediate predators in this area. Specific groups of fatty acids were used to trace the fate of various food sources (i.e., suspended particulate organic matter, mangrove litter and sedimentary organic matter). The δ13C and δ15N of consumers ranged from -26.9 to -18.8{\textperthousand} and from 1.1 to 9.9{\textperthousand}, respectively. The trophic pathway based on mangrove litter, characteristic of mangrove ecosystems, is nutritionally sustaining various crab and snail species. In contrast, it appears that the most mobile species (fish and shrimps), living in the water column and possibly migrating with tides, are mostly feeding on suspended particulate organic matter, suggesting that this trophic pathway is of great importance for connectivity among tropical coastal ecosystems. Our study suggests that snails and crabs mainly act as mineralisers, processing high quantities of detrital material to meet their nutritional needs and thus releasing nutrients through the production of faeces, that are further mineralised by microorganisms, while locally grown phytoplankton reintegrates these compounds into its biomass and feeds migrating species. We highlight here a possible link between mangrove litter and coastal food webs.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1016/j.seares.2018.12.006},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385110118301679},
	author = {Frank David and Cyril Marchand and Nguyen, Thanh-Nho and Pierre Taillardat and Tarik Meziane}
}
@article {5465,
	title = {Carbon biogeochemistry and CO2 emissions in a human impacted and mangrove dominated tropical estuary (Can Gio, Vietnam)},
	journal = {Biogeochemistry},
	year = {2018},
	month = {27/04/2018},
	pages = {1-15},
	abstract = {<p class="rtejustify">The quantitative contribution of tropical estuaries to the atmospheric CO2\&nbsp;budget has large uncertainties, both spatially and seasonally. We investigated the seasonal and spatial variations of carbon biogeochemistry downstream of Ho Chi Minh City (Southern Vietnam). We sampled four sites distributed from downstream of a highly urbanised watershed through mangroves to the South China Sea coast during the dry and wet seasons. Measured partial pressure of CO2(pCO2) ranged from 660 to 3000\&nbsp;μatm during the dry season, and from 740 to 5000\&nbsp;μatm during the wet season. High organic load, dissolved oxygen saturation down to 17\%, and pCO2up to 5000\&nbsp;μatm at the freshwater endmember of the estuary reflected the intense human pressure on this ecosystem. We show that releases from mangrove soils affect the water column pCO2\&nbsp;in this large tropical estuary (~600\&nbsp;m wide and 10{\textendash}20\&nbsp;m deep). This study is among the few to report direct measurements of both water pCO2\&nbsp;and CO2\&nbsp;emissions in a Southeast Asian tropical estuary located in a highly urbanised watershed. It shows that the contribution of such estuaries may have been previously underestimated, with CO2\&nbsp;emissions ranging from 74 to 876\&nbsp;mmol\&nbsp;m-2\&nbsp;day-1\&nbsp;at low current velocity (\&lt;\&nbsp;0.2\&nbsp;m\&nbsp;s-1). Corresponding gas transfer velocities k600,\&nbsp;ranging from 1.7 to 11.0\&nbsp;m\&nbsp;day-1,\&nbsp;were about 2 to 4 times of k600\&nbsp;estimated using published literature equations.</p>
},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0444-z},
	author = {Frank David and Tarik Meziane and Tran-thi, N and Truong Van, V and Th{\`a}nh-Nho, N and Pierre Taillardat and Cyril Marchand}
}
@article {5310,
	title = {Nutritional composition of suspended particulate matter in a tropical mangrove creek during a tidal cycle (Can Gio, Vietnam)},
	journal = {Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science},
	volume = {200},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {126-130},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ecss.2017.10.017},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.10.017},
	author = {Frank David and Cyril Marchand and Pierre Taillardat and Th{\`a}nh-Nho, N and Tarik Meziane}
}
