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  1. Article ; Online: The relative influence of catchment, riparian corridor, and reach-scale anthropogenic pressures on fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages in French rivers

    Marzin, A. / Verdonschot, P.F.M. / Pont, D.

    Hydrobiologia

    2013  Volume 704, Issue 1

    Abstract: This study compares the relative influences of physiography and anthropogenic pressures on river biota at catchment, riparian corridor, and reach scales. Environmental data, catchment and riparian corridor land use, anthropogenic modifications and ... ...

    Abstract This study compares the relative influences of physiography and anthropogenic pressures on river biota at catchment, riparian corridor, and reach scales. Environmental data, catchment and riparian corridor land use, anthropogenic modifications and biological data were compiled for 301 French sites sampled from 2005 to 2008. First, relationships between anthropogenic pressures and fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages were analysed using redundancy analysis. Second, the influences of physiography and the three scales of human pressures on biological assemblages were measured using variance partitioning. Distributions of fish and macroinvertebrate taxa along the pressure gradients agreed with bio-ecological knowledge. At the reach scale, assemblage variability among the 301 French sites was related to the presence of an impoundment and to poor water quality, while at larger scales it was linked to a gradient from forest to agricultural covers. In addition, a large proportion of the explained variability in assemblage composition was related to complex interactions among factors (~40%) and to physiographic variables (~30%). Furthermore, our results highlight that catchment land use better reflects local water quality impairments than hydromorphological degradations. Finally, this study supports the idea that human pressure effects on river communities are linked at several spatial scales and must be considered jointly.
    Keywords communities ; habitat ; land-use ; landscape influences ; multiple spatial scales ; running waters ; species traits ; stream biotic integrity ; usa ; water-quality
    Language English
    Publishing country nl
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 214428-1
    ISSN 1573-5117 ; 0018-8158
    ISSN (online) 1573-5117
    ISSN 0018-8158
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  2. Article: Uncertainty associated with river health assessment in a varying environment: The case of a predictive fish-based index in France

    Marzin, A. / Delaigue, O. / Logez, M. / Belliard, J. / Pont, D.

    Ecological indicators

    2014  Volume 43, Issue -, Page(s) 195

    Language English
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2036774-0
    ISSN 1470-160x
    Database Current Contents Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  3. Article: The relative influence of catchment, riparian corridor, and reach-scale anthropogenic pressures on fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages in French rivers

    Marzin, Anahita / Verdonschot, Piet F. M / Pont, Didier

    Hydrobiologia. 2013 Mar., v. 704, no. 1

    2013  

    Abstract: This study compares the relative influences of physiography and anthropogenic pressures on river biota at catchment, riparian corridor, and reach scales. Environmental data, catchment and riparian corridor land use, anthropogenic modifications and ... ...

    Abstract This study compares the relative influences of physiography and anthropogenic pressures on river biota at catchment, riparian corridor, and reach scales. Environmental data, catchment and riparian corridor land use, anthropogenic modifications and biological data were compiled for 301 French sites sampled from 2005 to 2008. First, relationships between anthropogenic pressures and fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages were analysed using redundancy analysis. Second, the influences of physiography and the three scales of human pressures on biological assemblages were measured using variance partitioning. Distributions of fish and macroinvertebrate taxa along the pressure gradients agreed with bio-ecological knowledge. At the reach scale, assemblage variability among the 301 French sites was related to the presence of an impoundment and to poor water quality, while at larger scales it was linked to a gradient from forest to agricultural covers. In addition, a large proportion of the explained variability in assemblage composition was related to complex interactions among factors (~40%) and to physiographic variables (~30%). Furthermore, our results highlight that catchment land use better reflects local water quality impairments than hydromorphological degradations. Finally, this study supports the idea that human pressure effects on river communities are linked at several spatial scales and must be considered jointly.
    Keywords anthropogenic activities ; fish ; forests ; land use ; macroinvertebrates ; rivers ; water quality ; watersheds
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2013-03
    Size p. 375-388.
    Publishing place Springer-Verlag
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 214428-1
    ISSN 1573-5117 ; 0018-8158
    ISSN (online) 1573-5117
    ISSN 0018-8158
    DOI 10.1007/s10750-012-1254-2
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  4. Article: Uncertainty associated with river health assessment in a varying environment: The case of a predictive fish-based index in France

    Marzin, Anahita / Didier Pont / Jérôme Belliard / Maxime Logez / Olivier Delaigue

    Ecological indicators. 2014 Aug., v. 43

    2014  

    Abstract: Sensitive biological measures of river ecosystem quality are needed to assess, maintain or restore ecological conditions of water bodies. Since our understanding of these complex systems is imperfect, decision-making requires recognizing uncertainty. In ... ...

    Abstract Sensitive biological measures of river ecosystem quality are needed to assess, maintain or restore ecological conditions of water bodies. Since our understanding of these complex systems is imperfect, decision-making requires recognizing uncertainty. In this study, a new predictive multi-metric index based on fish functional traits was developed to assess French rivers. Information on fish assemblage structure, local environment and human-induced disturbances of 1654 French river sites was compiled. A Bayesian framework was used to predict theoretical metric values in absence of human pressure and to estimate the uncertainty associated with these predictions. The uncertainty associated with the index score gives the confidence associated with the evaluation of site ecological conditions.Among the 228 potential metrics tested, only 11 were retained for the index computation. The final index is independent from natural variability and sensitive to human-induced disturbances. In particular, it is affected by the accumulation of different degradations and specific degradations including hydrological perturbations. Predictive uncertainty is globally lower for IPR+ than for underlying metrics.This new methodology seems appropriate to develop bio-indication tools accounting for uncertainty related to reference condition definition and could be extended to other biological groups and areas. Our results support the use of multi-metric indexes to assess rivers and strengthen the idea that examination of uncertainty could contribute greatly to the improvement of the assessment power of bio-indicators.
    Keywords decision making ; ecosystems ; fish ; humans ; methodology ; prediction ; rivers ; surface water ; uncertainty ; France
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2014-08
    Size p. 195-204.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2036774-0
    ISSN 1470-160X
    ISSN 1470-160X
    DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.011
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  5. Article: Ecological assessment of running waters: Do macrophytes, macroin vertebrates, diatoms and fish show similar responses to human pressures?

    Marzin, A. / Archaimbault, V. / Belliard, J. / Chauvin, C. / Delmas, F. / Pont, D.

    Ecological indicators

    2012  Volume 23, Issue -, Page(s) 56

    Language English
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2036774-0
    ISSN 1470-160x
    Database Current Contents Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  6. Article: Intralabyrinthine schwannomas: symptoms and managements.

    Jia, Huan / Marzin, Alexandre / Dubreuil, Christian / Tringali, Stéphane

    Auris, nasus, larynx

    2008  Volume 35, Issue 1, Page(s) 131–136

    Abstract: Objective: To describe the characteristic presentations, radiologic findings and managements of the intralabyrinthine schwannomas.: Method: Retrospective review of patient records, their managements, and review of the literature.: Result: Four ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To describe the characteristic presentations, radiologic findings and managements of the intralabyrinthine schwannomas.
    Method: Retrospective review of patient records, their managements, and review of the literature.
    Result: Four patients with a variety of otologic symptoms including hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus were found to have a schwannomas involving the labyrinth. In all cases, the inner ear lesions were preoperatively identified on magnetic resonance imaging, and the surgical removals were performed in all patients without serviceable hearing. The patients experienced improvement in their vertigo and tinnitus after surgery. Two patients were implanted the Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) to reconstruct the pseudo-stereophonic hearing.
    Conclusion: Intralabyrinthine schwannomas are the rare tumours in the otology. The tumour can be removed by surgical approach, but we do not propose surgical excision for the patients with serviceable hearing. BAHA can give patients a post-operative monaural pseudo-stereophonic hearing.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Ear, Inner/pathology ; Ear, Inner/surgery ; Female ; Hearing Aids ; Hearing Loss, Unilateral/etiology ; Hearing Loss, Unilateral/rehabilitation ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Meniere Disease/etiology ; Middle Aged ; Neuroma, Acoustic/diagnosis ; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery ; Postoperative Complications/etiology ; Postoperative Complications/rehabilitation ; Tinnitus/etiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-03
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 604552-2
    ISSN 1879-1476 ; 0385-8146
    ISSN (online) 1879-1476
    ISSN 0385-8146
    DOI 10.1016/j.anl.2007.07.010
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  7. Article: Ecological assessment of running waters: Do macrophytes, macroinvertebrates, diatoms and fish show similar responses to human pressures?

    Marzin, Anahita / Archaimbault, Virginie / Belliard, Jérôme / Chauvin, Christian / Delmas, François / Pont, Didier

    Ecological indicators. 2012 Dec., v. 23

    2012  

    Abstract: This study aimed to compare the intensity and the sensitivity of the responses of four river biological quality elements (BQEs) – macrophytes, fish, diatoms and macroinvertebrates – to human pressures excluding natural variations in stream ecosystem ... ...

    Abstract This study aimed to compare the intensity and the sensitivity of the responses of four river biological quality elements (BQEs) – macrophytes, fish, diatoms and macroinvertebrates – to human pressures excluding natural variations in stream ecosystem functioning. Biological, water quality and hydro-morphological data were compiled for 290 French river sites. Out of the 93 metrics tested, 51 covering the four BQEs responded significantly to global degradation. The responses to specific pressures were consistent with the BQEs’ ecological and biological characteristics. For the four BQEs, metrics responded strongly to water quality degradations. Like fish, macroinvertebrate metrics were very sensitive to morphological degradations such as the presence of an impoundment, while diatom and macrophyte metrics did not show strong responses to these changes. Among the four BQEs’ metrics, fish metrics responded the strongest to hydrological perturbations. Although a high proportion of the metrics responded only to high levels of human-induced degradations, trait-based metrics seemed the most sensitive and responded to lower levels of pressure. Global and water quality degradations of the river appear to be better detected by BQE metrics than channel morphological and hydrological degradations. Our results highlight the different impacts of human-induced pressures on the four BQE metrics and the challenging task of assessing the effect of single pressures when most of sites are multi-impacted.
    Keywords Bacillariophyta ; ecosystems ; fish ; humans ; macroinvertebrates ; macrophytes ; rivers ; streams ; water ; water quality
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2012-12
    Size p. 56-65.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2036774-0
    ISSN 1470-160X
    ISSN 1470-160X
    DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.010
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  8. Article ; Online: Méningiomes de la face postérieure du rocher: aspects diagnostiques et therapeutiques.

    Tringali, Stéphane / Marzin, Alexandre / Zaouche, Sandra / Céruse, Philippe / Dubreuil, Christian

    Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale

    2008  Volume 37, Issue 1, Page(s) 98–104

    Abstract: Objective: To compare the clinical and paraclinical picture and the postoperative results of meningiomas of the posterior petrous bone and to compare them with those of vestibular schwannomas (VSs) operated on by the same surgical team.: Material and ... ...

    Title translation Meningiomas of the posterior petrous bone: diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.
    Abstract Objective: To compare the clinical and paraclinical picture and the postoperative results of meningiomas of the posterior petrous bone and to compare them with those of vestibular schwannomas (VSs) operated on by the same surgical team.
    Material and method: A retrospective study of 27 patients (23 females) operated on for meningioma of the posterior petrous bone between 1994 and 2004. These were compared with 424 patients with VS operated on between October 1994 and January 2001. All patients had a full audiovestibular workup before and after surgery. Tumours were classified according to the Desgeorges classification for meningiomas and Koss for the VS. RESULTS-DISCUSSION: For smaller tumours, facial function is better for the VS, whereas other cranial nerves are more frequently affected in the meningiomas. For larger tumours, facial function results are better for meningiomas, but other cranial nerve complications are more frequent, with a 33.3% cranial nerve V complication rate and a mortality rate of 6.6%.
    Conclusion: Meningiomas of the posterior temporal bone may present clinically and radiologically like a VS, especially for intracanalar tumour and stage IV tumours. For smaller meningiomas, hearing preservation is similar to VS and could be proposed even for stage III meningiomas. On the other hand, trigeminal nerve, facial nerve, and other cranial nerve complications are more common after excision of stage I and II meningiomas.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Child ; Cranial Nerve Injuries/etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Meningeal Neoplasms/surgery ; Meningioma/diagnosis ; Meningioma/surgery ; Middle Aged ; Neuroma, Acoustic/diagnosis ; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery ; Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects ; Petrous Bone ; Retrospective Studies
    Language French
    Publishing date 2008-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Comparative Study ; English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2434004-2
    ISSN 1916-0216 ; 1916-0208 ; 0381-6605
    ISSN (online) 1916-0216
    ISSN 1916-0208 ; 0381-6605
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  9. Article: Bone-anchored hearing aid in unilateral inner ear deafness: electrophysiological results in patients following vestibular schwannoma removal.

    Tringali, Stephane / Marzin, Alexandre / Dubreuil, Christian / Ferber-Viart, Chantal

    Acta oto-laryngologica

    2008  Volume 128, Issue 11, Page(s) 1203–1210

    Abstract: Conclusions: The results show that the healthy cochlea perceives one auditory stimulus from two auditory signals: the first through normal air conduction and the second provided by the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA). This artificial acoustic ... ...

    Abstract Conclusions: The results show that the healthy cochlea perceives one auditory stimulus from two auditory signals: the first through normal air conduction and the second provided by the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA). This artificial acoustic difference could partly explain 'pseudo' binaural hearing. Functional cerebral imaging using the same experimental procedure is now necessary.
    Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate electrophysiological phenomena induced by BAHA on brainstem and long-latency auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) to understand how patients recover a 'pseudo' binaural sensation with only one functional cochlea.
    Patients and methods: This prospective study included 10 patients operated via the translabyrinthine approach and who received implants on the deaf side. Electrophysiological recordings were performed at least 2 months after BAHA use. Brainstem and long-latency (N1, P2, N2, P300) AEPs were studied in free field according to four conditions: 1, without BAHA; 2, with BAHA; 3, with BAHA and normal ear occluded; 4, without BAHA and normal ear occluded.
    Results: For brainstem AEPs, we found significantly longer latencies of waves III and V in condition 3 compared with condition 1. For long-latency AEPs, comparison between conditions showed no significant differences.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Bone Conduction ; Evoked Potentials, Auditory ; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem ; Female ; Hearing Aids ; Hearing Loss, Unilateral/etiology ; Hearing Loss, Unilateral/physiopathology ; Hearing Loss, Unilateral/rehabilitation ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 0001-6489
    ISSN 0001-6489
    DOI 10.1080/00016480801901642
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  10. Book ; Online: Driver-pressure-impact and response-recovery chains in European rivers

    Feld, C.K. / Dahm, V. / Lorenz, A. / Logez, M. / Marzin, A. / Verdonschot, P.F.M. / Michels, H.C.U. / Keizer-Vlek, H.E.

    observed and predicted effects on BQEs

    2011  

    Abstract: The report presented in the following is part of the outcome of WISER’s river Workpackage WP5.1 and as such part of the module on aquatic ecosystem management and restoration. The ultimate goal of WP5.1 is to provide guidance on best practice restoration ...

    Abstract The report presented in the following is part of the outcome of WISER’s river Workpackage WP5.1 and as such part of the module on aquatic ecosystem management and restoration. The ultimate goal of WP5.1 is to provide guidance on best practice restoration and management to the practitioners in River Basin Management. Therefore, a series of analyses was undertaken, each of which used a part of the WP5.1 database in order to track two major pathways of biological response: 1) the response of riverine biota to environmental pressures (degradation) and 2) the response of biota to the reduction of these impacts (restoration). This report attempts to provide empirical evidence on the environment-biota relationships for both pathways.
    Keywords aquatic ecology ; biota ; databases ; ecological restoration ; europe ; rivers ; watersheds ; aquatische ecologie ; databanken ; ecologisch herstel ; europa ; rivieren ; stroomgebieden
    Subject code 550
    Language English
    Publisher European Commission
    Publishing country nl
    Document type Book ; Online
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