Research interests

Mapping species distribution to inform marine spatial planning

  • Alglave B., Rivot E., Etienne M.P., Woillez M., Thorson J.T., Vermard Y. (2022). Combining scientific survey and commercial catch data to map fish distribution.ICES Journal of Marine Science. lien

  • Alglave B., Vermard Y., Rivot E., Etienne M.P., Woillez M. (2023). Identifying mature fish aggregation areas during spawning season by combining catch declarations and scientific survey data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. lien

  • Alglave B., Mourguiart B., Vermard Y., Rivot E., Woillez M., Kristensen K., Etienne M.P. (2025). Change of support for zero-inflated data: deriving fine scale species distribution inferences from spatially aggregated data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics. lien

Conceptual diagram of the hierarchical model developped to map fish distribution

Analysing species distribution to identify functional areas

  • Alglave B., Olmos, M., Casemajor, J., Etienne, M. P., Rivot, E., Woillez, M., Vermard, Y. (2024). Investigating fish reproduction phenology and essential habitats by identifying the main spatio-seasonal patterns of fish distribution. ICES Journal of Marine Science. lien

  • Michel M., Alglave B., Olmos M., Torterotot M., Virgili A., Martin-Marin S., Royer J.Y., Samaran F. (2025). Modelling the influence of environmental factors on the acoustic presence of blue whale populations in the Southern Indian Ocean. Scientific Reports (Nature). lien

EOFs results for common sole in the Bay of Biscay between 2008 and 2018 (Alglave et al., 2024)

Identifying urban profiles based on overheating factors

  • Alglave B., Besnard P., Bernard J., Bocher E., Gousseff M., Leconte F. (2025). Identifying urban profiles with regard to overheating factors. Application to French municipalities (SAGEO conference). Avignon, France, May 2025. lien1, lien2

Maps of local climate zones for five French municipalities (Alglave et al., 2025)