No. 1/2025 (2025): Special Issue - Soft sediment, rich life: Demersal biodiversity in the WIO | Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science

Published: 2025-09-20

Overview of the WIO-Benth Project – benthic habitats and megafauna from soft sediments in the Western Indian Ocean

Sean Fennessy, Bernadine Everett, Fiona MacKay, Silvia Abdula, Jean Jacaques Be, Andrew Green, Chris Jenkins, Esther Fondo, Cang Hui, Amon Kimeli, Mary Kishe, Alex Mafuru, Sashan Manikam, Rui Mutombene, Noah Ngisiange, Julius Okondo, Najoro Randrianalisoa, Michael Roberts, Mathew Silas, Ignacio Sobrino, Arved Staby, Pascal Thoya, Mariana Tomalin, Patrick Vianello, Vernon Visser

1-17

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10.4314/wiojms.si2025.1.1

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Benthic biodiversity of soft-sediment habitats of the western Indian Ocean

Bernadine I Everett, Sean T Fennessy, Avotramalala N. Randrianalisoa, Sylvia Abdula, Ester Fondo, Mary Kishe, Matthew O Silas

19-34

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10.4314/wiojms.vi1/2025.2

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Demersal communities on Madagascar’s western shelf and slope

Avotramalala N. Randrianalisoa, Bernadine I. Everett, Sean T. Fennessy, Jean J. Bé, Lantoasinoro Ranivoarivelo, Aina Le Don Nomenisoa

35-47

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10.4314/wiojms.si2025.1.3

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Who lives where and why – a look at the benthic fauna of the demersal trawl grounds off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bernadine I Everett, Sean T Fennessy

49-66

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10.4314/wiojms.si2025.1.4

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Patterns in the occurrence of elasmobranchs in demersal trawl catches in the Western Indian Ocean

Bernadine I Everett, Sean T Fennessy, Julius Okondo, Mary Kishe, Rui Mutombene, Jean Jacques Bé

67-86

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10.4314/wiojms.si2025.1.5

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Spatial assessment of the sensitivity to disturbance of marine fauna from soft seabed habitats in the Western Indian Ocean

Sean T Fennessy, Bernadine I Everett

87-96

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10.4314/wiojms.si2025.1.6

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Species richness and rarity of demersal fauna in and outside of marine protected areas of the Western Indian Ocean

Gabriella J Kietzka, Vernon Visser, Sean T Fennessy, Fiona Mackay, Bernadine I Everett, Cang Hui

97-113

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10.4314/wiojms.si2025.1.7

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Overview of the WIO-Benth Project – benthic habitats and megafauna from soft sediments in the Western Indian Ocean

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Benthic biodiversity of soft-sediment habitats of the western Indian Ocean

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Demersal communities on Madagascar’s western shelf and slope

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Who lives where and why – a look at the benthic fauna of the demersal trawl grounds off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Patterns in the occurrence of elasmobranchs in demersal trawl catches in the Western Indian Ocean

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Spatial assessment of the sensitivity to disturbance of marine fauna from soft seabed habitats in the Western Indian Ocean

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Species richness and rarity of demersal fauna in and outside of marine protected areas of the Western Indian Ocean

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