The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, is classified as one of the world’s most invasive and difficult species to control once introduced. This study reports the first confirmed occurrence of this species in Mauritanian waters and assesses the population structure, morphometric features and reproduc...
Black-sand mining is an under-studied anthropogenic pressure on arid coastal environments, where sparse vegetation and slow natural recovery limit conventional impact assessment. Despite the recent expansion of heavy-mineral extraction along the Mauritanian coast, no spatio-temporal analysis has quantified its effects...
Khadijetou AbdelWehab, Sidi Ahmed Elemin, Mohamed Ahmed Sidi Cheikh et al.· Geographies· 0 citations
Coastal waters off Nouakchott support fisheries and, more recently, offshore oil activity and iron-ore export, all of which raise the risk of marine contamination. Local biomonitoring tools are still lacking. We asked whether the wedge clam Donax rugosus , abundant on Nouakchott’s beaches, can serve as a sentinel. Acet...
Roughaya Hassen Sarr, Sidi Ahmed Elemin, Z. Sidoumou et al.· Journal of Ecological Engine...· 0 citations
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