Conservation and management in the French sub-Antarctic islands and surrounding seas.

• Main Authors: Lebouvier, Marc, Frenot, Yves
• Other Authors: Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: sub-Antarctic islands; Archipel Crozet; Îles Kerguelen; Île Saint-Paul; Île Amsterdam; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Antarctic; Indian; Kerguelen; Saint-Paul; Antarc*; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00419449

International audience Of the French islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Archipel Crozet and Îles Kerguelen are considered sub-Antarctic, and Île Amsterdam and Île Saint-Paul temperate. All have endemic species amongst their biota. The Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (TAAF) is responsi...