Dr, Enseignant-Chercheur UPVD Maître de conférences Section 37 CNU
CEFREM, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) 52, avenue Paul Alduy Email : kerherve@univ-perp.fr
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- Research activities:
Transfer and fate of particulate organic material (POM), microplastics (MPs) and marine litter in a coastal system from sources (rivers, surface ocean, melting freshawaters of glaciers) to deposition areas (beach, prodelta, continental shelf, sub-marine canyons, deep basins and fjords).
- Study areas:
- The Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean Sea)
- Kongsfjorden or "Kings Bay" (Svalbard, Norway)
- Thesis supervision
- Mel CONSTANT (Thèse MRT, defended on the 18/12/2018): "Sources and fate of microplastics in a Mediterranean coastal environment: case of the Gulf of Lions"
- Marion STABOLZ (Thèse MRT, defended on the 05/12/2013. "Impact of dense water formations on particulate organic matter dynamics: Application to the Gulf of Lions margin")
- Marina HIGUERAS (Thèse MRT, defended on the 01/07/2014. "Impact of an eastern storm on the transfer of particulate organic matter into the Gulf of Lions (NW Meditterranean Sea".
- Collaborations:
- GRCGeociències Marines (Univ. Barcelona): Miquel CANALS, Toni CALAFAT, Anna SANCHEZ-VIDAL
- MIO (Univ. Marseille-Luminy): Richard SEMPERE, Christos PANAGIOTOPOULOS
- LOB/LECOB (Univ. Sorbonne Paris/Banyuls): Audrey PRUSKY, François CHARLES
- LSCE (Gif/Yvette): Christophe RABOUILLE
- Parc naturel marin du Golfe du Lion: Marc Dumontier
- University of Texas at Austin: Cornel Olariu & William Bailey
- Research programmes:
- PLASTIC ROUTES 66 (Conseil Départemental 66), 2024-2025. P. Kerhervé. Etude des flux de macro-déchets le long des routes de la plaine du Roussillon
- REDPLAST66 (Fondation de France), 2020-2023. P.Kerhervé, E.Malafosse (Citeco66), Nelly Soulat (Seaneo), Marine Preuvost (Nostra Mar). Reduction des déchets plastiques sur le littoral: une approche locale à l'échelle des Pyrenées-Orientales.
Video Youtube sensibilisation REDPLAST66
- FIRETRAC (ANR) 2021-2024, C.Panagiotopoulos, MIO-Marseille
- ESCOFAR (EC2CO/IPEV 2014), P.Kerhervé, Arctic fjord of Svalbard. Article (AFP-Sc&Avenir), photo, photo 2., film
- MORTIMER (CNRS-LEFE), J-F Rontani, MIO-Marseille, degradation (photo and auto-oxidations) of the POM
- GRANOFLUX (EC2CO-DRIL), W.Ludwig, characteristics of the riverine particles
- Fonctions académiques:
Responsable de formation de la Licence SVT
Responsable (président de jury) de la L2-SVT
Membre du jury restreint de la Licence 1 (Portail Darwin) et du Master 2 Sciences de la Mer - GMEA
- Jurys de thèse:
- Christos Panogiotopoulos (LMGM, Luminy-Marseille, Resp. Thèse: M.Bianchi). "Distribution moléculaire et état de dégradation des sucres combinés dans la matière organique particulaire". Thèse soutenue le 31/10/2002.
- Flora Toussaint (LSCE-Gif/Yvette, C.Rabouille, thesis defended on the 03/12/2013). Variabilité temporelle des processus biogéochimiques influençant le carbone organique terrigène dans les sédiments du pro-delta du Rhône.
- Elsa Stetten (UPMC, F.Baudin/A.Prusky, thesis defended on the 24/11/2015). Origine, distribution et réactivé de la matière organique associé aux lobes terminaux du système turbiditique du Congo.
- Xavier Tubau (Université de Barcelone, G.Lastras/M.Canals). Analysis of submarine canyon systems from continental margins with contrasting characteristics, and their role on the transport and accumulation of marine litter. 13/11/2015
- Marie-Aimeré Galleron (MIO, Univ. Aix-Marseille, O.Radakovitch and J-F. Rontani). Dégradation of terrestrial particulare organic matter discharged by rivers in Mediterranean Sea: processes, interactions and global impacts. 20/09/2016
- Andréa Paluselli (MIO, Univ. Aix-Marseille, R.Sempéré and F.Galgani). Analyse, distribution, production et dégradation d'esters de phtalates (PAEs) en zone côtière méditerranéenne. 15/02/2018
- Alessandra D'Angelo (Université de Sienne, Italie. Resp. Thèse: L. Langone). "Termporal variability of particle fluxes in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Characterization of organic and inorganic matter. (05/07/2018).
- Amel Nouara (Université d'Aix-Marseille, Resp.: C.Panagiotopoulos). "Développement d'outils analytiques pour la quantification et l'étude isotopique des composés organiques issus des feux de biomasse dans l'environnement". Soutenue le 26/09/2019. Rapporteur de thèse
- Teaching:
Licence SV et SVT: Paleontologie, Sciences et Sociétés
Groupe Facebook fermé "Paléontologie évolutive & Crises Environnementales" (pour étudiants et tout autre passionné)
Groupe Facebook fermé "Forum Géosciences" (pour étudiants et tout autre passionné)
Master 1 GMEA: Oceanographie, Biogeochimie
Master 2 GMEA: Pollutions marines, Flux Continent/océan interface
Master Tourisme, Parcours Management des Transitions (antenne de Mende): Environnements littoraux et aquatiques
Groupe Facebook fermé "Master Sciences de la Mer Parcours GMEA UPVD" (pour étudiants et tout autre passionné)
- Communication:
2013: L'Indépendant - "Ces milleirs de ravissantes bouées qui polluent la mer"
2014: L'Indépendant -"Ces microplastiques qui rongent nos côtes"
2014: La Semaine du Roussillon - "Alerte aux plastiques"
2015: AFP - "Du delta du Rhône aux fjords de l'Arctique, sur la trace des sédiments"
2015: AFP -"Tracking the retreat of arctic ice"
2015: Le Petit Journal Catalan -"Stop aux déchets! La responsabilité de tous"
2015: Midi Libre - "Opération nettoyage sur les berges de la Têt"
2015: UPVD Mag Recherche - "Effet de la font d'un glacier arctic sur un système côtier"
2017: L'independant: "Les déchets plastiques envahissent la Têt et le mer"
2017: UPVD Mag Recherche - "Les déchets plastiques sur le littoral des Pyrenées-Orientales"
2017: Radio Nationale d'Andorre: "la problématique des déchets plastiques en mer"
2017: France 3 Pays Catalan, interview sur l'opération Marquage de déchets plastiques de la Têt
- Dernières productions scientifiques:
LAVERRE M., KERHERVÉ P., CONSTANT M., WEISS L., CHARRIÈRE B., STETZLER M., GONZALEZ-FERNANDEZ D., LUDWIG W. (2023) Heavy rains control the floating macroplastic inputs into the sea from coastal Mediterranean rivers: a case study on the Tet river (NW Mediterranean Sea). Science of Total Environment, 877, 162733. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162733
NAHON S., VILLA DE BRITO G., QUENTAL-FERREIRA H., AUBIN J., JAEGER C., MENNITI C., KERHERVÉ P., LARROQUET L., CUNHA M.E. (2023) Food web in Mediterranean coastal integrated multi-trophic aquaculture ponds: learnings from fatty acids and stable isotope tracers, Aquaculture, 567, 739292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739292
CONSTANT M., REYNAUD M., WEISS L., LUDWIG W., KERHERVÉ P. (2022) Ingested microplastics in 18 local fish species from the NW Mediterranean Sea. Microplastics https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics1010012
WEISS L., LUDWIG W., HEUSSNER S., CANALS M., GHIGLIONE J-F., ESTOURNEL C., CONSTANT M., KERHERVÉ P. The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the river. Science 02 Jul 2021, Vol. 373, Issue 6550, pp. 107-111, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe0290
PRUSKI A., RZEZNIK-ORIGNAC J., KERHERVÉ P., VÉTION G., BOURGEOIS S., PERU E., BROSSET P., TOUSSAINT F., RABOUILLE C. Dynamic of organic matter and meiofaunal community on a river-dominated shelf (Rhône prodelta, NW Mediterranean Sea): responses to river regime. Estuarine Coastal Shelf 253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107274
DURRIEU de MADRON X., STABHOLZ M., HEIMBÜRGER-BOAVIDA L.-E., AUBERT D., KERHERVE P., LUDWIG W. (2020) Spatial and temporal variability of deep marine sediment under the impact of dense water formation events. Mediterranean Marine Science,21(3) 527-544. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.22581 NAHON S., ROUSSEL J-M, JAEGER C., MENNITI C., KERHERVE P., MORTILLARO J-M, AUBIN J. (2020) Characterization of trophic niche partitioning between carp (Cyprinus carpio) and roach (Rutilus rutilus) in experimental polyculture ponds using carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotopes.Aquaculture, 522, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735162 |
CONSTANT M., LUDWIG W., KERHERVÉ P., SOLA J., CHARRIÈRE B., SÀNCHEZ VIDAL A., CANALS M., HEUSSNER S. (2020) Microplastic fluxes in a large and a small Mediterranean river catchments: the Têt and the Rhône, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 716, Constant et al. (2020)
CONSTANT M., KERHERVÉ P., MINO-VERCELLIO-VEROLLET M., DUMONTIER M., SANCHEZ-VIDAL A., CANALS M., HEUSSNER S. (2019) Beached microplastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 142, 263-273. Constant et al. (2019)
MESLARD F., BOURRIN F., MANY G., KERHERVÉ P. (2018) suspended particle dynamics and fluxes in an arctic fjord (kongsfjorden, svalbard). estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 204, 212-224. Meslard et al., 2018
GALERON M-A., RADAKOVITCH O., CHARRIÈRE B., VAULTIER F., VOLKMAN J.K., BIANCHI T.S., WARD N.D., MEDEIROS P.M., SAWAKUCHI H.O., TANK S., KERHERVÉ P., RONTANI J-F. (2018) Lipoxygenase-induced autoxidative degradation of terrestrial particulate organic matter in estuaries: a widespread process enhanced at high and low latitudes. Organic Geochemistry, 115, 78-92. Galleron et al. 2018
CALLEJA M.L., Kerhervé P., Bourgeois S., Kedra X., Leynaert A., DEVRED E., Morata N. (2017). Effect of increase glacier discharge on phytoplankton bloom dynamics and pelagic geochemistry in a high Arctic fjord. Progress in Oceanography. Calleja et al.2017
Lienart C., Savoye N., Bozec Y., Breton E., Conan P., David V., Feunteun E., Grangeré K., Kerhervé P., Lebreton B., Lefebvre S., L’Helguen S., Mousseau L., Raimbault P., Richard P., Riera P., Sauriau P-G., Schaal G., Aubert F., Aubin S., Bichon S., Boinet C., Bourrasseau L., Bréret M., Caparros J., Cariou T., Charlier K., Claquin P., Cornille V., Corre A-M., Costes L., Crispi O., Crouvoisier M., Czamanski M., Del Amo Y., Derriennic H., Dindinaud F., Durozier M., Hanquiez V., Nowaczyk A., Devesa J., Ferreira S., Fornier M., Garcia F., Garcia N., Geslin S., Grossteffan E., Gueux A., Guillaudeau J., Guillou G., Joly O., Lachaussée N., Lafont M., Lamoureux J., Lecuyer E., Lehodey J-P., Lemeille D., Leroux C., Macé E., Maria E., Pineau P., Petit F., Pujo-Pay M., Rimelin-Maury P., Sultan E. (2017) Dynamics of particulate organic matter composition in coastal systems: a spatio-temporal study at multi-systems scale. Progress in Oceanography. Lienart et al., 2017
BOURGEOIS S., KERHERVE P., CALLEJA M-L., MANY G., MORATA N (2016) Glacier inputs influence organic matter composition and prokaryotic distribution in a high Arctic Fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard). Journal of Marine Systems, 164, 112-127.Bourgeois et al., JMS, 2016
Fagervold S. K., Bourgeois S., Pruski A., Charles F., Kerhervé P., Vetion G. and Galand P.E.(2014)River organic matter shapes microbial communities in the sediment of the Rhone prodelta. The ISME Journal, 8, 2327–2338. Fagervold et al., ISMEJ, 2014
Higueras M., Kerhervé P., Sanchez-Vidal A., Calafat A., Ludwig W., Verdoit-Jarraya M., Heussner S., and Canals M. (2014) Biogeochemical characterization of the riverine organic matter transferred to the NW Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 11, 157-172, 2014. Higueras et al., BG, 2014
Sanchez-Vidal A., Higueras M., Martí E., Liquete C., Calafat A., P. Kerhervéand M. Canals. (2013) Biogeochemical Characterization of Terrestrial Organic Matter Delivered to the North Catalan Margin, Western Mediterranean. Progress in Oceanography, 118, 71-80. Sanchez-Vidal et al., PIO, 2013
CATHALOT C., Rabouille C., Tisnerat-Laborde N., TOUSSAINT F;, Kerhervé P., Buscail R., LOFTIS K., Sun M-Y., Tronczynski J., AZOURY S., Lansard B., Treignier C., Pastor L., TESI T. (2013) The fate of river organic carbon in coastal areas: a study in the Rhône River delta using multiple isotopic (d13C, ∆14C) and organic tracers. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, 118, 33-55. Cathalot et al., GCA, 2013
TOUSSAINT F., TISNERAT-LABORDE N., CATHALOT C., BUSCAIL R., KERHERVE P., RABOUILLE C. (2013). Depositional processes of organic matter in the Rhone River delta (Gulf of Lions, France) traced by density fractionation coupled with ∆14C and d13C. Radiocarbon, 55(3-4). Toussaint et al., RC, 2013
Stabholz M., Durrieu de Madron X., Canals M., Khripounoff A., Taupier-Letage I., Testor P., Heussner S., Kerhervé P., Delsaut N., Houpert L., Lastras G., and Denneliou B. (2013) Impact of open-ocean convection on particle fluxes and sediment dynamics in the deep margin of the Gulf of Lions. Biogeosciences 10, 1097-1116. Stabholz et al., 2013
DUROS P.,FONTANIER C.,METZGER E.,CESBRON F., DEFLANDRE B., SCHMIDT S., BUSCAIL R., ZARAGOSI S., KERHERVE P., RIGAUD S., DELGARD M-L. and JORISSEN F.J (2013) Live (stained) benthic foraminifera from the Cap-Ferret Canyon (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic): a comparison between the canyon axis and the surrounding areas, Deep-Sea Research I, 74, 98-114, Duros et al., DSR, 2013
Goineau, A., Fontanier, C., Jorissen, F., Buscail, R., Kerhervé, P., Cathalot, C., Pruski, A. M., Lantoine, F., Bourgeois, S., Metzger, E., Legrand, E., and Rabouille, C., 2012. Temporal variability of live (stained) benthic foraminiferal faunas in a river-dominated shelf – Faunal response to rapid changes of the river influence (Rhône prodelta, NW Mediterranean). Biogeosciences 9, 1367-1388. Goineau et al., BG, 2012
BOURGEOIS S., PRUSKI A.M., SUN M.-Y., BUSCAIL R., LANTOINE F., KERHERVE P., VETION G., RIVIERE B., CHARLES F. (2011) Distribution and lability of land-derived organic matter in the surface sediments of the Rhône prodelta and the adjacent shelf (Mediterranean Sea, France): a multi proxy study. Biogeosciences, 8, 3107-3125. Bourgeois et al., BG, 2011