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Catalogue Bibliographique Indexé Du Milieu Marin De Nouvelle Calédonie SCIENCES DE LA MER 2 ème EDITION 1992 CATALOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE INDEXÉ DU MILIEU MARIN DE NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE BIBLIOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE WITH INDEX OF WORK ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF NEW CALEDONIA Michel FROMAGET Bertrand RICHER de FORGES o o o Q g o Q INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT EN COOPÉRATION CENTRE DE NOUMÉA CATALOGUES SCIENCES DE LA MER CATALOGUE BmLIOGRAPHIQUE INDEXÉ DU MILIEU MARIN DE NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE 1992 BIBLIOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE WITH INDEX OF WORK ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF NEW CALEDONIA 1992 Michel FROMAGET Bertrand RICHER de FORGES 1 © ORSTOM, Nouméa, 1992 /Fromaget, M. /Richer de Forges, B. Catalogue bibliographique indexé du milieu marin de Nouvelle Calédonie : 2ème édition (1992) = Bibliographie catalogue with index of work on the marine environment of New Caledonia : 2nd edition (1992) Nouméa: ORSTOM. Novembre 1992. 274 p. Cat. : Sei. Mer 0300CEGEN BIBLIOGRAPHIE; OCEANOGRAPHIE; MILIEU MARIN / NOUVELLE CALEDONIE ; PACIFIQUE SUD IIqxlmé par le Centre ORSTOM daNc.unéll Novenmr.1992 Iii! ~RSTO" Noum" ~EPROGRAPHIE 2 PRÉAMBULE La deuxième édition de ce catalogue bibliographique est destinée à tous ceux qui abordent un sujet de recherche concernant le milieu marin dans la région de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Il doit être un outil de travail permettant de trouver rapidement les principaux travaux qui existent sur chaque sujet. Nous avons tenté de rendre ce document exhaustif; pour cette raison nous avons cité certains articles de presse, les rapports ronéotypés dont certains ont été tirés à très peu d'exemplaires et sont quasiment introuvables; ils constituent la "littérature grise" et peuvent s'avérer parfois très utiles. Les documents bibliographiques existants ont été largement utilisés : O'REILLY, 1955; PISIER, 1982 ; Bulletin Technique n° 5 du CCOP/SOPAC ainsi que certains documents tels que THOMASSIN (1981) et RICHER de FORGES et al. (1987) qui contenaient déjà des embryons de bibliographie. Ce catalogue bibliographique, stocké sur support informatique (à l'aide du logiciel Directory 2.0), est conçu de telle manière qu'il peut être corrigé, complété et interrogé à tout moment. Il est en particulier possible d'y adjoindre de nouveaux mots clés et de s'en servir comme d'un outil interactifde recherche. La présentation adoptée pour les références est à la fois simple et conforme aux normes standards; l'homogénéité de l'ensemble s'en trouve ainsi renforcée. L'ensemble des travaux réalisés sur la régJon dans le domaine marin est très important en volume comme en qualité et la préparation d'un tel catalogue a été l'occasion de faire le point, pour la zone considérée, sur l'état des connaissances dans chaque discipline. 1· Présentation de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et délimitation du sujet dans l'espace Le Territoire de Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances (Grande Terre, iles Loyauté, fie des Pins, fies Bélep, fies Matthew, Walpole et Hunter, récifs d'Entrecasteaux et fies Chesterfield) se situe à une latitude moyenne de 200 S à mi-distance entre la côte est de l'Australie et les fies Fidji. Baigné par la mer du Corail, ce Territoire appartient à l'ensemble d'archipels composant la Mélanésie. En 1981 rORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre Mer) a consacré un Atlas regroupant en 53 cartes les connaissances accumulées sur la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Quelques ouvrages sont par ailleurs très importants pour la compréhension du milieu marin: PARIS, 1981 ; DEBENAY, 1985; ANONYME, 1982 (Travaux et Documents ORSTOM, n° 147) ; enfin, les auteurs ayant participé à l'Expédition Singer-Polignac qui travailla dans les lagons de 1960 à 1963 ont publié huit volumes fondamentaux. Pour délimiter l'espace concerné par la bibliographie de l'environnement marin de la Nouvelle- . Calédonie, nous avons pris en considération toutes les références concernant la zone économique des 200 milles. Cependant, dans certaines disciplines cette zone nous a semblé trop restreinte. En effet, certaines études qui concernent la tectonique ou le volcanisme se situant à l'échelle de la plaque indo­ australienne, nous avons jugé utile d'inclure certaines références concernant d'une part la mer de Tasman, d'autre part l'arc des Nouvelles-Hébrides. De même, en océanographie physique, certains 3 phénomènes hydroclimatiques impliquent la prise en considération du Pacifique sud-ouest dans son intégralité. Enfin, ignorer certains travaux qui portent sur des phénomènes hydrologiques se manifestant à l'échelle planétaire aurait privé le catalogue de références très importantes pour la zone économique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. 2 - Délimitation du sujet dans le temps Au cours des âges géologiques, le domaine marin pouvant être rattaché à la Nouvelle-Calédonie a considérablement changé; aussi, avons nous retenu des références bibliographiques qui cuncernent le milieu terrestre actuel mais qui ont une origine marine (déPÔts fossilifères) ou qui sont directement liées à la tectonique sous-marine (nappe ophiolitique). Nous aurons sans doute retenu à tort certaines références tout en oubliant d'en citer d'autres. Le lecteur saura de lui-même éliminer tout ce qui lui paraîtra superflu. 3 - Le choix des mots clés et la définition des disciplines Cette bibliographie concerne toutes les disciplines au sens de "l'Histoire Naturelle" : - Géographie littorale - Géologie littorale et sous-marine - Faune et flore littorale et bathyale - Hydrologie, Hydrographie. et Météorologie - Utilisation des ressources marines et Aquaculture marine - Paléontologie. Nous avons retenu un petit nombre de mots clés qui permettent d'effectuer des tris rapides et pratiques parmi les 2937 références que contient ce fichier. Certains de ces mots clés ont peu d'intérêt (Géologie, Biologie...) car ils correspondent à un domaine trop vaste; ils ont toutefois été maintenus, car ils ont été notamment très utiles pour faire des corrections au cours de la réalisation du fichier. En outre, ils permettent un premier tri en cas d'interrogation multiple. Les disciplines: - Presse (revues de) - Campagnes océanographiques - Bibliographie - Géologie - Biologie - Géographie * - Hydrologie, Hydrographie 4 Les subdivisions: - Halieutique - Phannacologie - Systématique - Courantologie - Ecologie - Cartographie - Paléontologie - Sédimentologie - Planctonologie - Volcanisme - Tectonique - Magnétisme - Sismique * Certaines références concernent plutôt l'histoire maritime que la géographie Les thèmes et groupes d'organismes: - Mollusques - Aquaculture - Algues - Benthos - Crustacés - Bathyal - Poissons -Thons - Echinodermes - Divers Zoo (tous les autres organismes marins) TI s'est souvent avéré difficile de classer une référence selon ces mots clés ; la combinaison de trois à quatre d'entre eux conduit toutefois à une assez bonne précision dans la définition. Certaines disciplines ont des contours très vagues, tel est le cas de l'écologie. Pour une recherche bibliographique, on aura donc intérêt à questionner le fichier en précisant au mieux le thème souhaité: Exemple: Biologie, Halieutique, Poissons, Thons ou Biologie, Systématique, Crustacés, Bathyal ou Géologie, Tectonique, Campagnes océanographiques. Les références bibliographiques qui ne sont pas incluses dans ce catalogue: TI s'agit: - des cartes marines que l'on pourra trouver auprès de la Mission Océanographique du Pacifique à Nouméa; - des articles de presse antérieurs aux "Nouvelles Calédoniennes", (avant 1974); - des documents concernant les naufrages et les épaves. Dans le but d'améliorer la prochaine édition de ce catalogue, nous demandons aux utilisateurs de nous faire part de leurs observations, des erreurs qu'ils auraient pu relever et des références manquantes. Enfin, il faut infonner les lecteurs que les documents indexés dans ce catalogue ne sont pas tous disponibles à la bibliothèque du Centre ORSTOM de Nouméa. Nouméa, Octobre 1992 5 PREAMBLE The second edition of this bibliographic catalogue is designed for use by aU those who are undertaking research relating 10 the marine environment in the region ofNew Caledonia. It is intended 10 he a practical instrument that will enable the user 10 find quickly the most importanL Wi'lk that already exists in respect ofeach subject. Our aim has heen 10 make this document exhaustive: we have therefore included such items as press articles and roneoed documents of which sorne were produced to find now : they fo:m the "grey literature" and may sometinmes prove 10 he very useful. We have made copious use ofexisting bibliographic documents: o'REILLY, 1955; PISIER, 1982 ; CCOP/SOPAC Technical Bulletin No. 5 and also certain documents such as THOMASSIN (1981) and RICHER de FORGES et al. (1987) which already included bibliographies in embryo. This bibliographic catalogue, stored in a computer medium (using the "Directory 2.0" programme), is conceived in such a way that it can he corrected, added to or consulted whenever so required. In particular, it is possible to add new key words and to use it as an interactive research instrument. The presentation ofthe references is both simple and consistent with conventional standards; thus the homogeneity of the whole is enhanced. A great volume of high quality work on the marine environment has heen carried out in the region and the preparation ofthe catalogue bas provided an opportunity for reviewing the extent of what is known, in the area considered, in respect ofeach discipline. 1 - Description of New Caledonia and demarcation ofthe geographical area of the subject The Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (Mainland, Loyalty
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