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Discipline
Environnements et Paléoenvironnements marins
Thèmes de recherche
- Reconstitutions paléoclimatiques et paléocéanographiques du Quaternaire récent
- Calibration de proxies paléocéanographiques: Expériences en laboratoire
- Écologie des écosystèmes benthiques
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FORMATION ET DIPLOMES
Juil. 2018 Habilitation à diriger des recherches au sein du Laboratoire des Bio-Indicateurs Actuels et fossiles (LPG-BIAF; UMR6112), Université des sciences d’Angers (France). Titre: Les foraminifères au service des paléoclimats du Quaternaire récent
Nov. 2007 Doctorat au sein du Laboratoire des Bio-Indicateurs Actuels et fossiles (BIAF), Université des sciences d’Angers (France). Titre : Foraminifères benthiques : bio-indicateurs d’eutrophisation naturelle et anthropique en milieu marin franc. Directeur de thèse : Professeur Frans JORISSEN.
2003 - 2004 DEA « Environnements et Paléo-Environnements Océaniques Littoraux et Hauturiers (ENVOLH) » obtenu en juin 2004. Université Bordeaux I, UFR Sciences (France). Stage de recherche effectué au Département de Géologie et d’Océanographie à Bordeaux I. Titre : Paléoclimatologie et paléohydrologie de la marge celtique et armoricaine au travers des cycles glacio-eustatiques du Quaternaire terminal.
2002 - 2003 Maîtrise des Sciences de l'Environnement-Océanographie obtenu en juin 2003. Stage d’initiation à la recherche au Département de Géologie et d’Océanographie. Université Bordeaux I, UFR Sciences (France).
2001 - 2002 Licence des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers obtenue en juin 2002. Université Bordeaux I, UFR Sciences (France).
1999 - 2001 DEUG Biologie-Géologie obtenu en juin 2001. Université Mohamed V des sciences de Rabat (Maroc).
1998 -1999 Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales de Rabat (Maroc). Première année de DEUG sciences économiques.
1997 - 1998 Bac scientifique série: sciences expérimentales obtenu en juin 1998. Lycée Abderrahmane Nacer à Kénitra (Maroc).
EXPÉRIENCE PROFESSIONNELLE RECHECRHE ET ENSEIGNEMENT
Depuis Sept 2024 Professeure des universités à l’Université d’Angers
Depuis Sept 2010 Maître de conférences à l’Université d’Angers.
2009-2010 Postdoctorat au National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Angleterre.
2008 - 2009 Attaché Temporaire de Recherche et d’Enseignement (ATER 50%) à l’Université d’Angers. Huit mois de recherche postdoctorale en Australie à l’Australian National University et James Cook University.
2007 - 2008 Attaché Temporaire de Recherche et d’Enseignement (ATER 100%) à l’Université d’Angers.
2004 - 2007 Monitrice du Centre d’Initiation à l’Enseignement Supérieur (CIES Centre).
EXPÉRIENCE RELATIVE A L’ENSEIGNEMENT
Niveaux : Licence et Master
Matières : Géodynamique externe et interne, Climatologie et Paléoclimatologie, Paléontologie/Micropaléontologie, Biostratigraphie, Géodésie, Sédimentologie, Histoire de la terre, Pétrographie et Cartographie et Impact des activités anthropiques sur le fonctionnement des écosystèmes marins.
Publications
2024
Briant, N., Knoery, J., Araújo, D.F., Ponzevera, E., Chouvelon, T., Bruzac, S., Sireau, T., Thomas, B., Mojtahid, M., Metzger, E., Brach-Papa, C., 2024. Vanishing lead in the Loire River estuary: An example of successful environmental regulation. Environ. Pollut. 340, 122860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122860
Depuydt, P., Toucanne, S., Barras, C., Le Houedec, S., Mojtahid, M., 2024. Last Glacial – Holocene variability of the European Slope Current, NE Atlantic. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 633, 111884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111884
Le Houedec, S., Liebrand, D., Hennekam, R., Mojtahid, M., 2024. Assessing atmospheric and oceanic teleconnections between the eastern and western Mediterranean over the past 8000 years. The Holocene 34, 162–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836231211807
2023
Fentimen, R., De Deckker, P., Depuydt, P., and Mojtahid, M., 2023. Deep-sea response to interglacial-1 glacial variability on the South Australian margin over the last 94 ka. Quaternary Science Review, 320, 108328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108328
Depuydt, P., Barras, C., Toucanne, S., Fossile, E., Mojtahid, M., 2023. Implication of size fraction on benthic foraminiferal-based paleo-reconstructions: A case study from the Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Mar. Micropaleontol. 181, 102242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2023.102242
Khalfaoui, O., Dezileau, L., Mhammdi, N., Medina, F., Mojtahid, M., Raji, O., Talibi, H.E., Mellas, S., Degeai, J.-P., Khalidi, K.E., Snoussi, M., Bendahhou, Z., Aboumaria, K., 2023a. Storm surge and tsunami deposits along the Moroccan coasts: state of the art and future perspectives. Nat. Hazards 117, 2113–2137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05940-z
Khalfaoui, O., Dezileau, L., Mojtahid, M., Degeai, J.-P., Snoussi, M., Araya, K., 2023b. Paleoenvironmental evolution and evidence of marine submersion events from mid-to late Holocene in northwestern Morocco: The case of the Tahaddart lower estuary. Cont. Shelf Res. 256, 104958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.104958
Mojtahid, M., Depuydt, P., Mouret, A., Le Houedec, S., Fiorini, S., Chollet, S., Massol, F., Dohou, F., Filipsson, H.L., Boer, W., Reichart, G.-J., Barras, C., 2023. Assessing the impact of different carbonate system parameters on benthic foraminifera from controlled growth experiments. Chem. Geol. 623, 121396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121396
van Kemenade, Z.R., Cutmore, A., Hennekam, R., Hopmans, E.C., van der Meer, M.T.J., Mojtahid, M., Jorissen, F.J., Bale, N.J., Reichart, G.-J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Rush, D., 2023. Marine nitrogen cycling dynamics under altering redox conditions: Insights from deposition of sapropels S1 and the ambiguous S2 in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 354, 197–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.06.018
Nardelli, M.P., Fossile, E., Péron, O., Howa, H., Mojtahid, M., 2023. Early taphonomy of benthic foraminifera in Storfjorden ‘sea-ice factory’: the agglutinated/calcareous ratio as a proxy for brine persistence. Boreas, 52, pp. 109–123. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12592.
2022
Depuydt, P., Mojtahid, M., Barras, C., Bouhdayad, F.Z., Toucanne, S., 2022. Intermediate ocean circulation and cryosphere dynamics in the northeast Atlantic during Heinrich Stadials: benthic foraminiferal assemblage response. J. Quat. Sci. 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3444
Fossile, E., Nardelli, M.P., Howa, H., Baltzer, A., Poprawski, Y., Baneschi, I., Doveri, M., Mojtahid, M., 2022. Influence of modern environmental gradients on foraminiferal faunas in the inner Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Mar. Micropaleontol. 173, 102117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102117
Thibault de Chanvalon, A., Geslin, E., Mojtahid, M., Métais, I., Méléder, V., Metzger, E., 2022. Multiscale analysis of living benthic foraminiferal heterogeneity: Ecological advances from an intertidal mudflat (Loire estuary, France). Cont. Shelf Res. 232, 104627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104627
2021
Le Houedec, S., Mojtahid, M., Ciobanu, M., Jorry, S.J., Bouhdayad, F.Z., Guyonneau, E., Sourice, S., Toucanne, S., 2021. Deglacial to Holocene environmental changes in the northern Ligurian Sea: The dual influence of regional climate variability and large-scale intermediate Mediterranean circulation. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 576, 110500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110500
Mojtahid, M., Schweizer, M., Douarin, M., Gabriel, J., Colin, C., Tisnérat-Laborde, N., Elliot, M., 2021. From glacial times to late Holocene: Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from cold water coral habitats off northwest Scotland. Mar. Geol. 440, 106581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106581
Toucanne S., Soulet G., Boswell S., Dennielou B., Waelbroeck C., Bayon G., Mojtahid M., et al., 2021. The North Atlantic Glacial Eastern Boundary Current as a Key Driver for Ice-Sheet. Paleoceanogr. Paleoclimatology 36, e2020PA004068. doi: 10.1029/2020PA004068
2020
Penaud, A., Ganne, A., Eynaud, F., Lambert, C., Coste, P.O., Herlédan, M., Vidal, M., Goslin, J., Stéphan, P., Charria, G., Pailler, Y., Durand, M., Zumaque, J., Mojtahid, M., 2020. Oceanic versus continental influences over the last 7 kyrs from a mid-shelf record in the northern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Quat. Sci. Rev. 229, 106135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106135
Penaud, Aurélie, Ganne, A., Coste, P.-O., Herlédan, M., Durand, M., Mojtahid, M., Nizou, J., Toucanne, S., 2020. A new midshelf record in the northern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic, CBT-CS11 core): Sedimentological, geochemical and palynological data over the last 7 kyrs. Data Brief 29, 105323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105323
Le Houedec, S., Mojtahid, M., Bicchi, E., Lange, G.J. de, Hennekam, R., 2020. Suborbital Hydrological Variability Inferred from Coupled Benthic and Planktic Foraminiferal-Based Proxies in the Southeastern Mediterranean During the Last 19 ka. Paleoceanogr. Paleoclimatology 35, e2019PA003827. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003827
Fossile E., Nardelli M.P., Jouini A., Lansard B., Pusceddu A., Moccia D., Michel E., Péron O., Howa H., and Mojtahid M. 2020. Benthic foraminifera as tracers of brine production in the Storfjorden “sea ice factory.” Biogeosciences 17, 1933–1953. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1933-2020
2019
Mojtahid, M., Hennekam, R., De Nooijer, L., Reichart, G.-J., Jorissen, F., Boer, W., Le Houedec S., De Lange, G. J. 2019b. Evaluation and application of foraminiferal Element/Calcium ratios : assessing riverine fluxes and environmental conditions during sapropel S1 in the southeastern Mediterranean. Marine Micropaleontology, 153, 101783, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101783
Araújo D. F., Ponzevera E., Briant N., Knoery J., Sireau T., Mojtahid M., Metzger E., Brach-Papa C., 2019. Assessment of the metal contamination evolution in the Loire estuary using Cu and Zn stable isotopes and geochemical data in sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 143, 12-23. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.034
Mojtahid, M., Durand, M., Coste, P.-O., Toucanne, S., Howa, H., Nizou, J., Eynaud, F., Penaud, A., 2019a. Millennial-scale Holocene hydrological changes in the northeast Atlantic: New insights from ‘La Grande Vasière’ mid-shelf mud belt. The Holocene, 29, 467-480. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683618816478
2018
Durand, M., Mojtahid, M., Maillet, G.M., Baltzer, A., Schmidt, S., Blet, S., Marchès, E., Howa, H., 2018. Late Holocene record from a Loire River incised paleovalley (French inner continental shelf): Insights into regional and global forcing factors. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 511, 12-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.06.035
2017
Mojtahid, M., Toucanne, S., Fentimen, R., Barras, C., Le Houedec, S., Soulet, G., Bourrillet, J-F, Michel, E. 2017. Changes in Northeast Atlantic hydrology during Termination 1: insights from Celtic margin’s benthic foraminifera. Quaternary Science Reviews, 175, 45-59. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.09.003
Mary, Y., Eynaud, F., Colin, C., Rossignol, L., Brocheray, S., Mojtahid, M., Garcia, J., Peral, M., Howa, H., Zaragosi, S., Cremer, M., 2017. Changes in Holocene meridional circulation and poleward Atlantic flow: the Bay of Biscay as a nodal point. Climate of the Past 13, 201–216. doi:10.5194/cp-13-201-2017
2016
Mojtahid, M., Geslin, E., Coynel, A., Gorse, L., Vella, C., Davranche, A., Zozzolo, L., Blanchet, L., Bénéteau, E., Maillet, G., 2016. Spatial distribution of living (Rose Bengal stained) benthic foraminifera in the Loire estuary (western France). Journal of Sea Research, 118, 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2016.02.003
Durand, M., Mojtahid, M., Maillet, G.M., Proust, J.-N., Lehay, D., Ehrhold, A., Barré, A., Howa, H., 2016. Mid- to late-Holocene environmental evolution of the Loire estuary as observed from sedimentary characteristics and benthic foraminiferal assemblages. Journal of Sea Research, 118, 17–34. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2016.08.003
Ganne, A., Leroyer, C., Penaud, A., Mojtahid, M., 2016. Present-day palynomorph deposits in an estuarine context: The case of the Loire Estuary. Journal of Sea Research, 118, 35–51. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2016.10.006
Coynel, A., Gorse, L., Curti, C., Schafer, J., Grosbois, C., Morelli, G., Ducassou, E., Blanc, G., Maillet, G.M., Mojtahid, M., 2016. Spatial distribution of trace elements in the surface sediments of a major European estuary (Loire Estuary, France): Source identification and evaluation of anthropogenic contribution. Journal of Sea Research, 118, 77–91. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2016.08.005.
2015
Mojtahid, M., Manceau, R., Schiebel, R., Hennekam, R., de Lange, G.J., 2015. Thirteen thousand years of southeastern Mediterranean climate variability inferred from an integrative planktic foraminiferal-based approach. Paleoceanography 30, 402–422. doi:10.1002/2014PA002705
Goineau, A., Fontanier, C., Mojtahid, M., Fanget, A.-S., Bassetti, M.-A., Berné, S., Jorissen, F., 2015. Live–dead comparison of benthic foraminiferal faunas from the Rhône prodelta (Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean): Development of a proxy for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Marine Micropaleontology 119, 17–33. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2015.07.002
Caulle, C., Mojtahid, M., Gooday, A.J., Jorissen, F.J., Kitazato, H., 2015. Living (Rose-Bengal-stained) benthic foraminiferal faunas along a strong bottom-water oxygen gradient on the Indian margin (Arabian Sea). Biogeosciences 12, 5005–5019. doi:10.5194/bg-12-5005-2015
2014
Caulle, C., K. A. Koho, M. Mojtahid, G. J. Reichart, and F. J. Jorissen, 2014. Live foraminiferal faunas (Rose Bengal stained) from the northern Arabian Sea: links with bottom-water oxygenation. Biogeosciences, 10, 1155-1175.
2013
Garcia, J., Mojtahid, M., Howa, H., Michel, E., Schiebel, R., Charbonnier, C., Anschutz, P., Jorissen, F. 2013. Benthic and planktic foraminifera of the last 12.8 cal ka BP in the southeastern Bay of Biscay: Paleoenvironmental implications. Acta Protozoologica, 52 (3), 161-180.
Mojtahid, M., Jorissen, F.J., Garcia, J., Schiebel, R., Michel, E., Eynaud, F., Gillet, H., Cremer, M., Diz Ferreiro, P., Siccha, M., Howa, H., 2013. High resolution Holocene record in the southeastern Bay of Biscay: global versus regional climate signals. Palaeo 3 (IF: 2.745), 377, 28-44.
2011
Mojtahid, M., Zubkov, M., Hartmann, M., Gooday, A, 2011. Grazing of intertidal benthic foraminifera on bacteria: Assessment using pulse-chase radiotracing. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 399, 25–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.011
2010
Bird, M., Austin, W. E. N., Wurster, C. M., Fifield, K., Mojtahid, M., and Sargeant, C. 2010. Punctuated eustatic sea-level rise in the early mid-Holocene. Geology, 38 (9), 803–806. https://doi.org/10.1130/G31066.1
Mojtahid, M., Jorissen, F., Lansard, B. and Fontanier, C., 2010a. Microhabitat selection of benthic foraminifera off the Rhône River mouth (NW Mediterranean). Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 40 (3), 531–546. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.40.3.231.
Mojtahid, M., Griveaud, C., Fontanier, C., Anschutz, P., Jorissen, F.J., 2010. Live benthic foraminiferal faunas along a bathymetrical transect (140–4800 m) in the Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Rev. Micropaléontologie 53, 139–162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2010.01.002
2009
Mojtahid, M., Jorissen, F., Lansard, B., Fontanier, C., Bombled, B., and Rabouille, C., 2009. Spatial distribution of live benthic foraminifera in the Rhône prodelta: Faunal response to a continental–marine organic matter gradient. Marine Micropaleontology, 70, 177-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.12.006
2008
Duchemin G., Mojtahid M., Bicchi E., Gaultier M., Jorissen F., Durrieu J., Galgani F., Cazes L., Camps, R., 2008. New monitoring tool for assessing environmental impact of off-shore drilling activities: benthic foraminifera. SPE Journal, paper 111959. https://doi.org/10.2118/111959-MS
Mojtahid M., Jorissen F., Pearson T.H., 2008. Comparison of benthic foraminiferal and macrofaunal/meiofaunal responses to organic pollution in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56, 42-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.08.018
2007
Eynaud, F., Zaragosi, S., Scourse, J.D., Mojtahid, M., Bourillet, and others, 2007. Deglacial laminated facies on the NW European continental margin: the hydrographic significance of British Ice Sheet meltwater pulses. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8, 1525-2027. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GC001496
2006
Mojtahid M., Jorissen F., Durrieu J., Galgani F., Howa H., Redois F. and Camps R., 2006. Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators of drill cutting disposal in tropical east Atlantic outer shelf environments. Marine Micropaleontology, 61, 58-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.05.004
Durrieu J., Mojtahid M., Cazes L., Galgani F., Jorissen F. and Camps, R., 2006. Aged drilled cuttings offshoreGabon: New methodology for assessing their impact. SPE Journal, paper 98414. https://doi.org/10.2118/98414-MS
2005
Mojtahid M., Eynaud F., Zaragosi S., Bourillet J.F., Scourse J., Garlan T., 2005. Palaeoclimatology and Palaohydrography of the glacial stages on Celtic and Armorican margins over the last 360 000 years. Marine Geology, 224, 57-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2005.07.007.