•   Fish biology & ecology
  
•   Key lifetime habitats, connectivity & resilience in exploited fish populations
  
•   Functioning of coastal and lagoon ecosystems
  
•   Prey-predator relationships
•   Benthic food-webs
  
•   Terrestrial carbon fate at the sea-continent interface

•   Otolith microchemistry
•   Isotopic tracking (stable isotopes)

• Master FENEC (University Montpellier 2), "Ecosystem Ecology" teaching module (year 1): lecture on "Stable isotopes use in trophic ecology".
  

• PhD supervision: Lény Mercier (ENS Lyon / 2007-2010), Jennifer Tournois (UM2 / 2010-2012), Charlotte Sirot (UM2 : 2011-2013).
  

 Panfili J, Darnaude AM, Lin Y-C, Chevalley M, Izuka Y, Tzeng W-N & Crivelli AJ (in press). Multi-element otolith fingerprints unravel sea-lagoon lifetime migrations of the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata. Aquatic biology. (pdf)

 Mercier L, Mouillot D, Bruguier O, Vigliola L & Darnaude AM (2012). Multi-element otolith fingerprints unravel sea-lagoon lifetime migrations of the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 444: 175-194. (pdf)

 Brehmer P, Do Chi T, Laugier T, Galgani F, Laloe F, Darnaude AM, Fiandrino A & Mouillot D (2011). Field investigations and multi-indicators for shallow water lagoon management: perspective for societal benefit. Aquatic conservation 21 (7): 728-742. (pdf)

 Mercier L, Panfili J, Paillon C, N'Diaye A, Mouillot D & Darnaude AM (2011). Otolith Reading And Multi-Model Inference For Improved Estimation Of Age And Growth In The Gilthead Sea Bream Sparus Aurata (L.). Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science 92:534-545. (pdf)

 Mercier L, Darnaude AM, Bruguier O, Vasconcelos RP, Cabral HN, Costa MJ, Lara M, Jones DL & Mouillot D (2011). Statistical models and chemical elements combinations for optimal accuracy in fish origin classification by otolith microchemistry using non linear methods and optimal element combination. Ecological applications 21 (4):1352-1364. (pdf) (R_Script) (Data_example)

 Darnaude AM (2005). Fish ecology and terrestrial carbon use in coastal areas: implications for marine fish production. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 864-876. (pdf)

 Hunter E & Darnaude AM (2004). Determination of plaice lifetime movements in the North Sea by linking natural and electronic data records. ICES CM 2004/K05: 11 p. (pdf)

 Darnaude AM, Salen-Picard, C & Harmelin-Vivien ML (2004). Depth variation in terrestrial particulate organic matter exploitation by marine coastal benthic communities off the Rhone River delta (NW Mediterranean). Marine Ecology Progress Series 275: 47-57. (pdf)

 Darnaude AM, Salen-Picard C, Polunin NVC, & Harmelin-Vivien ML (2004). Trophodynamic linkage between river runoff and coastal fishery yield elucidated by stable isotope data in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Oecologia 138 (3): 325-332. (pdf)

 Salen-Picard C, Darnaude AM, Arlhac D & Harmelin-Vivien ML (2002). Fluctuations of macrobenthic populations: a link between climatic variability, runoff and fisheries. Oecologia 133: 380-388.  (pdf)

 Darnaude AM, Harmelin-Vivien ML & Salen-Picard C (2001). Food partitioning among flatfish (Pisces: Pleuronectiforms) juveniles in a Mediterranean coastal shallow sandy area. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81(1): 119-127. (pdf)

 Letourneur Y, Darnaude AM, Salen-Picard C & Harmelin-Vivien M (2001). Spatial and temporal variations of fish assemblages in a shallow northwestern Mediterranean soft-bottom area (Gulf of Fos, France). Oceanologica Acta 24 (3): 273-285. (pdf)

• In charge of the technical platform "Sclerochronology and Biogeochemistry" of the ECOLAG laboratory.