We acknowledge, IRD, ANR, the government of French Polynesia, the French government and the GOPS, for their financial support.
We are grateful to the crews of the RV Alis, Braveheart, Claymore II and Golden Shadow, for their on-field help.
We thank Elise Coste from IRD’s web design service.
We acknowledge IRD’s DDUNI service for the IT infrastructure, and their assistance.
We thank the « Service de la Traduction et de l’Interprétariat de la Polynésie française » concerning the translation in Tahitian of the Introduction.