Plourde, StÉphane
Research Scientist
Ocean and Environmental
University du Qubec Rimouski
Canada
Biography
Ph.D. Biology (2002) Université Laval, Department of Biology, Quebec (Que.), Canada. Biological and physical factors controlling the population dynamics of Calanus finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. M. Sc. Biology (1992) Laval University, Department of Biology, Quebec (Que.), Canada. Title: The reproduction of Calanus finmarchicus and its relationship to the spring flowering of phytoplankton in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. B. Sc. Biology (1989) University of Quebec at Rimouski, Department of Biology, Rimouski, Que., Canada.
Research Interest
Zooplankton ecology and population dynamics in sub-arctic and arctic environments: production and mortality - Reproductive biology, copepod feeding - Effects of climatic variations in secondary production - Interaction between life cycles and circulation: observations and biological-physical modeling - Secondary production and fish recruitment biology - Evolution of zooplankton subspecies and subspecies - Studies of zooplankton distribution with Video Plankton Recorder (VPR)
Publications
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Johnson, C., Leising, A., Runge, J., Head, E., Pepin, P., Plourde, S., Durbin, E. Characteristics of Calanus finmarchicus dormancy patterns in the northwest Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science Advanced Access December 13th 2007.
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Plourde, S. Joly, P. (2008) Comparison of In situ Egg production rate in Calanus finmarchicus and Metridia longa: distinguishing methodological from species-specific effects. Marine Ecology Progress Series 353: 165-175.
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Maps, F., Zakardjian, B., Plourde, S., Saucier, F. High resolution 3-D modelling of the population dynamics of Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada: sensitivity to migration behaviour. Submitted to Progress in Oceanography in December 2007.
