Search Results - "Michel Starr"

Multispecies mass mortality of marine fauna linked to a toxic dinoflagellate bloom by Starr, Michel, Lair, Stéphane, Michaud, Sonia, Scarratt, Michael, Quilliam, Michael, Lefaivre, Denis, Robert, Michel, Wotherspoon, Andrew, Michaud, Robert, Ménard, Nadia, Sauvé, Gilbert, Lessard, Sylvie, Béland, Pierre, Measures, Lena

“…Following heavy precipitation, we observed an intense algal bloom in the St. Lawrence Estuary (SLE) that coincided with an unusually high mortality of several…”
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Using chlorophyllic organic matter degradation in the deep St. Lawrence Estuary as an indicator of water column remineralization by Lévesque, David, Lebeuf, Michel, Starr, Michel

“…Coastal hypoxia, driven by remineralization of chlorophyllic particulate organic matter (POM) in dark environments, poses a threat to deep estuarine and shelf…”
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Environmental control of summer primary production in the Hudson Bay system: The role of stratification by Ferland, Joannie, Gosselin, Michel, Starr, Michel

“…The influence of environmental factors on size-fractionated phytoplankton production and biomass (chlorophyll a) and community composition was examined in the…”
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Three decades of Canadian marine harmful algal events: Phytoplankton and phycotoxins of concern to human and ecosystem health by McKenzie, Cynthia H., Bates, Stephen S., Martin, Jennifer L., Haigh, Nicola, Howland, Kimberly L., Lewis, Nancy I., Locke, Andrea, Peña, Angelica, Poulin, Michel, Rochon, André, Rourke, Wade A., Scarratt, Michael G., Starr, Michel, Wells, Terri

“…•Harmful algal events occur annually on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada.•PST events are the most reported HAEDAT events on both Atlantic and…”
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Calcium carbonate saturation states in the waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Labrador Sea by Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko, Clarke, Allyn, Falkner, Kelly, Hamilton, James, Jones, E. Peter, Lee, Craig, Petrie, Brian, Prinsenberg, Simon, Starr, Michel, Yeats, Philip

“…Ocean acidification is predicted to occur first in polar oceans. We investigated the saturation state of waters with respect to calcite (Ωcal) and aragonite…”
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Transport inventories and exchanges of organic matter throughout the St. Lawrence Estuary continuum (Canada) by Lévesque, David, Lebeuf, Michel, Maltais, Domynick, Anderson, Caroline, Starr, Michel

“…Hypoxia (O 2 < 2 mg/L) driven by eutrophication in estuaries and shelves is a worldwide expanding problem. The role of organic matter (OM) inputs is emerging…”
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Modelling the bottom-up effects of climate change on primary production in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and eastern Scotian Shelf by Zhi-Ping Mei, Diane Lavoie, Nicolas Lambert, Nicolas Lambert, Michel Starr, Joël Chassé, William Perrie, Zhenxia Long

“…The Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL), along with the St. Lawrence Estuary, is the largest estuarine system in North America. It is a biologically productive sea and…”
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biological consequence of reducing Arctic ice cover: arrival of the Pacific diatom Neodenticula seminae in the North Atlantic for the first time in 800 000 years by REID, PHILIP C, JOHNS, DAVID G, EDWARDS, MARTIN, STARR, MICHEL, POULIN, MICHEL, SNOEIJS, PAULI

“…The Continuous Plankton Recorder survey has monitored plankton in the Northwest Atlantic at monthly intervals since 1962, with an interegnum between 1978 and…”
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Predicting the Effects of Climate Change on the Occurrence of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella Along Canada’s East Coast by Boivin-Rioux, Aude, Starr, Michel, Chassé, Joël, Scarratt, Michael, Perrie, William, Long, Zhenxia

“…Alexandrium catenella produces paralytic shellfish toxins that affect marine fisheries and aquaculture as well as ecosystem and human health worldwide. This…”
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Impact of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella on the Valve Movement of Mytilus edulis: A Comparison between Two Populations with Contrasting Histories Exposure by Durier, Guillaume, Comeau, Luc A., Babarro, José M. F., Starr, Michel, Clements, Jeff C., Tremblay, Réjean

“…Shellfish aquaculture farms, due to their coastal position, face the threat of exposure to harmful algal blooms. Such blooms can release, among others,…”
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Role of free-living and particle-attached bacteria in the recycling and export of organic material in the Hudson Bay system by Lapoussière, Amandine, Michel, Christine, Starr, Michel, Gosselin, Michel, Poulin, Michel

“…This study investigates, for the first time, the role of free-living and particle-attached bacteria in the sinking export and recycling of organic matter in…”
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Impact of ocean acidification on Arctic phytoplankton blooms and dimethyl sulfide concentration under simulated ice-free and under-ice conditions by Hussherr, Rachel, Levasseur, Maurice, Lizotte, Martine, Tremblay, Jean-Éric, Mol, Jacoba, Thomas, Helmuth, Gosselin, Michel, Starr, Michel, Miller, Lisa A, Jarniková, Tereza, Schuback, Nina, Mucci, Alfonso

“…In an experimental assessment of the potential impact of Arctic Ocean acidification on seasonal phytoplankton blooms and associated dimethyl sulfide (DMS)…”
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Marine mammal strandings and environmental changes: a 15-year study in the St. Lawrence ecosystem by Truchon, Marie-Hélène, Measures, Lena, L'Hérault, Vincent, Brêthes, Jean-Claude, Galbraith, Peter S, Harvey, Michel, Lessard, Sylvie, Starr, Michel, Lecomte, Nicolas

“…Understanding the effects of climatic variability on marine mammals is challenging due to the complexity of ecological interactions. We used general linear…”
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The Gulf of St. Lawrence Biogeochemical Model: A Modelling Tool for Fisheries and Ocean Management by Lavoie, Diane, Lambert, Nicolas, Starr, Michel, Chassé, Joël, Riche, Olivier, Le Clainche, Yvonnick, Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko, Béjaoui, Béchir, Christian, James R., Gilbert, Denis

“…The goal of this paper is to give a detailed description of the coupled physical-biogeochemical model of the Gulf of St. Lawrence that includes dissolved…”
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Use of valvometry as an alert tool to signal the presence of toxic algae Alexandrium catenella by Mytilus edulis by Durier, Guillaume, Nadalini, Jean-Bruno, Comeau, Luc A., Starr, Michel, Michaud, Sonia, Tran, Damien, St-Louis, Richard, Babarro, José M. F., Clements, Jeff C., Tremblay, Réjean

“…Valvometry is a non-invasive technique used to continuously monitor gaping behaviour of bivalves at high frequency. In previous laboratory studies, valvometry…”
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Characterizing Exposure to and Sharing Knowledge of Drivers of Environmental Change in the St. Lawrence System in Canada by Beauchesne, David, Daigle, Rémi M., Vissault, Steve, Gravel, Dominique, Bastien, Andréane, Bélanger, Simon, Bernatchez, Pascal, Blais, Marjolaine, Bourdages, Hugo, Chion, Clément, Galbraith, Peter S., Halpern, Benjamin S., Lavoie, Camille, McKindsey, Christopher W., Mucci, Alfonso, Pineault, Simon, Starr, Michel, Ste-Marie, Anne-Sophie, Archambault, Philippe

“…The St. Lawrence is a vast and complex socio-ecological system providing a wealth of services sustaining numerous economic sectors. These ecosystems are…”
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Low calcium carbonate saturation state in an Arctic inland sea having large and varying fluvial inputs: The Hudson Bay system by Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko, Starr, Michel, Mei, Zhi-Ping, Granskog, Mats

“…The Hudson Bay system (HBS) is a shallow inland sea in the Arctic, composed of Hudson Strait, Foxe Basin/Channel, James Bay, and Hudson Bay. Dissolved…”
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Harmful algae and climate change on the Canadian East Coast: Exploring occurrence predictions of Dinophysis acuminata, D. norvegica, and Pseudo-nitzschia seriata by Boivin-Rioux, Aude, Starr, Michel, Chassé, Joël, Scarratt, Michael, Perrie, William, Long, Zhenxia, Lavoie, Diane

“…•24 years of HAB data on the Canadian East Coast were used to fit GAMMs.•GAMMs were run under two downscaled climate models.•D. acuminata and D. norvegica…”
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Hydrological and biological processes modulate carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus flux from the St. Lawrence River to its estuary (Quebec, Canada) by Hudon, Christiane, Gagnon, Pierre, Rondeau, Myriam, Hébert, Serge, Gilbert, Denis, Hill, Brad, Patoine, Michel, Starr, Michel

“…Increased flux of carbon and nutrients from human activities in river basins were linked to acidification and deepwater hypoxia in estuaries and coastal areas…”
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Effects of riverine nutrient inputs on the sinking fluxes of microbial particles in the St. Lawrence Estuary by Paradis-Hautcoeur, Jade, Gosselin, Michel, Villeneuve, Vincent, Tremblay, Jean-Éric, Lévesque, David, Scarratt, Michael, Starr, Michel

“…Discharges of nitrogenous nutrients associated with agriculture and wastewater treatment promote eutrophication in coastal waters around the world. Since the…”
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