Team

Katrine Turgeon | PI | Assistant Prof.

I am a aquatic ecologist with broad interest in biodiversity science, conservation and socio-ecology. In my lab, we seek to integrate socio-ecological complexity into our research projects for a better management and conservation of our aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity.

Our research is transdisciplinary and inclusive, using methodologies from the natural sciences, social sciences and engineering, and engages collaborators from academia, industry and government.

Grad students (Msc and PhD)

Brenden Chabot | MSc candidate | 2019 - to date

Co-supervised with Marianne Bachand (ECCC)

Brenden works collaboratively with Environment Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to model and understand the factors that drive the current distribution and diversity of large wetlands classes in the Great Lakes. His dataset covers 27 wetlands across the GLs.

Théo Gicquel de Menou | MSc cand. | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised with Angélique Dupuch (UQO)

Théo will assess the prevalence of wetlands and associated herpetofauna in hybrid poplar plantations and will also assess their persistence over time. Hybrid poplar plantations could potentially represent habitats of transient quality for wetland biodiversity.

Sarah Bertrand | MSc candidate | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised by Éric Harvey (UQTR)

Sarah will do a literature review on the impacts of a loss of aquatic connectivity on biodiversity and ecosystems functions. She will also perform microcosm experiments to test the effects of a loss of connectivity on dendritic networks.

Parlvedee Dassachetty | PhD cand. | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised by Jean-François Bissonnette (ULaval)

Parlvedee’s thesis will investigate how the perception of landowners and governance measures can impact the biodiversity in private forests and will describe this socio-ecological systems to support owners in their conservation efforts.

Ntsoa R. Razafimahefa | PhD Cand. | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised with Dominique Gravel (U. Sherbrooke)

Ntsoa will examine if multitrophic biodiversity is simplified in regulated ecosystems (reservoirs and regulated rivers) compared to natural ecosystems over time and space by capitalizing on recent developments in ecological network.

Baptiste Nelaton | PhD Cand. | 2023 - to date

Co-supervised with Éric Harvey (UQTR)

Baptiste will evaluate the impacts of aquatic fragmentation (natural and anthropogenic barriers) in lotic forest ecosystems on aquatic biodiversity, foodweb and ecosystems functions.

Juliette Vélu | MSc candidate | 2020 - to date

Juliette will conduct surveys and interviews with biological experts, private land owners and First Nations communities to study their perceptions toward the conservation of freshwater turtles in Québec.

With this information, we will be able to better orient conservation practices.

PROJET TORTUES

Cécilia Estable | MSc candidate | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised with Audrey Maheu (UQO)

Cecilia will characterize the states of culverts and forest roads in private and public forests to evaluate their impacts on aquatic connectivity and biodiversity, namely on macroinvertebrates.

Camille Lévesque | MSc candidate | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised by Dominique Gravel (UdeS)

Camille will analyze biodiversity changes in fish communities in hydroelectric reservoirs using a network approach. Ultimately, she will develop a biodiversity change indicator that will be used with models to predict biodiversity changes in the province of Quebec.

Thibaud André-Alphonse | PhD cand. | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised by Éric Harvey (UQTR)

Thibaud will examine if winter drawdown in reservoirs can affect ecosystems subsidies, foodweb and ecosystem functions. He will use stable isotopes and Hydro-Québec's existing database and will complement the study by collecting empirical data from several reservoirs in Québec.

Alejandro Sepulveda | PhD Cand. | 2022 - to date

Co-supervised with Dominique Gravel (U. Sherbrooke)

Through longitudinal data, Alejandro will characterize the prevalence and stability of inverted trophic pyramids (PTIs) in aquatic ecosystems and will examine the mechanisms by which PTIs can occur in aquatic ecosystems with stable isotopes.

Postdocs

Kathleen Church | Postdoc | 2022 - to date

Kathleen will analyze the available information regarding the implementation and monitoring of compensatory plans to offset fish habitat loss in Eeyou Istchee, and will evaluate how Cree involvement has contributed to improve the monitoring of compensatory measures.

Louis Tanguay | Postdoc | 2022 - to date

Louis is the PDF of the CESCO chair. He is investigating the social acceptance of conservation measures on private lands. His work will help us to better understand which tools can be used and prioritized to improveacceptance of conservation on private lands.

Adriana Aguilar | Postdoc | 2022 - to date

Adriana will conduct participatory mapping exercises with Eeyou Istchee Cree land-users to create a decision-making tool, including a visual representation of where compensation projects could be located based on both TEK and SEK.