In 2006 we began studying interactions between lobster and the environment. The initial areas of research were:

1️⃣ Environmental contaminants (ecotoxicology, pyrethroids, eco-genomics)
2️⃣ Climate change (ocean acidification)
3️⃣ Lobster benthic ecology (temperature, sedimentation, predation)
4️⃣ Development of physiological condition indices for lobster

These research efforts have deepened our understanding of environmental challenges and enhanced our support for sustainable fisheries management.

Daoud, D., Fairchild, W. L., Comeau, M., Bruneau, B., Mallet, M. D., Jackman, P. M., Benhalima, K., Berillis, P., & Mente, E. (2014). Impact of an acute sublethal exposure of endosulfan on early juvenile lobster (Homarus americanus). Aquatic Science and Technology, 2, 14-40. 

Haché, R., Mallet, M. D., & Dumas, A. (2015). Effects of light regime on larvae survival, growth and settling behavior of hatchery reared American lobster (Homarus americanus). Aquaculture, 443, 31-39. 

Dounia, D., Andrea, B., Lefort, N., & Van Geest, J. L. (2016). Repeated sublethal exposures to the sea lice pesticide Salmosan®(azamethiphos) on adult male lobsters (Homarus americanus) causes neuromuscular dysfunction, hypoxia, metabolic disturbances and mortality. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 134, 106-115. 

Haché, R., Dumas, A., Thumbi, D., Forward, B. S., & Mallet, M. (2017). Effect of live algae used as green water on survival, growth, behaviour, ontogeny and bacterial profile of lobster larvae (H omarus americanus M ilne E dwards). Aquaculture Research, 48(2), 581-593. 

Sonier, R., Filgueira, R., Daoud, D., & Comeau, L. A. (2018). Feeding pressure of Mytilus edulis and Styela clava on phytoplankton and zooplankton, including lobster larvae (stages I and IV). Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre. 

Ostertag, J., Ammendolia, J., Vance, A., McPherson, K., Hamelin, K. M., Cousineau, M., Daoud, D., Morissette, L., Orren, K., Hill, A. VanderKloet, E., Whoriskey, F., Iverson, S., Sutherland, M., Denny, S., Beland, J., Syliboy, A., Stokesbury, M. J. W., & Porter, D. (2021). Community-Based Ocean Literacy: Four Examples of Ocean Optimism from Mi’kma’ki/Atlantic Canada. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 24(1), 136-160. 

Daoud, D., Greenwood, S. J., De Jourdan, B., Asnicar, D., & Taylor, L. J. (2023). Development, growth and metabolic effects in stage IV lobster (Homarus americanus) following chronic exposure to sediments spiked with commercial formulations of deltamethrin and permethrin. Frontiers in Physiology, 14, 1151176.