En 2006, nous avons commencé à étudier les interactions entre le homard et son environnement. Nos premiers axes de recherche incluaient :

1️⃣ Contaminants environnementaux (écotoxicologie, pyréthrinoïdes, éco-génomique)
2️⃣ Changements climatiques (acidification des océans)
3️⃣ Écologie benthique du homard (température, sédimentation, prédation)
4️⃣ Développement d’indices de condition physiologique du homard

Ces recherches ont permis d’approfondir notre compréhension des défis environnementaux et de mieux soutenir la gestion durable des pêches.

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.