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Articles scientifiques - 2025

Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments

2025

Auteurs/autrices: Patton, P. T., Pacifici, K., Robin, W., Oleson, E. M., Allen. J. B. ..., Michaud, R.,... Wells, R. S., Yano, K. M., Zaeschmar, J. R. & Bejder, L.

Journal: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America - Volume 156, numéro 6, p. 3723-3740

Effects of vessel noise on beluga (DELPHINAPTERUS leucas) call type: ultrasonic communication as an adaptation to noisy environment?

2025

Auteurs/autrices: Vergara, V., Mikus, M.a., Chion, C., Lagrois, D., Marcoux, M. & Michaud, R.

Journal: Biology Open - Volume 14, numéro 3, p. bio061783

Articles scientifiques - 2024

Variations in thyroid hormone levels in endangered St. Lawrence Estuary belugas: Potential linkage with stress and organohalogen contaminant exposure

2024

Auteurs/autrices: Jolicoeur, V., Houde, M., Loseto, L., Michaud, R. & Verreault, J.

Journal: Environment International - Volume 186, p. 108647

Environmental, behavioral, and design-related factors affect accuracy and precision of beluga abundance estimates from aerial surveys

2024

Auteurs/autrices: Lesage, V., Wing, S., Zuur, A.F., Gosselin, J.-F., Tinker, M.T., Mosnier, A., St-Pierre, A.P., Michaud, R. & Berteaux, D.

Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science - Volume 11, p. 1289220

Relationship between nutritional condition and causes of death in beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas from the St. Lawrence estuary, Quebec, Canada

2024

Auteurs/autrices: Larrat, S., Lesage, V., Michaud, R. & Lair, S.

Journal: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms - Volume 159, p. 159-169

Estimating spatial mixing within the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population by comparing local individual diversity and abundance

2024

Auteurs/autrices: Bonnell, T. R., Michaud, R., Dupuch, A., Lesage, V., & Chion, C.

Journal: Marine Mammal Science - Volume 40, numéro 4, p. e13262

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Seals, St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada

2024

Auteurs/autrices: Lair, S., Quesnel. L., Signore, V.A., Delnatte, P., Embury-Hyatt, C., Nadeau, M.-S., Lung, O., Ferrell, S.T., Michaud, R. & Berhane, Y.

Journal: Emerging Intectious Diseases - Volume 30, numéro 6, p. 1133

Automatic detection and classification of beluga whale calls in the St. Lawrence estuary

2024

Auteurs/autrices: Cotillard, T., Sécheresse, X., Aubin, J., Mikus, M.A., Vergara, V., Gambs, S., Michaud, R., Martins, C.M.A., Turgeon, S., Chion, C. & Roca, I.

Journal: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America - Volume 156, numéro 6, p. 3723-3740

Articles scientifiques - 2023

Protection, energetic assistance, or social perks: How do beluga offspring benefit from allocare?

2023

Auteurs/autrices: Aubin, J.A., Michaud, R. & Vander Wal, E.

Journal: Marine Mammal Science - Volume 39, numéro 1, p. 77-97

Fly with care: belugas show evasive responses to low altitude drone flights

2023

Auteurs/autrices: Aubin, J.A., Mikus, M.-A., Michaud, R., Mennill, D. & Vergara, V.

Journal: Marine Mammal Science - Volume 39, numéro 3, p. 718-739

Estimating pregnancy rate from blubber progesterone levels of a blindly biopsied beluga population poses methodological, analytical and statistical challenges

2023

Auteurs/autrices: Renaud, L.-A., Bordeleau, X., Kellar, N.M., Pigeon, G., Michaud, R., Morin, Y., Lair, S., Therien, A. & Lesage, V.

Journal: Conservation Physiology - Volume 11, numéro 1, p. coad075

A deep learning approach to photo–identification demonstrates high performance on two dozen cetacean species

2023

Auteurs/autrices: Patton, P. T., Cheeseman, T., Abe, K., Yamaguchi, T., Reade, W., Southerland, K., Howard, A., Oleson, E.M., Allen, J.B., Ashe, E., Athayde, A., Baird, R.W., Basran, C., Cabrera, E., Calambokidis, J., Cardoso, J., Carroll, E.L., Cesario, A., Cheney, B.J. …, Michaud, R.,... Bejder, L.

Journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution - Volume 14, numéro 10, p. 2611-2625

A review of beaked whale (Ziphiidae) stranding incidents from the inshore waters of eastern Canada

2023

Auteurs/autrices: McAlpine, D.F., Wimmer, T., Ledwell, W., Daoust, P.-Y. , Bourque, L., Lawson, J.W., Bachara, W., Lucas, Z.N., Reid, G.A., Lair, S., François, A. & Michaud, R.

Journal: Canadian Field-Naturalist - Volume 137, numéro 3, p. 201-231

Membership inference attack for beluga whales discrimination

2023

Auteurs/autrices: Araújo, V.A., Gambs, S., Michaud, R., Lautraite, H., Schneider, L. & Chion, C.

Journal: Ecological Informatics - Volume 79, p. 102388

Articles scientifiques - 2022

Pathological and epidemiological investigation of skin lesions in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada

2022

Auteurs/autrices: Le Net, R., Larrat, S., Michaud, R., & Lair, S.

Journal: Marine Mammal Science - Volume 38, numéro 2, p. 653-681

Investigating the relationship between the skin microbiome and flame retardant exposure of the endangered St. Lawrence Estuary beluga

2022

Auteurs/autrices: Jia, B., Garlock, E., Allison, M.J., Michaud, R., Lo, R., Round, J.M., Helbing, C.C., Verreault, J. & Brinkman, F.S.L.

Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science - Volume 10, p. 954060

Extracting spatial networks from capture–recapture data reveals individual site fidelity patterns within a marine mammal’s spatial range

2022

Auteurs/autrices: Bonnell, T.R., Michaud, R., Dupuch, A., Lesage, V. & Chion, C.

Journal: Ecology and Evolution - Volume 12, numéro 2, p. e86116

Machine-Learning Approach for Automatic Detection of Wild Beluga Whales from Hand-Held Camera Pictures

2022

Auteurs/autrices: Araújo, V.M., Shukla, A., Chion, C., Gambs, S. & Michaud, R.

Journal: Sensors - Volume 22, numéro 11, p. 4107

Seasonal occurrence and spatial distribution of four species of baleen whales vulnerable to ship strikes in the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park (Quebec, Canada)

2022

Auteurs/autrices: Martins, C.C.A., Turgeon, S., Michaud, R. & Ménard, N.

Journal: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document - 62 p.

Articles scientifiques - 2021

Prospective evolutionary drivers of allocare in wild belugas

2021

Auteurs/autrices: Aubin, J.A., Michaud, R. & Vander Wal, E.

Journal: Behaviour - Volume 158, numéros 8-9, p. 727-756

Estimating the proportion of a beluga population using specific areas from connectivity patterns and abundance indices

2021

Auteurs/autrices: Ouellet, J.-F., Michaud, R., Moisan, M. & Lesage, V.

Journal: Ecosphere - Volume 12, numéro 6, p. e03560

Can you hear me? Impacts of underwater noise on communication space of adult, sub-adult and calf contact calls of endangered St. Lawrence belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)

2021

Auteurs/autrices: Vergara, V., Wood, J., Lesage, V., Ames, A.. Mikus, M.-A. & Michaud, R.

Journal: Polar Research - Volume 40

Agent-based modelling reveals a disproportionate exposure of females and calves to a local increase in shipping and associated noise in an endangered beluga population

2021

Auteurs/autrices: Chion, C., Bonnell, T.R., Lagrois, D., Michaud, R., Lesage, V., Dupuch, A., McQuinn, I.H. & Turgeon, S.

Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin - Volume 173, p. 112977

Lipid metabolites as predictors of energy reserves in highly contaminant-exposed belugas from the endangered St. Lawrence Estuary population

2021

Auteurs/autrices: Bernier-Graveline, A., Lesage, V., Cabrol, J., Lair, S., Michaud, R., Rosabal, M. & Verreault, J.

Journal: Environmental Research - Volume 192, p. 110272

Articles scientifiques - 2020

Metabolomic profiles of the endangered St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population and associations with organohalogen contaminants

2020

Auteurs/autrices: Simond, A.E., Houde, M., Lesage, V., Michaud, R. & Verreault, J.

Journal: Science of the Total Environment - Volume 717, p. 137204

Translocation of live-stranded newborn St. Lawrence Estuary belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) for adoption by nearby females: A review of past responses, and assessment of feasibility and risks

2020

Auteurs/autrices: Michaud, R., Giard, J., Michaud, A., & Moisan, M.

Journal: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document - Publications Publications 100% 12 G29 12 p.

Articles scientifiques - 2019

Reducing the Impacts of Shipping on the St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga Population: Modelling and Prediction of Whale Exposure to Vessel Noise under Prospective Scenario

2019

Auteurs/autrices: Chion, C., Bonnell, T.R., Lagrois, D., Michaud, R. & Duduch, A.

Journal: Journal of Ocean Technology - Volume 14, numéro 3, p. 138-139

Foraging energetics and prey density requirements of western North Atlantic blue whales in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

2019

Auteurs/autrices: Guilpin, M., Lesage, V., McQuinn, I., Goldbogen, J.A., Potvin, J., Jeanniard-du-Dot, T., Doniol-Valcroze, T., Michaud, R., Moisan, M. & Winkler, G.

Journal: Marine Ecology Progress Series - Volume 625, p. 205-223

Associations between organohalogen exposure and thyroid- and steroid-related gene responses in St. Lawrence Estuary belugas and minke whales

2019

Auteurs/autrices: Simond, A.E., Houde, M., Lesage, V., Michaud, R., Zbinden, D. & Verreault, J.

Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin - Volume 145, p. 174-184

Articles scientifiques - 2018

Influence of anthropogenic activities on marine mammal strandings in the estuary and northwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, 1994–2008

2018

Auteurs/autrices: Truchon, M.-H., Measures, L., Brêthes, J.-C., Albert, É. & Michaud, R.

Journal: Journal of Cetacean Research and Management - Volume 18, p. 11-21

A voluntary conservation agreement reduces the risks of lethal collisions between ships and whales in the St. Lawrence Estuary (Québec, Canada): From co-construction to monitoring compliance and assessing effectiveness

2018

Auteurs/autrices: Chion, C., Turgeon, S., Cantin, G., Michaud, R., Ménard, N., Lesage, V., Parrott, L., Beaufils, P., Clermont, Y. & Gravel, C.

Journal: PLoS ONE - Volume 13, numéro 9, p. 26

Classifying and combining herd surface activities and individual dive profiles to identify summer behaviours of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada

2018

Auteurs/autrices: Lemieux Lefebvre, S., Lesage, V., Michaud, R. & Humphries, M.M.

Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology - Volume 96, numéro 5, p. 393-410

Suivi des espèces ciblées par les activités d’observation en mer dans le parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent de 1994 à 2017

2018

Auteurs/autrices: Martins, C., Turgeon, S., Michaud, R. & Ménard, N.

Journal: Le Naturaliste canadien - Volume 142, numéro 2, p. 65-79

Intestinal Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-DNA Adducts in a Population of Beluga Whales With High Levels of Gastrointestinal Cancers

2018

Auteurs/autrices: Poirier, M.C., Lair, S., Michaud, R., Hernandez-Ramon, E.E., Divi, K.V., Dwyer, J.E., Ester, C.D., Si, N.N., Ali, M., Loseto, L.L., Raverty, S.A, St. Leger, J.A, Van Bonn, W.G., Colegrove, K., Burek-Huntington, K.A., Suydam, R., Stimmelmayr, R., Wise, J.P. Sr., Wise, S.S., Beauchamp, G. & Martineau, D.

Journal: Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis - Volume 60, numéro 1, p. 29-41

Articles scientifiques - Publications antérieures

Multispecies mass mortality of marine fauna linked to a toxic dinoflagellate bloom

2017

Auteurs/autrices: Starr, M., Lair, S., Michaud, S., Scarratt, M., Quilliam, M., Lefaivre, D., Robert, M., Wotherspoon, A., Michaud, R., Ménard, N., Sauvé, G., Lessard, S., Béland, P. & Measures, L.

Journal: PLoS ONE - Volume 12, numéro 5, p. 18

Underwater acoustic impacts of shipping management measures: Results from a socio-ecological model of boat and whale movements in the St. Lawrence River Estuary (Canada)

2017

Auteurs/autrices: Chion, C., Lagrois, D., Dupras, J., Turgeon, S., McQuinn, I., Michaud, R., Ménard, N. & Parrott, L.

Journal: Ecological Modelling - Volume 354, p. 72-87

Slow Down and Save the Whales

2016

Auteurs/autrices: Parrott, L., Chion, C., Turgeon, S., Ménard, N., Cantin, G. & Michaud, R.

Journal: The Solutions Journal - Volume 6, numéro 6, p. 40-47

Insights from agent-based modelling to simulate whale-watching tours: Influence of captains’ strategy on whale exposure and excursion content

2014

Auteurs/autrices: Chion, C., Landry, J.-A., Parrott, L., Marceau, D., Lamontagne, P., Turgeon, S., Michaud, R., Martins, C.C.A., Ménard, N., Cantin, G. & Dionne, S.

Journal: Cambridge University Press - p. 293-306

Mortality patterns in St. Lawrence Estuary beluga (Delphinapterus leucas), inferred from the carcass recovery data, 1983-2012

2014

Auteurs/autrices: Lesage, V., Measures, L.N., Mosnier, A., Lair, S., Michaud, R. & Béland, P.

Journal: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document - 23 p.

Documentation of Maritime Traffic and Navigational Interactions with St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga (Delphinaterus leucas) in Calving Areas Between 2003 and 2012

2014

Auteurs/autrices: Ménard, N., Michaud, R., Chion, C. & Turgeon, S.

Journal: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document - 24 p.