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Annie Mercier

ResearcherOcean SciencesMemorial University of Newfoundland

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Annie Mercier

Researcher

Ocean Sciences

Natural Sciences

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 NSERC), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Climate change Cold-water environments Deep sea Dispersal Larval development Life cycle Life-history strategies Mating systems

Latest papers

Natural tissue immortality: Indefinite survival of sea cucumber explants.
Science advances · 2026 · senior author
Effects of finfish aquaculture waste on the soft coral Gersemia rubiformis and sea anemone Aulactinia stella.
Marine pollution bulletin · 2026 · senior author
Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of the Apodid Sea Cucumber Chiridota laevis.
Biology · 2025 · senior author

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Deep-water coral, sponge, and seep habitats along Northwest Atlantic shelf and slope: geology, ecology, and conservation
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$334,780
Deep-water coral and seep habitats of the northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay: biodiversity, microbiology,_x000d_ paleoceanography, and conservation
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$350,000
Reproduction and dispersal strategies in extreme environments: insights into persistence and shifts in marine biodiversity
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$67,000

All 15 grants and awards

24 publications.

Natural tissue immortality: Indefinite survival of sea cucumber explants.

Jobson S, Montgomery EM, Hamel JF, Sipler RE, Mercier A

Science advances2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeb1394 PMID: 42202023

Effects of finfish aquaculture waste on the soft coral Gersemia rubiformis and sea anemone Aulactinia stella.

Murray K, de Moura Neves B, Hamel JF, Gallardi D, Mercier A

Marine pollution bulletin2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119264 PMID: 41570513

Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of the Apodid Sea Cucumber Chiridota laevis.

Jobson S, Hamel JF, Mercier A

Biology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/biology14111471 PMID: 41300264

Diversity and distribution of extracellular microcrystals in holothuroid echinoderms.

Ma KCK, Gao F, Hamel JF, Mercier A

Royal Society open science2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250514 PMID: 40969692

Between a rock and a hard place: experimental assessment of recruitment patterns in a bathyal environment of the Low Arctic.

Wolvin S, Hamel JF, Mercier A

PeerJ2025Senior author

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.19850 PMID: 40860674

Revered and Reviled: The Plight of the Vanishing Sea Cucumbers.

Mercier A, Purcell SW, Montgomery EM, Kinch J, Byrne M, Hamel JF

Annual review of marine science2025First author

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-032123-025441 PMID: 39819554

Efficacy of anesthetics in an echinoderm based on multifaceted stress biomarkers.

Carter J, Jobson S, Hamel JF, Mercier A

Scientific reports2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-77627-9 PMID: 39496728

A new species of holothuroid from the Labrador Sea (eastern Canada): Pseudothyonelabradorensis sp. nov. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Sclerodactylidae).

Kremenetskaia A, Alvestad T, Penney HD, Hamel JF, de Moura Neves B, Côté D, Mercier A

ZooKeys2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1206.123364 PMID: 39015530

A rare case of intra-ovarian oocyte maturation.

Jobson S, Hamel JF, Mercier A

Zygote (Cambridge, England)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0967199424000170 PMID: 38828553

Intra- and Interspecific Foraging and Feeding Interactions in Three Sea Stars and a Gastropod from the Deep Sea.

Stuckless B, Hamel JF, Aguzzi J, Mercier A

Biology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/biology12060774 PMID: 37372059

Deep-water coral, sponge, and seep habitats along Northwest Atlantic shelf and slope: geology, ecology, and conservation

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Sherwood, Owen OA

$334,780

Deep-water coral and seep habitats of the northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay: biodiversity, microbiology,_x000d_ paleoceanography, and conservation

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Sherwood, Owen

$350,000

Reproduction and dispersal strategies in extreme environments: insights into persistence and shifts in marine biodiversity

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Mercier, Annie

Keywords: life-history strategies; larval development; spawning; mating systems; climate change; cold-water environments; deep sea; dispersal; reproduction; life cycle

$67,000

Reproduction and dispersal strategies in extreme environments: insights into persistence and shifts in marine biodiversity

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Mercier, Annie

Keywords: life-history strategies; larval development; spawning; mating systems; climate change; cold-water environments; deep sea; dispersal; reproduction; life cycle

$200,000

Towards optimal handling and processing of sea cucumber in eastern Canada Reference Number: For NSERC office use only NSERC PIN: 145624 Date Approved by RGO: 2017/03/22 16:31 NSERC PIN Validated:

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Mercier, Annie

$24,515

Upgrade and expansion of microscopy and imaging suite for multifaceted studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Mercier, Annie

$90,029

Rhythms of a changing ocean: Chronobiology and control of reproduction in marine organisms

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Mercier, Annie

$189,000

Developing the use of marine invertebrates as bioindicators of hydrocarbon contamination in sub-arctic environments

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Mercier, Annie

$20,115

Customized research support vehicle

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Fletcher, Garth

$97,722

Control of reproduction in benthic marine invertebrates

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Mercier, Annie

$83,725

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Annie Mercier

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Latest funding

Natural tissue immortality: Indefinite survival of sea cucumber explants.

Effects of finfish aquaculture waste on the soft coral Gersemia rubiformis and sea anemone Aulactinia stella.

Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of the Apodid Sea Cucumber Chiridota laevis.

Diversity and distribution of extracellular microcrystals in holothuroid echinoderms.

Between a rock and a hard place: experimental assessment of recruitment patterns in a bathyal environment of the Low Arctic.

Revered and Reviled: The Plight of the Vanishing Sea Cucumbers.

Efficacy of anesthetics in an echinoderm based on multifaceted stress biomarkers.

A new species of holothuroid from the Labrador Sea (eastern Canada): Pseudothyonelabradorensis sp. nov. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Sclerodactylidae).

A rare case of intra-ovarian oocyte maturation.

Intra- and Interspecific Foraging and Feeding Interactions in Three Sea Stars and a Gastropod from the Deep Sea.

Deep-water coral, sponge, and seep habitats along Northwest Atlantic shelf and slope: geology, ecology, and conservation

Deep-water coral and seep habitats of the northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay: biodiversity, microbiology,_x000d_ paleoceanography, and conservation

Reproduction and dispersal strategies in extreme environments: insights into persistence and shifts in marine biodiversity

Reproduction and dispersal strategies in extreme environments: insights into persistence and shifts in marine biodiversity

Towards optimal handling and processing of sea cucumber in eastern Canada Reference Number: For NSERC office use only NSERC PIN: 145624 Date Approved by RGO: 2017/03/22 16:31 NSERC PIN Validated:

Upgrade and expansion of microscopy and imaging suite for multifaceted studies

Rhythms of a changing ocean: Chronobiology and control of reproduction in marine organisms

Developing the use of marine invertebrates as bioindicators of hydrocarbon contamination in sub-arctic environments

Customized research support vehicle

Control of reproduction in benthic marine invertebrates

Frequent collaborators

Andreas Heyland

Annie Mercier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Natural tissue immortality: Indefinite survival of sea cucumber explants.

Effects of finfish aquaculture waste on the soft coral Gersemia rubiformis and sea anemone Aulactinia stella.

Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of the Apodid Sea Cucumber Chiridota laevis.

Diversity and distribution of extracellular microcrystals in holothuroid echinoderms.

Between a rock and a hard place: experimental assessment of recruitment patterns in a bathyal environment of the Low Arctic.

Revered and Reviled: The Plight of the Vanishing Sea Cucumbers.

Efficacy of anesthetics in an echinoderm based on multifaceted stress biomarkers.

&#xfeff;A new species of holothuroid from the Labrador Sea (eastern Canada): Pseudothyonelabradorensis sp. nov. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Sclerodactylidae).

A rare case of intra-ovarian oocyte maturation.

Intra- and Interspecific Foraging and Feeding Interactions in Three Sea Stars and a Gastropod from the Deep Sea.

Deep-water coral, sponge, and seep habitats along Northwest Atlantic shelf and slope: geology, ecology, and conservation

Deep-water coral and seep habitats of the northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay: biodiversity, microbiology,_x000d_ paleoceanography, and conservation

Reproduction and dispersal strategies in extreme environments: insights into persistence and shifts in marine biodiversity

Reproduction and dispersal strategies in extreme environments: insights into persistence and shifts in marine biodiversity

Towards optimal handling and processing of sea cucumber in eastern Canada Reference Number: For NSERC office use only NSERC PIN: 145624 Date Approved by RGO: 2017/03/22 16:31 NSERC PIN Validated:

Upgrade and expansion of microscopy and imaging suite for multifaceted studies

Rhythms of a changing ocean: Chronobiology and control of reproduction in marine organisms

Developing the use of marine invertebrates as bioindicators of hydrocarbon contamination in sub-arctic environments

Customized research support vehicle

Control of reproduction in benthic marine invertebrates

Frequent collaborators

Andreas Heyland

A new species of holothuroid from the Labrador Sea (eastern Canada): Pseudothyonelabradorensis sp. nov. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Sclerodactylidae).