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Patrick Gagnon
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Research
Latest papers
Drivers and functional consequences of covering in a pervasive marine grazer (green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis).
Frontiers in zoology · 2026 · senior author
Ocean weather, biological rates, and unexplained global ecological patterns.
PNAS nexus · 2024
Levelling-up rhodolith-bed science to address global-scale conservation challenges.
The Science of the total environment · 2023
Latest funding
- $85,107
Urgent need for Field Vehicle to sustain Ocean Science Research
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $112,000
Structuring mechanisms and transformative potential of cold marine benthic ecosystems
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $26,165
OFI SF5 Advanced capacity for autonomous detection of green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
Drivers and functional consequences of covering in a pervasive marine grazer (green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis).
Clermont CR, Gagnon P
Ocean weather, biological rates, and unexplained global ecological patterns.
Li Shing Hiung DLCY, Schuster JM, Duncan MI, Payne NL, Helmuth B, Chu JWF, Baum JK, Brambilla V, Bruno J, Davies SW, Dornelas M, Gagnon P, Guy-Haim T, Jackson JM, Leichter JJ, Madin JS, Monteith ZL, Queirós AM, Schneider EVC, Starko S, Talwar BS, Wyatt ASJ, Aichelman HE, Bensoussan N, Caruso C, Castillo K, Choi F, Dong YW, Garrabou J, Guillemain D, Higgs N, Jiang Y, Kersting DK, Kushner DJ, Longo GO, Neufeld C, Peirache M, Smyth T, Sprague JL, Urvoy G, Zuberer F, Bates AE
Levelling-up rhodolith-bed science to address global-scale conservation challenges.
Tuya F, Schubert N, Aguirre J, Basso D, Bastos EO, Berchez F, Bernardino AF, Bosch NE, Burdett HL, Espino F, Fernández-Gárcia C, Francini-Filho RB, Gagnon P, Hall-Spencer JM, Haroun R, Hofmann LC, Horta PA, Kamenos NA, Le Gall L, Magris RA, Martin S, Nelson WA, Neves P, Olivé I, Otero-Ferrer F, Peña V, Pereira-Filho GH, Ragazzola F, Rebelo AC, Ribeiro C, Rinde E, Schoenrock K, Silva J, Sissini MN, Tâmega FTS
Growth Resilience of Subarctic Rhodoliths (Lithothamnion glaciale, Rhodophyta) to Chronic Low Sea Temperature and irradiance.
Arnold CL, Bélanger D, Gagnon P
Plasticity in the antipredator behavior of the orange-footed sea cucumber under shifting hydrodynamic forces.
Brown NAW, Wilson DR, Gagnon P
Thermal and hydrodynamic environments mediate individual and aggregative feeding of a functionally important omnivore in reef communities.
Frey DL, Gagnon P
Canopy-forming seaweeds in urchin-dominated systems in eastern Canada: structuring forces or simple prey for keystone grazers?
Blain C, Gagnon P
Urgent need for Field Vehicle to sustain Ocean Science Research
Principal investigators: Fleming, Ian
Keywords: evolutionary ecology; benthic ecology; physiological ecology; marine ecosystems; marine invertebrates; fishes; plankton community composition; environmental change; biological carbon pump; species invasions
Structuring mechanisms and transformative potential of cold marine benthic ecosystems
Principal investigators: Gagnon, Patrick
Keywords: marine ecosystem ecology; sea urchin-kelp interactions; community phase shifts; ecological stability and resilience; rhodolith bed; aquaculture (echiniculture); ecosystem-based management; marine resources conservation; remote sensing; geographic information system (gis)
OFI SF5 Advanced capacity for autonomous detection of green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
Principal investigators: Gagnon, Patrick
Suitability of enhanced aquaculture feeds for commercial production of green sea urchin roe in a low-flow environment
Principal investigators: Gagnon, Patrick
Effects of stocking density on behaviour and roe yield in kelp-fed green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) farmed in a custom-made raceway
Principal investigators: Gagnon, Patrick
Investigation of a novel approach to land-based production of green sea urchin roe in Newfoundland
Principal investigators: Gagnon, Patrick
Mechanisms of stability of urchin-dominated barrens in southeastern Newfoundland
Principal investigators: Gagnon, Patrick
Subarctic crustose coralline algal-dominated ecosystems
Principal investigators: Halfar, Jochen
Customized research support vehicle
Principal investigators: Fletcher, Garth
The ecology of rocky subtidal ecosystems of Newfoundland and Labrador
Principal investigators: Gagnon, Patrick
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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