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Pierre-Paul Bitton
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Latest papers
Surveillance of live birds for active and past infections reveals the impact of highly pathogenic H5N1 on seabird populations in Atlantic Canada.
Canadian journal of microbiology · 2026
A context analysis of bobbing and fin-flicking in a small marine benthic fish.
Ecology and evolution · 2021
Small benthic fish strike at prey over distances that fall within theoretical predictions for active sensing using light.
Journal of fish biology · 2020
Latest funding
- $12,500
Active photolocation: A new frontier in active sensing
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $168,000
Active photolocation: A new frontier in active sensing
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Surveillance of live birds for active and past infections reveals the impact of highly pathogenic H5N1 on seabird populations in Atlantic Canada.
Rahman I, Wight J, Cunningham J, Ochoa P, Wallace H, Ward C, Hedd A, Robertson G, Wilhelm S, Xu W, Zhmendak D, Berhane Y, Collins S, Montevecchi W, Bitton P, Avery-Gomm S, Studholme K, Wong S, Rock J, Pamak C, Dupuis-Smith R, Pilgrim S, Laing R, Saunders M, Wells R, Ronconi R, Hargan K, Lang A
A context analysis of bobbing and fin-flicking in a small marine benthic fish.
Santon M, Deiss F, Bitton PP, Michiels NK
Small benthic fish strike at prey over distances that fall within theoretical predictions for active sensing using light.
Neiße N, Santon M, Bitton PP, Michiels NK
Redirection of ambient light improves predator detection in a diurnal fish.
Santon M, Bitton PP, Dehm J, Fritsch R, Harant UK, Anthes N, Michiels NK
Visual modelling supports the potential for prey detection by means of diurnal active photolocation in a small cryptobenthic fish.
Bitton PP, Yun Christmann SA, Santon M, Harant UK, Michiels NK
Active photolocation: A new frontier in active sensing
Principal investigators: Bitton, PierrePaul
Active photolocation: A new frontier in active sensing
Principal investigators: Bitton, Pierre-Paul
Keywords: active sensing; bioluminescence; visual ecology; vision; prey-predator interactions
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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