Vincent Fugère, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Research

fish limnology climate change experimental evolution land use local adaptation multiple stressors plankton

Latest funding

A trait-based analysis of biodiversity trends in the fish community of the Saint Lawrence River
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Improving fisheries management for Québec lakes: Zooplankton communities as indicators of fish habitat quality
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$90,000
Quantifier les bris de connectivité écologique aquatique dans un contexte de changements climatiques et d'utilisation des terres
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$308,000

All 6 grants and awards

A trait-based analysis of biodiversity trends in the fish community of the Saint Lawrence River

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Fugère, Vincent

Keywords: Wildlife management; Inland waters

$120,000

Improving fisheries management for Québec lakes: Zooplankton communities as indicators of fish habitat quality

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fugère, Vincent V

Keywords: aquatic ecology; biodiversity; community ecology; fish; fisheries management; lake; limnology; multivariate statistics; quantitative ecology; zooplankton

$90,000

Quantifier les bris de connectivité écologique aquatique dans un contexte de changements climatiques et d'utilisation des terres

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Turgeon, Katrine K

Keywords: adne; barrières; bassin versant; cartographie; changements climatiques; connectivité; corridors écologiques; écologie aquatique; poissons; régime thermique

$308,000

Thermal tolerance and the response of freshwater communities to multiple stressors

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Fugère, Vincent

$12,500

Thermal tolerance and the response of freshwater communities to multiple stressors

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fugère, Vincent

Keywords: climate change; experimental evolution; fish; land use; limnology; local adaptation; multiple stressors; plankton; thermal tolerance; traits

$132,000

Developing a DNA-based indicator of multitrophic diversity to assess impacts of land use on Quebec's inland waters

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fugère, Vincent V

$150,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: fish Dear Professor Fugère, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on fish connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "A trait-based analysis of biodiversity trends in the fish community of the Saint Lawrence River" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]