Annick Drouin PhD Student Université Laval Département de biologie, 1045, av. de la Médecine Québec (QC) G1V 0A6 Canada Email : annick.drouin@gmail.com Research interest and qualifications My aim is to progress in research related to marine ecology. I am especially interested in studies on the impacts of anthropogenic activities and invasive species at the community and ecosystem levels. The sum of all my experiences has allowed me to develop skills in realization of in situ manipulative experiments in coastal environments, elaboration of experimental designs, statistical analysis of community-based data, leading work teams, and field sampling using scuba diving. Education PhD student Biology, Université Laval, Québec (QC) Canada Dissertation: Impact of the invasive seaweed Codium fragile on eelgrass beds. Advisors: Chris W. McKindsey (Department of Fisheries and Oceans), and Ladd E. Johnson (Université Laval) MSc Renewable resources, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi (QC) Canada Dissertation: Comparison of invertebrate communities between lakes with fish present and natural fishless lakes. Advisors: Pascal Sirois (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), and Philippe Archambault (Université du Québec à Rimouski) BSc Biology Université Laval, Québec (QC) Canada Specialization in aquatic ecology Present 2006 1
Profesionnal experiences Biologist. Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Mont-Joli (QC) Dynamics of pest epibionts in shellfish aquaculture Biologist DFO, Îles-de-la-Madeleine(QC) Monitoring of the aquatic invasive species in marinas Reasearch assistant DFO, Îles-de-la-Madeleine(QC) Evaluating the risk associated to the transfer of sea scallop spat Reasearch assistant DFO, Îles-de-la-Madeleine(QC) Characterisation of lobster larvae deposition habitat Reasearch assistant DFO, Cascapedia Bay (QC) Impact of mussel farming on benthic habitat Reasearch assistant DFO, Îles-de-la-Madeleine (QC) Influence of sedimentation rate on scallop growth Reasearch assistant DFO, Cascapedia Bay (QC) Impact of mobile fishing gear on lobster habitat Reasearch assistant Université Laval, Havre-Saint-Pierre (QC) Effect of alga canopy on the recruitment of marine invertebrates 2010 2009 & 2010 2009 2006 2005 2001 Teaching experience & outreach Marine Ecosystems Lectures, Université Laval Marine ecology Field class, Université Laval Numerical Ecology Lectures, Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski Interdital communities Field class, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Limnology Laboratoties, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Nature-Guide, Explos-Nature, Grande-Bergeronne (QC) 2010 2008 & 2010 2008 2004 & 2006 2004 2001-2006 2
Publications Drouin A., McKindsey C.W. and Jonhson L.E. Detecting the impacts of notorious invaders: experiments vs. observations in the invasion of eelgrass meadows by the green seaweed Codium fragile.oecologia, In press Drouin A., McKindsey C.W. and Jonhson L.E. 2011. Higher abundance and diversity in faunal assemblages due to the invasion of Codium fragile ssp. fragile in eelgrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 424:105-117 Drouin A., Archambault, P. et Sirois P. 2011. Distinction of nektonic and benthic communities between fish-present (Salvelinus fontinalis) and natural fishless lakes. Boreal Environment Research, 16: 101-114 Drouin A., Sirois P. and Archambault P. 2009. Discriminating zooplankton communities in lakes with brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis and in fishless lakes. Ecoscience, 16: 271-281 Drouin A. and McKindsey C.W. 2007. QBRAT assessment: Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides case study. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS).Research document 2007/007. iv +30p Drouin A. 2006. Comparaison des communautés d invertébrés entre les lacs avec et sans omble de fontaine (Salvelinus fontinalis). M.Sc. thesis. x +95p Drouin A., Sirois P. and Archambault P. 2006. Ensemencement des lacs sans poissons : Effet de l omble de fontaine (Salvelinus fontinalis) sur la structure des communautés d invertébrés et d amphibiens en forêt boréale. Rapport technique canadien des sciences halieutiques et aquatiques 2628 : vii + 41p Drouin A., Sirois P. and Archambault P. 2005. Contribution des lacs sans poissons à la biodiversité. Rapport pour la Fondation de la faune du Québec. 38p Oral presentations Drouin A., McKindsey C.W., and Jonhson L.E. 2011. Evaluating the impacts of the invasive green seaweed Codium fragile in eelgrass meadows: observational vs. manipulative experiments. Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM), Mobile (AL) USA 3
Drouin A., McKindsey C.W., and Johnson L.E. 2009. Effets de l algue envahissante Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides sur la zostère marine (Zostera marina). Forum québécois en science de la mer, Rimouski (QC) Drouin A., McKindsey C.W., and Johnson L.E. 2008. Effects of the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides on epifauna associated with the native plant Zostera marina. 37th Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM), Providence (RI) USA Drouin A. and McKindsey C.W. 2006. QBRAT assessment : Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides case study. Quantitative Biological Risk Assessment Tool (QBRAT). Centre of Expertise for Aquatic Risk Assessment (CEARA), Ottawa (ON). Invited workshop Drouin A., Sirois P. and Archambault P. 2006. Comparaison des communautés d invertébrés entre des lacs avec et sans omble de fontaine (Salvelinus fontinalis). Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Mont-Joli (QC) Drouin A. and Archambault P. 2005. Integrating natural variability in experimental designs in order to detect human perturbations. 1er Colloque régional de la recherche sur les ressources renouvelables, Saguenay (QC) on the structure of zooplanktonic, nektonic and benthic communities of Boreal Shield lakes. 90th annual meeting Ecological Society of America (ESA), Montréal (QC) on the structure of invertebrate communities in the pelagic and littoral zones of the Boreal Shield lakes. 19ième Conférence des étudiants chercheurs en recherche forestière (CONFOR), Québec (QC) on the structure of invertebrate communities in the littoral zone of Boreal Shield lakes. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Windsor (ON) Poster session Drouin A., McKindsey C.W. and Jonhson L.E. 2011. Impacts of the invasive green seaweed Codium fragile in eelgrass meadows: observations vs. experiments. Canadian Aquatitic Invasive Species Network (CAISN), Annual General Meeting & Conferences, Quebec (QC) 4
Drouin A, McKindsey C.W., and Johnson L.E. 2009. Effects of Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides on eelgrass beds. Sixth international conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Portland (OR) USA Drouin A., McKindsey C.W., and Johnson L.E. 2009. Does Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides modify invertebrate communities in eelgrass meadows? Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN), Annual General Meeting & Conferences, Halifax (NS) Internships and workshops PhD internship. Impacts of the invasive red seaweed Heterosiphonia japonica on New England seaweed assemblages. Northeastern University, Marine Science Center, Nahant MA, USA. Advisor: Matthew Bracken. 23 May 23 October 2011 Session about experimental design (Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, University of Pisa), PRIMER-6 component (Robert Clarke, Plymouth Marine Laboratory), and a component on multivariate analogues of analysis of variance for higher-way designs (PERMANOVA+ component) (Marti J. Anderson, University of Auckland). University of Bologna, Italy, 3-14 March 2008 Session on Approaches to risk analysis and methods for aquatic invasive species. Centre of Expertise for Aquatic Risk Assessment (CEARA). Burlington (ON), 21-23 June 2006 MSc internship. Impact of selenium contamination on insect larvae asymmetry, Freshwater Institute, DFO, Winnipeg (MN). Advisor: Cheryl Podemski. 1 March 15 April 2005 Grants Fonds québécois de recherche sur la nature et les technologies International fellowship, PhD Fonds québécois de recherche sur la nature et les technologies PhD sholarship Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability PhD scholarship Bourse Habitat faunique MSc scholarchip 2011 2007-2009 2007 2004 5