Education

Ph.D., Oceanography, Université du Québec à Rimouski / Université Laval

Research interests

Since my PhD, my research focusses on the interactions between the zooplankton and its physical environement, by the mean of numerical modeling.

My current project is part of an NSF funded GLOBEC pan-regional synthesis entitled "Life histories of species in the genus Calanus in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans and responses to climate forcing". I specifically use individual-based numerical models to study the control of the diapause by the lipid metabolism in Calanus finmarchicus. Essential to allow this species to thrive in its highly seasonal environment, the diapause phase of its life cycle could be criticaly sensitive to changing climate in the Gulf of Maine.

This work is done with Dr. Jeffrey Runge and Dr. Andy Pershing in the Ecosystem Modeling Lab at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.

 

Publications

• Plourde S, Maps F, Joly P 2009 Mortality and survival in early stages control recruitment in Calanus finmarchicus. J Plankton Res, 31(4):371-388

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• Maps F, Plourde S, Zakardjian B 2009 The control of dormancy by the lipid metabolism in Calanus finmarchicus: a population model test. Revised version submitted to Mar Ecol Prog Ser.
• Maps F, Runge JA, Zakardjian B, Joly P 2005 Egg production and hatching success of Temora longicornis (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 285:117-128

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Grants

• 2002 to 2003 — 16555.00 — Government of Canada Awards Program Scholarship from Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
• 2005 to 2007 — 42000.00 — Postgraduate Scholarship from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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