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519

Gaston Desrosiers publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gaston Desrosiers sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 95 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Gaston Desrosiers D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gaston Desrosiers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gaston Desrosiers was affiliated with Université du Québec à Rimouski in Canada. Their research spanned various areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a particular focus on aquatic ecosystems and marine biology.

The scholar contributed to research in these main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

They also specialized in several subfields related to these broader disciplines, including:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography

Desrosiers' work centered on specific topics within marine and aquatic ecology. Their primary areas of study included:

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Their documented publication record includes recent scholarly output such as:

  • Influence of Suspended Mussel Aquaculture and an Associated Invasive Ascidian on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities, 2022, published in Water

Desrosiers collaborated frequently with several coauthors during their career. These included:

  • Lisa Robichaud
  • Philippe Archambault
  • Christopher W. McKindsey

Their work appeared in venues focused on environmental and aquatic sciences, with at least one known publication in the journal Water.

Best Publications

  • The functional group approach to bioturbation: II. The effects of the Macoma balthica community on fluxes of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon across the sediment-water interface

    Emma Michaud;Gaston Desrosiers;Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Bjorn Sundby;Bjorn Sundby

  • MACRO-INVERTEBRATE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS IN FRESHWATER AND MARINE SEDIMENTS: A COMMON MECHANISTIC CLASSIFICATION

    Magali Gérino;Georges Stora;Frédérique François-Carcaillet;Franck Gilbert

  • The functional group approach to bioturbation: The effects of biodiffusers and gallery-diffusers of the Macoma balthica community on sediment oxygen uptake

    Emma Michaud;Gaston Desrosiers;Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Bjorn Sundby

  • Sedimentation rates in a suspended mussel farm (Great-Entry Lagoon, Canada): biodeposit production and dispersion

    Myriam D. Callier;Andréa M. Weise;Christopher W. McKindsey;Gaston Desrosiers

  • Size spectra, body width and morphotypes of intertidal nematodes: an ecological interpretation

    G Tita;Magda Vincx;G Desrosiers

  • Effects of temperature on in vitro sediment reworking processes by a gallery biodiffusor, the polychaete Neanthes virens

    Daniel Ouellette;Gaston Desrosiers;Jean-Pierre Gagne;Franck Gilbert

  • Evaluation of indicators used to detect mussel farm influence on the benthos: Two case studies in the Magdalen Islands, Eastern Canada

    Myriam D. Callier;Myriam D. Callier;Christopher W. McKindsey;Christopher W. McKindsey;Gaston Desrosiers

  • Sediment reworking by marine benthic species from the Gullmar Fjord (Western Sweden): Importance of faunal biovolume

    Franck Gilbert;Stefan Hulth;Vincent Grossi;Jean-Christophe Poggiale

  • Predation and sediment disturbance effects of the intertidal polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) on associated meiofaunal assemblages.

    G Tita;G Desrosiers;Magda Vincx;C Nozais

  • Multi-scale spatial variations in benthic sediment geochemistry and macrofaunal communities under a suspended mussel culture

    Myriam D. Callier;Christopher W. McKindsey;Gaston Desrosiers

  • Influence of macroinvertebrates on physico‐chemical and microbial processes in hyporheic sediments

    Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Jean-Paul Gaudet;Magali Gérino;Gaston Desrosiers

  • Responses of benthic macrofauna and biogeochemical fluxes to various levels of mussel biodeposition: an in situ "benthocosm" experiment.

    Myriam D. Callier;Marion Richard;Marion Richard;Christopher W. McKindsey;Christopher W. McKindsey;Philippe Archambault

  • Population structure of two northern hemisphere polychaetes, Neanthes virens and Hediste diversicolor (Nereididae), with different life-history traits

    S. Breton;F. Dufresne;G. Desrosiers;P. U. Blier

  • Influence of suspended mussel lines on the biogeochemical fluxes in adjacent water in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec, Canada)

    Marion Richard;Philippe Archambault;Gérard Thouzeau;Gaston Desrosiers

  • Summer influence of 1 and 2 yr old mussel cultures on benthic fluxes in Grande-Entrée lagoon, Iles-de-la-Madeleine (Québec, Canada)

    Marion Richard;Philippe Archambault;Gérard Thouzeau;Gaston Desrosiers

  • Influence of suspended scallop cages and mussel lines on pelagic and benthic biogeochemical fluxes in Havre-aux-Maisons Lagoon, Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec, Canada)

    Marion Richard;Philippe Archambault;Gérard Thouzeau;Chris W McKindsey

  • Assessment of the spatial variability of intertidal benthic communities by axial tomodensitometry: importance of fine-scale heterogeneity

    Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Sabrina Marie;Gaston Desrosiers;Bernard Long

  • Use of axial tomography to follow temporal changes of benthic communities in an unstable sedimentary environment (Baie des Ha! Ha!, Saguenay Fjord)

    Emma Michaud;Gaston Desrosiers;Bernard Long;Laure de Montety

  • Relative influence of bioturbation and predation on organic matter processing in river sediments: a microcosm experiment

    Florian Mermillod-Blondin;Jean-Paul Gaudet;Magali Gerino;Gaston Desrosiers

  • Trophic structure of macrobenthos in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the Scotian Shelf

    G Desrosiers;C Savenkoff;M Olivier;G Stora

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Mermillod-Blondin
Florian Mermillod-Blondin Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Franck Gilbert
Franck Gilbert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Philippe Archambault
Philippe Archambault Université Laval
Magda Vincx
Magda Vincx Ghent University
Jean-Christophe Poggiale
Jean-Christophe Poggiale Aix-Marseille University
Jacques Locat
Jacques Locat Université Laval
Bjørn Sundby
Bjørn Sundby McGill University
Alfonso Mucci
Alfonso Mucci McGill University
S. Kim Juniper
S. Kim Juniper University of Victoria
Michel Gosselin
Michel Gosselin Université du Québec à Rimouski

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