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Louis Fortier

Louis Fortier

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
10441
World Ranking
2238
National Ranking
147

Overview

Louis Fortier was affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science throughout their career. Their research spanned several subfields, primarily focusing on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

The scientist worked on multiple topics related to Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, ocean acidification effects and responses, fish ecology and management studies, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Louis Fortier published in several academic venues with multiple contributions to the following journals:

  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Earth System Science Data
  • Polar Biology
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Science Advances

Some of their recent papers included:

  • "Arctic mid-winter phytoplankton growth revealed by autonomous profilers," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Green Edge ice camp campaigns: understanding the processes controlling the under-ice Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom," 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • "The importance of Calanus glacialis for the feeding success of young polar cod: a circumpolar synthesis," 2020, Polar Biology
  • "Life in the fast lane: Revisiting the fast growth-High survival paradigm during the early life stages of fishes," 2023, Fish and Fisheries
  • "Contrasting pelagic ecosystem functioning in eastern and western Baffin Bay revealed by trophic network modeling," 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Frequent collaborators of Louis Fortier included Catherine Lalande, Gérald Darnis, Makoto Sampei, Marcel Babin, and Claudie Marec.

Best Publications

  • Compulsive buying: Concept and measurement

    Gilles Valence;Alain d'Astous;Louis Fortier

  • Selection for fast growth during the larval life of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua on the Scotian shelf

    Meekan Mg;Fortier L

  • Arctic Ocean warming contributes to reduced polar ice cap

    Igor V. Polyakov;Leonid A. Timokhov;Vladimir A. Alexeev;Sheldon Bacon

  • Contribution of under‐ice primary production to an ice‐edge upwelling phytoplankton bloom in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

    C. J. Mundy;Michel Gosselin;Jens Ehn;Yves Gratton

  • Export of biogenic carbon to fish and to the deep ocean: the role of large planktonic microphages

    Louis Fortier;Jacques Le Fèvre;Louis Legendre

  • Climatic and biological forcing of the vertical flux of biogenic particles under seasonal Arctic sea ice

    Martin Fortier;Louis Fortier;Christine Michel;Louis Legendre

  • Vertical migrations and transport of larval fish in a partially mixed estuary

    L. Fortier;W. C. Leggett

  • Climate forcing multiplies biological productivity in the coastal Arctic Ocean

    J.-É. Tremblay;S. Bélanger;D. G. Barber;M. Asplin

  • Timing of reproductive events in the marine copepod Calanus glacialis: a pan-Arctic perspective

    Malin Daase;Stig Falk-Petersen;Stig Falk-Petersen;Øystein Varpe;Øystein Varpe;Gerald Darnis

  • Summer diet of beluga whales inferred by fatty acid analysis of the eastern Beaufort Sea food web

    L.L. Loseto;G.A. Stern;G.A. Stern;T.L. Connelly;D. Deibel

  • Fickian Transport and the Dispersal of Fish Larvae in Estuaries

    L. Fortier;W. C. Leggett

  • Biogenic carbon flows through the planktonic food web of the Amundsen Gulf (Arctic Ocean): A synthesis of field measurements and inverse modeling analyses

    Alexandre Forest;Jean-Éric Tremblay;Yves Gratton;Johannie Martin

  • The Changing Climate of the Arctic

    D. G. Barber;J. V. Lukovich;J. Keogak;S. Baryluk

  • Current state and trends in Canadian Arctic marine ecosystems: II. Heterotrophic food web, pelagic-benthic coupling, and biodiversity

    Gérald Darnis;Dominique Robert;Corinne Pomerleau;Heike Link

  • Optimal foraging and density-dependent competition in marine fish larvae

    L. Fortier;RP Harris

  • Copepod production drives recruitment in a marine fish

    Martin CastonguayM. Castonguay;Martin CastonguayM. Castonguay;Stéphane PlourdeS. Plourde;Stéphane PlourdeS. Plourde;Dominique RobertD. Robert;Dominique RobertD. Robert;Jeffrey A. RungeJ.A. Runge;Jeffrey A. RungeJ.A. Runge

  • Particulate organic carbon fluxes on the slope of the Mackenzie Shelf (Beaufort Sea): Physical and biological forcing of shelf-basin exchanges

    Alexandre Forest;Makoto Sampei;Hiroshi Hattori;Ryosuke Makabe

  • Seasonal modification of the Arctic Ocean intermediate water layer off the eastern Laptev Sea continental shelf break

    Igor A. Dmitrenko;Sergey A. Kirillov;Vladimir V. Ivanov;Vladimir V. Ivanov;Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Visual predators and the diel vertical migration of copepods under Arctic sea ice during the midnight sun

    Martin Fortier;Louis Fortier;Hiroshi Hattori;Hiroaki Saito

  • Linking mercury exposure to habitat and feeding behaviour in Beaufort Sea beluga whales

    L.L. Loseto;G.A. Stern;G.A. Stern;D. Deibel;T.L. Connelly

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre Université Paris Cité
Yves Gratton
Yves Gratton Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
David G. Barber
David G. Barber University of Manitoba
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Jean-Éric Tremblay Université Laval
Michel Gosselin
Michel Gosselin Université du Québec à Rimouski
Stig Falk-Petersen
Stig Falk-Petersen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Simon Bélanger
Simon Bélanger Université du Québec à Rimouski
Marcel Babin
Marcel Babin Université Laval
Philippe Archambault
Philippe Archambault Université Laval
Janne E. Søreide
Janne E. Søreide University Centre in Svalbard

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