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Pierre Boudry is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily focuses on aquaculture species, with significant contributions to genetics, aquatic science, and environmental science. The scientist has a strong presence in the study of marine bivalves and aquaculture, with extensive work covering aquaculture nutrition and growth.

Their publication record includes work in leading scientific venues, notably:

  • Aquaculture
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Aquatic Living Resources
  • Aquaculture International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Boudry's research spans several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aquatic Science
  • Genetics
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology

Key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Current status and potential of genomic selection to improve selective breeding in the main aquaculture species of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) member countries," 2021, Aquaculture Reports
  • "Sustainable large-scale production of European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) seed for ecological restoration and aquaculture: a review," 2021, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • "Forty questions of importance to the policy and practice of native oyster reef restoration in Europe," 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "NORA moving forward: Developing an oyster restoration network in Europe to support the Berlin Oyster Recommendation," 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "Potential of genomic selection for growth, meat content and colour traits in mixed-family breeding designs for the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas," 2023, Aquaculture

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Boudry include:

  • Lionel Dégremont
  • Pierrick Haffray
  • Romain Morvezen
  • Bérenger Colsoul
  • Grégory Charrier

This body of work demonstrates a consistent engagement with issues related to aquaculture sustainability, genetic improvement of species, and the ecological aspects of marine invertebrate management, particularly oysters and other bivalves.

Best Publications

  • Immune-suppression by OsHV-1 viral infection causes fatal bacteraemia in Pacific oysters

    de Lorgeril J;Lucasson A;Petton B;Toulza E

  • High variance in reproductive success of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas, Thunberg) revealed by microsatellite-based parentage analysis of multifactorial crosses

    P Boudry;B Collet;F Cornette;F Cornette;V Hervouet;V Hervouet

  • The origin and evolution of weed beets: consequences for the breeding and release of herbicide-resistant transgenic sugar beets.

    P. Boudry;M. Mörchen;P. Saumitou-Laprade;Ph. Vernet

  • Genome-wide identification of regulatory RNAs in the human pathogen Clostridium difficile.

    Olga A. Soutourina;Olga A. Soutourina;Marc Monot;Pierre Boudry;Pierre Boudry;Laure Saujet;Laure Saujet

  • Genetically based resistance to summer mortality in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and its relationship with physiological, immunological characteristics and infection processes

    J.F. Samain;L. Dégremont;P. Soletchnik;J. Haure

  • Mytilin B and MGD2, two antimicrobial peptides of marine mussels: gene structure and expression analysis.

    Guillaume Mitta;Florence Hubert;Elisabeth A. Dyrynda;Pierre Boudry

  • Summer mortality of hatchery-produced Pacific oyster spat (Crassostrea gigas). I. Estimation of genetic parameters for survival and growth

    Lionel Dégremont;Bruno Ernande;Edouard Bédier;Pierre Boudry

  • Geographic Structure in the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) as Revealed by Microsatellite Polymorphism

    S. Launey;C. Ledu;P. Boudry;F. Bonhomme

  • Genetic diversity and gene flow between wild, cultivated and weedy forms of Beta vulgaris L. (Chenopodiaceae), assessed by RFLP and microsatellite markers

    B. Desplanque;P. Boudry;K. Broomberg;P. Saumitou-Laprade

  • Differentiation between populations of the Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata (Lamark) and the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), revealed by mtDNA RFLP analysis

    Pierre Boudry;Serge Heurtebise;Bertrand Collet;Florence Cornette

  • Temperature influence on pathogen transmission and subsequent mortalities in juvenile Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas

    Bruno Petton;Fabrice Pernet;René Robert;Pierre Boudry

  • Increasing genomic information in bivalves through new EST collections in four species: Development of new genetic markers for environmental studies and genome evolution

    Arnaud Tanguy;Nicolas Bierne;Carlos Saavedra;Benjamin Pina

  • Generation and analysis of a 29,745 unique Expressed Sequence Tags from the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) assembled into a publicly accessible database: the GigasDatabase

    Elodie Fleury;Arnaud Huvet;Christophe Lelong;Julien de Lorgeril

  • Ostreid herpes virus 1 infection in families of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, during a summer mortality outbreak: Differences in viral DNA detection and quantification using real-time PCR

    Christopher Sauvage;Jean François Pépin;Sylvie Lapègue;Pierre Boudry

  • The identification of genes from the oyster Crassostrea gigas that are differentially expressed in progeny exhibiting opposed susceptibility to summer mortality

    Arnaud Huvet;Lionel Degremont;Yannick Labreuche;Jean-Yves Daniel

  • Relative importance of family, site, and field placement timing on survival, growth, and yield of hatchery-produced Pacific oyster spat (Crassostrea gigas)

    Lionel Dégremont;Edouard Bédier;Patrick Soletchnik;Michel Ropert

  • Factors influencing disease-induced mortality of Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas

    Bruno Petton;Pierre Boudry;Marianne Alunno-Bruscia;Fabrice Pernet

  • Plasticity in resource allocation based life history traits in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. I. Spatial variation in food abundance

    B. Ernande;P. Boudry;J. Clobert;J. Haure

  • Summer mortality of hatchery-produced Pacific oyster spat (Crassostrea gigas). II. Response to selection for survival and its influence on growth and yield

    Lionel Dégremont;Edouard Bédier;Pierre Boudry

  • Assortative fertilization and selection at larval stage in the mussels Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis.

    Nicolas Bierne;Patrice David;Pierre Boudry;Françlois Bonhomme

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier
Bruno Ernande
Bruno Ernande French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Nicolas Bierne
Nicolas Bierne University of Montpellier
Tristan Renault
Tristan Renault French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Chris Haley
Chris Haley University of Edinburgh
Stephane Pouvreau
Stephane Pouvreau French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Philippe Soudant
Philippe Soudant French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Christophe Lambert
Christophe Lambert French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Marc Vandeputte
Marc Vandeputte University of Paris-Saclay

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