Professor
Biologie Department
Université Laval
Scientific co-director of ArcticNet
Board Member of Québec Océan
Member of Takuvik International Joint Research Unit
BIOS² co-PI
Email : philippe.archambault@bio.ulaval.ca
Personal websites : ULaval, Takuvik, ArcticKelp
Expertises
- Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
- Impacts of global changes on marine ecosystems
- Impact of multiple stressors
- Benthic invertebrates
- Arctic
- Disturbance ecology
- Interaction between aquaculture and the environment
Research interests
I am interested in the relationship between environmental and anthropogenic disturbances and how they affect biodiversity and the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. My research on ecological disturbances is conducted in the Canadian Arctic, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and overseas, from the intertidal zone to the deep sea. More specifically, I study the effects of multiple stressors (e.g., changes in temperature and salinity, decreased ice cover, increased organic matter, etc.) on benthic invertebrates and their functioning. I am trying to answer this question based on experience and direct field measurements in the Arctic. I am also conducting spatial modelling to better understand the future distribution of species such as macroalgae (https://www.arctickelp.ca/about) in a changing Arctic. Research results are used to develop informed management of our ecosystems.