Dr. Guillaume Rieucau

Dr Guillaume

Associate Professor
[email protected]
985-223-7421

Rieucau Lab Website | ResearchGate

Education

  • Ph.D., 2010, Biology, Université du Québec à Montréal
  • M.S., 2005, Biology, Université du Québec à Montréal
  • M.S., 2002, Populations and Ecosystems Biology, Université Paul Sabatier
  • B.A., 2001, Organisms and Populations Biology, Université Paul Sabatier

Research Interests

  • Behavioral ecology in marine and estuarine environments
  • Fish collective behavior
  • Ecology, evolution, and mechanisms of gregarious behavior
  • Predator-prey interactions
  • Ecology of fear
  • Behavioral responses to environmental and anthropogenic perturbations
  • Marine acoustics
  • Use of computer-generated animations and video playback in the study of behavior

Current Projects

  • Functions and mechanisms of fish collective behavior in dynamic environments
  • Information transfer in fish schools
  • Role of behavior in structuring nektonic communities and trophic interactions
  • Mapping the “Landscape of Fear” in marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Use of behavioral responses of aquatic organisms as bioindicators in impact studies
  • Forecasting aggregative dynamics of ecologically and economically important species using behavior-based models

Selected Publications

  • Johnsen E., Rieucau G., Ona E. & Skaret G. Collective structures anchor massive lesser sandeel schools to the seabed increasing vulnerability to fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 573: 229-236.
  • Handegard N.O., Holmin A.J. & Rieucau G. 2017. Method to observe large scale behavioural waves spanning entire fish schools using 4D sonar. ICES Journal of Marine Science 4: 804-812.
  • Rieucau G., et al. 2016. School-level structural and dynamic adjustments to risk promote information transfer and collective evasion in herring. Animal Behaviour 117: 69-78.
  • Rieucau G., Doksæter Sivle L. & Handegard N.O. 2016. Schooling herring perform stronger collective anti-predator reactions when previously exposed to killer whales calls. Behavioral Ecology 27: 538-544.
  • Rieucau G., et al. 2015. Towards a firmer explanation of large shoal formation, maintenance and collective reactions in marine fish. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 25:25-37.
  • Rieucau G., et al. 2014. Experimental evidence of threat-sensitive collective avoidance responses in a large wild-caught herring school. PLoS ONE 9: e86726.