Rénald Belley, Biologist

Biologist

Biologist mollusks

Current research and/or projects

I am biologist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Maurice Lamontagne Institute) working on mollusks (Sea Scallop, Icelandic Scallop and Stimpson's Surfclam). I am also interested in the role of benthic biodiversity on ecosystem functioning, and the impact of aquaculture and hypoxia on benthic communities.

 

Research and/or project statements

  • Scallops stock assessment
  • Stimpson's Surfclam stock assessment

Professional activities / interests

  • Statistics
  • Biodiversity
  • Benthic
  • Ecosystem functionning

Education and awards

PhD in Biology, Memorial University, 2016

Key publications

Belley R, Snelgrove PVR (2017) The role of infaunal functional and species diversity in short-term response of contrasting benthic communities to an experimental food pulse. Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology 491: 38-50

 

Lush L, Costa I, Marshall K, Perez-Casanova JC, Belley R, Hamoutene D (2017) Effects of acidic pH on wild, farmed, and F1 hybrid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2017-0006

 

Salvo F, Mersereau J, Hamoutene D, Dufour SC, Belley R (2017) Spatial and temporal changes in epibenthic communities at deep, hard bottom aquaculture sites in Newfoundland. Ecological Indicators 76: 207-218

 

Hamoutene D, Salvo F, Belley R, Lush L, Hendry C, Marshall K (2017) An evaluation of benthic monitoring baseline assessments completed as part of the regulatory requirements for aquaculture finfish site applications on the South Coast of Newfoundland. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

 

Belley R, Snelgrove PVR (2016) Relative contributions of biodiversity and environment to benthic ecosystem functioning. Frontiers in Marine Science 3(242). DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00242

 

Belley R, Snelgrove PVR, Archambault P, Juniper, SK (2016) Environmental drivers of benthic flux variation and ecosystem functioning in Salish Sea and Northeast Pacific sediments. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0151110

 

Hamoutene D, Mitchell JS, Murray H, Eaves A, Marshall K, Belley R, George S (2016) The effect of light regimen on settlement patterns of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, on Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, post-smolts while taking into account fish size and fin erosion in a static tank system. Aquaculture 465: 1-6

 

Belley R, Archambault P, Sundby B, Gilbert F, Gagnon JM (2010) Effects of hypoxia on benthic macrofauna and bioturbation in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Continental Shelf Research 30: 1302-1313