Ellen Kenchington, PhD
Le rôle du Dr Kenchington est de fournir des conseils scientifiques sur les questions liées aux espèces et aux habitats benthiques à l'échelle nationale et internationale. Ses recherches portent sur l'écologie benthique du plateau et des talus continentaux, la biodiversité, les impacts de la pêche et des changements climatiques sur les communautés benthiques et la génétique des populations d'organismes marins. Les résultats de ses recherches contribuent à l'identification des écosystèmes marins vulnérables (EMV), des zones d'importance écologique ou biologique (EBSA), à la sélection et à la conception des aires marines protégées et aux pratiques de pêche durables.
Recherche et / ou projets en cours
En tant qu’écologiste du milieu benthique, la scientifique Ellen Kenchington étudie les organismes qui vivent sur le fond sous-marin et dans le fond sous-marin. Ses travaux de recherche visent à nous permettre de mieux comprendre les liens qui unissent ces organismes aux sédiments et à la structure du plancher océanique sur lequel on les trouve, de même que les liens aux masses d’eau qui les recouvrent et qui pourraient influencer leur répartition. Elle mène ses travaux de recherche principalement sur les plateaux et les talus continentaux et dans les profondeurs océaniques pouvant atteindre 3000 mètres ou plus. La recherche s’appuie sur la cartographie des habitats sur une grande échelle, la cartographie des fonds sous-marins et les caractéristiques des masses d’eau, afin d’être en mesure de prévoir la répartition des organismes importants pour l’écosystème marin, tel que les lits de coraux et d’éponges de haute mer. Sur le plan intérieur, elle a fourni les données scientifiques qui sous-tendent la Politique de gestion de l'impact de la pêche sur les zones benthiques vulnérables et a permis d’établir la toute première fermeture de zone en vertu de cette politique. Elle a récemment travaillé en vue de mettre en œuvre des sites de surveillance de la biodiversité benthique dans l’Arctique canadien pour appuyer le Plan circumpolaire de surveillance de la biodiversité du Conseil de l’Arctique et elle a également travaillé en vue de cartographier la répartition des espèces benthiques dans le nord-ouest de l’Atlantique.
Regardez-la expliquer son travail, qui vise à mieux comprendre les organismes qui vivent dans les eaux des grands fonds.
Énoncés de recherches/projets
- DFO Competitive Science Research Fund (CSRF), Ecological Assessment of Significant Adverse Impacts of Fishing in NAFO (2021-2024).
- EU Horizon 2020 Project, Call H2020-BG-2018-2: BG-08-2018-2019 (Scope B) Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time. Grant agreement ID: 818123. H2020-EU.3.2.5.2. - Develop the potential of marine resources through an integrated approach H2020-EU.3.2.5.1. - Climate change impact on marine ecosystems and maritime economy; (~16.5 M CDN); Co-ordinator Prof. J.M. Roberts, University of Edinburgh. Case Study Leader (Area 4) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/818123
Activités professionnelles / intérêts
La Dre Kenchington est honorée d'avoir été sélectionnée pour une affiche Women in STEM https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/posters/
-provision des avis scientifiques à l'appui de la politique nationale et internationale sur les écosystèmes des fonds marins et de la biodiversité
-offshore écologie benthique avec un accent sur les étagères et les talus continentaux
-Incidence de la pêche
-Mission internationale d'exploration des grands fonds marins
Prix et études
Diplômes:
- PhD (1987), Tasmania
- MSc (1983), Dalhousie
- BSc (1981), Dalhousie/King's College
Expérience et / ou de travail international
Membre du comité scientifique du CIEM (Canada) 2017-2023
Liens additionnels
Nos scientifiques – d'un océan à l'autre - Ellen Kenchington (YouTube)
Femmes en STIM Affiche https://femmesenstim.ingeniumcanada.org/portfolio-item/ellen-kenchington/
Principales publications
2020-2023
PUBLICATIONS SÉLECTIONNÉES (hors certaines publications techniques)
2023 Publications
Roberts, J.M., C. Devey, A. Biastoch, M. Carreiro-Silva, T. Dohna, B. Dorschel, V. Gunn, V. Huvenne, D. Johnson, D. Jollivet, E. Kenchington, K. Larkin, M. Matabos, T. Morato, M.S. Naumann, C. Orejas, J.A.A. Perez, S.A. Ragnarsson, A.J. Smit, A. Sweetman, S. Unger, B. BOTELER & L-A. Henry, 2023. A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 4 (12):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00645-w
VENNEY, C.J., H. CAYUELA, C., C. ROUGEUX, M. Laporte, C. MÉrot, E. Normandeau, M. Leitwein, Y. Dorant, K. Praebel, E. Kenchington, M. ClÉment, P. Sirois, L. Bernatchez, 2022. Genome-wide DNA methylation predicts environmentally-driven life history variation in a marine fish. Evolution, 2023, XX(XX), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpac028
Xavier, J.R., S.A. Pomponi & E.L. Kenchington, 2023. Editorial: Deep-sea sponge ecosystems: Knowledge-based approach towards sustainable management and conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1132451. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1132451
2022 Publications
Busch, K., B. M. Slaby, W. Bach, A. Boetius, I. Clefsen, A. Colaço, M. Creemers, J. Cristobo, L. Federwisch, A. Franke, A. Gavrilidou, A. Hethke, E. Kenchington, F. Mienis, S. Mills, A. Riesgo, P. Ríos, E. M. Roberts, D. Sipkema, L. Pita, P. J. Schupp, J. Xavier, H. T. Rapp, & U. Hentschel, 2022. Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome. Nature Communications (published online 02 September 2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32684-4
Dickey-Collas, M., J.S. Link, P. Snelgrove, J.M. Roberts, M.R. Anderson, E. Kenchington, A. Bundy, M.M. Brady, R.L. Shuford, H. Townsend, A. Rindorf, M.A. Rudd, D. Johnson & E. Johannesen, 2022. Exploring ecosystem-based management in the North Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology 101:342-350. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15168
FENG, T., R.E. STANLEY, Y. WU, E. KENCHINGTON, J. XU & E. HORNE, 2022. A high-resolution 3-D circulation model in a complex archipelago on the coastal Scotian Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans127(3): e2021JC017791 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017791
Jacobs, K., M. Bouchard Marmen, B. Rincón, B. MacDonald, C. Lirette, O. Gibb, M. Treble & E. Kenchington, 2022. Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the Disko Fan and Hatton Basin Conservation Areas. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3487, vii + 86 p.
KENCHINGTON, E., LIRETTE, C., TREBLE, M., & K. JACOBS, 2022. Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Megafauna in the Disko Fan Conservation Area. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3499: v + 75 p. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2022/mpo-dfo/Fs97-6-3487-eng.pdf
STEFFEN, K., A. A. G. INDRANINGRAT, I. ERNGREN, J. HAGLÖF, L. E. BECKING, H. SMIDT, I. YASHAYAEV, E. KENCHINGTON, C. PETTERSSON, P. CÁRDENAS & D. SIPKEMA, 2022. Oceanographic setting influences the prokaryotic community and metabolome in deep-sea sponges. Nature Scientific Reports 12:3356. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07292-3
WANG, S., F.J. MURILLO, & E. KENCHINGTON, 2022. Climate-change refugia for the bubblegum coral Paragorgia arborea in the northwest Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 863693 https://doi/10.3389/fmars.2022.863693
2021 Publications
BEAZLEY, L., E. KENCHINGTON, M. KORABIK, D. FENTON & M. KING, 2021. Other effective area-based conservation measure promotes recovery in a cold-water coral reef. Global Ecology and Conservation 26, e01485. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421000354
Blasiak, R., Kenchington, E. (joint conveners), Arrieta, J.M., Bermúdez-Monsalve, J.R., Calumpong. H. (co-lead member), Changwei, S., chiba, s. (lead member), Dionisi, H., Garcia-Soto, C. (co-lead member), Vieira, H. & Wawrik, B. Chapter 23. Developments in the exploration for and use of marine genetic resources. In: The Second World Ocean Assessment, World Ocean Assessment II. Volume II. United Nations (ed.), United Nations, New York, USA, pp. 363-380.
BOUCHARD MARMEN, M., B. ODENTHAL, F.J. MURILLO, G. TOMPKINS, E. BAKER, A. SAVARD-DROUIN, W. WALKUSZ, T. SIFERD, & E. KENCHINGTON, 2021. Sponges from the 2010-2014 Paamiut Multispecies Trawl Surveys, Eastern Arctic and Subarctic: Class Demospongiae, Subclass Heteroscleromorpha, Order Poecilosclerida, Families Mycalidae and Isodictyidae. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3452: v + 60 p.
Combes, M., S. Vaz, A. Grehan, T. Morato, S. Arnaud-Haond, C. Dominguez-Carrió, A. Fox, J. M. González-Irusta, D. E. Johnson, O. Callery, A. J. Davies, L. Fauconnet, E. Kenchington, C. Orejas, J. M. Roberts, G. Taranto, L. Menot, 2021. Systematic conservation planning at an ocean basin scale: identifying a viable network of deep-sea protected areas in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Frontiers in Marine Science - Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology: Managing Deep-sea Ecosystems at Ocean Basin Scale. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:611358. https://doi.org//10.3389/fmars.2021.611358
Korabik, M., E. Baker, L. Beazley, S. Thompson, M. Bouchard Marmen & E. Kenchington, 2021. A Pictorial Guide to the Epibenthic Megafauna of the Lophelia Coral Conservation Area Identified from In Situ Benthic Images. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3430: v + 142 p. http://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/40961886.pdf
LIRETTE, C., E. KENCHINGTON, F.J. MURILLO, A.-L. DOWNIE, & A. KENNY, 2021. Biomass Estimates for Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the NAFO Regulatory Area. NAFO Scientific Council Research Documents 20/072, Serial No. N7150. 46 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13684.88963 https://www.nafo.int/Portals/0/PDFs/sc/2020/scr20-072.pdf
Maldonado, M., M. López-Acosta, K. Busch, B. M. Slaby, K. Bayer, L. Beazley, U. Hentschel, E. Kenchington & H.T. RapP, 2021. A microbial nitrogen engine modulated by bacteriosyncytia in hexactinellid sponges: Ecological implications for deep-sea communities. Frontiers in Marine Science - Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. Deep-sea Sponge Ecosystems: Knowledge-based Approach Towards Sustainable Management and Conservation Front. Mar. Sci. 8:638505. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.638505
Morato, T., C. K. Pham, L. Fauconnet, G. H. Taranto, G. CHIMIENTI, E. Cordes, C. Dominguez-Carrió, P. Durán Muñoz, H. Egilsdottir, J. M. González-Irusta, A. Grehan, D. Hebbeln, L.-A. Henry, E. Kenchington, L. Menot, T. Molodtsova, C. Orejas, B. Ramiro Sanchez, M. Ramos, J M. Roberts, L. Rodrigues, S. W. Ross, J. L. Rueda, M. DEL MAR SACAU CUADRADO, D. Stirling & M. Carreiro-Silva, 2021. North Atlantic basin-scale multi-criteria assessment database to inform effective management and protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, section Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology: Managing Deep-sea Ecosystems at Ocean Basin Scale; Data Report; Frontiers in Marine Science 8:637078. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.637078
TURNER, P.J., M. GIANNI, E. KENCHINGTON, S. VALANKO & D.E. JOHNSON, 2021. New scientific information can help to inform the evaluation of EU deep-sea fisheries regulations. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 36:1-20. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-bja10074
van Denderen, P.D., H. Holah, L.M. Robson, J.G. Hiddink, L. Menot, D. Pedreschi, G. Kazanidis, M. Llope, P.J. Turner, D. Stirling, F.J. Murillo, A. Kenny, N. Campbell, A.L. Allcock, A. Braga-Henriques, J.M. González-Irusta, G. Johnston, C. Orejas, A. Serrano, J.R. Xavier, P. Hopkins, E. Kenchington, E. Nixon & S. Valanko, 2021. A Policy-Based Framework for the Determination of Management Options to Protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems under the EU Deep-sea Access Regulations. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsab237, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab237
WANG, S.W., E. KENCHINGTON, Z. WANG & A.J. DAVIES, 2021. Life in the fast lane: Modeling the fate of glass sponge larvae in the Gulf Stream. Frontiers in Marine Science - Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. Deep-sea Sponge Ecosystems: Knowledge-based Approach Towards Sustainable Management and Conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:701218. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.701218
WURZ, E., L. BEAZLEY, B. MACDONALD, E. KENCHINGTON, H.T. RAPP & R. OSINGA, 2021. The hexactinellid deep-water sponge Vazella pourtalesii (Schmidt, 1870) copes with temporarily elevated concentrations of suspended natural sediment. Frontiers in Marine Science - Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. Deep-sea Sponge Ecosystems: Knowledge-based Approach Towards Sustainable Management and Conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:611539. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.611539
2020 Publications
BART, M.C., A. DE KLUIJVER, S. HOETJES, S. ABSALAH, B. MUELLER, E. KENCHINGTON, H.T. RAPP, & J.M. DE GOEIJ, 2020. Differential processing of dissolved and particulate organic matter by deep-sea sponges and their microbial symbionts. Nature Scientific Reports 10: 17515. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74670-0
BAYER, K., K. BUSCH, E. KENCHINGTON, L. BEAZLEY, S. FRANZENBURG, J. MICHELS, U. HENTSCHEL & B.M. SLABY, 2020. Microbial strategies for survival in the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii. mSystems 5(4): e00473-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00473-20
Beazley, L., E. Kenchington, F.J. Murillo, D. Brickman, Z. Wang, A.J. Davies, E.M. Roberts & H.T. Rapp, 2020. Climate change winner in the deep sea: Predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii. Marine Ecology Progress Series 657: 1-23. Feature Article. http://www.int-res.com/articles/feature/m657p001.pdf
BUSCH, K., L. BEAZLEY, E. KENCHINGTON, F. WHORISKEY, B. SLABY, & U. HENTSCHEL, 2020. Microbial diversity of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii in response to anthropogenic activities. Conservation Genetics 21: 1001–1010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01305-2
HANZ, U., L. BEAZLEY, E. KENCHINGTON, G. DUINEVELD, H.T. RAPP & F. MIENIS, 2020. Seasonal variability in near-bed environmental conditions in the Vazella pourtalesii glass sponge grounds of the Scotian Shelf. Frontiers in Marine Science - Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. Deep-sea Sponge Ecosystems: Knowledge-based Approach Towards Sustainable Management and Conservation 7:597682. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.597682
KAZANIDIS, G., C. OREJAS, A. BORJA, E. KENCHINGTON, L.-A. HENRY, O. CALLERY, M. CARREIRO-SILVA, H. EGILSDOTTIR, E. GIACOMELLO, A. GREHAN, L. MENOT, T. MORATO, S.A. RAGNARSSON, J. L. RUEDA, D. STIRLING, T. STRATMANN, D. VAN OEVELEN, A. PALIALEXIS, D. JOHNSON & J. M. ROBERTS, 2020. Assessing the environmental status of selected North Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems. Ecological Indicators https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106624 (online in press 17 Sept 2020).
Kenchington, T., D.E. Themelis, S.C. DeVaney & E. KENCHINGTON, 2020. The meso- and bathypelagic fishes in a large submarine canyon: assemblage structure of the principal species in The Gully Marine Protected Area. Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology, Managing Deep-sea Ecosystems at Ocean Basin Scale. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00181
KENCHINGTON, E., C. LIRETTE, F.J. MURILLO, A.-L. DOWNIE, A. KENNY, M. KOEN-ALONSO, M. SACAU CUADRADO, & H. MUNRO, 2020. Kernel Density Analysis and Mapping of Ecosystem Functions in the NAFO Regulatory Area. NAFO Scientific Council Research Documents 20/071, Serial No. N7149. 138 pp. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.19679.79521 https://www.nafo.int/Portals/0/PDFs/sc/2020/scr20-071.pdf
MALDONADO, M., L. BEAZLEY, M. LOPEZ-ACOSTA, E. KENCHINGTON, B. CASAULT, U. HANZ, & F. MIENIS, 2020. Massive silicate utilization facilitated by a benthic-pelagic coupled feedback sustains deep-sea sponge aggregations. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 366-391. https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.11610
MALDONADO, M., M. LOPEZ-ACOSTA, L. BEAZLEY, E. KENCHINGTON, V. KOUTSOUVELI & A. RIESGO, 2020. Cooperation between passive and active silicon transporters clarifies the ecophysiology and evolution of biosilicification in sponges. Science Advances 6 (28): eaba9322. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/28/eaba9322
Morato, T., J. M. González-Irusta, C. Dominguez-Carrió, C.-L. Wei, A. Davies, A.K. Sweetman, G.H. Taranto, L. Beazley, A. García-Alegre, A. Grehan, P. Laffargue, F.J. Murillo, M. Sacau, S. Vaz, E. Kenchington, S. Arnaud-Haond, O. Callery, G. Chimienti, E. Cordes, H. Egilsdottir, A. Freiwald, R. Gasbarro, C. Gutierrez-Zárate, M. Gianni, K. Gilkinson, V.E. Wareham Hayes, D. Hebbeln, K. Hedges, L.-A. Henry, D. Johnson, M. Koen-Alonso, C. Lirette, F. Mastrototaro, L. Menot, T. Molodtsova, P. Durán Muñoz, C. Orejas, M. Grazia Pennino, P. Puerta, S.A. Ragnarsson, B. Ramiro-Sánchez, J. Rice, J. Rivera, M. Roberts, S.W. Ross, J.L. Rueda, I. Sampaio, P. Snelgrove, D. Stirling, M.A. Treble, J. Urra, J. Vad, D. van Oevelen, L. Watling, W. Walkusz, C. Wienberg, M. Woillez, L.A. Levin & M.Carreiro-Silva, 2020. Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold-water corals and commercially important deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic. Global Change Biology 26 (4): 2181-2202 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14996
MURILLO, F.J., B. WEIGEL, E. KENCHINGTON & M. BOUCHARD MARMEN, 2020. Marine epibenthic functional diversity on Flemish Cap (northwest Atlantic) – identifying trait responses to the environment and mapping ecosystem functions. Diversity and Distributions 26 (4): 460-478 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13026
Murillo, F.J., E. Kenchington, M. Koen-Alonso, J. Guijarro, T.J. Kenchington, M. Sacau, L. Beazley & H.T. Rapp, 2020. Mapping benthic ecological diversity and interactions with bottom-contact fishing on the Flemish Cap (northwest Atlantic). Ecological Indicators 112: 106135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106135
OREJAS, C., E. KENCHINGTON, J. RICE, G. KAZANIDIS, A. PALIALEXIS, D. JOHNSON, M. GIANNI, R. DANOVARO, & M. ROBERTS, 2020. Towards a common approach to the assessment of the environmental status of deep-sea ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy 121: 104182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104182
Puerta, P., C. Johnson, M. Carreiro-Silva, L.-A. Henry, E. Kenchington, T. Morato, G. Kazanidis, J.L. Rueda, J. Urra, S. Ross, J.M. González-Irusta, S. Arnaud-Haond, & C. Orejas, 2020. Influence of water masses on the biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology, Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00239
RIOS, P., E. BAKER, L. BEAZLEY, T. CULWICK, J. CRISTOBO & E. KENCHINGTON, 2020. Increasing knowledge of biodiversity on the Orphan Knoll: a new species of Tedania (Tedaniopsis) Dendy, 1924. Frontiers in Marine Science - Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. Deep-sea Sponge Ecosystems: Knowledge-based Approach Towards Sustainable Management and Conservation. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:612857. https://doi.org/10.33389/fmars.2021.612857
STRATMANN, T., D. VAN OEVELEN, P. MARTINEZ ARBIZU, C.-L. WEI, J.-X. LIAO, M. CUSSON, R. SCROSATI, P. ARCHAMBAULT, P. SNELGROVE, P. RAMEY-BALCI, B. BURD, E. KENCHINGTON, K. GILKINSON, R. BELLEY & K. SOETAERT, 2020. The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro- and megabenthic biomass and densities. Nature Scientific Data 7, 206 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0551-2
WANG, S., E.L. KENCHINGTON, Z. WANG, I. YASHAYAEV & A.J. DAVIES, 2020. 3-D Ocean particle tracking modeling reveals extensive vertical movement and downstream interdependence of closed areas in the northwest Atlantic. Nature Scientific Reports 10, 21421 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76617-x
WUDRICK, A., L. BEAZLEY, T. CULWICK, C. GOODWIN, P. CARDENAS, J. XAVIER, & E. KENCHINGTON, 2020. A Pictorial Guide to the Epibenthic Megafauna of Orphan Knoll (northwest Atlantic) Identified from In Situ Benthic Video Footage. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3375: v + 154 p.
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