Areas of expertise
River fish ecology and hydrogeomorphology
- Full Professor
Phone
418-654-3703
Email
normand.bergeron@inrs.ca
Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre
Québec City, Quebec G1K 9A9
CANADA
Research interests
Professor Bergeron is primarily interested in river geomorphology and fish habitat. More specifically, his research interests include winter processes in rivers and fish winter habitat; use of geomatics for river characterization and habitat modelling; sediment transport; spawning habitat quality; habitat selection and fish movement; and the effect of human disturbance on rivers and fish habitat.
Publications
Berger, Chloé Suzanne, Gagnon, Sabrina, Bernatchez, Louis & Bergeron, Normand É. (2024). Monitoring and predicting the presence and abundance of juvenile Atlantic salmon in tributaries according to habitat characteristics using environmental DNA. Environmental DNA, 6 (3): Art. e553.
DOI: 10.1002/edn3.553
Dubos, Véronique, St-Hilaire, André, Laurion, Isabelle & Bergeron, Normand É. (2024). Characterization of anadromous Arctic char winter habitat and egg incubation areas in collaboration with Inuit fishers. Arctic Science / Science arctique, 10 (1): 215-224.
DOI: 10.1139/AS-2023-0008
Matte, Jean-Michel, Dauphin, Guillaume, St-Hilaire, André, Gillis, Carole-Anne, Bergeron, Normand É. & Breau, Cindy (2024). Methodological influence on detecting temperature effects on growth variability in juvenile Atlantic salmon. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 107 (6): 645-665.
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-024-01558-7
Bérubé, Roxanne, Garnier, Camille, Lefebvre-Raine, Molly, Gauthier, Charles, Bergeron, Normand É., Triffault-Bouchet, Gaëlle, Langlois, Valérie S. & Couture, Patrice (2023). Early developmental toxicity of Atlantic salmon exposed to conventional and unconventional oils. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 250: Art. 114487.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114487
Dubos, Véronique, St-Hilaire, André & Bergeron, Normand É. (2023). Fuzzy logic modelling of anadromous Arctic char spawning habitat from Nunavik Inuit knowledge. Ecological Modelling, 477: Art. 110262.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110262
Fakhari, Milad, Raymond, Jasmin, Martel, Richard, Drolet, Jean-Philippe, Dugdale, Stephen J. & Bergeron, Normand É. (2023). Analysis of large-scale groundwater-driven cooling zones in rivers using thermal infrared imagery and radon measurements. Water, 15 (5): Art. 873.
DOI: 10.3390/w15050873
Gillis, Carole-Anne, Ouellet, Valérie, Breau, Cindy, Frechette, Danielle M. & Bergeron, Normand É. (2023). Assessing climate change impacts on North American freshwater habitat of wild Atlantic salmon – urgent needs for collaborative research. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 48 (2): 222-246.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2022.2163190
Ouellet-Proulx, Sébastien, Daigle, Anik, St-Hilaire, André, Gillis, Carole-Anne, Linnansaari, Tommi, Dauphin, Guillaume & Bergeron, Normand É. (2023). A potential growth thermal index (PGTI) for estimating juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) size-at-age across geographical scales. Journal of Fish Biology, 103 (6) : 1488-1500.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15535
Boudreault, Jérémie, Bergeron, Normand E., St-Hilaire, André & Chebana, Fateh (2022). A new look at habitat suitability curves through functional data analysis. Ecological Modelling, 467: Art. 109905.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109905
Rincón, Eisinhower, St-Hilaire, André, Bergeron, Normand É. & Dugdale, Stephen J. (2023). Combining Landsat TIR-imagery data and ERA5 reanalysis information with different calibration strategies to improve simulations of streamflow and river temperature in the Canadian Subarctic. Hydrological Processes, 37 (10): Art. e15008.
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.15008
Dubos, Véronique, May, Peter, Gillis, Carole-Anne, St-Hilaire, André & Bergeron, Normand É. (2022). Nunavik anadromous Arctic char life histories, behaviour and habitat use informed by both Inuit knowledge and western science: A year in Ungava Bay. Arctic Science / Science arctique, ONLINE.
DOI: 10.1139/AS-2022-0019
Dubos, Véronique, St-Hilaire, André & Bergeron, Normand E. (2022). Summer stream habitat preferences of Nunavik anadromous Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) fry and parr. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / Journal canadien des sciences halieutiques et aquatiques, 79 (7): 1074-1085.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0119
Fakhari, Milad, Raymond, Jasmin, Martel, Richard, Dugdale, Stephen J. & Bergeron, Normand E. (2022). Identification of thermal refuges and water temperature patterns in salmonid-bearing subarctic rivers of Northern Quebec. Geographies, 2 (3): 528-548.
DOI: 10.3390/geographies2030032
Torgersen, Christian E., Le Pichon, Céline, Fullerton, Aimee H., Dugdale, Stephen J., Duda, Jeffrey J., Giovannini, Floriane, Tales, Evelyne, Belliard, Jérôme, Branco, Paulo, Bergeron, Normand E., Roy, Mathieu L., Tonolla, Diego, Lamoureux, Nicolas, Capra, Hervé & Baxter, Colden V. (2022). Riverscape approaches in practice: perspectives and applications. Biological Reviews, 97 (2): 481-504.
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12810
Boudreault, Jérémie, St-Hilaire, André, Chebana, Fateh & Bergeron, Normand E. (2021). Modelling fish physico-thermal habitat selection using functional regression. Journal of Ecohydraulics, 6 (2): 105-120.
DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2020.1840313
Boyer, Claudine, St-Hilaire, André & Bergeron, Normand E. (2021). Defining river thermal sensitivity as a function of climate. River Research and Applications, 37 (10): 1548-1561.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3862
Frechette, Danielle M., Dionne, Mélanie, Dodson, Julian J. & Bergeron, Normand E. (2021). Atlantic salmon movement patterns and habitat use during colonization of novel habitat. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 150 (3): 327-344.
DOI: 10.1002/tafs.10284
Beaupré, Joannie; Boudreau, Jérémie; Bergeron, Normand E. & St-Hilaire, André (2020). Inclusion of water temperature in a fuzzy logic Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr habitat model. J. Thermal Biol., 87: Art. 102471.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.102471
Beaupré, Laurie; St-Hilaire, André; Daigle, Anik & Bergeron, Normand E. (2020). Comparison of a deterministic and statistical approach for the prediction of thermal indices in regulated and unregulated river reaches: case study of the Fourchue River (Québec, Canada). Water Qual. Res. J., 55 (4): 394-408.
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2020.001
Corey, Emily; Linnansaari, Tommi; Dugdale, Stephen J.; Bergeron, Normand E.; Gendron, Jean-François; Lapointe, Michel & Cunjak, Richard A. (2020). Comparing the behavioural thermoregulation response to heat stress by Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar) in two rivers. Ecol. Freshw. Fish., 29 (1): 50-62.
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12487
Frechette, Danielle M.; Dionne, Mélanie; Dodson, Julian J. & Bergeron, Normand E. (2020). Atlantic salmon movement patterns and habitat use during colonization of novel habitat. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., ONLINE.
DOI: 10.1002/tafs.10284
Frechette, Danielle M.; Goerig, Elsa & Bergeron, Normand E. (2020). Factors influencing fallback by adult Atlantic salmon following transport into a novel river reach. Fish. Manage. Ecol., 27 (1): 20-31.
DOI : 10.1111/fme.12378
Boudreau, Jérémie; Bergeron, Normand E.; St-Hilaire, André & Chebana, Fateh (2019). Stream temperature modeling using functional regression models. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc., 55 (6): 1382-1400.
DOI : 10.1111/1752-1688.12778
Frechette, Danielle M.; Dugdale, Stephen J.; Dodson, Julian J. & Bergeron, Normand E. (2018). Understanding summertime thermal refuge use by adult Atlantic salmon using remote sensing, river temperature monitoring, and acoustic telemetry. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. / J. Can. Sci. Halieut. Aquat., 75 (11): 1999-2010.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2017-0422
Gillis, Carole-Anne; Dugdale, Stephen J. & Bergeron, Normand E. (2018). Effect of discharge and habitat type on the occurrence and severity of Didymosphenia geminata mats in the Restigouche River, eastern Canada. Ecohydrology, 11 (5): Art. e1959.
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1959
Goerig, Elsa; Bergeron, Normand E. & Castro-Santos, Theodore (2017). Swimming behaviour and ascent paths of brook trout in a corrugated culvert. River Res. Appl., 33 (9): 1463-1471.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3187
Dugdale, Stephen J.; Frandsen, Jannette B.; Corey, Emily; Bergeron, Normand E.; Lapointe, Michel & Cunjak, Richard A. (2016). Main stem movement of Atlantic salmon parr in response to high river temperature. Ecol. Freshw. Fish., 25 (3): 429-445.
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12224
Goerig, Elsa; Castro-Santos, Theodore & Bergeron, Normand E. (2016). Brook trout passage performance through culverts. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. / J. Can. Sci. Halieut. Aquat., 73 (1): 94-104.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0089
Dubé, J.; Buffin-Bélanger, T. & Bergeron, N. E. (2015). The role of morphology in ice cover daily growth and evolution in a riffle-pool sequence / Le rôle de la morphologie d’une succession seuilmouille dans la croissance quotidienne et l’évolution d’un couvert de glace. Geomorphol.-relief Process. Environ., 21 (4): 343-358.
DOI: 10.4000/geomorphologie.11178
Dugdale, S. J.; Bergeron, N. E. & St-Hilaire, A. (2015). Spatial distribution of thermal refuges analysed in relation to riverscape hydromorphology using airborne thermal infrared imagery. Remote Sens. Environ., 160: 43-55.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.021