André St-Hilaire

Bergbusch, Nathanael Thomas, Saunders, Mark D., Leonard, Kelsey, St-Hilaire, André, Gibson, Robert, Jardine, Timothy D. & Courtenay, Simon C. (2025). A systematic scoping review of the collaborative governance of environmental and cultural flows. Environmental Reviews, 33: 1-28.
DOI: 10.1139/er-2024-0015

Bée, Simon, St-Hilaire, André & Van den Heuvel, Michael R. (2024). Modelling sediment concentrations and loads for two small agricultural watersheds in Prince-Edward-Island (Canada): present conditions and a future scenario. Frontiers in Water, 6: art. 1337907.
DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2024.1337907

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

Gatien, Philippe, Arsenault, Richard, Martel, Jean-Luc, Khorsandi, Mostafa & St-Hilaire, André (2024). Evaluating the effects of climate change on river water temperature downstream of a hydropower reservoir in western Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, online.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2024.2314098

Khosravi, Younes, Homayouni, Saeid & St-Hilaire, André (2024). An integrated dryness index based on geographically weighted regression and satellite earth observations. Science of The Total Environment, 911: Art. 168807.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168807

Latif, Shahid, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J., St-Hilaire, André, Souaissi, Zina & Rehana, Shaik (2024). A new nonparametric copula framework for the joint analysis of river temperature and low flow characteristics for aquatic habitat risk assessment . Journal of Hydrology, 634: art. 131079.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131079

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

Ouarda, Taha B. M. J., Masselot, Pierre, Campagna, Céline, Gosselin, Pierre, Lavigne, Éric, St-Hilaire, André, Chebana, Fateh & Valois, Pierre (2024). Prediction of heatwave related mortality magnitude, duration and frequency with climate variability and climate change information. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 38 (11): 4471-4483.
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-024-02813-0

Oyinlola, Muhammed A., Khorsandi, Mostafa, Mayer, Noa, Butler, Natalie, van Wert, Jacey C., Eliason, Erika J., Arsenault, Richard, Brauner, Colin J., Hinch, Scott G. & St-Hilaire, André (2024). Thermal exposure risk in different life stages of Chinook salmon in the Nechako River system, British Columbia. Climatic Change, online.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4102931/v1

Rahmati, Negin, St-Hilaire, André, Curry, R. Allen & Rincón, Eisinhower (2024). Hydro-thermal modelling of the potential impacts of reservoirs on water temperature and incubation time of Atlantic salmon and brook trout in the Tobique River, Canada. River Research and Applications, online.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.4310

Auffray, Mathieu, Sénécal, Jean-François, Turgeon, Katrine, St-Hilaire, André & Maheu, Audrey (2023). Reservoirs regulated by small dams have a similar warming effect than lakes on the summer thermal regime of streams. Science of the Total Environment, 869: Art. 161445.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161445

Charles, Paul, Arsenault, Richard, Martel, Jean-Luc, Gatien, Philippe & St-Hilaire, André (2023). Quantifying the evolution of ensemble water temperature forecasts as a function of weather forecast lead-time: case study on the Nechako River watershed. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 48 (2): 72-92.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2022.2163189

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.

Ferchichi, Habiba & St-Hilaire, André (2023). Are temperature time series measured at hydrometric stations representative of the river’s thermal regime?. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 48 (2): 149-166.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2023.2216454

Ferchichi, Habiba, St-Hilaire, André, Berthot, Laureline & Caissie, Daniel (2023). Augmenting environmental flow information with water temperature: case study in Eastern Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 48 (2): 111-131.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2022.2157334

Gatien, Philippe, Arsenault, Richard, Martel, Jean-Luc & St-Hilaire, André (2023). Using the ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis datasets for river water temperature modelling in a data-scarce region. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 48 (2): 93-110.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2022.2113917

Hani, Ilias, St-Hilaire, André & Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. (2023). Machine-learning modeling of hourly potential thermal refuge area: A case study from the Sainte-Marguerite River (Quebec, Canada). River Research and Applications, 39(9): 1763-1782.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.4191

Khorsandi, Mostafa, St-Hilaire, André & Arsenault, Richard (2023). Assessing the surface downward longwave irradiance models using ERA5 input data in Canada. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24 (6): 1175-1190.
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-22-0184.1

Khorsandi, Mostafa, St-Hilaire, André, Arsenault, Richard, Martel, Jean-Luc, Larabi, Samah, Schnorbus, Markus & Zwiers, Francis F. W. (2023). Future flow and water temperature scenarios in an impounded drainage basin: Implications for summer flow and temperature management downstream of the dam. Climatic Change, 176 (12): 164.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2402073/v1

Latif, Shahid, Souaissi, Zina, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & St-Hilaire, André (2023). Copula-based joint modelling of extreme river temperature and low flow characteristics in the risk assessment of aquatic life. Weather and Climate Extremes, 41: 100586.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4379752

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

Oyinlola, Muhammed A., Khorsandi, Mostafa, Penman, Rachael, Earhart, Madison L., Arsenault, Richard, Brauner, Colin J. & St-Hilaire, André (2023). Hydrothermal impacts of water release on early life stages of white Sturgeon in the Nechako river, (B.C. Canada). Journal of Thermal Biology, 17: Art. 103682.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103682

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

Souaissi, Zina, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & St-Hilaire, André (2023). Non-parametric, semi-parametric, and machine learning models for river temperature frequency analysis at ungauged basins. Ecological Informatics, 75: Art. 102107.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102107

Souaissi, Zina, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & St-Hilaire, André (2023). Regional thermal index model for river temperature frequency analysis in ungauged basins. Environmental Modelling & Software, 164: Art. 105709.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105709

Souaissi, Zina, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J., St-Hilaire, André & Ouali, Dhouha (2023). Regional frequency analysis of stream temperature at ungauged sites using non-linear canonical correlation analysis and generalized additive models. Environmental Modelling & Software, 163: Art. 105682.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105682

St-Hilaire, André, Oyinlola, Muhammed A., Rincón, Eisinhower & Ferchichi, Habiba (2023). Six decades of research on river temperature in Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 48 (4): 450-474.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2023.2283241

Abidi, Olfa, St-Hilaire, André, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J., Charron, Christian, Boyer, Claudine & Daigle, Anik (2022). Regional thermal analysis approach: A management tool for predicting water temperature metrics relevant for thermal fish habitat. Ecological Informatics, 70: Art. 101692.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101692

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

Brown, Caroline J. M., Curry, Allen R., Gray, Michelle A., Lento, Jennifer, MacLatchy, Deborah L., Monk, Wendy A., Pavey, Scott A., St-Hilaire, André, Wegscheider, BernHard & Munkittrick, Kellly R. (2022). Considering fish as recipients of ecosystem services provides a framework to formally link baseline, development, and post-operational monitoring programs and improve aquatic impact assessments for large scale developments. Environmental Management, 70: 350-367.
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-022-01665-0

Dubos, Véronique, Hani, Ilias, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & St-Hilaire, André (2022). Short-term forecasting of spring freshet peak flow with the Generalized Additive model. Journal of Hydrology, 612 (Part A): Art. 128089.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128089

Dubos, Véronique, May, Peter, Gillis, Carole-Anne, St-Hilaire, André et 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, EN LIGNE.
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 & aquatiques, 79 (7): 1074-1085.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0119

Ferchichi, Habiba, St-Hilaire, André, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & Lévesque, Benoît (2022). Prediction of coastal water temperature using statistical models. Estuaries and Coasts, 45: 1909-1927.
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-022-01070-0

Khorsandi, Mostafa, St-Hilaire, André & Arsenault, Richard (2022). Multisite calibration of a semi-distributed hydrologic and thermal model in a large Canadian watershed. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67 (14): 2147-2174.
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2022.2132161

Masselot, Pierre, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J., Charron, Christian, Campagna, Céline, Lavigne, Éric, St-Hilaire, André, Chebana, Fateh, Valois, Pierre & Gosselin, Pierre (2022). Heat-related mortality prediction using low-frequency climate oscillation indices: Case studies of the cities of Montréal and Québec, Canada. Environmental Epidemiology, 6: Art. e206.
DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000206

Ouarda, Taha B. M. J., Charron, Christian & St-Hilaire, André (2022). Regional estimation of river water temperature at ungauged locations. Journal of Hydrology X, 17: Art. 100133.
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydroa.2022.100133

Saadi, El Mahdi, Msilini, Amina, Charron, Christian, St-Hilaire, André & Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. (2022). Estimation of the area of potential thermal refuges using generalized additive models and multivariate adaptive regression splines: A case study from the Ste-Marguerite River. River Research and Applications, 38 (1): 23-35.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3886

Wegscheider, Bernard, Linnansaari, Tommi, Monk, Wendy A., Ndong, Mouhamed, Haralampides, Katy A., St-Hilaire, André, Schneider, Matthias & Curry, Allen R. (2022). Quantitative modelling of fish habitat in a large regulated river in a changing climate. Ecohydrology, 15 (5): Art. e2318.
DOI: 10.1002/eco.2318

Berthot, Laureline, St-Hilaire, André, Caissie, Daniel, El Jabi, Nassir, Kirby, Judith & Ouellet-Proulx, Sébastien (2021). Environmental flow assessment in the context of climate change: a case study in Southern Quebec (Canada). J. Water Clim. Change, 12 (8): 3617-3633.
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2021.254

Berthot, Laureline, St-Hilaire, André, Caissie, Daniel, El Jabi, Nassir, Kirby, Judith & Ouellet-Proulx, Sébastien (2021). The use of wetted perimeter as habitat proxy to assess environmental flows in Southern Quebec rivers (Canada). Ecol. Indic., 132: Art. 108283.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108283

Boudreault, Jérémie, St-Hilaire, André, Chebana, Fateh & Bergeron, Normand E. (2021). Modelling fish physico-thermal habitat selection using functional regression. J. Ecohydraul., 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 Res. Appl., 37 (10): 1548-1561.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3862

Charron, Christian, St-Hilaire, André, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & van den Heuvel, Michael R. (2021). Water temperature and hydrological modelling in the context of environmental flows and future climate change: Case study of the Wilmot River (Canada). Water, 13 (15): Art. 2101.
DOI: 10.3390/w13152101

Duchesne, Victor, St-Hilaire, André & Gratton, Yves (2021). Modeling movements of lake charr eggs on spawning grounds. J. Great Lakes Res., 47 (6): 1756-1770.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.08.014

Ferchichi, Habiba; St-Hilaire, André; Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & Lévesque, Benoît (2021). Impact of the future coastal water temperature scenarios on the risk of potential growth of pathogenic Vibrio marine bacteria. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 250: Art. 107094.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107094

Garneau, Cyril, Duchesne, Sophie & St-Hilaire, André (2021). Corrigendum to “Comparison of modelling approaches to estimate trapping efficiency of sedimentation basins on peatlands used for peat extraction” [Ecological Engineering 133 (2019) 60–68]. Ecol. Eng., 174: Art. 106469.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106469

Ouellet, Valérie, St-Hilaire, André, Secretan, Yves, Mingelbier, Marc, Morin, Jean & Dugdale, Stephen J. (2021). The importance of including water temperature simulations in a 2D fish habitat model for the St. Lawrence River. Water, 13 (13): Art. 1736.
DOI: 10.3390/w13131736

Souaissi, Zina, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J. & St-Hilaire, André (2021). River water temperature quantiles as thermal stress indicators: Case study in Switzerland. Ecol. Indic., 131: Art. 108234.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108234

St-Hilaire, André; Ferchichi, Habiba; Berthot, Laureline & Caissie, Daniel (2021). The fate of stationary tools for environmental flow determination in a context of climate change. Water, 13 (9): Art. 1203.
DOI:  10.3390/w13091203

Wegscheider, Bernard, Linnansaari, Tommi, Monk, Wendy A., Ndong, Mouhamed, Haralampides, Katy A., St-Hilaire, André, Schneider, Matthias & Curry, Allen R. (2021). Quantitative modelling of fish habitat in a large regulated river in a changing climate. Ecohydrology, ONLINE.
DOI: 10.1002/eco.2318

Wegscheider, Bernard, Linnansaari, Tommi, Ndong, Mouhamed, Haralampides, Katy A., St-Hilaire, André, Schneider, Matthias & Curry, Allen R. (2021). Fish habitat modelling in large rivers: combining expert opinion and hydrodynamic modelling to inform river management. J. Ecohydraul., ONLINE.
DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2021.1938251

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 (Janvier): 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

Berthot, Laureline; St-Hilaire, André; Caissie, Daniel; Kirby, Judith & Ouellet-Proulx, Sébastien (2020). Southern Quebec environmental flow assessments: spatial and temporal scales sensitivity. Can. Water Resour. J. / Rev. Can. Ressour. Hydr., 45 (4): 358-371.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2020.1834881

Betis, Hermine; St-Hilaire, André; Fortin, Claude & Duchesne, Sophie (2020). Development of a water quality index for watercourses downstream of harvested peatlands. Water Qual. Res. J., 55 (2): 119–131.
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2020.007

Hafdhi, Sabiha; Duchesne, Sophie & St-Hilaire, André (2020). Hydraulic modelling for assessment of the performance of sedimentation basins downstream from extracted peatlands. Mires and Peat, 26 (2020): Art. 7.
DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2019.JSP.StA.1789

Ouarda, Taha B. M. J.; Charron, Christian & St-Hilaire, André (2020). Uncertainty of stationary and nonstationary models for rainfall frequency analysis. Int. J. Climatol., 40 (4): 2373-2392.
DOI: 10.1002/joc.6339

Ouellet, Valérie; St-Hilaire, André; Dugdale, Stephen J.; Hannah, David N.; Krause, Stefan & Proulx-Ouellet, Sébastien (2020). River temperature research and practice: Recent challenges and emerging opportunities for managing thermal habitat conditions in stream ecosystems. Sci. Total Environ., 736: Art. 139679.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139679

Sirabahenda, Zacharie; St-Hilaire, André; Courtenay, Simon C. & van den Heuvel, Michael R. (2020). Assessment of the effective width of riparian buffer strips to reduce suspended sediment in an agricultural landscape using ANFIS and SWAT models. CATENA, 195: Art. 10462.
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104762

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

Daigle, Anik; Boyer, Claudine & St-Hilaire, André (2019). A standardized characterization of river thermal regimes in Quebec (Canada). J. Hydrol., 577: Art. 123963.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.123963

Garneau, Cyril; Duchesne, Sophie & St-Hilaire, André (2019). Comparison of modelling approaches to estimate trapping efficiency of sedimentation basins on peatlands used for peat extraction. Ecol. Eng., 133: 60-68.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.04.025

Ouellet-Proulx, Sébastien; St-Hilaire, André & Boucher, Marie-Amélie (2019). Implication of evaporative loss estimation methods in discharge and water temperature modelling in cool temperate climates. Hydrol. Process., 33 (22): 2867-2884.
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13534

Sirabahenda, Zacharie; St-Hilaire, André; Courtenay, Simon C. & van den Heuvel, Michael R. (2019). Comparison of acoustic to optical backscatter continuous measurements of suspended sediment concentrations and their characterization in an agriculturally impacted river. Water, 11: Art. 981.
DOI: 10.3390/w11050981

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