More publications - Mercier Lab
The full list of scientific publications is provided HERE.
Below are examples of coffee-table books and popular articles, and an outline of scientific publications in the works.
Photo books and popular articles
Travel, writing and photography have become part of our work with the environment. My husband and I began this career by focusing mainly on the sea but ended up covering both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems to cater to several types of travel and nature magazines around the world (e.g. Canadian Geographic, Ocean Realm, Sea Frontiers, Aquaculture Magazine, Aqualife, Freshwater & Marine Aquarium, Aquarium Fish International, Scuba World, Photo Life, Explore and Islands Business). Since 1993, we have authored five coffee-table books and over four hundred popular articles, and we have amassed tens of thousands of pictures. More can be found about these realisations on the website of our society (SEVE).
In the works
Here is a list of some of the scientific papers we are currently working on, that are either newly accepted or pending acceptance (being revised), submitted or being prepared for submission (HQP underlined).
Ma K.C.K., F. Gao, J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. Diversity and distribution of extracellular microcrystals in holothuroid echinoderms. Undergoing revisions.
Corbisier G. , K.C.K. Ma, S. Jobson, J.-F. Hamel, G. Caulier & A. Mercier. Morphological plasticity and dysmorphic features in the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa. Submitted.
Ma K.C.K., J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. Proposed revision of 'crystal cells' as phagocitised metabolic by-products in holothuroid echinoderms. Submitted.
Murray K., B. de Moura Neves, J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. Effects of finfish aquaculture waste on the soft coral Gersemia rubiformis and the sea anemone Aulactinia stella. In preparation.
Jobson S., E.M. Montgomery, J.-F. Hamel, R. Sipler & A. Mercier. Biological immortality of tissue explants from the sea cucumber Psolus fabricii. In preparation.
Wolvin S., J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. Between a rock and a hard place: experimental assessment of recruitment patterns in a bathyal environment of the Low Arctic. In preparation.
Pierrat J., J. Sun, J.-F. Hamel, R. Morrison & A. Mercier. Spatial and organ-specific variations in the nutritional properties of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa in the Canadian Arctic. In preparation.
Pierrat J., K.C.K Ma, J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. Meso and micro distribution of the early recruits of Cucumaria frondosa in a coastal nursery (Nunavut, Canadian Arctic). In preparation.
Ma K.C.K., L.E. Gover, J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. Optimizing the use of portable ROVs for community-based benthic surveys: A case study on the demographics of sea cucumbers around a nursery in the Arctic. In preparation.