Research Interests

Numerical analyses, multivariate analyses, spatial analyses, system dynamic, limnology, optic (fluorescence and absorbance), geomatic, mathematics, modeling, scientic programming, complex system, aquatic ecology, large rivers, carbon dynamic, community structure, remote sensing, image analysis (satellite and photographic).

Education

2014 - 2016
NSERC Postdoctoral fellowship
Department of Bioscience - Marine Diversity and Experimental Ecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
Development of a bio-optical model to predict light attenuation in shallow aquatic environments.

2012 - 2014
Post-doctoral fellowship
Centre de Recherche sur les Interactions Bassins Versants - Écosystèmes Aquatiques (RIVE), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Postdoctoral position in geostatistics

2007 - 2012
Ph.D. in environmental science (with mention)
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Modélisation et simulation de la dynamique de la matière organique dissoute en milieu fluvial.

2007
Certificate in environmental science
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

2005 - 2006
Master in mathematics and computer science (with mention)
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Test orienté Aspect: Une approche formelle basée sur les diagrammes de collaboration.

2002 - 2005
B.Sc. Computer Science
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

Research Experience

Research assistant (2016 - present)
International Research Laboratory Takuvik (CNRS / ULaval) (IRL 3376)
Université Laval, Canada

Teaching (2016 & 2018)
Analyzing large data sets in R - designed for biologists
Aarhus University, Denmark

NSERC Post-doctoral fellowship (2014 - 2016)
Department of Bioscience - Marine Diversity and Experimental Ecology
Aarhus University, Denmark

Post-doctoral fellowship (2012 - 2014)
Centre de Recherche sur les Interactions Bassins Versants - Écosystèmes Aquatiques (RIVE)
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

Invited researcher international scholarship (2011)
Département d’astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie
University of Liège, Belgium

Research auxiliary (2009)
Department of geography
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

Reviewer in various scientific journals (2008 - present)
Marine Chemistry; International journal of remote sensing; Aquatic Geochemistry; Aquatic Sciences; Environmental Science and Technology; Limnology & Oceanography; Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf; Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Research auxiliary (2007)
Department of biology
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

Awards

2016
Nomination to Aarhus ST Education Award - Quality of the teaching for the class
Analyzing large data sets in R - designed for biologists

Publications

2022

Bruyant, F., Amiraux, R., Amyot, M.-P., Archambault, P., Artigue, L., Bardedo de Freitas, L., Bécu, G., Bélanger, S., Bourgain, P., Bricaud, A., Brouard, E., Brunet, C., Burgers, T., Caleb, D., Chalut, K., Clautre, H., Cornet-Barthaux, V., Coupel, P., Cusa, M., Massicotte, P., … Babin, M. (2022). The Green Edge cruise: Understanding the onset, life and fate of the Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom [Preprint]. Oceanography – Biological. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-41

Darnis, G., Geoffroy, M., Dezutter, T., Aubry, C., Massicotte, P., Brown, T., Babin, M., Cote, D., & Fortier, L. (2022). Zooplankton assemblages along the North American Arctic: Ecological connectivity shaped by ocean circulation and bathymetry from the Chukchi Sea to Labrador Sea. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10(1), 00053. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00053

Devred, E., Perry, T., & Massicotte, P. (2022). Seasonal and decadal variations in absorption properties of phytoplankton and non-algal particulate matter in three oceanic regimes of the Northwest Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 932184. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.932184

Lizotte, M., Juhls, B., Matsuoka, A., Massicotte, P., Mével, G., Anikina, D. O. J., Antonova, S., Bécu, G., Béguin, M., Bélanger, S., Bossé-Demers, T., Bröder, L., Bruyant, F., Chaillou, G., Comte, J., Couture, R.-M., Devred, E., Deslongchamps, G., Dezutter, T., … Babin, M. (2022). Nunataryuk field campaigns: Understanding the origin and fate of terrestrial organic matter in the coastal waters of the Mackenzie Delta region [Preprint]. Biosphere – Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-163

Oziel, L., Massicotte, P., Babin, M., & Devred, E. (2022). Decadal changes in Arctic Ocean Chlorophyll a: Bridging ocean color observations from the 1980s to present time. Remote Sensing of Environment, 275, 113020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113020

2021

Asmala, E., Massicotte, P., & Carstensen, J. (2021). Identification of dissolved organic matter size components in freshwater and marine environments. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(4), 1381–1393. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11692

Ehrlich, J., Bluhm, B. A., Peeken, I., Massicotte, P., Schaafsma, F. L., Castellani, G., Brandt, A., & Flores, H. (2021). Sea-ice associated carbon flux in Arctic spring. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1), 00169. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2020.00169

Laurion, I., Massicotte, P., Mazoyer, F., Negandhi, K., & Mladenov, N. (2021). Weak mineralization despite strong processing of dissolved organic matter in Eastern Arctic tundra ponds. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(S1), S47–S63. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11634

Massicotte, P., Amon, R. M. W., Antoine, D., Archambault, P., Balzano, S., Bélanger, S., Benner, R., Boeuf, D., Bricaud, A., Bruyant, F., Chaillou, G., Chami, M., Charrière, B., Chen, J., Claustre, H., Coupel, P., Delsaut, N., Doxaran, D., Ehn, J., … Babin, M. (2021). The MALINA oceanographic expedition: How do changes in ice cover, permafrost and UV radiation impact biodiversity and biogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic Ocean? Earth System Science Data, 13(4), 1561–1592. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1561-2021

2020

Castellani, G., Schaafsma, F. L., Arndt, S., Lange, B. A., Peeken, I., Ehrlich, J., David, C., Ricker, R., Krumpen, T., Hendricks, S., Schwegmann, S., Massicotte, P., & Flores, H. (2020). Large-Scale Variability of Physical and Biological Sea-Ice Properties in Polar Oceans. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00536

Giacomazzo, M., Bertolo, A., Brodeur, P., Massicotte, P., Goyette, J.-O., & Magnan, P. (2020). Linking fisheries to land use: How anthropogenic inputs from the watershed shape fish habitat quality. Science of The Total Environment, 717, 135377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135377

Massicotte, P., Amiraux, R., Amyot, M.-P., Archambault, P., Ardyna, M., Arnaud, L., Artigue, L., Aubry, C., Ayotte, P., Bécu, G., Bélanger, S., Benner, R., Bittig, H. C., Bricaud, A., Brossier, É., Bruyant, F., Chauvaud, L., Christiansen-Stowe, D., Claustre, H., … Babin, M. (2020). Green Edge ice camp campaigns: understanding the processes controlling the under-ice Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom. Earth System Science Data, 12(1), 151–176. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-151-2020

Morin, P., Lacour, T., Grondin, P., Bruyant, F., Ferland, J., Forget, M., Massicotte, P., Donaher, N., Campbell, D. A., Lavaud, J., & Babin, M. (2020). Response of the sea‐ice diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus to simulated polar night darkness and return to light. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(5), 1041–1060. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11368

Oziel, L., Baudena, A., Ardyna, M., Massicotte, P., Randelhoff, A., Sallée, J.-B., Ingvaldsen, R. B., Devred, E., & Babin, M. (2020). Faster Atlantic currents drive poleward expansion of temperate phytoplankton in the Arctic Ocean. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1705. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15485-5

Yang, F., Song, G., Massicotte, P., Wei, H., & Xie, H. (2020). Depth‐Resolved Photochemical Lability of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005425

2019

Blix, K., Li, J., Massicotte, P., & Matsuoka, A. (2019). Developing a New Machine-Learning Algorithm for Estimating Chlorophyll-a Concentration in Optically Complex Waters: A Case Study for High Northern Latitude Waters by Using Sentinel 3 OLCI. Remote Sensing, 11(18), 2076. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11182076

Cusset, F., Fort, J., Mallory, M., Braune, B., Massicotte, P., & Massé, G. (2019). Arctic seabirds and shrinking sea ice: egg analyses reveal the importance of ice-derived resources. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 15405. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51788-4

Li, Y., Song, G., Massicotte, P., Yang, F., Li, R., & Xie, H. (2019). Distribution, seasonality, and fluxes of dissolved organic matter in the Pearl River (Zhujiang) estuary, China. Biogeosciences, 16(13), 2751–2770. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2751-2019

Massicotte, P., Peeken, I., Katlein, C., Flores, H., Huot, Y., Castellani, G., Arndt, S., Lange, B. A., Tremblay, J., & Babin, M. (2019). Sensitivity of Phytoplankton Primary Production Estimates to Available Irradiance Under Heterogeneous Sea Ice Conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(8), 5436–5450. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015007

Oziel, L., Massicotte, P., Randelhoff, A., Ferland, J., Vladoiu, A., Lacour, L., Galindo, V., Lambert-Girard, S., Dumont, D., Cuypers, Y., Bouruet-Aubertot, P., Mundy, C.-J., Ehn, J., Bécu, G., Marec, C., Forget, M.-H., Garcia, N., Coupel, P., Raimbault, P., … Babin, M. (2019). Environmental factors influencing the seasonal dynamics of spring algal blooms in and beneath sea ice in western Baffin Bay. Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.372

Randelhoff, A., Oziel, L., Massicotte, P., Bécu, G., Galí, M., Lacour, L., Dumont, D., Vladoiu, A., Marec, C., Bruyant, F., Houssais, M.-N., Tremblay, J.-É., Deslongchamps, G., & Babin, M. (2019). The evolution of light and vertical mixing across a phytoplankton ice-edge bloom. Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.357

2018

Asmala, E., Haraguchi, L., Jakobsen, H. H., Massicotte, P., & Carstensen, J. (2018). Nutrient availability as major driver of phytoplankton-derived dissolved organic matter transformation in coastal environment. Biogeochemistry, 137(1–2), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0403-0

Asmala, E., Haraguchi, L., Markager, S., Massicotte, P., Riemann, B., Staehr, P. A., & Carstensen, J. (2018). Eutrophication Leads to Accumulation of Recalcitrant Autochthonous Organic Matter in Coastal Environment. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32(11), 1673–1687. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017GB005848

Brandão, L. P. M., Brighenti, L. S., Staehr, P. A., Asmala, E., Massicotte, P., Tonetta, D., Barbosa, F. A. R., Pujoni, D., & Bezerra-Neto, J. F. (2018). Distinctive effects of allochthonous and autochthonous organic matter on CDOM spectra in a tropical lake. Biogeosciences, 15(9), 2931–2943. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2931-2018

Kristensen, E., Madsen-Østerbye, M., Massicotte, P., Pedersen, O., Markager, S., & Kragh, T. (2018). Catchment tracers reveal discharge, recharge and sources of groundwater-borne pollutants in a novel lake modelling approach. Biogeosciences, 15(4), 1203–1216. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1203-2018

Massicotte, P., Bécu, G., Lambert-Girard, S., Leymarie, E., & Babin, M. (2018). Estimating Underwater Light Regime under Spatially Heterogeneous Sea Ice in the Arctic. Applied Sciences, 8(12), 2693. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8122693

Qi, L., Xie, H., Gagné, J.-P., Chaillou, G., Massicotte, P., & Yang, G.-P. (2018). Photoreactivities of two distinct dissolved organic matter pools in groundwater of a subarctic island. Marine Chemistry, 202(March), 97–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2018.03.003

2017

Massicotte, P., Asmala, E., Stedmon, C., & Markager, S. (2017). Global distribution of dissolved organic matter along the aquatic continuum: Across rivers, lakes and oceans. Science of The Total Environment, 609(C), 180–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.076

Massicotte, P., Stedmon, C., & Markager, S. (2017). Spectral signature of suspended fine particulate material on light absorption properties of CDOM. Marine Chemistry, 196, 98–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.07.005

2016

Assani, A. A., Landry, R., Azouaoui, O., Massicotte, P., & Gratton, D. (2016). Comparison of the Characteristics (Frequency and Timing) of Drought and Wetness Indices of Annual Mean Water Levels in the Five North American Great Lakes. Water Resources Management, 30(1), 359–373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-015-1166-9

Lambert, T., Bouillon, S., Darchambeau, F., Massicotte, P., & Borges, A. V. (2016). Shift in the chemical composition of dissolved organic matter in the Congo River network. Biogeosciences, 13(18), 5405–5420. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5405-2016

Lambert, T., Teodoru, C. R., Nyoni, F. C., Bouillon, S., Darchambeau, F., Massicotte, P., & Borges, A. V. (2016). Along-stream transport and transformation of dissolved organic matter in a large tropical river. Biogeosciences, 13(9), 2727–2741. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2727-2016

Massicotte, P., & Markager, S. (2016). Using a Gaussian decomposition approach to model absorption spectra of chromophoric dissolved organic matter. Marine Chemistry, 180, 24–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2016.01.008

2015

Beauchamp, M., Assani, A. A., Landry, R., & Massicotte, P. (2015). Temporal variability of the magnitude and timing of winter maximum daily flows in southern Quebec (Canada). Journal of Hydrology, 529, 410–417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.07.053

Lambert, T., Darchambeau, F., Bouillon, S., Alhou, B., Mbega, J.-D., Teodoru, C. R., Nyoni, F. C., Massicotte, P., & Borges, A. V. (2015). Landscape Control on the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter and Dissolved Organic Carbon in Large African Rivers. Ecosystems, 18(7), 1224–1239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-015-9894-5

Massicotte, P., Bertolo, A., Brodeur, P., Hudon, C., Mingelbier, M., & Magnan, P. (2015). Influence of the aquatic vegetation landscape on larval fish abundance. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 41(3), 873–880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2015.05.010

Massicotte, P., Proulx, R., Cabana, G., & Rodríguez, M. A. (2015). Testing the influence of environmental heterogeneity on fish species richness in two biogeographic provinces. PeerJ, 3, e760. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.760

2014

Biron, S., Assani, A. A., Frenette, J.-J., & Massicotte, P. (2014). Comparison of Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River hydrologic droughts and their relationship to climate indices. Water Resources Research, 50(2), 1396–1409. https://doi.org/10.1002/2012WR013441

Massicotte, P., Frenette, J.-J., Proulx, R., Pinel-Alloul, B., & Bertolo, A. (2014). Riverscape heterogeneity explains spatial variation in zooplankton functional evenness and biomass in a large river ecosystem. Landscape Ecology, 29(1), 67–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9946-1

Proulx, R., Massicotte, P., & Pépino, M. (2014). Googling Trends in Conservation Biology. Conservation Biology, 28(1), 44–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12131

2013

Massicotte, P., Assani, A. A., Gratton, D., & Frenette, J.-J. (2013). Relationship between water color, water levels, and climate indices in large rivers: Case of the St. Lawrence River (Canada). Water Resources Research, 49(4), 2303–2307. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20203

Massicotte, P., & Frenette, J.-J. (2013). A mechanistic-based framework to understand how dissolved organic carbon is processed in a large fluvial lake. Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments, 3(1), 139–155. https://doi.org/10.1215/21573689-2372976

Massicotte, P., Gratton, D., Frenette, J.-J., & Assani, A. A. (2013). Spatial and temporal evolution of the St. Lawrence River spectral profile: A 25-year case study using Landsat 5 and 7 imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 136, 433–441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.05.028

2012

Frenette, J.-J., Massicotte, P., & Lapierre, J.-F. (2012). Colorful Niches of Phytoplankton Shaped by the Spatial Connectivity in a Large River Ecosystem: A Riverscape Perspective. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e35891. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035891

Pommier, J., Frenette, J.-J., Massicotte, P., Lapierre, J.-F., & Glémet, H. (2012). Seston fatty acid composition and copepod RNA:DNA ratio with respect to the underwater light climate in fluvial Lac Saint-Pierre. Aquatic Sciences, 74(3), 539–553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-011-0246-z

2011

Massicotte, P., & Frenette, J.-J. (2011). Spatial connectivity in a large river system: resolving the sources and fate of dissolved organic matter. Ecological Applications, 21(7), 2600–2617. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-1475.1

2007

Massicotte, P., Badri, L., & Badri, M. (2007). Towards a Tool Supporting Integration Testing of Aspect-Oriented Programs. The Journal of Object Technology, 6(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.5381/jot.2007.6.1.a1

2006

Massicotte, P., Badri, L., & Badri, M. (2006). Rapid Integration of Software Engineering Techniques. In N. Guelfi & A. Savidis (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 3943). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11751113

Massicotte, P., Badri, L., & Badri, M. (2006). Aspects-Classes Integration Testing Strategy: An Incremental Approach. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 158–173). https://doi.org/10.1007/11751113_12

2005

Massicotte, P., Badri, M., & Badri, L. (2005). Generating aspects-classes integration testing sequences a collaboration diagram based strategy. Third ACIS Int’l Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA’05), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1109/SERA.2005.43

Book chapters:

Bombenger, P.-H., & Massicotte, P. (2015). Mathématiques et Géographie – Déchiffrer ou des chiffres et la Terre : Apports des concepts mathématiques à la géographie. In Guillaume Tomasini (Ed.), Pourquoi les mathématiques (p. 288). Ellipses markeing. https://bit.ly/2U7fvJz