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Martin Castonguay
Martin Castonguay
Research Scientist
Fisheries Science and Aquaculture Branch
Regional Science Branch
Tel: 418-775-0634
Fax: 418-775-0740
E-mail: Martin.Castonguay@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Research Interests
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Oceanic biology and migratory dynamics of young stages of eels
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Spatial dynamics of demersal marine fishes
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Links between secondary production and recruitment of pelagic marine fishes
Membership
- American Fisheries Society
- Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
- Institut Québécois de la Biodiversité
International committees
- ICES Working Group on Eels
Canadian committees
- Canadian Eel Science Working Group
Education
- Ph. D. (1985)
- University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Thesis on the oceanic biology of eel leptocephali in the Sargasso Sea, with a focus on vertical migrations and growth.
- M. Sc. (1982)
- Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
Thesis on life history and migrations of brook trout in a Gaspé River
- B. Sc. (1979)
- Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
Work
Since 2001: Section Head, Fish Assessment and Conservation Section, MLI.
Since 1990: Research scientist in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Branch, MLI.
1987 to 1990: Biologist, maritime fisheries, Maurice-Lamontagne Institute (MLI), Mont-Joli.
1986: Post-doctoral fellowship with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Québec.
Adjunct professor
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université Laval
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