Guillaume Rieucau

Guillaume Rieucau
  • Faculty
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Assistant Professor, LUMCON

Education

Ph.D. Biology, 2010
Université du Québec à Montréal, QC, Canada

M.Sc. Biology, 2005
Université du Québec à Montréal, QC, Canada

M.Sc. Populations and Ecosystems Biology, 2002
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

B.A. Organisms ans Population Biology, 2001
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Behavioral ecology in marine and estuarine environments
  • Fish collective behavior
  • Ecology, evolution, and mechanisms of gregarious behavior
  • Predator-prey interactions
  • Ecology of fear
  • Behavioral responses to environmental and anthropogenic perturbations
  • Marine acoustics
  • Use of computer-generated animations and video playback in the study of behavior

Publications

  • Rieucau G., Kiszka J.J., Castillo J.C., Mourier J., Boswell K.M. & Heithaus M.R. 2018. Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys and image analysis in the study of large surface-associated marine species: a case study on reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus shoaling behaviour. Journal of Fish Biology. Online first.
  • Johnsen E., Rieucau G., Ona E. & Skaret G. Collective structures anchor massive lesser sandeel schools to the seabed increasing vulnerability to fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 573: 229-236.
  • Handegard N.O., Holmin A.J. & Rieucau G. 2017. Method to observe large scale behavioural waves spanning entire fish schools using 4D sonar. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 4: 804-812.
  • Rieucau G., Holmin A.J. *, Castillo J.C., Couzin, I.D. & Handegard N.O. 2016. School-level structural and dynamic adjustements to risk promote information transfer and collective evasion in herring. Animal Behaviour. 117: 69-78.
  • Rieucau G., Doksæter Sivle L. & Handegard N.O. 2016. Schooling herring perform stronger collective anti-predator reactions when previously exposed to killer whales calls. Behavioral Ecology. 27: 538-544.