Publications:
Callier, M.D., Weise, A.M., McKindsey, C.W., and Desrosiers, G. 2006. Sedimentation rates in a suspended mussel farm (Great-Entry Lagoon, Canada): biodeposit production and dispersion. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 322: 129-141.
Callier, M.D., McKindsey, C.W., and Desrosiers, G. 2007. Multi-scale spatial variations in benthic sediment geochemistry and macrofaunal communities under a suspended mussel culture. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 348: 103-115.
Callier, M. D., C. W. McKindsey and G. Desrosiers. 2008. Evaluation of indicators used to detect mussel farm influence on the benthos: Two case studies in the Magdalen Islands, Eastern Canada. Aquaculture 278: 77-88.
Landry, T., Skinner, M., Bourque, D., McKindsey, C.W., Tremblay, R., Archambault, P., Comeau, L., Courtney, S., Hartog, F., Ouellette, M., and Sevigny, J.M. 2006. A scientific review of bivalve aquaculture: interaction between wild and cultured species. In A scientific review of the potential environmental effects of aquaculture in aquatic ecosystems. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2450, Vol V. Edited by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. pp. 80-138.
McKindsey, C. W., M. R. Anderson, P. Barnes, S. Courtenay, T. Landry and M. Skinner. 2006. Effects of Shellfish Aquaculture on Fish Habitat. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2006/011. viii + 84 p.
Mariculture: Can it increase ecosystem productivity?
Richard, M., Archambault, P., Thouzeau, G., and Desrosiers, G. 2006. Influence of suspended mussel lines on the biogeochemical fluxes in adjacent water in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec, Canada). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63: 1198-1213.
Richard, M., Archambault, P., Thouzeau, G., and Desrosiers, G. 2007. Summer influence of 1 and 2 yr old mussel cultures on benthic fluxes in Grande-Entrée lagoon, Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Québec, Canada). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 338: 131-143.
Richard, M., Archambault, P., Thouzeau, G., McKindsey, C.W., and Desrosiers, G. 2007. Influence of suspended scallop cages and mussel lines on pelagic and benthic biogeochemical fluxes in Havre-aux-Maisons Lagoon, Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec, Canada). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 64: 1491-1505.
Weise, A. M., C. J. Cromey, M. D. Callier, P. Archambault, J. Chamberlain and C. W. McKindsey. 2009. Shellfish-DEPOMOD: Modelling the biodeposition from suspended shellfish aquaculture and assessing benthic effects. Aquaculture 288: 239-253
Contact(s): Chris Mckindsey (Chris.Mckindsey@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)