Guillaume GROSBOIS

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

555 boul. de l’Université
Resume
Chicoutimi, Qc, G7H 2B1 Canada
Tel: +1 581 54 7771
guillaume.grosbois1@uqac.ca

OVERVIEW
Currently postdoctoral fellow in Canada working on the health of arctic lakes
and invited guest researcher in Sweden
Own a grant about scientific exchange between Canada and Sweden covering for field costs
Completed a Ph.D. about zooplankton use of terrestrial organic matter in boreal lakes
Expertise in the functioning and the health of freshwater food webs
Taxonomical knowledge of benthic macro-invertebrates and zooplankton
Lead several field samplings in arctic and boreal lake ecosystems (including in winter)

EDUCATION
2017 Ph.D. Biology (Aquatic Sciences) University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, Canada
« zooplankton use of terrestrial organic matter in boreal ecosystems »
Supervisor: Dr Milla Rautio; Co-supervisor: Dr Paul del Giorgio
2009 M.Sc. Biology (Functional, Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology), University of Rennes1
and Mediterranean Institute of marine and terrestrial biodiversity and Ecology, France
Supervisor: Dr Maryvonne Charrier, Co-supervisor: Dr Frédéric Magnin
2008 Master 1* Environmental Sciences and Ecology Aix-Marseille University, France
Supervisor: Dr Cécile Claret
* (1st year of Master degree)
2007 Master 1* Organism, Population and Ecosystem Biology University of Rennes1, France
Supervisor: Dr Pierre Marmonier
* (1st year of Master degree)
2006 B.Sc. Organism Biology
University of Angers, France

STUDIED TOPICS
2017-present Arctic ecosystems, fatty acid stocks and transfers, fish, productions of zoo-, phyto-
and bacterio-plankton, stable isotopes
2011-2017 Seasonal and spatial patterns of zooplankton allochthony and productivity, stable
isotopes, fatty acids, winter ecology, boreal and arctic lakes and rivers,
biogeochemistry, C cycle, N and P, DOC characterisation, bacterial and primary
production
2009 Food web ecology, community ecology, evolution, behavioural ecology
2008 Paleoecology, phylogeography, conservation biology, palynology, multivariate analyses
2007 Ecology, population biology, statistics, ethology, ecophysiology

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2017 - 2019 - Postdoc on fatty acid stocks and fluxes in aquatic food webs of arctic lakes.
- Building collaborations among teams of research from different countries.
- Designing, planning and leading arctic field sampling in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
- Coordination of team members in remote locations for field sampling.
- two days formation in bioacoustics in Seattle (USA) for the use of a Biosonics DT-X
Extreme Echosounder and doing lake bathymetry in high-Arctic lakes.
2011-2017 - PhD on zooplankton use of terrestrial matter with stable isotope data (C, N and H)
and modelling allochthony with algebraic and Bayesian mixing models.
- Designing, planning and accomplishing spatial and seasonal studies in a boreal lake.
- Coordination of team members in field sampling and laboratory analyses.
- Calculations of zooplankton production with taxonomic identification, length
measurements, cohort analyses and with the chitobiase enzyme.
 - Analyses on data from spatial sampling and time series with uni- and multivariate
analysis (multiple regressions, PCA, PermANOVA).
- Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) characterisation (spectro-fluorometry, bio-lability).
2014-2013 Research assistant in «Sentinel Lake» Project. Bi-weekly to monthly sampling and lab
analyses for water chemistry, bacterio-, zoo- and phytoplankton, DNA, fatty acids,
pigments. Group for Interuniversity Research in Limnology and aquatic environment.
2012, 2011 Research assistant in Zostera Experimental Network (ZEN). Impact of nutrient loading
and grazer removal on Zostera community in the St Lawrence River.
2010-2009 Associate Engineer Study of ecological successions of aquatic and terrestrial
invertebrates in an intermittent river National Research Institute of Science and
Technology for Environment and Agriculture, Lyon, France.
2009 Research assistant Impact of introduced predators on native seabird populations of
insular ecosystems. Mediterranean Institute of marine and terrestrial biodiversity and
Ecology, France.
2007 Lab Technician Macro-invertebrate identification and diet analysis. University of
Rennes1, France.

PUBLICATIONS

Articles
Grosbois, G. & Rautio, M. (2018) Active and colorful life under lake ice. Ecology, 99:752-754 DOI:
10.1002/ecy.2074
Grosbois, G., Mariash, H., Schneider, T. & Rautio, M. (2017) Under-ice availability of phytoplankton lipids
is key to freshwater zooplankton winter survival. Scientific Reports, 7:11543, DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-10956-0
Grosbois, G., del Giorgio, P. A. & Rautio, M. (2017) Zooplankton allochthony is spatially heterogeneous
in a boreal lake. Freshwater Biology, 62, 474-490, DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12879.
Schneider, T., Grosbois, G., Vincent, W. F. & Rautio, M. (2017) Saving for the future: Pre-winter uptake
of algal lipids supports copepod egg production in spring. Freshwater Biology, 62, 1063-1072,
doi:10.1111/fwb.12925.
Schneider, T., Grosbois G., Vincent W.F. & Rautio, M. (2016) Carotenoid accumulation in copepods is
related to lipid metabolism and reproduction rather than to UV-protection. Limnology and
Oceanography, 61, 1201-1213, DOI: 10.1002/lno.10283.
Piscart, C., Roussel, J. M., Dick, J. T. A., Grosbois, G. & Marmonier P. (2011) Effects of coexistence on
habitat use and trophic ecology of interacting native and invasive amphipods. Freshwater
Biology, 56:325-334, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02500.x.
Manuscripts
Grosbois, G., Vachon, D., del Giorgio, P. & Rautio, M. Efficiency of zooplankton in transferring
allochthonous carbon in a boreal lake. Submitted in Ecology (2nd round of revision).

Grosbois, G., Power, M., Evans, M. & Rautio, M. Stocks, production and transfer of polyunsaturated
fatty acids in an Arctic lake food web. Submitted in Freshwater Biology (2nd round of revision).

Grosbois, G., Power, M., Lau, D., Karlsson, J., Rautio, M. + 21 co-authors. Effect of DOC on fatty acid
composition of seston, zooplankton and fish, a panarctic study. In writing.

Rautio, M, Grosbois, G. &. Power, M. Limnological data from lakes and ponds of the Canadian high
Arctic. Manuscript to be submitted before December 2019.
Reports
Grosbois, G. 2009. Distribution range and habitat characterization of two Mediterranean Gastropods in
occidental Provence. Ms.S. thesis. 30p. (In French).
Grosbois, G. 2008. Horizontal and vertical distribution of invertebrate communities from the hyporheic
zone of a Mediterranean river. Master 1 degree thesis. 18p. (In French).
Grosbois, G. 2007. Spatial and trophic competition between invasive and endemic Amphipods in
Brittany. Master 1 degree thesis. 23p. (In French).
CONFERENCES
Rautio, M., Wauthy, M. & Grosbois, G. Effect of permafrost thaw on plankton and fish in Arctic lakes,
ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting, Dec. 2019, Halifax, Canada. Oral presentation.

Evans, M., Muir, D., Maksagak, B., Rautio, M., Grosbois, G., Power, M., McLennan, D., Koehler, G.,
Harris, L., Keating, J. & Wang, X. Mercury and food web investigations in sea-run char and the
Greiner Lake ecosystem, ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting, Dec. 2019, Halifax, Canada. Poster

Grosbois, G., What about lakes? Freshwater islands in an ocean of forests. Why we should integrate
lakes in forest ecology. Seminar, Oct. 2019, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada. Oral presentation (in
French).

Grosbois, G., Are terrestrial inputs good for the health of freshwater ecosystems? Aug. 2019, Canadian
High Arctic Research Station Campus, Cambridge Bay, Canada. Oral Presentation.

Grosbois, G., Does terrestrial organic matter influence zooplankton production and fatty acid
composition? Insights from Boreal and Arctic lake ecosystems, Seminar, May 2019, Uppsala,
Sweden. Oral presentation.

Grosbois, G., Ayala Borda, P., Power, M., Culp, J. M., Lovejoy, C. & Rautio, M. How productive are lakes
and ponds in the Kitikmeot Region? A first estimation of primary, bacterial and zooplankton
production of Greiner Lake watershed. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting, Dec. 2018, Ottawa,
Canada. Oral presentation.

Grosbois, G., Evaluation of the biotic interaction role in carbon transfer and recycling within lake food
webs. Seminar. Jun. 2018, Thonon-les-Bains, France. Oral presentation.

Grosbois, G., Power, M. & Rautio, M. Understanding Arctic Food Webs: a quantification of essential
fatty acid sources, stocks and fluxes from plankton to fish. 27th GRIL symposium, Mar. 2018,
Orford, Canada. Poster

Grosbois, G., Understanding the Boreal and Arctic Foodwebs: The Role of Terrestrial Inputs and Fatty
Acids in Zooplankton Production. Seminar, Jan. 2018, Umeå, Sweden. Oral presentation

Grosbois, G., Power, M. & Rautio, M. Understanding food webs in Arctic lakes: Production and transfer
of essential fatty acids from plankton to fish. Arctic Change, Dec. 2017, Quebec, Canada. Oral
presentation.
Grosbois, G., Vachon, D., del Giorgio, P. & Rautio, M. Zooplankton production and allochthony follow
different seasonal patterns in a boreal lake. SIL XXXIII Congress, Aug. 2016, Torino, Italy. Oral
presentation.
Rautio, M. Grosbois, G., Mariash, H., Schneider, T. The underestimated role of autumn for zooplankton
seasonal resource use and reproduction, as indicated by stable isotope, fatty acid and pigment
analyses. SIL XXXIII Congress, Aug. 2016, Torino, Italy. Oral presentation.
Grosbois G., del Giorgio, P. & Rautio, M. Tributaries and macrophytes influence the spatial variability
of zooplankton allochthony within a boreal lake. 25th GRIL symposium, Mar. 2015, Saint
Hippolyte, Canada. Oral presentation.
Grosbois, G., del Giorgio, P. & Rautio, M. River and macrophyte effect on aquatic food sources and
their integration in zooplankton in a boreal lake. Joint Aquatic Science Meeting, May 2014,
Portland, USA. Oral presentation.
Grosbois, G., del Giorgio, P. & Rautio, M. River and Macrophyte influence on food source integration in
zooplankton in a boreal lake. 24th GRIL symposium, Feb. 2014, Saint Hippolyte, Canada, Poster.
Awarded as best PhD Poster
Grosbois, G. & Rautio, M. Seasonal pattern of seston and zooplankton isotope signatures. 23rd GRIL
symposium, Mar. 2013, Saint Hippolyte, Canada, Oral presentation.
Grosbois, G., Sastri, A. & Rautio, M. Zooplankton productivity dependency on terrestrial subsidies in
boreal lake. ASLO Aquatic Sciences meeting, Jul. 2012, Otsu, Japan. Poster.
Grosbois, G., del Giorgio, P. & Rautio, M. Seasonal pattern of the integration of allochthonous carbon
in boreal aquatic food web. 22nd GRIL symposium, Mar. 2012, Saint Ferdinand, Canada. Poster.
Piscart, C., Grosbois, G., Rousselet, J-M & Marmonier, P. Biogéographie et micro-répartition des
amphipodes de Bretagne : conséquence sur les réseaux trophiques associés à l’espèce
endémique Gammarus duebeni celticus. 50th AFL congress (French association of limnology),
Nov. 2007. Toulouse, France. Poster.

SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATIONS
2011 – 2019 GRIL Group for Interuniversity Research in Limnology and Aquatic Environment
2018 – 2019 CEN Centre d’Études Nordiques (Center for Northern Studies)
2017 – 2019 APECS Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
2012 – 2015 ASLO Association of Sciences in Limnology and Oceanography

AWARDS, GRANTS AND DISTINCTIONS

2018 Grant from Polar Knowledge Canada “Canada-Sweden Arctic Research Station Early Career
Scientist Exchange Program” covering for travel and accommodation in arctic stations from
Canada and Sweden
2017 Ph.D. degree with “excellence”
2017 1st prize of the photography contest “la preuve par l’image”
2014 Best Ph.D. poster, GRIL conference
2008 Master 1 degree with distinctions

GRANT APPLICATION
2018 Carl Tryggers foundation grant (denied) – two-year project - Insuring high biological
production and nutritional quality of fish in arctic lakes.
2018 FORMAS Mobility starting grant (denied; assessment: very good application) – two-year
project - Biological production in arctic lakes: how do we ensure high nutritional quality of fish
despite climate change?
2018 Climate Impact Research Center grant (denied) - Fund for extra sample analyses – Climate-
change impacts on ecosystem health of northern lakes.
2018 Application to a Junior Research Scientists permanent position, National Institute for
Agricultural Research, selected on the supplementary list (1st over 20 candidates).
2017 Wenner-Gren foundation grant (denied) – two-year project - Climate change consequences on
trophic ecology and nutritional quality of fish in northern lakes.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 Lecture on stable and radio isotopes as part of the course “ecological methods” (4h)
2017 Lecture in limnology (3h)
2016 Lecture on stable and radio isotopes as part of the course “ecological methods” (4h)
2015, 2014, 2012 Course organizer - field course in Limnology
Intensive course about theoretical limnology, project design, sampling, lab and data
analyses, writing and oral presentations in aquatic ecology (6 days per course)
2013 3rd GRIL student workshop: Calibration and manipulation of YSI instrument,
Oral presentation, field and laboratory workshop (1 day)
2012 2nd GRIL student workshop: Zooplankton in Ecology, sampling and lab analyses, Oral
presentation, field and laboratory workshop (1 day)
2011 Lecture in limnology (4h)

STUDENT SUPERVISION
2019 – present Co-supervisor of master student Pénélope BlackBurn-Desbiens, UQAC « Zooplankton
communities of High-Arctic lakes and ponds »

2019 Supervisor of Tra My Ta, MITACS Student from Germany doing an internship in our
laboratory (2 months). Supervision of the internship, of her project and teaching of lab
analyses.

2019 Élise Imbeau. Master student UQAC « Freshwater ice algae in Arctic and boreal lakes »
Participation in the design of research questions, building the project structure,
supervision of data analysis and interpretation, of writing.

2019 Paola Ayala Borda. PhD student UQAC « Biologic connectivity in high-Arctic lakes »
Teaching of field and lab manipulations, design of the project, help in data analyses
and interpretation, in communication of results in congresses (poster, talks).

SCIENCE OUTREACH
2019 Organisation of an “Open house” to present the main results of our research and
initiate discussions with the Inuit community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

2017 CBC Interview about Canada bioblitz 150 organized in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Bilan
de la faune aquatique au Nunavut. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/l-
heure-de-pointe/episodes/387809/audio-fil-du-vendredi-18-aout-2017/3 (in french).

Winning photography at the contest « la preuve par l’image »

http://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/preuve-image

Diffusion in UQACtualités – university diffusion letter

http://www.uqac.ca/blog/2017/09/08/luqac-participe-au-bioblitz-communautaire-de-
cambridge-bay/à

Tiny red animals dart in the dark under the ice of a frozen Quebec lake. Published on
phys.org and eurekalert.org, AAAS journal. Dec. 2017
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-tiny-red-animals-dart-dark.html Phys.org
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/esoa-tra121917.php

« Surprenante vie hivernale » Article in the local journal « le quotidien »

https://www.lequotidien.com/actualites/surprenante-vie-hivernale-
72a2c6a8a60fe73f69253915a80d426d (in french)

2013 TV documentary on winter ecology of boreal lakes based on interviews and field work
filming of my PhD project. Canal Savoir, Quebec, February 2013 (in French).
http://www.canalsavoir.tv/videos_sur_demande/campus5/episode09

2017-2012 - Describing projects in aquatic sciences to high school students

- Running a booth for the World Water Day
- Running a booth for “Exponature”

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
2019 Signed up as an EU expert for project evaluation
2019 Associate editors of Frontiers in Environmental Science, section Freshwater science
2019 Co-signed the world scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency. William J. Ripple,
Christopher Wolf, Thomas M. Newsome., … in writing.
2018 Judge for the elevator pitch concourse of the ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting
2018 Reviewing for Applied and fundamental limnology, Plosone, Inland waters, Arctic, Antarctic
and Alpine Research, Hydrobiologia, Frontiers in Environmental Science
2017 Co-signed the world scientists’ warning to humanity: A second notice. Ripple, W. J., Wolf,
C., Newsome, T. M., Galetti, M., Alamgir, M., Crist, E., . . . Bioscience, 67(12), 1026-1028.
2014-2013 Student comity member of Group for Interuniversity Research in Limnology and aquatic
environment (GRIL)
- Organisation of GRIL symposium 2014 (Saint Hippolyte-Québec)
- Organisation of 3rd student workshop GRIL 2013
2014-2012 Journal club organiser
weekly meetings, selection of articles, management of meeting discussions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Nationality French
Languages French (mother tongue), English (fluent); Spanish (basic)
Leisure activity Ornithology, jogging, hiking, snowshoeing
Social work Support assistant for disabled persons (1 month, 2007)
Other Driver’s licence for cars, ATV and boats