Profile

Isabelle Laurion
Regular Member (Co-researcher)
Centre Eau Terre Environnement
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
isabelle.laurion@ete.inrs.ca

Students supervised:

Thomas Pacoureau

Riley Hughes (PhD Student)

Students co-supervised:

Alex Matveev (Postdoctoral Fellow)

Jessika Pickford (PhD Student)

Kimia Motevalli (PhD Student)

Scientific Communications

Coulombe, S., Fortier, D., Bouchard, F., Paquette, M., Charbonneau, S., Lacelle, D., Laurion, I., Pienitz, R., 2022. Contrasted geomorphological and limnological properties of thermokarst lakes formed in buried glacier ice and ice-wedge polygon terrain. The Cryosphere, 16: 2837–2857. DOI: 10.5194/tc-16-2837-2022.

Mazoyer, F., Laurion, I., Rautio, M., 2022. The dominant role of sunlight in degrading winter dissolved organic matter from a thermokarst lake in a subarctic peatland. Biogeosciences, 19: 3959–3977. DOI: 10.5194/bg-19-3959-2022.

Bartosiewicz, M., Aatami, P., Przytulska-Bartosiewicz, A., Laurion, I., 2021. Effects of phytoplankton blooms on fluxes and emissions of greenhouse gases in a eutrophic lake. Water Research, 196, 116985. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116985.

Bartosiewicz, M., Coggins, L.X., Glaz, P., Cortés, A., Bourget, S., Reichwaldt, E.S., MacIntyre, S., Ghadouani, A., Laurion, I., 2021. Integrated approach towards quantifying carbon dioxide and methane release from waste stabilization ponds. Water Research, 202, 117389. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117389.

Bégin, P.N., Tanabe, Y., Rautio, M., Wauthy, M., Laurion, I., Uchida, M., Culley, A.I., Vincent, W.F., 2021. Water column gradients beneath the summer ice of a High Arctic freshwater lake as indicators of sensitivity to climate change. Scientific Reports, 11, 2868. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82234-z.

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: Biogeochemistry and ecology across Arctic aquatic ecosystems in the face of change): S47-S63. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11634.

Preskienis, V., Laurion, I., Bouchard, F., Douglas, P., Billett, M., Fortier, D., Xu, X., 2021. Seasonal patterns in greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and ponds in a High Arctic polygonal landscape. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(S1: Biogeochemistry and ecology across Arctic aquatic ecosystems in the face of change): S117-S141. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11660.

Bélanger, C., Gratton, Y., St-Hilaire, A., Ouellet, V., Duchesne, V., Logan, T., Pienitz, R., Laurion, I., 2020. Impacts des changements climatiques sur les habitats thermiques du touladi (Salvelinus namaycush) et de l’omble chevalier (Salvelinus alpinus) dans les lacs du Nunavik. 186 pages.

Bouchard, F., Fortier, D., Paquette, M., Boucher, V., Pienitz, R., Laurion, I., 2020. Thermokarst lake inception and development in syngenetic ice-wedge polygon terrain during a cooling climatic trend, Bylot Island (Nunavut), eastern Canadian Arctic. The Cryosphere, 14(8): 2607-2627. DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-2607-2020.

Hugues-Allen, L., Bouchard, F., Laurion, I., Séjourné, A., Marlin, C., Hatté, C., Costard, F., Federov, A., Desyatkin, A., 2020. Seasonal patterns in greenhouse gas emissions from thermokarst lakes in Central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia). Limnology and Oceanography, 66(S1: Biogeochemistry and ecology across Arctic aquatic ecosystems in the face of change): S98-S116. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11665.

Narancic, B., Laurion, I., Wolfe, B.B., Behmel, S., Rousseau, A.N., 2020. Seasonal contributions of water and pollutants to Lake St. Charles, a drinking water reservoir. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 45(2): 125-143. DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2019.1706641.

Ratté-Fortin, C., Chokmani, K., Laurion, I., 2020. Spatiotemporal variability in phytoplankton bloom phenology in Eastern Canadian lakes related to physiographic, morphologic, and climatic drivers. Environments, 7(10), 77. DOI: 10.3390/environments7100077.

Tank, S.E., Vonk, J.E., Walvoord, M.A., McClelland, J.W., Laurion, I., Abbott, B.W., 2020. Landscape matters: Predicting the biogeochemical effects of permafrost thaw on aquatic networks with a state factor approach. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 31(3 - Special Issue: Transactions of the International Permafrost Association No. 3): 358-370. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.2057.

Bartosiewicz, M., Przytulska-Bartosiewicz, A., Deshpande, B., Antoniades, D., Cortes, A., MacIntyre, S., Lehmann, M.F., Laurion, I., 2019. Effects of climate change and episodic heat events on cyanobacteria in a eutrophic polymictic lake. Science of the Total Environment, 693, 133414. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.220.

Bartosiewicz, M., Przytulska-Bartosiewicz, A., Lapierre, J.-F., Laurion, I., Lehmann, M.F., Maranger, R., 2019. Hot tops, cold bottoms: Synergistic climate warming and shielding effects increase carbon burial in lakes. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 4(5): 132-144. DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10117.

Bélanger, C., Gratton, Y., St-Hilaire, A., Laurion, I., Pienitz, R., 2019. Impacts des changements climatiques sur les habitats thermiques des salmonidés dans les lacs et les rivières du Nunavik. Rapport d’étape 2019-2019. 51 pages.

El Alem, A., Chokmani, K., Laurion, I., El Adlouni, S., Raymond, S., Ratté-Fortin, C., 2019. Ensemble-based systems to monitor algal bloom with remote sensing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(10): 7955-7971. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2917636.

Huot, Y., Brown, C.A., Potvin, G., Antoniades, D., Baulch, H.M., Beisner, B.E., Bélanger, S., Brazeau, S., Cabana, H., Cardille, J.A., del Giorgio, P.A., Gregory-Eaves, I., Fortin, M.-J., Lang, A.S., Laurion, I., Maranger, R., Prairie, Y.T., Rusak, J.A., Segura, P.A., Siron, R., Smol, J.P., Walsh, D.A., Vinebrooke, R.D., 2019. The NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network: A national assessment of lake health providing science for water management in a changing climate. Science of the Total Environment, 695, 133668. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133668.

Laurion, I., 2019. Algal bloom: optical tool development and influence by heat-wave events. Conférence départementale. Montréal, Québec.

Laurion, I., 2019. Bylot Island aquatic ecosystems 2020. 5th T-MOSAiC Workshop: Microbiomes/Oxygen/Biogeochemical Processes Workshop. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Laurion, I., 2019. Can small arctic lakes influence the global climate? McGill conference. Montréal, Québec.

Laurion, I., 2019. La dynamique spatiotemporelle du phytoplancton dans les lacs: les outils optiques et ses défis. Réunion annuelle de l'APEL et de la Chaire de recherche en eau potable du Canada. Québec, Québec.

Matveev, A., Laurion, I., Vincent, W.F., 2019. Winter accumulation of methane and its variable timing of release from thermokarst lakes in subarctic peatlands. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 124(11): 3521-3535. DOI: 10.1029/2019JG005078.

El Alem, A., Chokmani, K., Agili, H., Venkatesan, A., Poulin, J., Tanguy, M., Laurion, I., Dedieu, J.-P., 2018. Utilisation de l'imagerie hyperspectrale embarquée sur drone pour la calibration et la validation d'un algorithme basé sur l'imagerie Sentinel-2 pour le suivi des fleurs d'eau d'algues et/ou de cyanobactéries dans les eaux douces du Québec méridional. Rapport préparé pour INRS-ETE. Rapport de recherche R1744.

Laurion, I., 2018. Les petites mares arctiques ont-elles une influence sur le climat global? Dynamique saisonnière, émissions de gaze à effet de serre et âge du carbone émis. Conférence-midi Boréas, UQAR. Rimouski, Québec.

Matveev, A., Laurion, I., Vincent, W.F., 2018. Methane and carbon dioxide emissions from thermokarst lakes on mineral soils. Arctic Science, 4(4): 584-604. DOI: 10.1139/as-2017-0047.

Wauthy, M., Rautio, M., Christoffersen, K.S., Forsström, L., Laurion, I., Mariash, H., Peura, S., Vincent, W.F., 2018. Increasing dominance of terrigenous organic matter in circumpolar freshwaters due to permafrost thaw. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 3(3 - Special Issue: Carbon cycling in inland waters: Progress and perspectives): 186-198. DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10063.

Bélanger, C., Couture, R.-M., Gratton, Y., Laurion, I., Logan, T., Rautio, M., St-Hilaire, A., 2017. Impacts of climate changes on dissolved oxygen concentrations in Québec Province lakes. 48 pages.

Bélanger, C., Gratton, Y., St-Hilaire, A., Laurion, I., 2017. Cartographie des variations spatiales et futures de la disponibilité des habitats thermiques favorables aux salmonidés dans les lacs du Québec: méthodologie et exemples. 152 pages.

Goubet, S., Laurion, I., Chokmani, K., 2017. Development of optical tools to quantify algal biomass and identify dominant taxa. 9th US Symposium on Harmful Algae. Baltimore, Maryland, États-Unis.

Ratté-Fortin, C., Chokmani, K., Laurion, I., 2017. Modeling spatio-temporal variability of algal blooms using MODIS imagery of inland waters. 9th US Symposium on Harmful Algae. Baltimore, Maryland, États-Unis.

Wauthy, M., Rautio, M., Christoffersen, K.S, Forsström, L., Laurion, I., Mariash, H., Peura, S., Vincent, W.F., 2017. Dissolved organic carbon and related environmental data from ponds and lakes in the circumpolar North, v. 1.0 (2002-2016). D31. DOI: 10.5885/45520CE-0A48ADE0E2194290.

Abbott, B.W., Jones, J.B., Schuur, E.A., Chapin III, F.S., Bowden, W.B., Bret-Harte, M.S., Epstein, H.E., Flannigan, M.D., Harms, T.K., Hollingsworth, T.N., Mack, M.C., McGuire, D.A., Natali, S.M., Rocha, A.V., Tank, S.E., Turetsky, M.R., Vonk, J.E., Wickland, K.P., Aiken, G.R., Alexander, H.D., Amon, R.M.W., Benscoter, B.W., Bergeron, Y., Bishop, K., Blarquez, O., Bond-Lamberty, B., Breen, A.L., Buffam, I., Cai, Y., Carcaillet, C., Carey, S.K., Chen, J.M., Chen, H.Y.H., Christensen, T.R., Cooper, L.W., Cornelissen, J.H.C., de Groot, W.J., DeLuca, T.H., Dorrepaal, E., Fetcher, N., Finlay, J.C., Forbes, B.C., French, N.H.F., Gauthier, S., Girardin, M.P., Goetz, S.J., Goldammer, J.G., Gough, L., Grogan, P., Guo, L., Higuera, P.E., Hinzman, L., Hu, F.S., Hugelius, G., Jafarov, E.E., Jandt, R., Johnstone, J.F., Karlsson, J., Kasischke, E.S., Kattner, G., Kelly, R., Keuper, F., Kling, G.W., Kortelainen, P., Kouki, J., Kuhry, P., Laudon, H., Laurion, I., Macdonald, R.W., Mann, P.J., Martikainen, P.J., McClelland, J.W., Molau, U., Oberbauer, S.F., Olefeldt, D., Paré, D., Parisien, M.-A., Payette, S., Peng, C., Pokrovsky, O.S., Rastetter, E.B., Raymond, P.A., Raynolds, M.K., Rein, G., Reynolds, J.F., Robard, M., Rogers, B.M., Schädel, C., Schaefer, K., Schmidt, I.K., Shvidenko, A., Sky, J., Spencer, R.G.M., Starr, G., Striegl, R.G., Teisserence, R., Tranvik, L.J., Virtanen, T., Welker, J.M., Zimov, S., 2016. Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment. Environmental Research Letters, 11: 034014. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034014.

Bartosiewicz, M., Laurion, I., Clayer, F., Maranger, R., 2016. Heat-wave effects on oxygen, nutrients, and phytoplankton can alter global warming potential of gases emitted from a small shallow lake. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(12): 6267-6275. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b06312.

Bouchard, F., Fortier, D., Veillette, A., Laurion, I., 2016. Sonar-GPS, caméra submersible, géo-radar et scanner médical: La technologie au service des études de lacs en zone de pergélisol dans l’Arctique canadien. Forum environnement 2016 - Du savoir à l'action. Montréal, Québec, Canada. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1494.1846.

Glaz, P., Bartosiewicz, M., Laurion, I., Reichwaldt, E.S., Maranger, R., Ghadouani, A., 2016. Greenhouse gas emissions from waste stabilisation ponds in Western Australia and Quebec (Canada). Water Research, 101: 64-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.060.

Ladouceur, G., Goyens, C., Lévesque, E., Laurion, I., Bélanger, S., 2016. Surveillance de la qualité optique de l’eau en Arctique: une perspective Inuite et satellitaire (INUKSAT). Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Matveev, A., Laurion, I., Deshpande, B., Bhiry, N., Vincent, W.F., 2016. High methane emissions from thermokarst lakes in subarctic peatlands. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(S1 - Special Issue: Methane Emissions from Oceans, Wetlands, and Freshwater Habitats: New Perspectives and Feedbacks on Climate): S150-S164. DOI: 10.1002/lno.10311.

Negandhi, K., Laurion, I., Lovejoy, C., 2016. Temperature effects on net greenhouse gas production and bacterial communities in arctic thaw ponds. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92(8): fiw117. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw117.

Przytulska-Bartosiewicz, A., Comte, J., Crevecoeur, S., Lovejoy, C., Laurion, I., Vincent, W.F., 2016. Phototrophic pigment diversity and picophytoplankton in permafrost thaw lakes. Biogeosciences, 13: 13-26. DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-13-2016.

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