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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟

@fishbouchard.bsky.social
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Scientific Projects Manager #Fish | #PopDynamics| #Bayesian | #BehavioralEcology | #SpaceUse | #IndividualBehavior | #RStudio - #LaTeX❤️ | #Wine & #Rugby🍷🏉 💼 www.scimabio-interface.fr 🌐 colinbouchard.gitlab.io/personal-we… 📍 France

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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Now it's time to clean up all our equipment for next year — and then the fun part: #Bayesian analysis 💻 of all our detections! =) Always a pleasure to be back in the field with @matbuoro.bsky.social , this time on a bigger boat 🚤. And thanks for the 📸
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It was time to recover all our @innovasea.com #acoustic receivers. Job done, with the help of UMR @inrae-ecobiop.bsky.social (@inrae-france.bsky.social / @universiteuppa.bsky.social). 🐟 Out of the 150 #smolts tagged with #acoustic #tags 🏷️, many were detected! 2/3
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
[Life KANTAURIBAI 🇪🇺] – End of the monitoring season In June, the monitoring season for our tagged #salmon #smolt came to an end! #FishSci #Dams #AtlanticSalmon #TrackingNotSlacking #AcousticTelemetry 1/3
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
When you’re really happy to receive a new book! #bayesian #havefunwithstats #whereismyfishintheriver 👋 @oaggimenez.bsky.social
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Project fund by @loirebretagne.bsky.social & the FEDER (🇪🇺) fund in the #RegionCentreValdeLoire. > More info on my website in 🇬🇧: colinbouchard.gitlab.io/personal-web... > or in 🇫🇷 here: www.scimabio-interface.fr/2024/08/26/l...
Water temperature along the study areaThermal map of the Allier river at Vichy
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
> 125 km of river mapped > 72 millions of water temperature data > water 🌡️ is really homogeneous > median water 🌡️: 24.2°C, for salmon 🐟 is #hot 🔥 > some cold water patches but mainly > 20°C > 3 potential "relative" #thermal refuges but, too hot
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In the Allier river, salmon have to achieve one of the longest migration in France to reach their spawning ground. So, they usually stop their migration in summer. Aims of our project was notably to create a thermal map of the Allier and identify potential #thermal #refuges.
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We've finished our project on #ThermalRefuges for Atlantic #salmon in the #Allier river in France. 🐟 #salmon body temperature depend on water temperature. 🔥When water temp increases, one of the first response is #behavioural #thermoregulation with individuals going to #thermal #refuges ❄️
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INRAE_ecobiop @inrae-ecobiop.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Want to find a fully funded post-doctoral position in our lab, with functioning budget and an associated PhD grant for 3 years ? Apply to the CO-FUND Reach call at UPPA : recherche.univ-pau.fr/en/expertise... Open to all persons that spent less than 12 months in France in the last 3 years.
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REACH-UPPA call for applications #1
Why undertake a Postdoctoral position?The REACH-UPPA Postdoctoral programme offers 10 outstanding postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to pursue
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This work is done with amazing partners: #Orekan (Gestión Ambiental de Navarra) & @inrae-ecobiop.bsky.social ( @inrae-france.bsky.social / @universiteuppa.bsky.social) @efeverde.com
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The #bidasoa river is at the border between France & Spain. Several dams are present and constitute important barriers for salmon during their migration, here their downstream one. ❓We're estimating mortality due to dams & hydropower plants before some improvements in the #LifeProjectKantauribai 🇪🇺
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Time for the 3️⃣rd downstream #salmon #migration in the #Bidasoa river 🇫🇷/🇪🇸 ! 🐟 After deploying our @innovasea.com #HR3 and tagging the pre-smolts, the season is well underway!
A released pre-smolt tagged with a PIT tag. ©Bouchard.CTwo RFID antennas at the entrance of a water intake channel. ©Bouchard.COne of our HR3 acoustic receiver ready to be deployed. ©Bouchard.CSome key numbers for this 3rd season! ©Bouchard.C
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INRAE_ecobiop @inrae-ecobiop.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
L'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour ouvre un poste de Maitre de Conférence en génomique évolutive dans l'UMR ECOBIOP ! Pour candidater, c'est ici (profil 261937): organisation.univ-pau.fr/fr/recruteme... N'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour de plus amples informations.
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Concours enseignants chercheurs
La campagne de recrutement des enseignants-chercheurs est dématérialisée sur l'application Galaxie.
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
While not peer-reviewed, it might be of interest to researchers, conservationists, or anyone passionate about salmon ecology and the #stocking dilemma. 📥 Download it here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #SalmonConservation #FisheriesScience #Ecology #OpenScience
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Comprehensive Literature Review of stocking Operations for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) and Shad Species (Alosa alosa and Alosa fallax). Project OFB 2024MAPA-09, SCIMABIO Interface.
The objective of this document is to provide a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge regarding conservation-oriented stocking programs for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and shads (Alosa spp.). ...
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We recently completed a comprehensive #review on #AtlanticSalmon #stocking, approached from a #conservation perspective. The document explores comparative biology and in natura impacts, backed by extensive #references.
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
📖 Read the paper : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #FishEcology #ClimateChange #RiverRestoration #ThermalRefugia #ConservationScience Takeaway: 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦.
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
✔ All life stages avoid high summer temps (>20°C). ✔ Two cool reaches act as critical refuges, while a warm stretch acts as a thermal barrier. ✔ Key actions: Protect cold-water patches, restore riparian shading, and manage upstream tributaries. (2/3)
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🔬 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝑇ℎ𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠) 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴. Using #10 years of snorkeling surveys + airborne thermal infrared (IRT) mapping, researchers found : (1/3)
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Mathieu Buoro @matbuoro.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
After years of non-stop brainstorming and hard work with @alamarins.bsky.social & co, we're thrilled to present IBASAM (v3): a spatially explicit demo-genetic individual-based model for anadromous salmonids (meta)populations. @inrhttps://ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=153305
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IBASAM: a spatially explicit demo-genetic individual-based model for anadromous salmonids (meta)populations
To improve our understanding and management of species’ response to environmental and anthropogenic changes, there is a critical need for integrative modeling approaches that encompass demographic, ec...
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The joys of fieldwork in summer: cooling your feet in the water while searching for #thermal refuges for #salmonids 🐟! Last week, we were on a data collection campaign on the Nivelle River (64, France) to create a thermal map and search for thermal refuges by using airborne thermal infrared #IRTa !
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ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Validating Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) scale reading by genetic parent assignment and PIT-tagging. PLOS ONE 20(5): e0316075. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Validating Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) scale reading by genetic parent assignment and PIT-tagging
Understanding changes in abundance and survival in Atlantic salmon populations requires knowledge of growth rates and age. Salmon are typically aged through scale reading, but such estimates are rarel...
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
For those who are interested in #salmon & #FishSci =) 🐟 A big thanks to @jmprok.bsky.social 👍
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Tagging is now complete in collaboration with Gestión Ambiental de Navarra, and the pre-smolts have been released into the #Bidasoa! The HR3 #acoustic receivers were deployed in March, & everything is ready — now we just have to wait for the smolts to start their downstream #migration. #Conservation
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
[Projet LIFE KANTAURIBAI] #Migration #Salmon 6 @innovasea.com acoustic receivers 1,750 #tagged #smolts 3 dams monitored Our work w/ @inrae-ecobiop.bsky.social aims to estimate the probabilities that smolts enter the #hydropower intake canals & assess survival probabilities. #Ecology #Fisheries
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Time to deploy our #acoustic receivers HR3 from @innovasea.com in the Bidasoa before the downstream migration of #salmon for the Life project Kantauribai ! 💪🙏🙈🐟🇪🇺
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Jenni Prokkola @jmprok.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
We just need some visibility for this☺️ Ping @jpverta.bsky.social @fishcongen.bsky.social @alamarins.bsky.social @fishbouchard.bsky.social @evathorstad.bsky.social
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Welcome @fishteph.bsky.social ! 🐟 Another fishy scientist in the room 💪
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Andrew Hendry @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
The McGill freshwater ecology group is advertising for a postdoc. Come join me and six other profs! scasscsa.mcjobboard.net/jobs/165974
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
If you speak French, you can visit the festival website (festivaldazun.org/index.php/fr...) and listen podcasts on the conferences: www.frequenceluz.com/ca-arrive-pr...
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Le Festi'Val d'Azun 2024, ça coule de source | Fréquence Luz
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
[OPEN SCIENCE] 💡2 days ago, I had the opportunity to give a talk at the Festi'Val d'Azun, which offers conferences that promote #OpenScience. 🔍 1 day was dedicated to ‘#Water & the #Pyrenees’, during which I was able to give a talk on the conservation issues surrounding #Atlantic #Salmon 🐟 .
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 26/07/2024
💼 Projet Life KANTAURIBAI Proyecto Life Kantauribai 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 End of the first migration season The 1st migration season ended about a month ago, SCIMABIO Interface went to retrieve all the acoustic receivers with all the data (phew!) Before the results from a Bayesian model, some figures!
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 07/04/2024
Sure! thanks =)
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Understanding the impact of anthropogenic activities on biodiversity and wildlife is one of the most important questions today. This is notably one of the targeted questions addressed by the European project #LIFEprogramme #Kantauribai. #RFID #Acoustic #BayesianModel #trackingnotslacking
©SCIMABIO InterfaceDeployment of an acoustic receiver ©SCIMABIO InterfaceAn acoustic receiver used in the project and before its deployment. ©SCIMABIO Interface
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
First release of future #salmon #smolts tagged with PIT tags for the Life #KANTAURIBAI - first big step before modelling their next downstream #migration and the #probability to enter hydropower plant canals. Check the project summary here: tinyurl.com/LifeKantauri... #SCIMABIO-Interface #GAN-NIK
A tagged salmon in the river. ©SCIMABIO-InterfaceSalmon to be released in the river. ©SCIMABIO-InterfaceSalmon to be released in the river. ©SCIMABIO-Interface
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
What a pleasure it was to be invited to give a seminar at the Tour du Valat to talk about the demography and migratory behavior of European glass eels. Always a pleasure to go there :) The Camargue, an ecosystem definitely very interesting to study the movement and colonization by eels! 🐟
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
Sure ! Thanks :)
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
We've signed a partnership agreement with INRAE & University of Pau (UMR ECOBIOP) to establish the Associated Partnership Laboratory MODMAF for the development & valorization of statistical models and tools for the assessment of #Demography & #Movements of #Fish 🐟. t.co/cULqpF8VPm
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
At SCIMABIO-Interface we design & install #RFID antennas, perform & are involved in projects to monitor #FishBehaviour & #Movements with PIT-tags or acoustic tags, use our knowledge in #DataAnalysis to facilitate the percolation of scientific knowledge towards fish managers.
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Since September, I've embarked on a permanent position at SCIMABIO-Interface. Excited to apply #PopulationDynamics #BehaviouralEcology & #BayesianStatistics to engage w. managers & stakeholders. Science-Policy Interface is essential for effective #Fish #Conservation! 🐟 www.scimabio-interface.fr
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Eva B. Thorstad @evathorstad.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
We used scale isotopes to understand trophic ecology of Atlantic salmon during first year at sea. Isotopes can also reflect migration routes, and it looked like routes of first-time migrants resembled those of older, previous spawners satellite tagged in earlier studies dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Salmon head
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Colin Bouchard | Dr,PhD 🐟 @fishbouchard.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Hey #Acoustic and #freshwater #fish #telemetry community, I need your help ! =) Is it possible / OK to attach an acoustic receiver to a metal base rather than a concrete one ? It's for a monitoring in a river. Thanks for your feedbacks :) #trackingnotslacking 🐟
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