
Richard Cloutier
Associate Professor,Université du Québec à Rimouski
Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie
E-mail: richard_cloutier@uqar.ca
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ResearchWe study the skeletal and nervous development of fish in order to identify their modules (network of elements that act like relatively independent units) and patterning (order of formation of this elements) in order to solve the phylogeny of gnathostomes. We will a test our theoretical model of modularity in lampreys, chondrichthyes as well as bony fishes.QCBS studentsPrevious students (since 2009)France CharestPh.D. Marion ChevrinaisPh.D. Thomas GrünbaumPh.D. Olivier LarouchePh.D. Cyrena RileyPh.D. margot angibaudM.Sc. Marion ChevrinaisM.Sc. Lemieux CynthiaM.Sc. Cynthia DeschênesM.Sc. François GrégoireM.Sc. Laurent HouleM.Sc. Émilie LebelM.Sc. Émilie LebelM.Sc. Caroline LehouxM.Sc. Élodie LibertM.Sc. Roxane NoëlM.Sc. Daniel Potvin-LeducM.Sc. Vincent RoyM.Sc. Examples of species studiedHippoglossus hippoglossus Salvelinus alpinus Salmoniformes Teleostei Salmonidae Percina copelandi Sarcopterygii Nereis virens Chondrichthyes Bothriolepis canadensis Latimeria chalumnae Publications50- The phylogenetic origin of fingers Cloutier R , Long J A , Clement A M , 2020 Medecine sciences : M/S (Date Added: 2020-12-27) 49- Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand Cloutier R , Clement A M , Lee M S Y , Noël R , Béchard I , Roy V , Long J A , 2020 Nature (Date Added: 2020-04-06) 48- A critical appraisal of appendage disparity and homology in fishes Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R , 2019 Fish and Fisheries (Date Added: 2019-09-07) 47- Environmentally cued hatching in the bird-parasitic nest fly Philornis downsi Sage R , Boulton R A , Lahuatte P F , Causton C E , Cloutier R , Heimpel G E , 2018 Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Date Added: 2019-02-27) 46- Evolution of vertebrate postcranial complexity: Axial skeleton regionalization and paired appendages in a Devonian jawless fish Chevrinais M , Johanson Z , Trinajstic K , Long J , Morel C , Renaud C B , Cloutier R , 2018 Palaeontology (Date Added: 2018-08-01) 45- Loss in the making: Absence of pelvic fins and presence of paedomorphic pelvic girdles in a Late Devonian antiarch placoderm (jawed stem-gnathostome) Charest F , Johanson Z , Cloutier R , 2018 Biology Letters (Date Added: 2018-07-16) 44- Modularity promotes morphological divergence in ray-finned fishes Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R , 2018 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2018-05-24) 43- Early establishment of vertebrate tropic interactions: Food web structure in middle to late devonian fish assemblages with exceptional fossilization Chevrinais M , Jacquet C , Cloutier R , 2017 Bulletin of Geosciences (Date Added: 2018-01-19) 42- Unravelling the ontogeny of a Devonian early gnathostome, the "acanthodian" Triazeugacanthus affinis (eastern Canada) Chevrinais M , Sire J , Cloutier R , 2017 PeerJ (Date Added: 2017-11-08) 41- Similarity of morphological composition and developmental patterning in paired fins of the elephant shark Riley C , Cloutier R , Grogan E D , 2017 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2017-09-17) 40- Fin modules: An evolutionary perspective on appendage disparity in basal vertebrates Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R , 2017 BMC Biology (Date Added: 2017-05-18) 39- From body scale ontogeny to species ontogeny: Histological and morphological assessment of the Late Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis from Miguasha, Canada Chevrinais M , Sire J , Cloutier R , 2017 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2017-04-27) 38- Asymmetry in dentition and shape of pharyngeal arches in the clonal fish Chrosomus eos-neogaeus: Phenotypic plasticity and developmental instability Leung C , Duclos K K , Grünbaum T , Cloutier R , Angers B , 2017 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2017-04-17) 37- New Insights in the Ontogeny and Taphonomy of the Devonian Acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis From the Miguasha Fossil-Lagerstätte, Eastern Canada Chevrinais, M, Balan, E, Cloutier, R 2016 Minerals (Date Added: 2016-02-01) 36- Building blocks of a fish head: Developmental and variational modularity in a complex system Lehoux, C, Cloutier, R 2015 Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2015-11-09) 35- Head, Body and Fins: Patterns of Morphological Integration and Modularity in Fishes Larouche, O, Cloutier, R, Zelditch, ML 2015 Evolutionary Biology (Date Added: 2015-07-10) 34-Givetian (Middle Devonian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USA): Evidence of early cosmopolitanism Potvin-Leduc, D, Cloutier, R, Landing, E, Hernick, LV, Mannolini, F 2015 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica ( Date Added: 2015-03-30) 33- The revival of a so-called rotten fish: the ontogeny of the Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus Chevrinais, M, Cloutier, R, Sire, J-Y 2015 Biology Letters (Date Added: 2015-03-30) 32- The Devonian placoderm fish Bothriolepis canadensis revisited with three-dimensional digital imagery Béchard, I, Arsenault, F, Cloutier, R, Kerr, J 2014 Palaeontologia Electronica (Date Added: 2015-02-19) 31- Great Canadian Lagerstätten 4. The Devonian Miguasha biota (Québec): UNESCO World Heritage Site and a time capsule in the early history of vertebrates Cloutier, R 2013 Geoscience Canada (Date Added: 2015-02-19) 30- Apatite for destruction: Isotopic and geochemical analyses of bioapatites and sediments from the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation (Miguasha, Québec) Matton, O, Cloutier, R, Stevenson, R 2012 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Date Added: 2012-08-24) 29- The Miguasha Fossil-Fish-Lagerstätte: a consequence of the Devonian land–sea interactions Cloutier, R, Proust, J-N, Tessier, B 2011 Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (Date Added: 2012-09-26) 28- Early ontogeny of the Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus head Cloutier, R, Lambrey de Souza, J, Browman, HI, Skiftesvik, AB 2011 Journal of Fish Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 27- Effect of water velocity on the timing of skeletogenesis in the arctic Charr, Salvelinus alpinus (Salmoniformes: Teleostei): An empirical case of developmental plasticity Cloutier, R, Caron, A, Grünbaum, T, Le François, NR 2011 International Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2012-05-10) 26- Developmental plasticity in fish exposed to a water velocity gradient: A complex response Fischer-Rousseau, L, Chu, KP, Cloutier, R 2010 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 25- Ontogeny, variation, and homology in Salvelinus alpinus caudal skeleton (Teleostei: Salmonidae) Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R 2010 Journal of Morphology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 24- The fossil record of fish ontogenies: Insights into developmental patterns and processes Cloutier, R 2010 Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 23- Morphological integration and developmental progress during fish ontogeny in two contrasting habitats Fischer-Rousseau, L, Cloutier, R, Zelditch, ML 2009 Evolution and Development (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 22- Comparison of the channel darter (Percina copelandi) summer habitat in two rivers from eastern Canada Boucher, J, Bérubé, P, Cloutier, R 2009 Journal of Freshwater Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 21- Positive effects of exposure to increased water velocity on growth of newly hatched Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus L. Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, Le François, NR 2008 Aquaculture Research (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 20- A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications Janvier, P, Clément, G, Cloutier, R 2007 Geodiversitas (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 19- Early developmental plasticity and integrative responses in arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): effects of water velocity on body size and shape Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, Mabee, PM, Le François, NR 2007 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2012-06-20) 18- Environmental influence on activity levels and behavioural allocation in the polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) Deschênes, J, Desrosiers, G, Ferron, J, Cloutier, R, Stora, G 2005 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 17- Origin and early diversification of actinopterygians Cloutier, R, Arratia, G 2004 Recent advances in the origin an early radiation of vertebrates: honoring Hans-Peter Schultze (Date Added: 2013-11-27) 16- Variations in food utilisation and carbon sequestration by the polychaete Nereis virens under experimental conditions Deschênes, J, Desrosiers, G, Ferron, J, Cloutier, R, Stora, G 2003 Vie et Milieu (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 15- The oldest articulated chondrichthyan from the Early Devonian period Miller, RF, Cloutier, R, Turner, S 2003 Nature (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 14- Vertebral development in the Devonian sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi and the polarity of vertebral evolution in non-amniote tetrapods Cote, S, Carroll, R, Cloutier, R, Bar-Sagi, L 2002 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 13- Early diagenesis of the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec: Sedimentological and geochemical evidence El Albani, A, Cloutier, R, Candilier, A-M 2002 Sedimentary Geology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 12- Middle and Late Devonian vertebrates of the western Old Red Sandstone Continent Elliott, DK, Johnson, HG, Cloutier, R, Carr, RK, Daeschler, EB 2000 (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 11- Biostratigraphical correlations of Early Devonian vertebrate assemblages of the Old Red Sandstone Continent Blieck, A, Cloutier, R, Elliott, DK, Goujet, D, Loboziak, S, Reed, RC, Rodina, O, Steemans, P, Valiukevicius, JJ, V'yushkova, L, Yolkin, EA, Young, VT 2000 (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 10- Lower vertebrate palaeontology - Renewal and developments Poplin, C, Blieck, A, Cloutier, R, Derycke, C, Goujet, D, Janvier, P, Lelièvre, H, Véran, M, Wenz, S 1997 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 9- Biostratigraphy of the upper devonian escuminac formation, eastern Quebec, Canada: A comparative study based on miospores and fishes Cloutier, R, Loboziak, S, Candilier, A-M, Blieck, A 1996 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 8- Sarcopterygian interrelationships: How far are we from a phylogenetic consensus? Cloutier, R, Ahlberg, PE 1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 7- Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part III-Sarcopterygii (Devonian to Carboniferous) Cloutier, R, Candilier, AM 1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 6- Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part II. Chondrichthyes; Acanthodii; Actinopterygii (uppermost Silurian to Carboniferous) Derycke, C, Cloutier, R, Candilier, A-M 1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 5- Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia Cloutier, R 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 4- Diversity of extinct and living actinistian fishes (Sarcopterygii) Cloutier, R, Forey, PL 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 3- Literature relating to fossil coelacanths Forey, PL, Cloutier, R 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 2- Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies of Latimeria chalumnae Schultze, H-P, Cloutier, R 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 1- Recent radiologic imaging techniques for morphological studies in Latimeria chalumnae Cloutier, R, Schultze, H-P, Wiley, EO, Musick, JA, Daimler, JC, Brown, MA, Dwyer III, SJ, Cook, LT, Laws, RL 1988 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) In the mediaIl y a cinq ans, un fossile découvert à Miguasha connaissait une célébrité planétaire 2018-11-06 Une équipe de l’UQAR apporte un nouvel éclairage sur l’évolution des nageoires des poissons (Bouchard, Jean-François ) 2017-07-14 Ce que des écailles fossiles révèlent sur l’évolution des requins (Bouchard, Jean-François ) 2017-05-11 Les trésors de Miguasha livrent de nouveaux secrets (Gobeil, Mathieu) 2017-01-16 Plaidoyer pour un poisson pourri Le Soleil (Cliche, Jean-Francois) 2015-12-21 Des activitées ''grand public'' seront offertes lors du congres de lACFAS a Rimouski (Thérèse Martin) 2015-05-07 L’Elpistostege watsoni livre ses secrets - UQAR INFO UQAR-Info (Jean-François Bouchard) 2014-04-16 Elpi, les premiers pas Québec Science (Leblanc, Joël) 2014-03-31 Découverte d'un fossile exceptionnel : Elpistostege watsoni CNW Telbec 2013-11-06 L'Elpistostege, un fossile unique au monde Le Soleil (Gagné, Gilles) 2013-11-06 Il y a 380 millions d’années… naissait notre ancêtre. Innovation 2013-11-06 Témoin du passage de l'eau à la terre ferme? Yahoo 2013-11-06 Le piéton originel? Les années lumière 2013-11-03 Cyrena Riley et Richard Cloutier remportent le concours La preuve par l’image UQAR-Info 2013-09-16 Université d’été en biogéographie côtière, montagnarde et alpine avec l’UQAR Bas-Saint-Laurent 2013-08-07 Le courrier des 'Années lumière Les années-lumière (Bouchrak, Ouatik) 2011-02-17 |