Jeffrey Davidson

Area of expertise:

• Health and Production Medicine of Shellfish and Shrimp
• Ecohealth
• Aquatic Invasive Species

Graduate Students:

Sarah Clark (PhD), Vanessa Lutz-Colllins (MSc), Denise Methe, Louis Ferguson (MSc)

PARISEAU J, SAINT-LOUIS R, DELAPORTE M, EL KHAIR M, MCKENNA P, TREMBLAY R, DAVIDSON J, PELLETIER E, BERTHE F. (2008) Potential link between exposure to fungicides chlorothalonil and mancozeb and haemic neoplasia development in the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria: a laboratory experiment. Submitted to Marine Pollution Bulletin May 2008.

COMEAU LA, *DRAPEAU A, LANDRY T & DAVIDSON J. (2008) Development of Longline Mussel Farming and the Influence of Sleeve Spacing in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Aquaculture 281: 56-62.

ARSENAULT G, DAVIDSON J, *RAMSAY A. (2008) Temporal and Spatial Development of an Infestation of Styela clava on Mussel Farms in Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Aquatic Invasions. Accepted April 2008.

*LUTZ-COLLINS V, RAMSAY A, QUIJON P, DAVIDSON J. (2008) Invasive Tunicates Fouling Mussel Lines: Evidence of their Impact on Native Tunicates and other Epifaunal Invertebrates. Aquatic Invasions. Accepted April 2008

DELAPORTE M, *SYNARD S, PARISEAU J, MCKENNA P, TREMBLAY R, DAVIDSON J & BERTHE F. (2008) Assessment of Haemic Neoplasia in Different Soft Shell Clam Mya arenaria Populations from Eastern Canada by Flow Cytometry. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 98 (2008) 190–197.

*RAMSAY A, DAVIDSON J, BOURQUE D & STRYHN H. (2008) Reproduction, Early Life History and Seasonal Development of the Invasive Ascidian Ciona intestinalis in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Accepted in Aquatic Invasions May 08.

*RAMSAY A, DAVIDSON J, LANDRY T & STRYHN H. (2008) The effect of stocking density on tunicate recruitment for the cultured mussel, Mytilus edulis. Aquaculture 275:194-200.

*STEWART-CLARK S, SIAH A, GREENWOOD S, DAVIDSON J & BERTHE F. (2008) Development of 18S rDNA and COI Gene Primers for the Identification of Invasive Tunicate Species in Prince Edward Island. Submitted to ICES Journal of Marine Biology March 2008.

*PAETZOLD S, DAVIDSON J. & GIBERSON D. (2008) Responses of Mitrella lunata and Caprella spp., Potential Micropredators, in Prince Edward Island Estuaries to Acetic Acid Anti-fouling Treatments. Accepted Aquaculture August 2008.

*LEBLANC N, DAVIDSON J, TREMBLAY R, MCNIVEN M & LANDRY T. (2008) The Effect of Selection Treatments on Mytilus edulis, Modifications of Genetic and Physiological Characteristics. Marine Biology 153: 6. 1141-1152.

*LEBLANC N, DAVIDSON J, TREMBLAY R, MCNIVEN M & LANDRY T. (2007) The Effect of Anti-fouling Treatments for the Clubbed Tunicate on the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis. Aquaculture 264, p. 205–213.

*RAMSAY A, DAVIDSON J, LANDRY T & ARSENAULT G. (2007) Process of Invasiveness Among Exotic Tunicates in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Accepted in Biological Invasions December 2007.

*SWAN K, COMEAU L, LANDRY T, STRYHN H & DAVIDSON J. (2007) Mitigation Strategies for Styela Clava Fouling on Mussel Culture Collectors in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Accepted for publication in Aquaculture.

*DRAPEAU A, COMEAU L, LANDRY T, STRYHN H & DAVIDSON J. (2006) Association between Longline Design and Mussel Productivity in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Aquaculture 261: 879-889.

BOURQUE D, DAVIDSON J, MACNAIR N, ARSENAULT G, LEBLANC A, LANDRY T & MIRON G. (2006) Reproduction and Early Life History of an Invasive ascidian Styela clavaPrince Edward Island, Canada. J. Exp Mar Biol Ecol.342: 78-84. Herdman in Prince Edward Island, Canada. J. Exp Mar Biol Ecol.342: 78-84.

*LEBLANC N, LANDRY T, STRYHN H, TREMBLAY R, MCNIVEN M & DAVIDSON J. (2005) The Effect of High Air and Water Temperature on Juvenile Mytilus edulis in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Aquaculture 243: 185-194.

*WAITE L, GRANT J & DAVIDSON J. (2005) Bay-scale Spatial Growth Variation of Mussels (Mytilus Edulis) in Suspended Culture, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 297:157-167.

*BRAKE J, DAVIDSON J & DAVIS J. (2004) Field Observations on Growth, Gametogenesis and Sex Ratio of Triploid and Diploid Mytilus edulis. Aquaculture 236: 179-191.