Isabelle M. Côté

Isabelle M. Côté is a professor of marine ecology at Simon Fraser University in Canada.

Isabelle M. Côté
Alma materMcGill University

University of Alberta

University of Toronto
Scientific career
FieldsEcology; Coral Reef Ecology; Conservation

Life and education

Côté is from Montreal, Quebec. She received her B.Sc. in marine biology from McGill University in 1984, her M.Sc. in zoology from the University of Alberta in 1987, and her Ph.D. in behavioral ecology from the University of Toronto in 1993. Her research is notable for its impact on coral reef conservation.

Career

Côté pioneered the use of meta-analyses in marine conservation. Her research has addressed the extent of coral reef declines in the Caribbean at a regional level,[1] and measured the effectiveness of marine protected areas at enhancing fish and their habitats. Côté and coauthors demonstrated that protected areas were not necessarily more resistant to climate change.[2][3] Her recent research has focused on the dramatic invasion of Indo-Pacific lionfish throughout the Caribbean, with a focus on sub-tidal research.[4][5][6]

Previously, she was a faculty member at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK.

Côté has published over 200 academic publications on behavioural ecology, coral reef ecology, and conservation, receiving over 20,000 citations, resulting in an h-index and i10-index of 67 and 200 respectively.[7] Côté has spoken about different aspects of marine conservation for different media outlets, including CBC News.[8]

Awards and honors
  • Murray A. Newman Award for significant contributions to advancing conservation and research efforts in BC and beyond (2008)[9]
  • Leopold Leadership Fellows by Stanford University's Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment (2015)
  • Marsh Award for Conservation Biology by the Zoological Society of London for "contributions of fundamental science to the conservation of animal species and habitats" (2008)[10]

Publications
  • 1995. IM Côté, R Poulin. "Parasitism and group size in social animals: a meta-analysis". Behavioral Ecology 6 (2), 159–165
  • 2003. TA Gardner, IM Côté, JA Gill, A Grant, AR Watkinson. Long-term region-wide declines in Caribbean corals. Science 301 (5635), 958–960
  • 2008. ES Darling, IM Côté. Quantifying the evidence for ecological synergies. Ecology Letters 11 (12), 1278–1286
  • 2014. SJ Green, IM Côté. "Trait-based diet selection: prey behaviour and morphology predict vulnerability to predation in reef fish communities". Journal of Animal Ecology 83 (6), 1451–1460
  • 2016. IM Côté, ES Darling, CJ Brown. "Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation". Proc. R. Soc. B 283 (1824), 20152592
  • 2016. JA Schultz, RN Cloutier, IM Côté. "Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia". PeerJ 4, e1980
  • 2019. BR Howard, FT Francis, IM Côté, TW Therriault. "Habitat alteration by invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) causes eelgrass loss in British Columbia, Canada". Biol Invasions 21, 3607-3618

References
  1. Gardner, T.A.; Côté, I.M.; Gill, J.A.; Grant, A; Watkinson, A.R. (2003). "Long term region-wide declines in Caribbean corals". Science. 301 (5635): 958–960. Bibcode:2003Sci...301..958G. doi:10.1126/science.1086050. PMID 12869698. S2CID 42807853.
  2. Darling, E.R.; McClanahan, T.R.; Côté, I.M. (2010). "Combined effects of two stressors on Kenyan coral reefs are additive or antagonistic, not synergistic". Conservation Letters. 3 (2): 122–130. doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00089.x. S2CID 28112526.
  3. Darling, E.R.; Côté, I.M. (2010). "Rethinking ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change". PLOS Biology. 8 (7): e1000438. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000438. PMC 2910654. PMID 20668536.
  4. Green, S.J.; Tamburello, N.; Miller, S.E.; Akins, J.L.; Côté, I.M. (2014). "Habitat complexity and fish size affect the detection of Indo-Pacific lionfish on invaded coral reefs". Coral Reefs. 32 (2): 413–421. doi:10.1007/s00338-012-0987-8. S2CID 14111741.
  5. Green, S.J.; Dulvy, N.K.; Brooks, A.L.M.; Akins, J.L.; Cooper, AB; Miller, S; Côté, I.M. (2014). "Linking removal targets to the ecological effects of invaders: a predictive model and field test". Ecological Applications. 24 (6): 1311–1322. doi:10.1890/13-0979.1. PMID 29160656.
  6. Levine, Alaina G. (2020-09-17). "Planning beyond the pandemic: Faculty career development in the age of COVID-19". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  7. "Isabelle Côté - Google Scholar Citations". Scholar.google.ca. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  8. Shepherd, Jenni (May 22, 2014). "Shipwrecked camera found underwater after 2 years with photos intact". CBC News.
  9. "Coté wins Newman award for ocean conservation and research". Simon Frasier University. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. Marsh Award for Conservation Biology - Isabelle Côté, archived from the original on 2014-11-10, retrieved 2014-11-10
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