Publications

2026

  1. Clements JC. First record of Macrotylus sexguttatus (Heteroptera: Miridae) in the Canadian Maritimes. J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. In Press.
  2. Bridier G, Clements JC, Comeau LA, Mallet A, Carver C, Mallet M, Osterheld K, Tremblay R. Overwintering physiology of juvenile Crassostrea virginica at its northern distribution limit. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. In Press.

2025

  1. Clements JC, Cooke SJ, Tomlinson S, O’Boyle B, Fuller A. Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews. Cons. Physiol. 13:coaf085.
  2. Robinson SMC, Yarish C, Buschmann A, Clements JC, Costa-Pierce BA, Hamer A, Hayashi L, Hurd C. Neori A, Pang S, Pearce C, Reid G, Troell M, Ugarte R, Borowitzka MA. Thierry B.R. Chopin (1959-2024) – Innovator of modern IMTA. J. Appl. Phycol. 37: 2989-3004.
  3. Winterburn K, Talevi J, Clarke SB, Coffin MRS, Clements JC, Filgueira R. Metabolic depression explains differences in vulnerability to low oxygen between two species of temperate marine bivalves. Mar. Environ. Res. 211: 107463.
  4. Andreassen A, Clements JC, Morgan R, Spatafora D, Metz M, Åsheim E, Pélabon C, Jutfelt F. Evolution of warming tolerance alters physiology and life history traits in zebrafish. Nat. Clim. Change. 15: 665-672.
  5. Clements JC, Harrison S, Roussel M, Hunt J, Power B-L, Sonier R. Fishing during extreme heatwaves alters ecological interactions and increases indirect fishing mortality in a ubiquitous nearshore system. Comms. Biol. 8: 735.
  6. Clements JC. Dynamic shifts and a drastic decline in reported landings for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence commercial clam fishery over the past two decades. FACETS. 10: 1-14.
  7. Clark TD, Clements JC, Jutfelt F, Sundin J. Chapter 5: Ocean acidification. In: Behavioural Responses to a Changing World (B Wong, U Candolin, eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 72-96.
  8. Cooke SJC, Birnie-Gauvin K, Madliger C, Suski CD, Eliason E, Jefferies K, Clements JC, Lennox R. Chapter 11: The toolbox for mechanistic understanding of conservation problems facing marine wildlife. In: Marine Ecology: An Ecosystemic View of Anthropogenic Impacts, Volume 2 (Molina J, Blasina GE, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp 250-274.

2024

  1. Niles M, Harbicht A, Barrell J, Clements JC, Sonier R. Scallop fishery assessment of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to 2023: commercial fishery and survey data. Can. Sci. Adv. Sec. Res. Doc. 2024/076.
  2. Cooke SJC, Young N, Pieman K, Roche DG, Clements JC, Kadykalo A, Provencher J, Raghavan R, DeRosa M, Lennox R, Robinson Fayek A, Cristescu M, Murray S, Quinn J, Cobey K, Browman H. A harm reduction approach to improving peer review by acknowledging its imperfections. FACETS 9: 1-14.
  3. Clements JC, Harrison S, Hunt J, Brennan I, Hunt HL, Sonier R. Can siphon hole morphometrics be used for population assessments of intertidal soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria? Estuar. Coasts. 47: 2423-2437.

2023

  1. Durier G, Comeau LA, Babarro JMF, Starr M, Clements JC, Tremblay R. Impact of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella on the valve movement of Mytilus edulis: A comparison between two populations with contrasting histories exposure. Coasts. 3: 426-433.
  2. Comeau LA, Guyondet T, Drolet D, Sonier R, Clements JC, Tremblay R, Filgueira R. Revisiting ecological carrying capacity indices for bivalve culture. Aquaculture. 577: 739911.
  3. Barrell J, Arsenault T, Clements JC, Coffin MRS, Comeau S, Dickson E, Ditlecadet D, Guyondet T, Knysh K, Mills C, Moriyasu M, Niles M, Ouellette M, Rolland N, Roy M, Sonier R. Spatial overlap and likely effects of shellfish aquaculture on eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Can. Sci Advis. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2023/034.
  4. Clements JC, Hunt HL. Chapter 11: Effects of ocean warming and acidification on soft-shell clams. In: The soft-shell clam Mya arenaria: biology, fisheries, and mariculture (V. Kennedy, B. Beal, eds.), American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD. pp. 365-382.
  5. Ledoux T, Clements JC, Maillet M, Gallant D, Sonier R, Miron G. Reproductive ecology of the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) in Eastern New Brunswick, Canada: Assessing size-at-maturity and spawning time to inform fisheries management. Fish. Res. 265: 106759.
  6. Ledoux T, Clements JC, Gallant D, Sonier R, Miron G. Burrowing behaviour of soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) following human disturbance. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 565: 151916.
  7. Ledoux T, Clements JC, Comeau LA, Cervello G, Tremblay R, Olivier F, Chauvaud L, Bernier RY, Lamarre S. Effects of anthropogenic sounds on the behavior and physiology of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1104526
  8. Clements JC, Clark TC, Sundin J, Jutfelt F. Extreme original data yield extreme decline effects. PLOS Biol. 21: e3001996

2022

  1. Durier G, Nadalini J-B, Comeau LA, Starr M, Michaud S, Tran D, St-Louis R, Babarro JMF, Clements JC, Tremblay R. Use of valvometry as an alert tool to signal the presence of toxic algae Alexadrium catenella by Mytilus edulis.  Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 987872
  2. Clements JC, George MN. Ocean acidification and bivalve byssus: explaining variable responses using meta-analysis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 694: 89-103
  3. Clements JC, Clark TC, Sundin J, Jutfelt F. Meta-analysis reveals an extreme “decline effect” in the impacts of ocean acidification on fish behavior. PLOS Biol. 20: e3001511
  4. Roche D, Raby GD, Norin T, Ern R, Scheuffle H, Skeeles M, Morgan R, Andreassen AH, Clements JC, Jutfet F, Clark TD, Binning SA. Paths towards a greater consensus building in experimental biology. J. Exp. Biol. 225: jeb243559
  5. Deb S, Guyondet T, Coffin MRS, Barrell J, Comeau LA, Clements JC. Effect of inlet morphodynamics on estuarine circulation and implications for sustainable oyster aquaculture. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 269: 107816

2021

  1. Coffin MRS, Poirier LA, Clements JC, Dickson E, Guyondet T, van den Heuvel MR. Dissolved oxygen as a Marine Environmental Quality (MEQ) measure in upper estuaries of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: Implications for nutrient management and eelgrass (Zostera marina) coverage. Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2021/056.
  2. Poirier LA, Clements JC, Millar RB, Sonier R, Niles M. Size selectivity of the scallop fishery in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: Effects of ring size and washer type. Fish. Res. 243: 106103.
  3. Poirier LA, Clements JC, Coffin MRS, Craig T, Davidson J, Miron G, Davidson JDP, Hill J, Comeau LA. Siltation negatively affects settlement and gaping behaviour in eastern oysters. Mar. Environ. Res. 170: 105432.
  4. Coffin MRS, Clements JC, Comeau LA, Guyondet T, Maillet M, Steeves L, Winterburn K, Babarro JMF, Mallet MA, Haché R, Deb S, Filgueira R. The killer within: Endogenous bacteria accelerate oyster mortality during sustained anoxia. Limnol. Oceanogr. 66: 2885-2900.
  5. Clements JC, Dupont S, Jutfelt F. “Urchin pinning”: behavioural observations reveal how hungry urchins actively prey upon their sea star predators. Ethology. 127: 484-489.
  6. Clements JC, Leblanc A, Coomber C, Comeau L. Comparative evidence for harvesting-driven enhancement of clam beds in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada. Reg. Stud. Mar. Sci. 43: 101690.
  7. Gerwing TG, Gerwing AMA, Avery-Gomm S, Choi C-Y, Clements JC, Rash JA. Re-evaluation of solutions to the problem of unprofessionalism in peer review. Res. Integ. Peer Rev. 6: 4. 
  8. Clements JC, Ramesh K, Nysveen J, Dupont S, Jutfelt F. Animal size and sea water temperature, but not pH, influence a repeatable startle response behaviour in a wide-ranging marine mollusc. Anim. Behav. 173: 191-205.
  9. Lowes H, Snihur K, Alessi D, Clements JC, Blewett T. Group versus individual exposure: Do methodological decisions in aquatic toxicology alter experimental results? Sci. Tot. Environ. 761: 144288.

2020

  1. Gerwing TG, Davies M, Clements JC, Flores A-M, Thomson H, Nelson K, Kushneryk K, Brouard-John E, Harvey B, Plate E. Do you want to breach an embankment? Synthesis of the literature and practical considerations for breaching of tidally influenced causeways and dikes. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 245: 107024.
  2. Clements JC. Don’t be a prig in peer review. Nature 585: 472.
  3. Clements JC. Is the reproducibility crisis fuelling poor mental health in science? Nature 582: 300.
  4. Clements JC, Poirier LA, Perez FF, Comeau LA, Babarro J. Behavioural responses to predators in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) are unaffected by elevated pCO2. Mar. Environ. Res. 161: 105148.
  5. Gerwing TG, Gerwing AMA, Avery-Gomm S, Choi C-Y, Clements JC, Rash JA. Quantifying professionalism in peer review. Res. Integ. Peer Rev. 5: 9.
  6. Clements JC, Carver CE, Mallet M, Comeau LA, Mallet AL. CO2-induced low pH in an eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) hatchery positively affects reproductive development and larval survival but negatively affects larval shape and size, with no intergenerational linkages. ICES J. Mar. Sci.78: 349-359.
  7. Poirier LA, Clements JC, Sonier R, Lanteigne L, Nadeau A, Comeau L. Testing the efficacy of a novel technique for enhancing shell strength and thickness in on-bottom cultured Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Aquacult. Eng. 90: 102101.
  8. Clements JC, Daigle R, Froehlich H. Low citation rates are not sufficient to conclude no harm from predatory journals. Science (eLetter). 
  9. Clements JC, Schagerström E, Dupont S, Jutfelt F, Ramesh K. Roll, right, repeat: short-term repeatability in the self-righting behaviour of a cold-water sea cucumber.J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK. 100: 115-120.

2019

  1. Clements JC, Comeau LA. Behavioural defenses of shellfish prey under ocean acidification. J. Shellfish Res. 38: 725-742.
  2. Clements JC, Comeau LA. Use of an emerging technology to detect ocean acidification effects on shellfish behaviour. J. Shellfish Res. 38: 811-818.
  3. Gu H, Shang Y, Clements JC, Dupont S, Wang T, Wei S, Wang X, Chan J, Huang W, Hu M, Wang Y. Hypoxia aggravates the effects of ocean acidification on the physiological energetics of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Mar. Poll. Bull. 149: 110538.
  4. Carroll J, Clements JC.  Scaredy-oysters: in situ documentation of an oyster behavioral response to predators. Southeast. Nat. 18: N21-N26.
  5. Klompmaker AA, Kelley PH, Chattopadhyay D, Clements JC, Huntley JW, Kowalewski M. Predation in the marine fossil record: studies, data, recognition, environmental factors, and behavior.Earth Sci. Rev. 194: 472-520.
  6. Kong H, Clements JC, Dupont S, Wang T, Huang, X, Shang Y, Liu L, Huang W, Hu M, Wang Y. Seawater acidification and temperature modulate anti-predator defenses in two co-existing Mytilus species. Mar. Poll. Bull. 145: 118-125.
  7. Kong H, Jiang X, Clements JC, Wang T, Huang X, Shang Y, Chen J, Hu M, Wang Y. Transgenerational effects of short-term exposure to acidification and hypoxia on early developmental traits of the mussel Mytilus edulis. Mar. Environ. Res. 145: 73-80.
  8. Clements JC, Comeau, LA. Nitrogen removal potential of shellfish aquaculture harvests in eastern Canada: a comparison of culture methods. Aquac. Rep. 13: 100183.
  9. Poirier L, Clements JC, Davidson JDP, Miron G, Davidson J, Comeau L. Sink before you settle: settlement behaviour of Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae on artificial spat collectors and natural substrate. Aquacult. Rep. 13: 100181.

2018

  1. Clements JC, Faille G, Gregory R, Joseph V, Kenchington E, Krumhansel K, Longtin C, Maillet M, Wareham-Hayes VE, Wong M. Habitat, coastal, and significant benthic areas. In: Bernier RY, Jamieson RE, Moore AM (eds.) Proceedings of the State of the Ocean: Atlantic – Synthesis Workshop. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3167. 
  2. Clements JC, Coffin MRS, Lavaud R, Guyondet T, Comeau LA. Ocean acidification and molluscan shell taphonomy: can elevated seawater pCO2 influence taphonomy in a naticid predator–prey system? Paleogeogr, Paleoclimatol, Paleoecol. 507: 145-154.
  3. Clements JC, Darrow ES. Eating in an acidifying ocean: a quantitative review of elevated CO2 effects on the feeding rates of calcifying marine invertebrates. Hydrobiologia. 820: 1-21.
  4. Clements JC, Comeau LA, Carver CE, Mayrand E, Plante S, Mallet A. Short-term exposure to elevated pCO2 does not affect the valve gaping response of adult eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, to acute heat shock under an ad libitum feeding regime.J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 506: 9-17.
  5. Clements JC, Davidson JDP, Gunn McQuillan J, Comeau LA. Increased mortality of harvested eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) is associated with air exposure and temperature during a spring fishery in Atlantic Canada. Fish. Res. 206: 27-34.
  6. Clements JC, Daigle RM, Froehlich HE. Predator in the pool? A quantitative evaluation of non-indexed open access journals in aquaculture research. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 106.
  7. Clements JC, Bourque D, McLaughlin J, Stephenson M, Comeau L. Wanted dead or alive: Polydora websteri recruit on both live oysters and empty shells of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. J. Fish. Disease. 41: 855-858.
  8. Clements JC, Hicks C, Tremblay R, Comeau LA. Elevated seawater temperature, not CO2, affects energetic reserves, body condition, and byssal attachment strength in adult mussels (Mytilus edulis) under food limitation. Con. Physiol. 6: cox078.
  9. Clements JC, Hunt HL. Testing for sediment acidification effects on within-season variability in juvenile soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) abundance on the northern shore of the Bay of Fundy.Estuar. Coasts 41: 471-183.

2017

  1. Clements JC, Bishop MM*, Hunt HL. Elevated temperature has adverse effects on GABA-mediated adaptive behaviour to sediment acidification in a wide-ranging marine bivalve. Mar. Biol. 164: 56.
  2. Clements JC, Hunt HL. Effects of CO2-driven sediment acidification on infaunal marine bivalves: a synthesis. Mar. Poll. Bull. 117: 6-16.
  3. Clements JC, Bourque D, McLaughlin J, Stephenson M, Comeau L. Extreme ocean acidification reduces the susceptibility of eastern oyster shells to a polydorid parasite.J. Fish Disease. 40: 1573-1585.
  4. Clements JC, Bourque D, McLaughlin J, Stephenson M, Comeau L. Siltation increases the susceptibility of surface-cultured eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) to parasitism by the mudworm Polydora websteri. Aquacult. Res. 48: 4707-4717.
  5. Clements JC, McCorquodale DB, Doucet BA, Ogden JB. The Dusky Cockroach in the Canadian Maritimes: establishment, persistence, and ecology.J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 13: 21-27.
  6. Ferguson LF, Davidson JDP, Landry T, Clements JC, Therriault TW. Didemnum vexillum: Invasion potential via harvesting and processing of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in British Columbia, Canada. Manag. Biol. Invasion. 8: 553-558.
  7. Clements JC. Open access articles receive more citations in hybrid marine ecology journals. FACETS 2: 1-14.

2016

  1. Clements JC, Woodard KW*, Hunt HL. Porewater acidification alters the burrowing behaviour and post-settlement dispersal of juvenile soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 447: 103-111.
  2. Clements JC, Chopin T. Ocean acidification and marine aquaculture in North America: potential impacts and mitigation strategies. Rev. Aquacult. 9: 326-341.

2015

  1. Clements JC, Hunt HL. Marine animal behaviour in a high-CO2 ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 536: 259-279.
  2. Clements JC. Using Facebook to enhance independent student engagement: a case study with first-year undergraduates. Higher Educ. Stud. 5: 131-146.

2014

  1. Clements JC, Rawlings TA. Ontogenetic shifts in the predatory habits of the northern moonsnail (Lunatia heros) on the northwestern Atlantic coast. J. Shellfish Res. 33: 755-768.
  2. Ghasemi F, Clements JC, Taheri M, Rostami A. Changes in quantitative distribution of Caspian Sea polychaetes: prolific fauna formed by non-indigenous species.J. Great Lakes Res. 40: 692-698.
  3. Clements JC, Hunt HL. Influence of sediment acidification and water flow on sediment acceptance and dispersal of juvenile soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria L.). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 453: 62-69.

 2013

  1. Clements JC, Ellsworth-Power M, Rawlings T. Diet breadth of the northern moonsnail (Lunatia heros) on the northwestern Atlantic coast. Am. Mal. Bull. 31: 331-336.
  2. Clements JC, Doucet DA, McCorquodale DB. Establishment of a European cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), in the Maritime Provinces of eastern Canada.J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 9: 4-7.

2012

  1. Clements JC. First record of the Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus Drury (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from New Brunswick, Canada. J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 8: 55-60.