About me

I did my PhD in ecological modelling from January 2017 to October 2021 at ULB (with a co-supervision in Dijon, France at the Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté). I studied ecological models applied in Southern Ocean case studies. The aim of my thesis was to evaluate the limits of different modelling methodologies that describe species ecological niches. Methods included Species Distribution Models (SDM), Dynamic Energy Budget models (DEB), Lagrangian dispersal models and the integration of several of these approaches (SDM and DEB ; experimental observations with model predictions…).

The PhD thesis manuscript is available here.

Projects

vERSO
RECTO

Position

PhD student

Expertise

Polar biogeography
Ecophysiology
Species and Trait distribution models
Dynamic Energy Budgets

Publications

Godefroid, M., Zeimes, T., Bramanti, L., Romans, P., Bo, M., Toma, M., Danis, B., Dubois, P., & Guillaumot, C. (2023). Low vulnerability of the Mediterranean antipatharian Antipathella subpinnata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) to ocean warming. Ecological Modelling, 475, 110209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110209

Danis, B., Wallis, B., Guillaumot, C., Moreau, C., Pasotti, F., Heindler, F. M., Robert, H., Christiansen, H., Jossart, Q., & Saucède, T. (2022). Nimble vessel cruises as a complementary platform for Southern Ocean biodiversity research: concept and preliminary results from the Belgica 121 expedition. Antarctic Science, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102022000165

Dulière, V., Guillaumot, C., Lacroix, G., Saucède, T., López‐Farran, Z., Danis, B., Schön, I., & Baetens, K. (2022). Dispersal models alert on the risk of non‐native species introduction by Ballast water in protected areas from the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Diversity and Distributions, ddi.13464. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13464

Guillaumot, C., Belmaker, J., Buba, Y., Fourcy, D., Dubois, P., Danis, B., Moan, E. L., & Saucède, T. (2022). Classic or hybrid? The performance of next generation ecological models to study the response of Southern Ocean species to changing environmental conditions. 17.

Danis, B., Christiansen, H., Guillaumot, C., Heindler, F., Jossart, Q., Moreau, C., Pasotti, F., Robert, H., Wallis, B., & Saucède, T. (2021). The Belgica 121 expedition to the Western Antarctic Peninsula: a detailed biodiversity census. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, e70590. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e70590

Guillaumot, C., Martin, A., Eleaume, M., Danis, B., & Saucède, T. (2021). SDMPlay: Species Distribution Modelling Playground. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=SDMPlay

Danis, B., Christiansen, H., Guillaumot, C., Heindler, F., Jossart, Q., Moreau, C., Pasotti, F., Robert, H., Wallis, B., & Saucède, T. (2021). The Belgica 121 expedition to the Western Antarctic Peninsula: a high resolution biodiversity census [Preprint]. Biodiversity Data Journal. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e70609

Guillaumot, C., Danis, B., & Saucède, T. (2021). Species distribution modelling of the Southern Ocean benthos: a review on methods, cautions and solutions. Antarctic Science, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102021000183

Fabri-Ruiz, S., Guillaumot, C., Agüera, A., Danis, B., & Saucède, T. (2021). Using correlative and mechanistic niche models to assess the sensitivity of the Antarctic echinoid Sterechinus neumayeri to climate change. Polar Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02886-5

López‐Farrán, Z., Guillaumot, C., Vargas‐Chacoff, L., Paschke, K., Dulière, V., Danis, B., Poulin, E., Saucède, T., Waters, J., & Gérard, K. (2021). Is the southern crab Halicarcinus planatus (Fabricius, 1775) the next invader of Antarctica? Global Change Biology, gcb.15674. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15674

Arnould-Pétré, M., Guillaumot, C., Danis, B., Féral, J.-P., & Saucède, T. (2021). Individual-based model of population dynamics in a sea urchin of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean), Abatus cordatus, under changing environmental conditions. Ecological Modelling, 440, 109352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109352

Guillaumot, C., Danis, B., & Saucède, T. (2021). Modelling the response of Antarctic marine species to environmental changes. Methods, applications and limitations. [PhD Thesis, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté]. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03299384

Zeimes, T., Dubois, P. P., Godefroid, M., & Guillaumot, C. (2021). Effets du stress thermique sur l’antipathaire ramifié Antipathella subpinnata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) en Méditerranée [Mémoire]. Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Guillaumot, C., Danis, B., & Saucède, T. (2020). Selecting environmental descriptors is critical for modelling the distribution of Antarctic benthic species. Polar Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02714-2

Moreau, C., Jossart, Q., Danis, B., Eléaume, M., Christiansen, H., Guillaumot, C., Downey, R., & Saucède, T. (2020). The high diversity of Southern Ocean sea stars (Asteroidea) reveals original evolutionary pathways. Progress in Oceanography, 102472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102472

Guillaumot, C., Moreau, C., Danis, B., & Saucède, T. (2020). Extrapolation in species distribution modelling. Application to Southern Ocean marine species. Progress in Oceanography, 188, 102438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102438

Guillaumot, C., Saucède, T., Morley, S. A., Augustine, S., Danis, B., & Kooijman, S. (2020). Can DEB models infer metabolic differences between intertidal and subtidal morphotypes of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)? Ecological Modelling, 430, 109088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109088

Guillaumot, C., Artois, J., Saucède, T., Demoustier, L., Moreau, C., Eléaume, M., Agüera, A., & Danis, B. (2019). Broad-scale species distribution models applied to data-poor areas. Progress in Oceanography, 175, 198–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.04.007

Féral, J.-P., Poulin, E., González-Wevar, C. A., Améziane, N., Guillaumot, C., Develay, E., & Saucède, T. (2019). Long-term monitoring of coastal benthic habitats in the Kerguelen Islands: a legacy of decades of marine biology research. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.3249143

Danis, B., Christiansen, H., Guillaumot, C., Heindler, F. M., Jossart, Q., Lucas, K., Moreau, C., Pasotti, F., Robert, H., Wallis, B., & Saucède, T. (2019). Report of the Belgica 121 expedition to the West Antarctic Peninsula. http://belgica120.be/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/B121-Cruise-report.pdf

Guillaumot, C., Fabri-Ruiz, S., Martin, A., Eléaume, M., Danis, B., Féral, J.-P., & Saucède, T. (2018). Benthic species of the Kerguelen Plateau show contrasting distribution shifts in response to environmental changes. Ecology and Evolution, 8(12), 6210–6225. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4091

Moreau, C., Mah, C., Agüera, A., Améziane, N., Barnes, D., Crokaert, G., Eléaume, M., Griffiths, H., Guillaumot, C., Hemery, L. G., Jażdżewska, A., Jossart, Q., Laptikhovsky, V., Linse, K., Neill, K., Sands, C., Saucède, T., Schiaparelli, S., Siciński, J., … Danis, B. (2018). Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Asteroidea database. ZooKeys, 747, 141–156. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.747.22751

Demoustier, L., Danis, B., & Guillaumot, C. (2018). Utilisation des SDMs (Species Distribution Models) dans le cadre de l’évaluation de la distribution de quatre espèces benthiques de l’océan Austral. [Mémoire]. Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Agüera, A., Ahn, I.-Y., Guillaumot, C., & Danis, B. (2017). A Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model to describe Laternula elliptica (King, 1832) seasonal feeding and metabolism. PLOS ONE, 12(8), e0183848. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183848

Féral, J.-P., Poulin, E., Gonzalez-Wevar, C. A., Améziane, N., Guillaumot, C., Develay, E., & Saucede, T. (2017). The Kerguelen plateau: marine ecosystem + fisheries. Second Kerguelen Plateau Symposium: Marine Ecosystem and Fisherie, 1–20.

Saucède, T., Guillaumot, C., Michel, L. N., Fabri-Ruiz, S., Bazin, A., Cabessut, M., García-Berro, A., Mateos, A., Ridder, C. D., Dubois, P., Danis, B., David, B., Lepoint, G., Motreuil, S., Poulin, E., & Féral, J.-P. (2017). Modelling species response to climate change in sub-Antarctic islands: echinoids as a case study for the Kerguelen Plateau. Kergulen Plateau, 1–22.

Guillaumot, C., Martin, A., Fabri-Ruiz, S., Eléaume, M., & Saucède, T. (2016). Echinoids of the Kerguelen Plateau – occurrence data and environmental setting for past, present, and future species distribution modelling. ZooKeys, 630, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.630.9856

Saucède, T., Guillaumot, C., Michel, L. N., Fabri-Ruiz, S., Bazin, A., Cabessut, M., García-Berro, A., Mateos, A., Ridder, C. D., Dubois, P., Danis, B., David, B., Lepoint, G., Motreuil, S., Poulin, E., & Féral, J.-P. (n.d.). Modelling species response to climate change in sub-Antarctic islands: echinoids as a case study for the Kerguelen Plateau. 22.

Danis, B., VanReusel, A., de Putte, A. V., Garcia, A. A., Roukaerts, A., Bourg, B. L., David, B., Moreau, C., de, C., Guillaumot, C., Volckaert, F., Pasotti, F., Dehairs, F., Maximilian, F., Leuven, K., Lepoint, G., Christiansen, H., George, I., Michel, L., … Giglio, S. D. (n.d.). Ecosystem Responses to global change: a multiscale approach in the Southern Ocean (p. 77).

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