About me

I am a French PhD student at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Université de Bourgogne (Dijon) since October 2014 (supervisors: B. Danis & T. Saucède).

My researches will focus on the diversity on connectivity of sea stars in the Southern Ocean. Biogeography and phylogeography will be the main domains used for that project.

I am a Postdoctoral fellow of the Marine Biology Lab at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) where I received my PhD in 2019.

My research focuses mainly on the diversity and distribution of sea stars (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) at all depths, from intertidal to hadal.

The current project aims at improving our understanding of the origin and structure of deep-sea sea star diversity, phylogeography and evolution. To achieve these objectives, molecular and morphological approaches will be used at the scale of the entire world. Using classical taxonomic approach, genetics and genomics, I expect to discuss hypotheses that have been perpetuated regarding evolutionary history and biogeography of deep-sea benthos (e.g. uniformity; numerous speciation events) but still lack strong support or are being challenged.

I also developed an extensive expertise on the field by taking part to several research voyages to explore deep marine benthos around the world (Antarctica, Aleutian Trench, South Atlantic Islands, Cocos and Keeling Islands). I recently joined two expeditions to the Western Antarctic Peninsula (Belgica121 and TANGO) to test the concept of using a low-environmental impact platform to carry out marine biodiversity census in the Southern Ocean. I also led several shore-based fieldworks in Patagonia with our collaborators from the Universidad of Magallanes (Punta Arenas) and Universidad de Chile (Santiago) in Chile.

I am a certified Belgian Scientific Diver, allowing me to take part to SCUBA diving activities for sampling and documentation (underwater photography) of biodiversity in shallow waters.

months as a benthic biodiversity assistant which included cruises in Antarctica and South Atlantic.

Projects

Position

PhD student (FRIA grant)

Expertise

Polar biogeography
Phylogeography

Publications

Danis, B., Amenabar, M., Bombosch, A., Brusselman, A., Buydens, M., Delille, B., Dogniez, M., Katz, L., Moreau, C., Pasotti, F., Robert, H., & Wallis, B. (2023). Report of the TANGO 1 expedition to the West Antarctic Peninsula (p. 106). Université Libre de Bruxelles. https://belgica120.be/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TANGO_1-Cruise-report_light.pdf

Sigwart, J. D., Brandt, A., Di Franco, D., Briones, E. E., Gerken, S., Gooday, A. J., Grimes, C. J., Głuchowska, K., Hoffmann, S., Jażdżewska, A. M., Kamyab, E., Kelch, A., Knauber, H., Kohlenbach, K., Miguez-Salas, O., Moreau, C., Ogawa, A., Poliseno, A., Santín Muriel, A., … Chen, C. (2023). Heterogeneity on the abyssal plains: A case study in the Bering Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1037482. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1037482

Buron, C., Moreau, C., Jossart, Q., & Danis, B. (2023). Diversité en milieu profond : cas d’étude de la famille des Pterasteridae (Echinodermata : Asteroidea) [Master Thesis]. Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Kassel, M., Moreau, C., Jossart, Q., & Danis, B. (2023). Phylogénie et taxonomie des Odontasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) [Master Thesis]. Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Jossart, Q., Bauman, D., Moreau, C., Saucède, T., Christiansen, H., Brasier, M. J., Convey, P., Down, R., Figuerola, B., Martin, P., Norenburg, J., Rosenfeld, S., Verheye, M., & Danis, B. (2023). A pioneer morphological and genetic study of the intertidal fauna of the Gerlache Strait (Antarctic Peninsula). Environ Monit Assess. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11066-3

Sands, C., Zwerschke, N., Bax, N., Barnes, D., Moreau, C., Downey, R., Moreno, B., Held, C., & Paulsen, M. (2023). The Growing Potential of Antarctic Blue Carbon. Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.s1.5

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

Moreau, C., Le Bourg, B., Balazy, P., Danis, B., Eléaume, M., Jossart, Q., Kuklinski, P., Lepoint, G., Saucède, T., Van de Putte, A., & Michel, L. N. (2022). Trophic markers and biometric measurements in Southern Ocean sea stars (1985–2017). Ecology, 103(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3611

Guzzi, A., Alvaro, M. C., Danis, B., Moreau, C., & Schiaparelli, S. (2022). Not All That Glitters Is Gold: Barcoding Effort Reveals Taxonomic Incongruences in Iconic Ross Sea Sea Stars. 21. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/d14060457

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

Christiansen, H., Heindler, F. M., Hellemans, B., Jossart, Q., Pasotti, F., Robert, H., Verheye, M., Danis, B., Kochzius, M., Leliaert, F., Moreau, C., Patel, T., Van de Putte, A. P., Vanreusel, A., Volckaert, F. A. M., & Schön, I. (2021). Facilitating population genomics of non-model organisms through optimized experimental design for reduced representation sequencing. BMC Genomics, 22(1), 625. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07917-3

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

Danis, B., Christiansen, H., Heindler, F. M., Houston, R., Jossart, Q., Lucas, K., 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. https://www.gbif.org/fr/dataset/b635be2e-76ea-4600-8f83-549601653c0a/project

Christiansen, H., Heindler, F. M., Hellemans, B., Jossart, Q., Pasotti, F., Robert, H., Verheye, M., Danis, B., Kochzius, M., Leliaert, F., Moreau, C., Patel, T., Van de Putte, A. P., Vanreusel, A., Volckaert, F. A. M., & Schoen, I. (2021). Facilitating population genomics of non-model organisms through optimized experimental design for reduced representation sequencing [Preprint]. Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.30.437642

Martinez, P., Alvera Azcarate, A., Lepoint, G., & Moreau, C. (2021). Intership Report Pablo Martinez Soares [Internship Report]. Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Moreau, C., Le Bourg, B., Balazy, P., Danis, B., Eleaume, M., Jossart, Q., Kuklinski, P., Lepoint, G., Saucède, T., Van de Putte, A., Gan, Y., & Michel, L. (2021). Stable isotope ratios of C, N and S in Southern Ocean sea stars (1985-2017). https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ff3984d7-84bd-4f3a-b843-666faa4c1696#description

Barnes, D. K. A., Sands, C., Paulsen, M. L., Moreno, B., Moreau, C., Held, C., Downey, R., Bax, N., Stark, J., & Zwerschke, N. (2021). Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses. The Science of Nature, 14.

Saucède, T., Eléaume, M., Jossart, Q., Moreau, C., Downey, R., Bax, N., Sands, C., Mercado, B., Gallut, C., & Vignes-Lebbe, R. (2020). Taxonomy 2.0: computer-aided identification tools to assist Antarctic biologists in the field and in the laboratory. Antarctic Science, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102020000462

Gogarty, B., McGee, J., Barnes, D. K. A., Sands, C. J., Bax, N., Haward, M., Downey, R., Moreau, C., Moreno, B., Held, C., & Paulsen, M. L. (2020). Protecting Antarctic blue carbon: as marine ice retreats can the law fill the gap? Climate Policy, 20(2), 149–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1694482

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

Moreau, C., Danis, B., Jossart, Q., Eléaume, M., Sands, C., Achaz, G., Agüera, A., & Saucède, T. (2019). Is reproductive strategy a key factor in understanding the evolutionary history of Southern Ocean Asteroidea (Echinodermata)? Ecology and Evolution, 9(15), 8465–8478. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5280

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

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

Moreau, C., Danis, B., & Saucède, T. (2019). Diversity and phylogeography of Southern Ocean sea stars (Asteroidea) Camille MOREAU [PhD Thesis]. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté.

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

Moreau, C., Saucède, T., Jossart, Q., Agüera, A., Brayard, A., & Danis, B. (2017). Reproductive strategy as a piece of the biogeographic puzzle: a case study using Antarctic sea stars (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). Journal of Biogeography, 44(4), 848–860. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12965

Griffiths, H. J., Danis, B., & Moreau, C. (2016). RRS James Clark Ross JR15005 Cruise Report (p. 149). British Antarctic Survey.

Lefebvre, M., Danis, B., Jossart, Q., & Moreau, C. (2016). Phylogéographie des Astéries de l’Océan Austral : cas d’étude chez l’espèce Bathybiaster loripes [Mémoire]. Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Moreau, C., Aguera, A., Jossart, Q., & Danis, B. (2015). Southern Ocean Asteroidea: a proposed update for the Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3, e7062. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062

Agüera, A., Collard, M., Jossart, Q., Moreau, C., & Danis, B. (2015). Parameter Estimations of Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) Model over the Life History of a Key Antarctic Species: The Antarctic Sea Star Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0140078. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140078

Jossart, Q., Moreau, C., Aguera, A., De Broyer, C., & Danis, B. (2015). The Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS): a ten-year appraisal. ZooKeys, 524, 137–145. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.524.6091

Meudec, L., Moreau, C., & Danis, B. (n.d.). Caractérisation des habitats marins benthiques en zones côtières aux Iles Kerguelen par analyse d’images sous-marines.

Bourg, B. L., Blanchard, A., Danis, B., Jossart, Q., Lepoint, G., Moreau, C., & Michel, L. N. (n.d.). Influence of environmental conditions on trophic niche partitioning among sea stars assemblages. 20.

Bourg, B. L., Blanchard, A., Danis, B., Lepoint, G., Moreau, C., Jossart, Q., & Michel, L. N. (n.d.). Feeding ecology of Southern Ocean seastars. 1.

Bourg, B. L., Blanchard, A., Danis, B., Jossart, Q., Lepoint, G., Moreau, C., & Michel, L. N. (n.d.). Environmental drivers of sea stars feeding ecology in the Southern Ocean. 28.

Bourg, B. L., Blanchard, A., Danis, B., Jossart, Q., Lepoint, G., Moreau, C., & Michel, L. N. (n.d.). Feeding ecology of sea stars of the Southern Ocean. 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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