More publications - Mercier Lab

The full list of scientific publications is provided HERE.

Below are examples of coffee-table books and popular articles, and an outline of scientific publications in the works.

Photo books and popular articles

Travel, writing and photography have become part of our work with the environment. My husband and I began this career by focusing mainly on the sea but ended up covering both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems to cater to several types of travel and nature magazines around the world (e.g. Canadian Geographic, Ocean Realm, Sea Frontiers, Aquaculture Magazine, Aqualife, Freshwater & Marine Aquarium, Aquarium Fish International, Scuba World, Photo Life, Explore and Islands Business). Since 1993, we have authored five coffee-table books and over four hundred popular articles, and we have amassed tens of thousands of pictures. More can be found about these realisations on the website of our society (SEVE).

In the works

Here is a list of some of the scientific papers we are currently working on, that are either newly accepted or pending acceptance (being revised), submitted or being prepared for submission (HQP underlined).

Mercier A. & J.-F. Hamel 2025. Revered and reviled: the plight of the vanishing sea cucumbers. Invited contribution to Annual Review of Marine Science Vol 17 (Jan 2025).
Jobson S., J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. A rare case of intra-ovarian oocyte maturation. Submitted.
Jobson S., J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. Shake it off: Exploring drivers and outcomes of autotomy in marine invertebrates. Submitted.
Scott M.M.F.
, K.C.K. Ma, S. Wolvin, J.-F. Hamel & A. Mercier. First report of skin ulceration disease from temperate waters of the Northwest Atlantic: The case of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa. In press in SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin.