CURRICULUM VITAE Summary of activities between 1996-2013 http://sovan.lek.free.fr/

Personal information LEK Sovan Born: 7 January 1952 (Kompong Cham, Cambodia) Nationality: French Position: Exceptional class Professor (University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France) Personal address: 31 chemin de la Manne, 31130 BALMA. Tel. +33 5 61 24 56 12 Mob: 33 6 22 89 50 44 Professional address: Laboratoire Evolution & Diversité Biologique (EDB) UMR CNRS-Univ. Paul Sabatier n° 5174 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 4 Tel +33 5 61 55 86 87, Fax +33 5 61 55 60 96, Email: [email protected]

GENERAL RESEARCH TOPICS My research is mainly in Fish Community Ecology and Ecological Modelling. In Fish Community Ecology, my research concerns the biodiversity and the spatial distribution of fish according to the environmental characteristics and the response of fish community to the human disturbances, especially land-use, hydromorphology, climate warming. The distribution of fish is considered according to the scale of variation, varying from local to regional and global scales, in relationship with the environmental variables. In Ecological Modelling, I am mainly interested in the use of Machine learning techniques using especially Artificial Neural Networks, decision tree … to model ecological data. However, I am also familiar for the uses of classical modelling techniques, like classical statistic methods (multiple linear regression, multi-variate analyses, ...) and modern statistical methods (CART, GAM, PLS, ...). One of my favorite papers is Application of neural network for nonlinear modeling in ecology (Ecological Modelling 1996, 90: 39-52), which concerns a comparison of Artificial Neural Networks and classical statistcs to model ecological data. My second favorite paper is Energy availability and habitat heterogeneity predict global riverine fish diversity (Nature 1998, 391 : 382-384), which applied the artificial neural networks to predict the species richness of fish in the world. (See my Publications in http://sovan.lek.free.fr/slek/publi/PubliLek.htm for a complete list of publications) My research topics included: •

Fish Ecology & Biology:

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Modelling Ecological data:

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Environmental Alteration, Native and Non-Native Fish Species

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Impacts of Dams, land-cover and climate changes on Fish Assemblages

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Biological Invasions in Freshwater Systems

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Fish Community Spatial & Temporal Organisation in Temperate Lakes

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Statistical Techniques and Their Application in Ecology

SCIENTIFIC MANIFESTATIONS I organised the following meetings: August 2002: The 3rd Conference of the International Society for Ecological Informatics (ISEI). Organisers: M. Scardi, F. Recknagel & S. Lek, in Rome (Italy) for ISEI (International Society for Ecological Informatic, I am one of founder member) and the EU-5th PAEQANN (Predicting Aquatic Ecosystem Quality using Artificial Neural Networks). July 2001: I am the main organiser of the 2nd Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS). This meeting is sponsored by 2 European limnological associations, Freshwater Biological Association (FBA, UK) and Association Française de Limnologie (AFL, FR). 400 participants. November 2000: I was co-organiser of the 2nd workshop on the applications of machine learning technique in Adelaide University (Australia): The 2nd International Conference on Application of Machine Learning to Ecological Modelling. December 1998: I was the main organiser of the first workshop on the application of artificial neural networks in Ecological Modelling in Toulouse University, France.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS & SOCIO-ECONOMICS I supervised several researches (projects and PhD) directly needed by industrial application, i.e. presenting socioeconomic impacts, e.g. fish community in reservation, habitat changes … I contributed to: 7th European Framework Program: REFRESH (Adaptive Strategy to Mitigate the impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems, http://www.refresh.ucl.ac.uk). 6th European Framework Program: EURO-LIMPACS (Integrated project to evaluate impacts of global change on European freshwater ecosystems, http://www.eurolimpacs.ucl.ac.uk/index.php) 2004-2009, MODELKEY (Models for Assessing and Forecasting the Impact of Environmental Key Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity, http://www.modelkey.org/) 2005-2010 and KEYBIOEFFECTS (Cause-effect Relations of Key Pollutants on the European Rivers Biodiversity, http://www.udg.cat/keybioeffects), 2006-2010. European project PAEQANN (coordinator): 5th framework programme, March 2000 to March 2003, budget: 1 300 000 Euros. PAEQANN (Predicting Aquatic Ecosystem Quality using Artificial Neural Networks: Impact of Environmental characteristics on the Structure of Aquatic Communities (Algae, Benthic and Fish Fauna). European project CYANOTOX: INCO programme studying the toxicity of cyanobacteria in reservoirs. I contributed to establish the predictive models of algae bloom. Harmful effects of cyanotoxins on the foodwebs of shallow lakes (CYANOTOX). 2001-2003. Chinese partner: IHB Wuhan. Several bilateral exchanges between France and Algeria, Belgium, Estonia, China, Korea, Thailand…

SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITY I am: • Editorial board of “Ecological Modelling”. • Associate Editor of “Ecological Informatics” • Editorial board of e-journal Ecosystems & Communities, TheScientificWorld. • Reviewers of several internal journals: “Hydrobiologia”, “Water Research”, “Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences”, “Annales de Limnologie”, “Revue des Sciences de l’Eau”, “Soil Biology & Biochemistry”, “Forest Science”, “Vie et Milieu”, … • Director of PhD school SEVAB (Sciences Ecologiques, Vétérinaires, Agronomiques et Bio-ingénieries). See http://www.sevab.ups-tlse.fr for details). • President of Specialist Commission of Ecology in the University of Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France).

PUBLICATIONS (since 1995)

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Revue Nature Ecology Letters Molecular Ecology Global Change Biology Journal Applied Ecology Conservation Biology Environ Sci & Pollut Res J. Biogeography International Journal of Parasitology Biological Conservation Limnology Oceanography Diversity & Distribution Water Research Freshwater Biology Marine Ecology Progress Series J. Agricultural & Food Chemistry Journal of the Linnean Society of London Journal Environmental Quality J N AM BENTHOL SOC Science of the Total Environment Genetics Research Ecological Modelling Canadian Journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Journal Zoology Systematic Evolution Res. Behaviour Processes Aquatic science Marine & Freshwater Research Compte R. Acad Sciences, ser. III (Vie) Compte-Rendu Biologie Arch Environmental Contamination Toxicology Hydrollogical Sciences Journal RIVER RES APPL (Regulated Rivers) Journal of Zoology Paraitology research Canadian Journal of Zoology Archiv fur Hydrobiology Journal Fish Biology Trans Am Fish Soc Acta Oecologica Ecological Informatic Ecology of Freshwater Fish Hydrobiologia Environmental Biology of Fishes J. Parasitology Nonlinear analysis, Theory, Methods & Applic. Aquatic Ecology Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Aquatic Living Resources N.Z. J. Mar. & Freshwater Sc.

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Bull. Fr Pêche Pisciculture Journal Applied Ichthyology Neural Processing Letters Annales Limnologie Revue Suisse Zoologie Journal Applied Statistics Total articles indexés Editeur de LIVRE (chez Springer-Verlag)

Facteur d’Impact (2006) 28.751 8.204 5.169 4.786 4.220 3.934 3.894 3.539 3.392 3.296 3.277 2.965 2.810 2.650 2.546 2.532 2.368 2.331 2.217 2.182 2.164 2.077 2.058 2.014 1.791 1.684 1.646 1.646 1.632 1.632 1.620 1.604 1.551 1.516 1.512 1.493 1.409 1.404 1.319 1.306 1.268 1.206 1.201 1.137 1.129 1.097 0.925 0.885 0.831 0.755

Nb d'articles 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 25 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 5 1

0.719 0.663 0.580 0.482 0.376 0.222

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Total articles : 153 Total of Citations : 3302 Total without selfcitation: 2849 Mean citation : 21.58 h-index : 28

Synthesis of citations (January 2013). Source : Web-of-Knowledge Publications en 2012 ⇒ Guo ZQ, Liu JS, Lek S, Li ZJ, Ye SW, Zhu FY, Tang JF, Cucherousset J 2012 Habitat segregation between two congeneric and introduced goby species. Source: Fundamental & Applied Limnology 181: 241-251 ⇒ Tisseuil C, Leprieur F, Grenouillet G, Vrac M, Lek S , 20122 Projected impacts of climate change on spatio-temporal patterns of freshwater fish beta diversity: a deconstructing approach. Global Ecology & Biogeography 21: 1213-1222 ⇒ Apinun Suvarnaraksha • Sovan Lek • Sithan Lek-Ang • Tuantong Jutagate, 2012 Fish diversity and assemblage patterns along the longitudinal gradient of a tropical river in the Indo-Burma hotspot region (Ping-Wang River Basin, Thailand). Hydrobiologia (2012) 694:153–169 ⇒ Yongfeng He, Jianwei Wang, *, Simon Blanchet, Sovan Lek, 2012 Genetic structure of an endangered endemic fish (Gobiocypris rarus) in the upper Yangtze River. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 43: 214–225 ⇒ C. Tisseuil, M. Vrac, G. Grenouilleta, J. Wadee, M. Gevreyf, T. Oberdorffc, J.B. Grodwohlg, S. Lek, 2012 Strengthening the link between climate, hydrological and species distribution modeling to assess the impacts of climate change on freshwater biodiversity. Science of The Total Environment, 424: 193-201. ⇒ Lin Cheng, Sovan Lek, Sithan Lek-Ang, Zhongjie Li, 2012 Predicting fish assemblages and diversity in shallow lakes in the Yangtze River basin. Limnologica, 42: 127-136. ⇒ Lorenza Conti, Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek, Michele Scardi, 2012 Long-term changes and recurrent patterns in fisheries landings from Large Marine Ecosystems (1950-2004). Fishery Research, 119: 1-12. ⇒ Ghania Hadou-Sanoun, Abdeslem Arab, Sithan Lek-Ang, Sovan Lek, 2012 Impact de Ligula intestinalis (L.1758) (Cestode) sur la croissance de Barbus setivimensis (Cyprinidae) dans un système lacustre Algérien. COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES, 335: 300-309 ⇒ Tuantong Jutagate, Boonsong Srichareondham, Sovan Lek, Upali S. Amarasinghe, Sena S. De Silva 2012 Variations, trends and patterns of fish landings in large tropical reservoirs. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management 17: 35–53. Publications en 2011 ⇒ Guenard G, von der Ohe PC, de Zwart D, Legendre P, Lek, S 2011 Using phylogenetic information to predict species tolerances to toxic chemicals. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS: 21(8): 3178-3190. ⇒ Shao, Zhao Jun, Rivals, E, Zhao, N, Lek, S, Chang, JB, Berrebi, P (2011) Evolutionary process of a tetranucleotide microsatellite locus in Acipenseriformes. JOURNAL OF GENETICS, 90:217-227. ⇒

Suvarnaraksha, A., Lek, S., Lek-Ang, S. and Jutagate, T. (2011) Life history of the riverine cyprinid Henicorhynchus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881) in a small reservoir. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27: 1-6

⇒ Grenouillet G, Buisson L, Casajus N, Lek S 2011 Ensemble modelling of species distribution: the effects of geographical and environmental ranges. ECOGRAPHY 34 : 9-17. ⇒ Cheng L, Lek S, Loot G, Lek-Ang S, Li ZJ, 2011 Variations of fish composition and diversity related to environmental variables in shallow lakes in the Yangtze River basin. AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES 23: 417-426

⇒ Jutagate T, Lek S, Sawusdee A, Sukdiseth U, Thapanand-Chaidee T, Thongkhoa S, Lek-Ang S, Chotipuntu P 2011 SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN A TROPICAL REGULATED LOWER RIVER COURSE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL GUILD. RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 27: 47-58 ⇒ He YF, Wang JW, Lek S, Cao WX, Lek-Ang S 2011 Structure of endemic fish assemblages in the upper Yangtze river basin. RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 27: 59-75 ⇒ Publications en 2010 ⇒ Gevrey M, Comte L, Zwart D, de Deckered E, Lek S, 2010 Modeling the chemical and toxic water status of the Scheldt basin (Belgium), using aquatic invertebrate assemblages and an advanced modeling method. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 158: 3209-3218. ⇒ He YF, Wang JW, Lek-Ang S, Lek S, 2010 Predicting assemblages and species richness of endemic fish in the upper Yangtze River. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 408: 4211-4220. ⇒ Edia EO, Gevrey M, Ouattara A, Brosse S, Gourene G, Lek S, 2010 Patterning and predicting aquatic insect richness in four West-African coastal rivers using artificial neural networks. KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS 398: ⇒ Comte L, Lek S, de Deckere E, de Zwart D, Gevrey M, 2010 Assessment of stream biological responses under multiple-stress conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH 17(8): 1469-1478. ⇒ Ans M. Mouton, Andy P. Dedecker, Sovan Lek and Peter L. M. Goethals 2010 Selecting Variables for Habitat Suitability of Asellus (Crustacea, Isopoda) by Applying Input Variable Contribution Methods to Artificial Neural Network Models. Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 15(1): 65-79. ⇒ Tan XC, Li XH, Lek S, Li YF, Wang C, Li J, Luo JR 2010 Annual dynamics of the abundance of fish larvae and its relationship with hydrological variation in the Pearl River. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES 88(3): 217-225 ⇒ Tisseuil C, Vrac M, Lek S, Wade AJ 2010 Statistical downscaling of river flows; JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY 385

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⇒ Faggiano L, de Zwart D, Garcia-Berthou E, Lek S, Gevrey M 2010 Patterning ecological risk of pesticide contamination at the river basin scale. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 408 (11): 2319-2326 ⇒ Blanchet S, Rey O, Etienne R, Lek S, Loot G 2010 Species-specific responses to landscape fragmentation: implications for management strategies. EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS 3(3): 291-304 ⇒ Jutagate T, Sawusdee A, Thapanand-Chaidee T, Lek S, Grenouillet G, Thongkhoa S, Chotipuntu P 2010 Effects of an anti-salt intrusion dam on tropical fish assemblages. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 61(3): 288-301 ⇒ Buisson L, Thuiller W, Casajus N, Lek S, Grenouillet G 2010 Uncertainty in ensemble forecasting of species distribution. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 16(4): 11451157 Publications en 2009 ⇒ Bandelj Vinko, Curiel Daniele, Lek Sovan, Rismondo Andrea, Solidoro Cosimo, 2009 Modelling spatial distribution of hard bottom benthic communities and their functional response to environmental parameters. Ecological Modelling, 220: 2838-2850. ⇒ Beauchard O, Choi KH, Lee SH, Ji CW, Lek S, Chon TS 2009 Quantitative characterization of response behaviors and individual variation in Chironomus riparius after treatments of diazinon. ECOSYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VII Book Series: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Volume: 122: 127-138. ⇒ Xin Gao, Sebastien Brosse, Yongbo Chen, Sovan Lek and Jianbo Chang, 2009 Effects of damming on population sustainability of Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis: evaluation of optimal conservation measures. Environmental Biology of Fishes 86: 325-336. ⇒ C. Shinn, F. Dauba, G. Grenouillet, G. Guenard and S. Lek 2009 Temporal variation of heavy metal contamination in fish of the river lot in southern France. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 72: 1957-1965. ⇒ Vinko Bandelj, Daniele Curiel, Sovan Lek, Andrea Rismondo, Cosimo Solidoro, 2009 Modelling spatial distribution of hard bottom benthic communities and their functional response to environmental parameters. Ecological Modelling 220: 2838–2850

⇒ Song MY, Leprieur F, Thomas A, Lek-Ang S, Chon TS, Lek Sovan, 2009 Impact of agricultural land use on aquatic insect assemblages in the Garonne river catchment (SW France). Aquatic Ecology 43: 999-1009. ⇒ Leprieur F, Olden JD, Lek S, Brosse S, 2009 Contrasting patterns and mechanisms of spatial turnover for native and exotic freshwater fish in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 36(10): 1899-1912. ⇒ Blanchet, Simon; Rey, Olivier; Berthier, Pauline; Lek, Sovan; Loot, Geraldine 2009 Evidence of parasite-mediated disruptive selection on genetic diversity in a wild fish population. Molecular Ecology 18(6): 1112-1123. ⇒ Nikolic N., Park Ys. Sancristobal M., Lek S. and Chevalet C., 2009. What do Artificial Neural Networks tell us about the genetic structure of populations? The example of European Pig populations. Genetics Research 91(2):121-132. cd

⇒ Blanchet S, Mejean L, Bourque JF, Lek S, Thomas F, Marcogliese DJ, Dodson JJ and Loot G 2009 Why do parasitized hosts look different? Resolving the "chicken-egg" dilemma. Oecologia, 160(1): 37-47. ⇒ Haputhantri SSK, Moreau J, Lek S 2009 Exploring gillnet catch efficiency of sardines in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka by means of three statistical techniques: a comparison of linear and non-linear modelling techniques. Journal of Applied Statistics 36(2): 167-179. ⇒ Tisseuil C., A.J. Wade, L. Tudesque, S. Lek, 2009 Modeling the Stream Water Nitrate Dynamics in a 60,000-km2 European Catchment, the Garonne, Southwest France. Journal of Environmental Quality 37 (6): 2155-2169. ⇒ Gevrey M, Sans-Piche F, Grenouillet G, Tudesque L, Lek S, 2009 Modeling the impact of landscape types on the distribution of stream fish species. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 66(3): 484-495. Publications en 2008 ⇒ Cherbi M, Lek-Ang S, Lek S, Arab A, 2008 Distribution of zooplankton community in Mediterranean-climate lakes. COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES 331: 692-702. ⇒ Grenouillet G, Brosse S, Tudesque L, Lek S, Baraillé Y, Loot G, 2008 Concordance among stream assemblages and spatial autocorrelation along a fragmented gradient. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 14: 592-603 ⇒ Buisson L., Thuiller W., Lek S., Lim P. & Grenouillet G. 2008. Climate change hastens the turnover of stream fish assemblages. Global Change Biology, 14: 2232-2248. ⇒ Bandelj V., Socal G., Park Y.S., Lek S., Coppola J., Camatti E., Capuzzo E., Milani L., Solidoro C. 2008 Analysis of multitrophic plankton assemblages in the Lagoon of Venice. Marine Ecology Progress Series 368:23-40. ⇒ Bouzid W., S. Lek, M. Mace, O. Ben Hassine, R. Etienne, L. Legal and G. Loot 2008 Genetic diversity of Ligula intestinalis (L.) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) based on analysis of inter-simple sequence repeat marker. J Zool Syst Evol Res. 46 (4): 289-296. ⇒ Bouzid W., Stefka J., Hypsa V., Lek S., Scholz T., Legal L., Ben Hassine O.K., Loot G. 2008 Geography and host specificity: Two forces behind the genetic structure of the freshwater fish parasite Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae). International Journal for Parasitilogy 38(12): 14651479. ⇒ L. Tudesquea, M. Gevrey, G. Grenouillet, S. Lek 2008 Long-term changes in water physicochemistry in the Adour-Garonne hydrographic network during the last three decades. Water Research 42: 732-742. Publications in 2007 ⇒ Lasne E, Lek S, Laffaille P, 2007 Patterns in fish assemblages in the Loire floodplain: The role of hydrological connectivity and implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 139 (3-4): 258-268. ⇒ Loot G, Reyjol Y, Poulet N, Simkova A, Blanchet S, Lek S, 2007 Effects of small weirs on fish parasite communities. Parasitology Research, 101 (5): 1265-1276. ⇒ Emilien Lasne, Benjamin Bergerot, Sovan Lek, Pascal Laffaille, 2007 Fish zonation and indicator species for the evaluation of the ecological status of rivers: example of the Loire basin (France). River Research and Applications, 23:877-890.

⇒ Gabriels W, Goethals PLM, Dedecker AP, Lek S, de Pauw N. 2007 Analysis of macrobenthic communities in Flanders, Belgium, using a stepwise input variable selection procedure with artificial neural networks. Aquatic Ecology 41 (3): 427-441. ⇒ Goethals PLM, Dedecker AP, Gabriels W, Lek S, de Pauw N. 2007 Applications of artificial neural networks predicting macroinvertebrates in freshwaters. Aquatic Ecology 41 (3): 491-508. ⇒ Sovan Lek, 2007. Uncertainty in Ecological Models. Ecological Modelling 207 (1): 1-2. ⇒ Young-Seuk Park, Jorge Rabinovich and Sovan Lek, 2007 Sensitivity analysis and stability patterns of two-species pest models using artificial neural networks. Ecological Modelling 204 (3-4): 427-438. ⇒ Valeria Lencionia, Bruno Maiolinia, Laura Marzialib, Sovan Lekc, Bruno Rossaro, 2007 Macroinvertebrate assemblages in glacial stream systems: A comparison of linear multivariate methods with artificial neural networks. Ecological Modelling 203: 119-131. ⇒ A. Kruk, S. Lek, Y.-S. Park and T. Penczak, 2007 Fish assemblages in the large lowland Narew River system (Poland): Application of the self-organizing map algorithm. Ecological Modelling 203: 45-61. ⇒ Külli Kangur, Young-Seuk Park, Andu Kangur, Peeter Kangur and Sovan Lek, 2007 Patterning long-term changes of fish community in large shallow Lake Peipsi. Ecological Modelling 203: 34-44. ⇒ Sébastien Brosse, Gary D. Grossman, Sovan Lek, 2007 Fish assemblage patterns in the littoral zone of a European reservoir. Freshwater Biology 52: 448-458. Publications en 2006 ⇒ Félix Koffi Konan, Fabien Leprieur, Allassane Ouattara, Sébastien Brosse, Gaël Grenouillet, Germain Gourène, Pierre Winterton and Sovan Lek 2006 Spatio-temporal patterns of fish assemblages in coastal West African rivers: a self-organizing map approach. Aquatic Living Resources 19: 361-370. ⇒ Shaowen Ye, Zhongjie Li, Sithan Lek-Ang, Guangpeng Feng, Sovan Lek and Wenxuan Cao, 2006 Community structure of small fishes in a shallow macrophytic lake (Niushan Lake) along the middle reach of the Yangtze River, China. Aquatic Living Resources 19: 349-359. ⇒ Martine Grenier; Stéphane Campeau; Isabelle Lavoie; Young Seuk Park and Sovan Lek, 2006 Diatom reference communities in Québec streams (Canada) based on Kohonen self-organizing maps and multivariate analyses. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63 (9): 2087-2106 ⇒ Young-Seuk Park, Gaël Grenouillet, Benjamin Esperance, Sovan Lek. 2006. Stream fish assemblages and basin land cover in a river network. Sciences of Total Environment, 365:140-153. ⇒ PARK, Y.-S., S. LEK, M. SCARDI, P.F.M. VERDONSCHOT & S.E. JØRGENSEN. 2006. Patterning exergy of benthic macroinvertebrate communities using self-organizing maps. Ecological Modelling 195: 105-113. ⇒ GEVREY, M., DIMOPOULOS, I., S. LEK. 2006 A two-way interaction of input variables in an artificial neural network model. Ecological Modelling 195: 43-50. ⇒ Park YS, J. Tison, S. Lek, J-L Giraudel, M. Coste, F. Delmas 2006 Application of a self-organizing map to select representative species in multivariate analysis: A case study determining diatom distribution patterns across France. Ecological Informatics (in press) ⇒ LOOT G ., PARK Y.S., LEK S & BROSSE S, 2006 Encounter rate between local population shapes host selection in complex parasite life cycle. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 89 (1): 99-106 (IF=1.66). ⇒ Khammes N, Lek S, Aulagnier S, 2006 Identification biometrique des deux especes sympatriques de souris Mus musculus domesticus et Mus spretus en Kabylie du Djurdjura (Algerie). Rev Suisse Zool 113 (2): 411-419.

Papers published in 2005 ⇒ Poulet N., Arzel C., Messad S., Lek S., Argillier C. (2005) Diel activity of adult pikeperch Sander lucioperca (L.) in a drainage canal in the Mediterranean basin during spring. Hydrobiologia 543: 79–90.

⇒ Dedecker AP, Goethals PLM, D'Heygere T, Gevrey M, Lek S, De Pauw N 2005 Application of artificial neural network models to analyse the relationships between Gammarus pulex L. (Crustacea, Amphipoda) and river characteristics. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 111 (1-3): 223-241 ⇒ POULET N., LEK S., ARGILLIER C. (2005) Pikeperch habitat use within a canal network in spring. Journal of Fish Biology 67, 1460–1474 ⇒ LEK S., SCARDI M., VERDONSCHOT P., DESCY J.P., PARK Y.S. (eds) Modelling Community structure in Freshwater Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag (2005). ISBN: 3-540-23940-5 (http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40109-22-36347264-0,00.html) ⇒ W. BRACK, J. BAKKER, E. DE DECKERE, C. DEERENBERG, J. VAN GILS, M. HEIN, P. JURAJDA, B. KOOIJMAN, M. LAMOREE, S. LEK, M.J. LÓPEZ DE ALDA, A. MARCOMINI, I. MUÑOZ, S. RATTEI, H. SEGNER, K. THOMAS, P. VON DER OHE, B. WESTRICH, D. DE ZWART, M. SCHMITT-JANSEN, 2005 Models for assessing and forecasting the impact of environmental key pollutants on freshwater and marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Environ Sci & Pollut Res 12 (5): 252 –256 (IF=1.216) ⇒ REYJOL Y, FISCHER P., LEK S., RÖSCH R., ECKMANN R.2005 Studying the spatio-temporal variation of the littoral fish community in a large prealpine lake. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sc 62(10):2294-2302 ⇒ IBARRA, A.A., Y.-S. PARK, S. BROSSE, Y. REYJOL, P. LIM, S. LEK. 2005. Nested patterns of diversity revealed for fish assemblages in rivers SW France. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 14: 233-242. (IF=0.95). ⇒ POULET N., REYJOL Y., COLLIER H., LEK S. 2004 Does fish scale morphology allow the identification of populations at a local scale? A case study for rostrum dace Leuciscus leuciscus burdigalensis in River Viaur (SWFrance). Aquat. Sci. 67: 122–127. ⇒ SHAO Z, LEK S, CHANG J 2005. Complex mutation at a microsatellite locus in sturgeons: Acipenser sinensis, A-schrenckii, A-gueldenstaedtii and A-baerii . Journal Applied Ichthyology 21 (1): 2-6

Papers published in 2004 ⇒ REYJOL Y., LOOT G., S. LEK Estimating the sampling bias associated with stone loach when using electric-fishing. J. Fish Biol 66: 589591. ⇒ PENCZAK T., LEK S., GODINHO F., ANTONIO-AGOSTINHO A. 2004 Pattern of fish assemblages intropical streamlets using SOM algorithm and conventionnal statistical methods. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4, 139-146. ⇒ PARK, Y.-S., T,-S, CHON, I.-S. KWAK, S. LEK. 2004. Assessment of aquatic ecosystems using benthic communities and adaptive learning algorithms. The Science of the Total Environment 327: 105-122. ⇒ POULET N., BERREBI P., CRIVELLI A.J., LEK S., ARGILLIER C., 2004 Genetic and morphometric variations in the pikeperch (Sander lucioperca L.) of a fragmented delta. Archiv Fur Hydrobiol. 159: 531-554. ⇒ POULET N., REYJOL Y., COLLIER H. & LEK S. (2004). Does fish scale morphology allow the identification of populations at a local scale? A case study for rostrum dace Leuciscus leuciscus burdigalensis in River Viaur (SW France). Aquatic Sciences, 67: 122-127 ⇒ GEVREY M., RIMET F., PARK Y.S., GIRAUDEL J.L., ECTOR L., S. LEK. 2004. Predictive tool for water quality assessment using diatom assemblages. Freshwater Biology 49:208-220 ⇒ LOOT G., POULET N., REYJOL Y., BLANCHET S., LEK S., 2004 The effects of the ectoparasite Tracheliastes polycolpus (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on the fins of rostrum dace (Leuciscus leuciscus burdigalensis). Parasitol Res (2004) 94: 16–23. ⇒ SONG L., NIU D.K., LEI L., OU D., GEVREY M., LIU Y.D., HOU G.X., LEK S. 2004 Predictive model of algal blooms in Dianchi lake using artificial neural networks. Japanese J. Phycoligy 52: 41-47. ⇒ ARAB A, LEK S, LOUNACI A, PARK YS 2004 Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic invertebrate communities in an intermittent river (North Africa). Annales Limnologie-International Journal Limnology 40 (4): 317-327

Papers published in 2003

⇒ LAFAILLE P., FEUNTEUN E., BAISEZ A., ROBINET T., ACOU A., LEGAULT A., LEK S. 2003 Spatial organisation of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in a small catchment. Ecology of Freshwater fish 12:1-11. ⇒ Y.S. Park, J. Chang, S. Lek , W. Cao, S. Brosse. 2003 Conservation Strategies for Endemic Fish Species Threatened by the Three Gorges Dam. Conservation Biology 17(6): 1748-1758. ⇒ PARK Y.-S., VERDONSCHOT, P.F.M., CHON, T.-S. AND LEK, S. 2003. Patterning and predicting aquatic macroinvertebrate diversities using artificial neural network. Water Resarch 37: 1749-1758. ⇒ CÉRÉGHINO R., PARK Y-S., COMPIN A., LEK S. 2003. Predicting the species richness of aquatic insects in streams using a restricted number of environmental variables. J N AM BENTHOL SOC 22(3): 442–456. ⇒ AGUILAR-IBARRA A., GEVREY M., LIM P., LEK S. 2003. Characterization of fish assemblages in the Garonne basin using artificial neural networks models. Ecological Modelling 160:281-290. ⇒ PARK, Y.-S., CÉRÉGHINO, R., COMPIN, A. & LEK, S. 2003. Application of artificial neural networks for patterning and predicting aquatic insect species richness in running waters. Ecological Modelling 160(3) : 265 - 280. ⇒ GEVREY M., DIMOPOULOS I., LEK S. 2003. Variables contributions in Artificial Neural Network to model Ecological Data: review and comparison of methods. Ecological Modelling 160:249-264.

Papers published in 2002 ⇒ JORGENSEN S.E., VERDONSCHOT P., and LEK S., 2002. Explanation of the observed structure of functional feeding groups of aquatic macro-invertebrates by an ecological model and the maximum exergy principle. Ecological Modelling, 158: 223-231. ⇒ URRUTY L., GIRAUDEL J.L., LEK S., ROUDEILLAC, MONTURY M. 2002 Assessment of strawberry aroma through SPME/GC and ANN methods. Classification and discrimination of varieties. J. Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 50(11): 3129-3136. IF=1.56 ⇒ BROSSE S., LEK S. 2002 Relationships between environmental characteristics and young-of-year perch (Perca fluviatilis) density in the littoral zone of a lake: a nonlinear approach. T Am Fish Soc., 131: 1033-1044. IF = 0.985. ⇒ LOOT G, GIRAUDEL JL, LEK S, 2002 A non destructive morphometric technique to predict Ligula intestinalis L. plerocercoid load in roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) abdominal cavity. Ecological Modelling 156: 1-11. ⇒ LOOT G., AULAGNIER S., LEK S., THOMAS F., GUEGAN J.F. 2002 Experimental demonstration of a parasite (Ligula intestinalis L.) induced behavioural modification in a cyprinid fish (Rutilus rutilus L.). Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 738-744. ⇒ LOOT G., POULIN R., LEK S., GUEGAN J.F. 2002 The differential effects of Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids on host growth in three natural populations of roach (Rutilus rutilus L.). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11: 168-177.

Papers published in 2001 ⇒ LAFFAILLE P., BROSSE S., GABAS S., LEK S. 2001 Fish spatial distribution in the littoral zone of Lake Pareloup (France) during summer. Archiv Hydrobiol., 153: 129-144. ⇒ LOOT-G; LEK-S; DEJEAN-D; GUEGAN-JF, 2001 Parasite-induced mortality in three host populations of the roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) by the tapeworm Ligula intestinalis (L.). Annales-de-Limnologie-International-Journal-of-Limnology. 2001; 37 (2) : 151159. ⇒ BROSSE S., LAFFAILLE P., GABAS S., LEK S. 2001 Is scuba sampling a relevant method to study fish microhabitat in lakes? Examples and comparisons for three European species. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 10: 138-146. ⇒ BROSSE S., GIRAUDEL J.L. & LEK S., 2001 The temporal dynamic of fish populations assemblage and community structure. Ecological Modelling 146(1-3): 159-166.

⇒ GIRAUDEL J.L. & LEK S., 2001 A comparison of self-organizing map algorithm and some conventional statistical methods for ecological community ordination. Ecological Modelling 146(1-3): 329-339. ⇒ LOOT G., BROSSE S., LEK S. & GUEGAN J.F., 2001 Behaviour of roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) altered by Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): a field demonstration. Freshwater Biology 46 (9) : 1219-1227 ⇒ LOOT G., LEK S., BROWN S.P. & GUEGAN J.F? 2001 Phenotypic modification of roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) infected with Ligula intestinalis L. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea). Journal of Parasitology 87 (5) : 1002-1010. ⇒ LOOT G., FRANSCISCO P., SANTOUL F., LEK S., GUEGAN J.F. The three hosts of the Ligula intestinalis life-cycle in Lavernose-Lacasse gravel-pit, France. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 152 (3): 511-525. ⇒ REYJOL Y., LIM P., BELAUD P. & LEK S., 2001 Modelling of microhabitat used by fishes in natural and regulated flows in the Garonne river (France). Ecological Modelling 146(1-3): 131-142. ⇒ BROSSE S., LEK S. & TOWNSEND C., 2001 Abundance, diversity and structure of freshwater invertebrates and fish communities: an artificial neural network approach. New Zealand J. Marine & Freshwater 35: 135-145.

Papers published in 2000 ⇒ BROSSE S. & LEK S., 2000. Modelling roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) microhabitat using linear and non-linear techniques. Freshwat. Biol., 44: 441-452. ⇒ LEK S., GUEGAN J.F.2000 (eds) Artificial Neuronal Networks : application to ecology and evolution. Springer-Verlag 262p. ⇒ TOURENQ C., AULAGNIER S., DURIEUX L., LEK S., MESLÉARD F., JOHNSON A. & MARTIN J.F. 2000 Identifying rice fields at risk from damage by the greater flamingo. J. Applied Ecol. 38: 170-179. ⇒ LOUNACI A., BROSSE S., THOMAS A. & LEK S., 2000 Abundance, diversity and community structure of macro-invertébrates in an Algerian stream: the Sébaou wadi. Annls Limnol., 36(2) : 123-133. ⇒ BROSSE S. & LEK S., 2000 Ontogenetic microhabitat shifts of 0+ Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus L.) in the littoral zone of a mesotrphic lake. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27 : 2063-2065. ⇒ BROSSE S., LEK S. & TOURENQ J.N. 2000 Linear and non-linear methods to predict the microhabitat of 0+ roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) in the littoral zone of a large reservoir. Verh. Internat. Verien. Limnol. 27 : 811-814.

Papers published in 1999 ⇒ ANGELIBERT S., BROSSE S., DAUBA F., LEK S., 1999 Changes in roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) population structure induced on draining a large reservoir. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 322 : 331-338. ⇒ AURELLE D., LEK S., GIRAUDEL J.L. & BERREBI P. 1999 Microsatellites and artificial neural networks : tools for the discrimination between natural and hatchery brown trout (Salmo trutta, L) in Atlantic population. Ecological Modelling 120 : 313-324. ⇒ BROSSE S., GABAS S., CEVER K. & LEK S., 1999 Comparison of two Point Abundance Sampling methods to assess young roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) microhabitat in the littoral zone of lake Pareloup (France). Annals. Limnol., 35(3): 199-204.. ⇒ BROSSE S., DAUBA F., OBERDORFF T., LEK S., 1999 Influence of some topographical variables on the spatial distribution of lake fish during summer stratification. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 146 (3): 359-371. ⇒ BROSSE S., LEK S., DAUBA F., 1999 Predicting fish distribution in a mesotrophic lake by hydroacoustic survey and artificial neural networks. Limnology and Oceanography 44(5) : 1293-1303. ⇒ BROSSE S.,GUEGAN J.F., TOURENQ J.N., LEK S., 1999 The use of artificial neural network to assess fish community structure in a mesotrophic lake. Ecological Modelling 120 : 299-311.

⇒ DIMOPOULOS I., CHRONOPOULOS J., CHRONOPOULOS-SERELI A. & LEK S., 1999 Neural network models to study relationships between lead concentration in grasses and permanent urban descriptors in Athens city (Greece), Ecological Modeeling 120 : 157-165. ⇒ GOZLAN R.E., MASTRORILLO S., COPP G.H., LEK S. 1999 Predicting the structure and diversity of young of the year fish assemblages in large rivers. Freshwater Biology 41(4): 811-822. ⇒ LAE R., LEK S. & MOREAU J., 1999 Predicting fish yield of African lakes using neural networks. Ecological Modelling 120: 325-335 ⇒ LEK S., GUEGAN J.F.1999 Artificial Neural Networks as a tool in Ecological Modelling. An Introduction. Ecological Modelling 120: 65-73. ⇒ LEK S., GUIRESSE M., GIRAUDEL J.L., 1999 predicting stream nitrogen concentration from watershed features using neural networks. Water Research 33(16), 3469-3478. ⇒ LEK_ANG S., DEHARVENG L. & LEK S., 1999 Predictive models of Collembolan diversity and abundance in a riparian habitat. Ecological Modelling, 120: 247-260. ⇒ LIEBIG H., CÉRÉGHINO R., LIM P., BELAUD A., LEK S. 1999 Impact of hydropeaking on the abundance of juvenile brown trout in a Pyrenean stream. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 144: 439-454. ⇒ OBERDORFF T., LEK S., GUEGAN J.F., 1999 Patterns of endemism in riverine fish of the Northern Hemisphere. Ecology Letters 2 : 82-88. ⇒ SPITZ F., LEK S. 1999 Environmental impact prediction using neural network modelling. An example in wildlife damage. J. Applied Ecology 36 : 317-326. ⇒ TOURENQ C., AULAGNIER S., MESLEARD F., DURIEUX L., JOHNSON A., GONZALES G. & LEK S., 1999 Use of artificial neural networks for predicting rice crop damage by flamingos in the Camargue, France. Ecological Modelling, 120: 349-358. ⇒ LIM P., LEK S., TOUCH S.T., MAO S.O., CHHOUK B., 1999 Diversity and spatial distribution of freshwater fish in Great Lake and Tonle Sap river (Cambodia, Southeast Asia). Aquatic Living Resources 12(6): 379-386.

Papers published in 1998 ⇒ GUEGAN J.F., LEK S., OBERDORFF T., 1998 Energy availability and habitat heterogeneity predict global riverine fish diversity. Nature 391 : 382384. ⇒ MASTRORILLO S., DAUBA F., OBERDORFF T., GUEGAN J.F., LEK S. 1998 Predicting local fish species richness in the Garonne River basin. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 321 : 423-428. ⇒ REBY D., JOACHIM J., LAUGA J., LEK S., AULAGNIER S. 1998 Individuality in the groans of fallow deer (Dama dama) bucks. Journal of Zoology 245 : 79-84. ⇒

ABDALLAOUI A., DERRAZ M., BENABDALLAH M.Z. & LEK S. 1998 Evaluation des formes du phosphore dans les sédiments d’une retenue de barrage eutrophe en climat méditerranéen (El Kansera, Maroc). Revue des Sciences de l’Eau 11 : 101-116.

Papers published in 1997 ⇒ REBY D., LEK S., LAUGA J., JOACHIM J., AULAGNIER S., 1997 Artificial neural networks as a classification method in behavioral sciences. Behavioural processes 40 : 35-43. ⇒ DAUBA F., LEK S., MASTRORILLO S., COPP G.H. 1997 Long-term recovery of macrobenthos and fish assemblages after water pollution abatement measures in the River Petite Baïse (France). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 33 : 277-285. ⇒ MASTRORILLO S., LEK S., DAUBA F., BELAUD A. 1997 Predicting the abundance of the minnow Phoxinus phoxinus (L.) in the River Ariège (France) using neural networks. Aquatic Living Resources 10 : 169-176.

⇒ MASTRORILLO S., LEK S., DAUBA F. 1997 The use of artificial neural networks to predict the presence of small-bodied fish in river. Freshwater Biology 38 : 237-246. ⇒ LEK S., BARAN P. 1997 Estimation of trout density and biomass : a neural networks approach. Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Method & Applications 30 (8) : 4985-4990.

Papers published in 1996 ⇒ LEK S, BELAUD A., BARAN P., DIMOPOULOS I., DELACOSTE M. 1996 Role of some environmental variables in trout abundance models using neural networks. Aquatic Living Resource 9 : 23-29. ⇒ LEK S., DELACOSTE M., BARAN P., LAUGA J., AULAGNIER S., 1996. Application of neural network for nonlinear modeling in ecology. Ecological Modelling 90, 39-52. ⇒ LEK S., DIMOPOULOS I., FABRE A. 1996 Predicting phosphorus concentration and phosphorus loads from land use watershed characteristics using neural networks. Acta oecologica 17 : 43-54. ⇒ BARAN P., LEK S., DELACOSTE M, BELAUD A., 1996. Stochastic models that predict trout population density or biomass on a macrohabitat scale. Hydrobiologia 337 : 1-9. ⇒ SPITZ F., LEK S., DIMOPOULOS I., 1996 Neural network models to predict penetration boar dice in fields cultivate. Journal of Biological Systems 4 : 433-444. ⇒ DIMOPOULOS I., LEK S. & LAUGA J., 1996. Modélisation de la relation pluie-débit par les réseaux connexionnistes et le filtre de Kalman. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 41 : 179-193. ⇒ LEK S., DIMOPOULOS I., DERRAZ M., EL GHACHTOUL Y., 1996 Modélisation de la relation pluie-débit à l'aide des réseaux de neurones artificiels. Revue des Sciences de l'Eau 9: 43-55. ⇒ LIEBIG H., LIM P., BELAUD A., S. LEK., 1996 Study of the juvenile community in the brown trout (Salmotrutta fario L.) in hydropeaking situations. Proceeding of 2nd International on Habitat Hydrolics 673-684. ⇒ J.M. CORNUET, S. AULAGNIER, S. LEK, P FRANK, M. SOLIGNAC. Classifying individuals among infra-specific taxa using microsatellite data and neural networks. Comptes Rendus Acad. Sciences, sér; III. 319 : 1167-1177.

Papers published in 1995 ⇒ LEK S., BELAUD A., LAUGA J., DIMOPOULOS I., MOREAU J., 1995. An lmproved estimation of the animal food of fish populations using neural networks. Marine and Freshwater Research., 46 (8) : 1229-1236. ⇒ BARAN P., DELACOSTE M., DAUBA F., LASCAUX J.M., BELAUD A., LEK S., 1995 Effects of hydroelectric power plants on trout populations. Evaluation of influence of reduced flow downstream dams. Regulated Rivers - Research & Management, 10 : 347-361. ⇒ BARAN P., DELACOSTE M., POIZAT G., LASCAUX J.M., LEK S., BELAUD A., 1995 Le concept de capacité d'accueil des cours d'eau à salmonidae : influence des caractéristiques d'habitat à différentes échelles d'espace. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de Pisciculture., 337/338/339 : 399-406. ⇒ DELACOSTE M., BARAN P., LEK S., LASCAUX J.M., 1995 clé de détermination et modèles de classification des faciès d'écoulements en rivières de montagne. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de Pisciculture 337/338/339 : 149-156. ⇒ DIMOPOULOS I., BOURRET P., LEK S. 1995 Use of some sensitivity criteria for choosing networks with good generalization ability. Neural Processing Letters, 2 (6) : 1-4.