Publications and communications of Charles Mélard

Fagbemi, M. N. A., Nivelle, R., Muller, M., Mélard, C., Lalèyè, P., & Rougeot, C. (2024). Effect of high temperatures on sex ratio and differential expression analysis (RNA-seq) of sex-determining genes in <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i> from different river basins in Benin. Environmental Epigenetics. doi:10.1093/eep/dvad009

Delrez, N., Zhang, H., Lieffrig, F., Mélard, C., Farnir, F., Boutier, M., Donohoe, O., & Vanderplasschen, A. (2021). European eel restocking programs based on wild-caught glass eels: Feasibility of quarantine stage compatible with implementation of prophylactic measures prior to scheduled reintroduction to the wild. Journal for Nature Conservation, 59. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125933

Nivelle, R., Gennotte, V., Muller, M., Mélard, C., Rougeot, C., Kembolo Kalala, J. (Other coll.), & Nguyen, B. N. (Other coll.). (2019). Temperature preference of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles induces spontaneous sex reversal. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212504

Fagbemi, M. N. A., Oloukounle, R., Lederoun, D., Mélard, C., Laleye, P., & Rougeot, C. (2019). Comparative study of the breeding performances of five F1 strain of Oreochromis nilotique in Benin [Poster presentation]. Aquaculture Europe 2019, Berlin, Germany.

Santi, S., Gennotte, V., Muller, M., Mélard, C., Toguyéni, A., Mandiki, R., & Rougeot, C. (2019). Sex-ratio, early sex steroid profiles and cyp19a1b, dmrt1 and foxl2 gene expressions upon high temperature treatment of undifferentiated African catfish juveniles (Clarias gariepinus). Aquaculture. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.09.033

Forchino, A. A., Gennotte, V., Maiolo, S., Brigolin, D., Mélard, C., & Pastres, R. (2018). Eco-designing Aquaponics: a case study of an experimental production system in Belgium. Procedia CIRP, 69, 546-550. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.064

Forchino, A. A., Gennotte, V., Mélard, C., Brigolin, D., & Pastres, R. (2018). Application of the life cycle approach to the set-up of a pilot aquaponic facility in Belgium [Paper presentation]. AQUA 2018.

Santi, S., Rougeot, C., Toguyeni, A., Gennotte, V., & Mélard, C. (2018). Effect of high temperature on sex determinism and sex differentiation in African catfish Clarias gariepinus [Paper presentation]. AQUA 2018.

Nivelle, R., Rougeot, C., Muller, M., & Mélard, C. (2017). Study of gene expression during high temperature sex reversal in Oreochromis niloticus [Poster presentation]. Aquaculture Europe, Dubrovnick, Croatia.

Compaore, I., Toguyeni, A., Rougeot, C., Kestemont, P., & Mélard, C. (October 2016). Etude comparative des performances zootechniques d'une souche domestiquée de Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) et d'une souche sauvage de Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758). International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 10 (5), 2138-2150. doi:10.4314/ijbcs.v10i5.16

Compaoré, I., Toguyéni, A., Rougeot, C., Kestemont, P., & Mélard, C. (December 2015). Morphometric and Meristic Identification of Wild Populations of Clarias sp and their Hydro-geographical Structuring in Burkina Faso. American Journal of Agricultural Science, 2(6), 208-216.

Gennotte, V., Prignon, C., Dierckx, A., Benitez, J.-P., Ovidio, M., Michaux, J., Flamand, M.-C., & Mélard, C. (2015). Etude de la diversité génétique et de l’état des stocks des populations de barbeaux et de hotus en Wallonie. Amélioration des techniques d’élevage en vue de repeuplements raisonnés et de transferts de connaissances vers les pisciculteurs. (FEP 32-1109-005). ULg - Université de Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/190031

Gennotte, V., Mafwila Kinkela, P., Ulysse, B., Akian Djétouan, D., Bere Sompagnimdi, F., Tomson, T., Mélard, C., & Rougeot, C. (2015). Brief exposure of embryos to steroids or aromatase inhibitor induces sex reversal in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 323, 31-38. doi:10.1002/jez.1893

Kestemont, P., Mélard, C., Held, J. A., & Dabrowski, K. (2015). Culture Methods of Eurasian Perch and Yellow Perch Early Life Stages. In P. Kestemont, R. Summerfelt, ... K. Dabrowski, Biology and Culture of Percid Fishes (pp. 265-294). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7227-3_9

Policar, T., Samarin, A. M., & Mélard, C. (2015). Culture Methods of Eurasian Perch During Ongrowing. In P. Kestemont, R. Summerfelt, ... K. Dabrowski, Biology and Culture of Percid Fishes (pp. 417-436). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7227-3_16

Gennotte, V., Michaux, J., Prignon, C., Ovidio, M., & Mélard, C. (December 2014). Genetic structure of nase, Chondrostoma nasus, and common barbel, Barbus barbus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) populations in South Belgium rivers: toward a rational management of conservation restocking [Poster presentation]. 21st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

Ronsmans, M., Boutier, M., Rakus, K., Farnir, F., Desmecht, D., Ectors, F., Vandecan, M., Lieffrig, F., Mélard, C., & Vanderplasschen, A. (October 2014). Sensitivity and permissivity of cyprinus carpio to cyprinid herpesvirus 3 during the early stages of its development : importance of the epidermal mucus as an innate immune barrier. Veterinary Research, 45. doi:10.1186/s13567-014-0100-0

Gennotte, V., Balagizi, D. A., Mélard, C., Denoël, M., Ylieff, M., Cornil, C., & Rougeot, C. (2014). Influence of sexual genotype on agonistic behaviors and sex steroid levels of phenotypic males and females in the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) [Poster presentation]. 8Th International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Liège, Belgium.

Gennotte, V., Mélard, C., D'Cotta, H., Baroiller, J.-F., & Rougeot, C. (2014). The sensitive period for male-to-female sex reversal begins at the embryonic stage in the Nile tilapia and is associated with the sexual genotype. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 81, 1146-1158. doi:10.1002/mrd.22436

Santi, S., Mélard, C., Toguyeni, A., ANTOINE, N., & Rougeot, C. (2014). Effect of high temperature on sex determination and sex differentiation process in African catfish Clarias gariepinus [Poster presentation]. 8th International conference on hormones, brain and behavior, Liège, Belgium.

Gennotte, V., Ovidio, M., Michaux, J., Prignon, C., Poncin, P., Philippart, J.-C., & Mélard, C. (30 May 2013). Développement de repeuplements raisonnés en barbeaux et hotus : amélioration des techniques d'élevage et caractérisation de la diversité génétique des populations wallonnes [Paper presentation]. Apports scientifiques récents à la Gestion des Peuplements de Poissons et de leurs Habitats, Liège, Belgium.

Vrancken, R., Boutier, M., Ronsmans, M., Reschner, A., Leclipteux, T., Lieffrig, F., Collard, A., Mélard, C., Wera, S., Neyts, J., Goris, N., & Vanderplasschen, A. (2013). Laboratory validation of a lateral flow device for the detection of CyHV-3 antigens in gill swabs. Journal of Virological Methods, 193, 679-682. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.07.034

Douxfils, J., Deprez, M., Mandiki, R., Milla, S., Henrotte, E., Mathieu, C., Silvestre, F., Vandecan, M., Rougeot, C., Mélard, C., Dieu, M., Raes, M., & Kestemont, P. (2012). Physiological and proteomic responses to single and repeated hypoxia in juvenile Eurasian perch under domestication - clues to physiological acclimatation and humoral immune modulations. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 33, 1112-1122.

Esnault, S., Tomson, T., Prignon, C., Pontier, J., Deleuze, S., Mélard, C., & Rougeot, C. (2012). Effects of chronic confinement stress on sperm quality in Eurasian perch (Perch fluviatilis) [Poster presentation]. XIV European Congress of Ichthyology, Liège, Belgium.

Tomson, T., Esnault, S., Prignon, C., Deleuze, S., Mélard, C., & Rougeot, C. (2012). Effects of chronic confinement stress on sperm quality in Eurasian perch (Perch fluviatilis) [Poster presentation]. Second FMV Scientific Meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Vandecan, M., Diallo, A., & Mélard, C. (April 2011). Effect of feeding regimes on growth and survival of Clarias gariepinus larvae: replacement of Artemia by a commercial feed. Aquaculture Research, 42 (5), 733-736. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02709.x

RAJ, V., Fournier, G., Rakus, K., Ronsmans, M., Ping, O., Michel, B., Delforges, C., Costes, B., Farnir, F., Leroy, B., Wattiez, R., Mélard, C., Mast, J., Lieffrig, F., & Vanderplasschen, A. (2011). Skin mucus of Cyprinus carpio inhibits cyprinid herpesvirus 3 binding to epidermal cells. Veterinary Research, 42 (92). doi:10.1186/1297-9716-42-92

Rougeot, C., Tomson, T., Vandecan, M., Milla, S., Mandiki, S. N. M., Douxfils, J., Kestemont, P., & Mélard, C. (2011). Effect of Chronic confinement stress on growth, survival, blood cortisol and glucose of perch (Perca fluviatilis) [Poster presentation]. International workshop on fish welfare (COST867), Madrid, Spain.

Toguyeni, A., Fauconneau, B., Mélard, C., Fostier, A., Lazard, J., Baras, E., Khün, E., Van Der Geyten, S., & Baroiller, J. F. (2009). Sexual dimorphism in two pure cichlid species, Oreochromis niloticus and Sarotherodon melanotheron, and their intergeneric hybrids. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 34, 69-75. doi:10.2989/AJAS.2009.34.1.7.732

Gennotte, V., Lemahieu, F., Rougeot, C., Nadzialek, S., & Mélard, C. (2008). Preliminary study of aromatase expression and sexual steroids level in different sexual phenotypic/genotypic combination of Nile tilapia, (Oreochromis niloticus) [Poster presentation]. 6th International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology, Calgary, Canada.

Rougeot, C., Krim, A., Mandiki, S. N. M., Kestemont, P., & Mélard, C. (15 March 2007). Sex steroid dynamics during embryogenesis and sexual differentiation in Eurasian perch, Perca fluviatilis. Theriogenology, 67 (5), 1046-1052. doi:10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.12.006

Kestemont, P., Mélard, C., Rougeot, C., Jansen, H., Schram, E., Kucharczyk, D., & Fontaine, P. (2007). Improving pikeperch larval quality and production by broodstock management and nutrtition, husbandry and sex control. Final activity report. EU - European Union. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/243142

Desprez, D., Briand, C., Hoareau, M. C., Mélard, C., Bosc, P., & Baroiller, J. F. (28 February 2006). Study of sex ratio in progeny of a complex Oreochromis hybrid, the Florida red tilapia. Aquaculture, 251 (2-4), 231-237. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.06.024

Rougeot, C., Prignon, C., Gustin, D., Vandecan, M., Delguidice, M., & Mélard, C. (2006). Growth Improvement of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) using domesticated strains. Aquaculture.

Fontaine, P., Kestemont, P., Mandiki, R., Henrotte, E., Mélard, C., Rougeot, C., Van der Meer, H., Linhart, O., Policar, T., & Rodina, M. (2005). Securing juvenile production of Eurasian perch by improving reproduction and larval rearing (Percatech). Final report. EU. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/243151

Mandiki, S. N. M., Blanchard, G., Mélard, C., Koskela, J., Kucharczyk, D., Fontaine, P., & Kestemont, P. (12 January 2004). Effects of geographic origin on growth and food intake in Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) juveniles under intensive culture conditions. Aquaculture, 229 (1-4), 117-128. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00359-4

Baras, E., Kestemont, P., & Mélard, C. (02 April 2003). Effect of stocking density on the dynamics of cannibalism in sibling larvae of Perca fluviatilis under controlled conditions. Aquaculture, 219 (1-4), 241-255. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00349-6

Desprez, D., Mélard, C., Hoareau, M. C., Bellemene, Y., Bosc, P., & Baroiller, J. F. (27 March 2003). Inheritance of sex in two ZZ pseudofemale lines of tilapia Oreochromis aureus. Aquaculture, 218 (1-4), 131-140. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00572-0

Desprez, D., Geraz, E., Hoarea, M. C., Mélard, C., Bosc, P., & Baroiller, J. F. (10 February 2003). Production of a high percentage of male offspring with a natural androgen, 11 beta-hydroxyandrostenedione (11 beta OHA4), in Florida red tilapia. Aquaculture, 216 (1-4), 55-65. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00276-4

Baras, E., Mpo'n'tcha, A., Driouch, H., Prignon, C., & Mélard, C. (September 2002). Ontogenetic variations of thermal optimum for growth, and its implication on thermolabile sex determination in blue tilapia. Journal of Fish Biology, 61 (3), 645-660. doi:10.1006/jfbi.2002.2087

Ovidio, M., Desprez, D., Mélard, C., & Poncin, P. (June 2002). Influence of sexual genotype on the behaviour of females (genotype WZ) and pseudofemales (genotype ZZ) in the tilapia Oreochromis aureus. Aquatic Living Resources, 15 (3), 163-167. doi:10.1016/S0990-7440(02)01168-3

Baras, E., Ndao, E., Maxi, M., Jeandrain, D., Thomé, J.-P., Vandewalle, P., & Mélard, C. (2000). Sibling cannibalism in dorada under experimental conditions. I. Ontogeny, dynamics, bioenergetics of cannibalism and prey size selectivity. Journal of Fish Biology, 57, 1001-1020. doi:10.1006/jfbi.2000.1366

Mélard, C., Kestemont, P., & Grignard, J. C. (1996). Intensive culture of juvenile and adult Eurasian perch (P. fluviatilis): effect of major biotic and abiotic factors on growth. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 12, 175-180. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.1996.tb00085.x

Ovidio, M., Desprez, D., Poncin, P., Mélard, C., Mol, K., & Künh, E. R. (November 1994). Comparative study of the behaviour and the hormonal levels of females and sex reversed females Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) (Pisces: Cichlidae) [Poster presentation]. First Benelux Congress of Zoology, Leuven, Belgium.

Poncin, P., Mélard, C., & Philippart, J.-C. (23 October 1990). Application au tilapia Oreochromis aureus d'une technique électronique d'identification individuelle. Cahiers d'Ethologie, 10 (3-4), 441-446.

Poncin, P., Philippart, J.-C., Mélard, C., & Gillet, A. (17 September 1990). Note sur une expérience de reproduction artificielle et d'alevinage du Hotu (Chondrostomas nasus). Perspectives de repeuplement des rivières. Cahiers d'Ethologie, 10 (2), 161-168.

Mélard, C., Ducarme, C., Philippart, J.-C., & Lasserre, J. (1989). The commercial intensive culture of tilapias in Belgium. In N. De Pauw, E. Jaspers, H. Ackefors, ... N. Wilkins (Eds.), Aquaculture : a biotechnology in progress Vol.1; 592 pages (pp. 225-232). Bredene, Belgium: European Aquaculture Society.

Philippart, J.-C., Mélard, C., & Poncin, P. (1984). Réussite de la reproduction artificielle de barbeaux (Barbus barbus (L.)) élevés en captivité. Perspectives pour la mise en place d'un programme de restauration des populations dans le bassin de la Meuse. Cahiers d'Ethologie, 4 (4), 271-278.