Lefrançois Christel
     
  - Équipe de rattachement : AMARE
 - Statut : Chercheur
 - christel.lefrancois*at*univ-lr.fr
 - Tél. : +33(O)5 46 45 72 17
 
Enseignant-chercheur 
Université de La Rochelle 
Section de Recherche :  CNU 67 
Institut scientifique du CNRS référent :  INEE
Mots clés : Fish eco-physiology ; Bio-energetics ; Kinematics of predator-prey interactions, Mechanisms of adaptation
Thèmes de Recherche.
My research activities fit into a general problematic, which aims at studying the physiological and behavioural responses in fish facing modifications in external (e.g. temperature, oxygen) or internal factors (e.g. size). Considering the whole organism, I employ an eco-physiological approach and tackle more particularly energetics.
Juvenile of sole in a respirometer
	 
Escape of a startled golden grey mullet (images from a 500 frame/s high speed camera)
	 
Liste des publications :
      
      41 résultats
    
  2025
Article dans une revue
Importance of the microphytobenthos in the foodweb of tropical mudflats
    
    
      
      
        Alexandre Carpentier
      , 
        Anne Lizé
      , 
        Hien Nguyen Thanh
      , 
        Pierrick Bocher
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Antoine Gardel
      , 
        Pierre-Yves Pascal
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      
      
     
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2025, 319, pp.109257. ⟨10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109257⟩
    
    
  Metabolomic and phenotypic effects of ocean acidification on cuttlefish differ across early life stages
    
    
      
      
        Antoine Minet
      , 
        Steven Melvin
      , 
        Marc Metian
      , 
        Angus Taylor
      , 
        François Oberhänsli
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Peter Swarzenski
      , 
        Paco Bustamante
      , 
        Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe
      
      
     
    Marine Environmental Research, 2025, 205, pp.107013. ⟨10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107013⟩
    
    
  Dietary DHA limitation did not affect swimming and metabolic performance, but reduced growth in wild European sea bass
    
    
      
      
        Mickaël Péron
      , 
        Philippe Soudant
      , 
        Fabienne Le Grand
      , 
        David Mazurais
      , 
        Victor Simon
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Marie Vagner
      
      
     
    Biochimie, In press, ⟨10.1016/j.biochi.2025.07.005⟩
    
    
  2024
Article dans une revue
Sunscreen use during recreational activities on a French Atlantic beach: release of UV filters at sea and influence of air temperature
    
    
      
      
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Luc Vacher
      , 
        Maëlig Le Béguec
      , 
        Emmanuelle Petit
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Margot Grimmelpont
      , 
        Jérôme Labille
      , 
        Damien Tran
      , 
        Sylvain Ravier
      , 
        Jean-Luc Boudenne
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024, 31, pp.41046-41058. ⟨10.1007/s11356-024-33783-z⟩
    
    
  Fish gut and skin microbiota dysbiosis induced by exposure to commercial sunscreen formulations
    
    
      
      
        Laure Bellec
      , 
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Eric Pante
      , 
        Damien Tran
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      
      
     
    Aquatic Toxicology, 2024, 266, pp.106799. ⟨10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106799⟩
    
    
  Omega-long chain highly unsaturated fatty acid content in tissue correlates with escape response e ciency in golden gray mullet
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Salomé Ducos
      , 
        Nicolas Graziano
      , 
        Fabienne Le Grand
      , 
        Antoine Bideau
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Frontiers in Fish Science, 2024, 2, pp.1394423. ⟨10.3389/frish.2024.1394423⟩
    
    
  Molecular and behavioural responses of the mussel Mytilus edulis exposed to a marine heatwave
    
    
      
      
        Margot Grimmelpont
      , 
        Laura Payton
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Damien Tran
      
      
     
    Marine Environmental Research, 2024, 196, pp.106418. ⟨10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106418⟩
    
    
  2023
Article dans une revue
UV filter occurrence in beach water of the Mediterranean coast – A field survey over 2 years in Palavas‐les‐Flots, France
    
    
      
      
        Delphine Thallinger
      , 
        Jerome Labille
      , 
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Jean‐luc Boudenne
      , 
        Frédéric Loosli
      , 
        Danielle L Slomberg
      , 
        Bernard Angeletti
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2023, 45 (S1), pp.67-83. ⟨10.1111/ics.12904⟩
    
    
  Avoidance behaviour and toxicological impact of sunscreens in the teleost Chelon auratus
    
    
      
      
        Margot Grimmelpont
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Yannis Panisset
      , 
        Guilhem Jourdon
      , 
        Justine Receveur
      , 
        Stéphane Le Floch
      , 
        Jean-Luc Boudenne
      , 
        Jérôme Labille
      , 
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      
      
     
    Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023, 194, pp.115245. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115245⟩
    
    
  Individual aerobic performance and anaerobic compensation in a temperate fish during a simulated marine heatwave
    
    
      
      
        Margot Grimmelpont
      , 
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 863, pp.160844. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160844⟩
    
    
  Communication dans un congrès
Effects of Dietary DHA Deficiency on Metabolic and Swimming Performance of Juvenile European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from the wild.
    
    
      
      
        Mickaël Péron
      , 
        Fabienne Le Grand
      , 
        Philippe Soudant
      , 
        David Mazurais
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Victor Simon
      , 
        Marie Vagner
      
      
     
    RESPFEST, 2023, La Rochelle, France
    
    
  Long chain omega-3 fatty acid dietary content determines escape response efficiency in golden grey mullet
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Salomé Ducos
      , 
        Nicolas Graziano
      , 
        Fabienne Le Grand
      , 
        Antoine Bideau
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Colloque d'Ecophysiologie Animale, 2023, Plouzané, France
    
    
  2022
Article dans une revue
Lack of the myotendinous junction marker col22a1 results in posture and locomotion disabilities in zebrafish
    
    
      
      
        Marilyne Malbouyres
      , 
        Alexandre Guiraud
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Mélanie Salamito
      , 
        Pauline Nauroy
      , 
        Laure Bernard
      , 
        Frédéric Sohm
      , 
        Bruno Allard
      , 
        Florence Ruggiero
      
      
     
    Matrix Biology, 2022, 109, pp.1-18. ⟨10.1016/j.matbio.2022.03.002⟩
    
    
  Communication dans un congrès
Des carences en oméga 3 peuvent endommager la fonction cardiaque – Illustration avec un modèle poisson
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Eric Pante
      , 
        Amélia Viricel
      , 
        Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe
      , 
        Jose Luis Zambonino-Infante
      , 
        Patrick Quazuguel
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Valérie Huet
      , 
        Hervé Le Delliou
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Nathalie Imbert-Auvray
      
      
     
    Congrès de Biologie et Physiologie Intégrative, Jun 2022, Lyon, France
    
    
  2020
Article dans une revue
The effects of hypoxia on aerobic metabolism in oil-contaminated sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
    
    
      
      
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Stefano Marras
      , 
        Fabio Antognarelli
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Stéphane Le Floch
      , 
        Paolo Domenici
      
      
     
    Chemosphere, 2020, 253, pp.126678. ⟨10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126678⟩
    
    
  Microbial functional structure and stable isotopic variation of leptocephali across three current zones in the western South Pacific
    
    
      
      
        Leopold Ghinter
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      , 
        Michael J Miller
      , 
        Alexandre Carpentier
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Anthony Acou
      , 
        Jun Aoyama
      , 
        Mari Kuroki
      , 
        Camilla Liénart
      , 
        Shun Watanabe
      , 
        Katsumi Tsukamoto
      , 
        Tsuguo Otake
      , 
        Eric Feunteun
      
      
     
    Progress in Oceanography, 2020, 182, pp.102264. ⟨10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102264⟩
    
    
  Maturation of the European sardine Sardina pilchardus under experimental conditions strengthens bioenergetic estimate
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Aurélie Dessier
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      , 
        Paco Bustamante
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Elodie Réveillac
      , 
        Pierre Morinière
      , 
        Sébastien Lefebvre
      
      
     
    Marine Environmental Research, 2020, 160, pp.104985. ⟨10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104985⟩
    
    
  2019
Article dans une revue
Meiofauna versus macrofauna as a food resource in a tropical intertidal mudflat
    
    
      
      
        Pierre-Yves Pascal
      , 
        Pierrick Bocher
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Hien Duy Nguyen
      , 
        Johan Chevalier
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      
      
     
    Marine Biology, 2019, 166 (11), pp.144. ⟨10.1007/s00227-019-3588-z⟩
    
    
  The effect of climate change on the escape kinematics and performance of fishes: implications for future predator–prey interactions
    
    
      
      
        Paolo Domenici
      , 
        Bridie Allan
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      , 
        Mark Mccormick
      
      
     
    Conservation Physiology, 2019, 7 (1), ⟨10.1093/conphys/coz078⟩
    
    
  Ocean warming combined with lower omega-3 nutritional availability impairs the cardio-respiratory function of a marine fish
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Eric Pante
      , 
        Amélia Viricel
      , 
        Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe
      , 
        Jose-Luis Zambonino-Infante
      , 
        Patrick Quazuguel
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Valérie Huet
      , 
        Hervé Le Delliou
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Nathalie Imbert-Auvray
      
      
     
    Journal of Experimental Biology, 2019, 222 (8), pp.jeb187179. ⟨10.1242/jeb.187179⟩
    
    
  Communication dans un congrès
Effet combiné de la température et de la disponibilité en oméga 3 dans la nourriture sur la fonction cardio-respiratoire du mulet doré
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Eric Pante
      , 
        Amelia Viricel
      , 
        Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe
      , 
        Jose-Luis Zambonino-Infante
      , 
        Patrick Quazuguel
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Valérie Huet
      , 
        Hervé Le Delliou
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Nathalie Imbert-Auvray
      
      
     
    Colloque d'Ecophysiologie Animale, Oct 2019, Rennes, France
    
    
  Meiofauna versus macrofauna as food resource in a tropical intertidal mudflat
    
    
      
      
        Pierre Yves Pascal
      , 
        Pierrick Bocher
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Hien T. Nguyen
      , 
        Johan Chevalier
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      
      
     
    Caribbean Science and Innovation Meeting 2019, Oct 2019, Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), France
    
    
  2018
Article dans une revue
Influence of temperature on age-related lipid peroxidation in a short-lived vertebrate (Nothobranchius furzeri)
    
    
      
      
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Marie Durollet
      , 
        Hélène Thomas-Guyon
      
      
     
    Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018, 44 (1), pp.343 - 347. ⟨10.1007/s10695-017-0439-z⟩
    
    
  The Smurf transition: new insights on ageing from end-of-life studies in animal models
    
    
      
      
        Michael Rera
      , 
        Céline Vallot
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Current Opinion in Oncology, 2018, 30 (1), pp.38-44. ⟨10.1097/cco.0000000000000419⟩
    
    
  2016
Article dans une revue
Difference in responses of two coastal species to fluctuating salinities and temperatures: Potential modification of specific distribution areas in the context of global change
    
    
      
      
        Thomas Trancart
      , 
        Éric Feunteun
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Anthony Acou
      , 
        Christophe Boinet
      , 
        Alexandre Carpentier
      
      
     
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2016, 173, pp.9-15. ⟨10.1016/j.ecss.2016.02.012⟩
    
    
  Effects of pyrolytic and petrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on 1 swimming and metabolic performance of zebrafish contaminated by 2 ingestion 3 4
    
    
      
      
        Julie Lucas
      , 
        Isabelle Percelay
      , 
        Thibault Larcher
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      
      
     
    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2016, 132, pp.145-152. ⟨10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.05.035⟩
    
    
  2015
Article dans une revue
Depletion of Essential Fatty Acids in the Food Source Affects Aerobic Capacities of the Golden Grey Mullet Liza aurata in a Warming Seawater Context
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe
      , 
        Jose-Luis Zambonino-Infante
      , 
        David Mazurais
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Hervé Le Delliou
      , 
        Patrick Quazuguel
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    PLoS ONE, 2015, 10 (6), pp.e0126489. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0126489⟩
    
    
  2014
Article dans une revue
Feeding ecology of Liza spp. in a tidal flat: Evidence of the importance of primary production (biofilm) and associated meiofauna
    
    
      
      
        Alexandre Carpentier
      , 
        Serena Como
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Éric Feunteun
      
      
     
    Journal of Sea Research (JSR), 2014, 92, pp.86-91. ⟨10.1016/j.seares.2013.10.007⟩
    
    
  How does the resuspension of the biofilm alter the functioning of the benthos–pelagos coupled food web of a bare mudflat in Marennes-Oléron Bay (NE Atlantic)?
    
    
      
      
        Blanche Saint-Béat
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      , 
        Hélène Agogué
      , 
        Alexandre Carpentier
      , 
        Julien Chalumeau
      , 
        Serena Como
      , 
        Valérie David
      , 
        Margot de Crignis
      , 
        Jean-Claude Duchêne
      , 
        Camille Fontaine
      , 
        Éric Feunteun
      , 
        Katell Guizien
      , 
        Hans Hartmann
      , 
        Johann Lavaud
      , 
        Sébastien Lefebvre
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Clarisse Mallet
      , 
        Hélène Montanié
      , 
        Jean-Luc Mouget
      , 
        Francis Orvain
      , 
        Pascaline Ory
      , 
        Pierre-Yves Pascal
      , 
        Gilles Radenac
      , 
        Pierre Richard
      , 
        Nathalie Niquil
      
      
     
    Journal of Sea Research (JSR), 2014, 92, pp.144-157. ⟨10.1016/j.seares.2014.02.003⟩
    
    
  Allometric relationship between body mass and aerobic metabolism in zebrafish Danio rerio
    
    
      
      
        Julie Lucas
      , 
        Alicia Schouman
      , 
        Laura Lyphout
      , 
        Xavier Cousin
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      
      
     
    Journal of Fish Biology, 2014, 84 (4), pp.1171-1178. ⟨10.1111/jfb.12306⟩
    
    
  Reduced n‑3 highly unsaturated fatty acids dietary content expected with global change reduces the metabolic capacity of the golden grey mullet
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Jose-Luis Zambonino-Infante
      , 
        David Mazurais
      , 
        Nathalie Imbert‑auvray
      , 
        Natascha Ouillon
      , 
        Emmanuel Dubillot
      , 
        Hervé Le Delliou
      , 
        David Akbar
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Marine Biology, 2014, 161 (11), pp.2547-2562. ⟨10.1007/s00227-014-2526-3⟩
    
    
  Aerobic metabolism and cardiac activity in the descendants of zebrafish exposed to pyrolytic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    
    
      
      
        Julie Lucas
      , 
        Prescilla Perrichon
      , 
        Marine Nouhaud
      , 
        Alexandre Audras
      , 
        Isabelle Leguen
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      
      
     
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014, 21 (24), pp.13888 - 13897. ⟨10.1007/s11356-014-3116-0⟩
    
    
  2013
Article dans une revue
PCB contamination does not alter aerobic metabolism and tolerance to hypoxia of juvenile sole (Solea solea L. 1758)
    
    
      
      
        Marcella Cannas
      , 
        Fabrizio Atzori
      , 
        François Rupsard
      , 
        Paco Bustamante
      , 
        Véronique Loizeau
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Aquatic Toxicology, 2013, 127 (C), pp.54-60. ⟨10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.04.017⟩
    
    
  Dispersant use as a response to oil spills: toxicological effects on fish cardiac performance
    
    
      
      
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Hélène Thomas-Guyon
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Nathalie Imbert
      
      
     
    Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013, pp.6. ⟨10.1007/s10695-012-9696-z⟩
    
    
  Behavioral responses of juvenile golden grey mullet Liza aurata to changes in coastal temperatures and consequences for benthic food resources
    
    
      
      
        Serena Como
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      , 
        Enrico Maggi
      , 
        F Antognarelli
      , 
        Christine Dupuy
      
      
     
    Journal of Sea Research (JSR), 2013, Trophic significance of microbial biofilm in tidal flats, 92, pp.66-73. ⟨10.1016/j.seares.2013.10.004⟩
    
    
  Communication dans un congrès
ConPhyPoP – A multidisciplinary project to assess physiological consequences of fish long-term exposure to PAHs
    
    
      
      
        Xavier Cousin
      , 
        Farida Akcha
      , 
        Patrick J. Babin
      , 
        Marie-Laure Bégout
      , 
        Hélène Budzinski
      , 
        Jerome Cachot
      , 
        Thibaut T. Larcher
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Isabelle Leguen
      , 
        Jean-Pierre Levraud
      , 
        Christophe Minier
      , 
        - Consortium Conphypop
      
      
     
    17. Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 17), Universidade do Algarve. PRT., May 2013, Faro, Portugal
    
    
  2012
Article dans une revue
Effect of dispersed crude oil exposure upon the aerobic metabolic scope in juvenile golden grey mullet (Liza aurata)
    
    
      
      
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Julie Lucas
      , 
        Stéphane Le Floch
      , 
        Hélène Thomas-Guyon
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      
      
     
    Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2012, 64, pp.865-871. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.023⟩
    
    
  Communication dans un congrès
Biology Toxicology and Coastal Sensitivity Analysis
    
    
      
      
        Frédéric Muttin
      , 
        Laurent Aprin
      , 
        Thomas Milinkovitch
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      , 
        Hélène Thomas-Guyon
      , 
        Stephane Lefloch
      , 
        Celine Duffa
      , 
        Herve Thebault
      
      
     
    4th Workshop on Marine Pollution Response, Apr 2012, La Rochelle, France. pp.47-66
    
    
  2011
Article dans une revue
Physiological response in different strains of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): Swimming and aerobic metabolic capacities
    
    
      
      
        Andrea Luna Acosta
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      , 
        Sandie Millot
      , 
        Beatrice Chatain
      , 
        Marie-Laure Begout
      
      
     
    Aquaculture, 2011, 317 (1-4), pp.162-167. ⟨10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.03.004⟩
    
    
  2010
Chapitre d'ouvrage
Capacités sensorielles et comportement
    
    
      
      
        Marie-Laure Begout
      , 
        Karine Faucher
      , 
        Christel Lefrancois
      , 
        Sandie Millot
      
      
     
    La truite arc-en-ciel, de la biologie à l'élevage., 2010
    
    
  2008
Article dans une revue
The effect of acute hypoxia on swimming stamina at optimal swimming speed in flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus
    
    
      
      
        Marie Vagner
      , 
        Christel Lefrançois
      , 
        Sylvana Ferrari
      , 
        Andrea Satta
      , 
        Paolo Domenici
      
      
     
    Marine Biology, 2008, 155 (2), pp.183 - 190. ⟨10.1007/s00227-008-1016-x⟩