Dr. Biron has studied at the Université de Montréal and at Leeds University during her doctoral research in fluvial geomorphology. She has joined Concordia in 1998. Her research involves river dynamics, stream restoration for fish habitat, sustainable management of agricultural streams, climate change impacts on rivers, large-scale flood modelling, three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics and freedom space for rivers.
Professional affiliations
Canadian Geomorphology Research Group
Canadian Association of Geographers
American Geophysical Union
Member of GRIL (Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie)
Member of RIISQ (Réseau inondations intertectoriel du Québec)
Refereed contributions (last 5 years)
- Buffin-Bélanger, T., Lachapelle, F., Biron, P.M., Boivin, M. (2023) Trajectoires et visées de l'hydrogéomorphologie au Québec. Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes. 1-16.
- Duguay, J., Biron, P.M., Lacey, J. (2023) Density effects on streamwise-oriented vorticity at river confluences: a laboratory investigation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 973, A7, 1-30.
- Gariépy-Girouard, E., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Savard, M., Biron, P.M. (2023) Histoire et perspectives d'avenir du canal Saint-Georges (Port-Menier, île d'Anticosti) : la valorisation du patrimoine culturel par l'aménagement fluvial. Le Naturaliste canadien, 147, 1, 114-125.
- Botrel, M., Hudon, C., Biron, P.M., Maranger, R. (2023) Combining quadrat, rake and echosounding to estimate submerged aquatic vegetation biomass at the ecosystem scale. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 21, 192-208.
- Duguay, J., Biron, P.M., Lacey, J.R.W. (2022) Impact of density gradients on secondary flow structure at river confluences. Water Resources Research. 58, e2022WR032720, 1-17.
- Botrel, M., Hudon, C., Heffernan, J.B., Biron, P.M., Maranger, R. (2022) Climate-driven variations in nitrogen retention from a riverine submerged aquatic vegetation meadow. Water Resources Research, 58, e2022WR032678, 1-21.
- Duguay, J., Biron, P.M., Lacey, J.R.W. (2022) Aerial observations and numerical simulations confirm density-driven streamwise vortices at river confluences. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR031527, 1-19.
- Marchand, J.-P., Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Larocque, M. (2022) High-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of hydrologic connectivity in the historical floodplain of straightened lowland agricultural streams. River Research and Applications, 38, 1061-1079.
- Larocque, M., Biron, P.M. (2022) Le rôle des milieux humides et hydriques dans la résilience des écosystèmes fluviaux. In: Une Économie Écologique pour le Québec: Comment opérationnaliser une nécessaire transition, Zaga Mendez, A., Bisonnette, J., Dupras, J. (Eds), Les Presses de l'Université du Québec, 219-236.
- Duguay, J., Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T. (2022) Large-scale turbulent mixing at amesoscale confluence assessed through drone imagery and eddy-resolved modelling. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47, 345-363.
- Massé, S., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Biron, P.M., Ruiz, J. (2022) Les inondations au Québec: Risques, aménagement du territoire, impacts socioéconomiques et transformation des vulnérabilités, Buffin-Bélanger, T., Maltais, D., Gauthier, M. (Eds), Presses de l’Université du Québec, 203-224.
- Thomas, I., Gagnon, A., Biron, P.M., Gauthier, M., Bonneville, M.-C., Morin, S. (2022) Réaménagement résilient et innovant face aux inondations. In : Les inondations au Québec: Risques, aménagement du territoire, impacts socioéconomiques et transformation des vulnérabilités, Buffin-Bélanger, T., Maltais, D., Gauthier, M. (Eds), Presses de l’Université du Québec, 271-288.
- Gauthier, M., Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T. (2022) Aménagement du territoire et gestion des zones inondables. In : Les inondations au Québec: Risques, aménagement du territoire, impacts socioéconomiques et transformation des vulnérabilités, Buffin-Bélanger, T., Maltais, D., Gauthier, M. (Eds), Presses de l’Université du Québec, 153-180.
- Lemay, J., Biron, P.M., Boivin, M., Stämpfli, N., Foote, K. (2021) Can the Morphological Quality Index (MQI) be used to determine the ecological status of lowland rivers? Geomorphology, 395, 108002, 1-13.
- Bessar, M.A., Choné, G., Lavoie, A., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Biron, P.M., Matte, P., Anctil, F. (2021) Comparative analysis of local and large-scale approaches to floodplain mapping. A case study of the Chaudière River. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 46, 4, 194-206.
- Choné, G., Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Mazgareanu, I., Neal, J.C., Sampson, C.C. (2021) An assessment of large-scale flood modelling based on LiDAR data. Hydrological Processes, 35, e14333, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14333
- Foote, K., Biron, P.M., Grant, J.W.A. (2020) Impact of in-stream restoration structures on salmonid abundance and biomass: an updated meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 77, 1574-1591.
- Mazgareanu, I, Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T (2020) A fuzzy GIS model to determine confluence morphological sensitivity to tributary inputs at the watershed scale. Geomorphology, 357, 107095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107095
- Massé, S, Demers, S, Buffin-Bélanger, T, Biron, P.M., Choné, G, Massey W. (2020) Development of a mapping approach encompassing most fluvial processes: Lessons learned from the freedom space for rivers concept in Quebec (Canada). River Research and Applications, 36, 947-959.
- Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Martel, N. (2019) Three-dimensional turbulent structures at a medium-sized confluence with and without an ice cover Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44, 3042-3056.
- Bulat, M., Biron, P.M., Lacey, R.W.J., Botrel, M., Hudon, C., Maranger, R. (2019) A 3D numerical model investigation of the impact of submerged macrophytes on flow dynamics in a large fluvial lake. Freshwater Biology, 64,1627-1642.
- Poulin, M, Evette, A, Tisserant, M, Keita, N, Breton, V, Biron, P., Raymond, P., Charbonneau, G., Falardeau, I. (2019) Le génie végétal pour la protection des berges de cours d'eau au Québec: état des lieux et perspectives pour les Basses-terres du Saint-Laurent. Sciences Eaux & Territoires. Article hors-série No 57, 7 p. (http://www.set-revue.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/set-revue-genie-vegetal-berges-quebec-.pdf)
- Hurson, M, Biron, P.M. (2019) Quantifying hydrodynamic changes associated with bioengineered stabilization measures using numerical modelling. Ecological Engineering. 136, 118-124.
- Baril, A.-M, Biron, P.M., Grant, J.W.A. (2019) An assessment of an unsuccessful restoration project for lake sturgeon using 3D numerical modelling. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 39(1), 69-81.
- Massé, S., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Biron, P.M., Ruiz, J. (2018) La portée et les limites des approches perspectives pour la gestion intégrée des inondations. Revue des Sciences de l'Eau, 31, 4, 341-362.
- Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Martel, N. (2018) Mixing processes at an ice-covered river confluence. River Flow 2018, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lyon, France, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184005037.
- Choné, G., Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T. (2018) Flood hazard mapping techniques with LiDAR in the absence of bathymetry data. River Flow 2018, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lyon, France, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184006005.
- Biron, P.M., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Massé, S. (2018) The need for river management and stream restoration practices to integrate hydrogeomorphology. The Canadian Geographer, 62, 2, 288-295.
- Baril, A.-M., Buszkiewicz, J.T., Biron, P.M., Phelps, Q.E. and Grant, J.W.A. (2018) Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning habitat: A quantitative review. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 75, 925-933.
- Rousseau, Y.Y., Biron, P.M., Van de Wiel, M.J. (2018) Comparing the sensitivity of bank retreat to changes in biophysical conditions between two contrasting river reaches using a coupled morphodynamic model. Water, 10, 4, 518.
- Rousseau, Y.Y., Van De Wiel, M., Biron, P.M. (2017) Simulating bank erosion over an extended natural sinuous river reach using a universal slope stability algorithm coupled with a morphodynamic model. Geomorphology. 295, 690-704.
- Massey, W., Biron, P.M., Choné, G. (2017) Impacts of river bank stabilization using riprap on fish habitat in two contrasting environments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42, 635-646.
- Paradis, A., Biron, P.M. (2017) Integrating hydrogeomorphological concepts in management approaches of lowland agricultural streams: Perspectives, problems and prospects based on case studies in Quebec. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 42, 1, 54-69.
Non-refereed reports and papers
Biron,P.M. (2017) La restauration de l’habitat du poisson en rivière : une recension des écrits. Rapport scientifique présenté à la Fondation de la Faune du Québec, 70 pp.