Comparison of larval development in wild and reared White sucker (Catostomus commersoni) (with T. Grünbaum).
The effects of water flow and velocity on larval development of salmonids (with N. Le François).
Environmental factors influencing seaward migration in the American eel (Anguilla rostrata) (with G. Verreault, P. Dumont, C. Chaillon).
Sequence of ossification of the axial and appendicular skeleton in Moxostomatini (with P. Dumont, T. Grünbaum).
Interrelationships and origin of basal actinopterygians (with G. Arratia).
Origin of chondrichthyans (with S. Turner and R. Miller).
Determination of biodiversity indicators based on amphibians in the boreal forest (with L. Sirois).

Vézina D, CLOUTIER R. 1991. Guidebook for field trips. 7th International Symposium on the Studies of Early Vertebrates. Parc de Miguasha, Québec. 68pp.

CLOUTIER R 1991. Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution of the Actinistia. pp. 3-58. In Musick JA, Bruton MN, Balon EK (eds.) The Biology of Latimeria chalumnae and Evolution of Coelacanths, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 32.
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CLOUTIER R, Forey PL 1991. Diversity of extinct and living actinistian species (Sarcopterygii). pp. 59-74. In Musick JA, Bruton MN, Balon EK (eds.) The Biology of Latimeria chalumnae and Evolution of Coelacanths, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 32.
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Forey PL, CLOUTIER R 1991. Literature relating on fossil coelacanths. pp. 391-401. In Musick JA, Bruton MN, Balon EK (eds.) The Biology of Latimeria chalumnae and Evolution of Coelacanths, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 32.

Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R 1991. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies of Latimeria chalumnae. pp. 159-182. In Musick JA, Bruton MN, Balon EK (eds.) The Biology of Latimeria chalumnae and Evolution of Coelacanths, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 32.
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Trueb L, CLOUTIER R 1991. Toward an understanding of the amphibians: two centuries of systematic history. pp. 175-193. In H.-P. Schultze et L. Trueb (eds.) Origins of Major Groups of Tetrapods: Controversies and Consensus. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Trueb L, CLOUTIER R 1991. A phylogenetic investigation of the inter- and intrarelationships of the Lissamphibia (Amphibia: Temnospondyli). pp. 223-313. In H.-P. Schultze et L. Trueb (eds.) Origins of Major Groups of Tetrapods: Controversies and Consensus. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Lelièvre H, Wenz S, Blieck A, CLOUTIER R (editors). 1995. Proceeding of the VIIIth International Symposium on Early/Lower Vertebrates. Geobios, mémoire spécial 19. 409pp.

Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (editors). 1996. Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 374pp.

CLOUTIER R, Loboziak S, Candilier A-M, Blieck A 1996. Biostratigraphy of the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation, eastern Québec, Canada: a comparative study based on miospores and fishes. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 93(1-4): 191-215
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Arratia G, CLOUTIER R 1996. A reassessment of the morphology of Cheirolepis canadensis (Actinopterygii). pp. 165-197. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

CLOUTIER R 1996. The primitive actinistian Miguashaia bureaui Schultze (Sarcopterygii). pp. 227-247. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

CLOUTIER R 1996. Dipnoi (Akinetia: Sarcopterygii). pp. 198-226. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

CLOUTIER R 1996. Taxonomic review of Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves. pp. 271-284. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

CLOUTIER R, Ahlberg PE 1996. Morphology, characters, and the interrelationships of basal sarcopterygians. pp. 445-479. In Stiassny MLJ, Parenti LR, Johnson GD (eds.) Interrelationships of Fishes. New York, Academic Press.

CLOUTIER R, Schultze H-P 1996. Porolepiform fishes (Sarcopterygii). pp. 248-270. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

Parent N, CLOUTIER R 1996. Distribution and preservation of fossils in the Escuminac Formation. pp. 54-78. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R 1996. Preface. pp. 7?8. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R 1996. Comparison of the Escuminac Formation ichthyofauna with other late Givetian/early Frasnian ichthyofaunas. pp. 348-368. In Schultze H-P, CLOUTIER R (eds.) Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil

CLOUTIER R 1997. Morphologie et variations du toit crânien du Dipneuste Scaumenacia curta (Whiteaves) (Sarcopterygii), du Dévonien supérieur du Québec. Geodiversitas, 19: 59-105.

Gensel PG, CLOUTIER R, McCutcheon S 1997. Devonian plants and fishes of the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec and northern New Brunswick. AIBS Field Trip 22. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina. 22 pp.

Arsenault M, CLOUTIER R 1998. Manuel de formation. Parc de Miguasha. Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Faune. 150 pp.

CLOUTIER R 1998. Document de synthèse sur la gestion intégrée de la collection du parc de Miguasha. Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Faune.

Blieck A, CLOUTIER R 2000. Biostratigraphical correlations of Early Devonian vertebrate assemblages of the Old Red Sandstone Continent. Courrier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg, 223: 223-269.

CLOUTIER R 2000. Actinopterygians. pp. 11-16. In R Singer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.

CLOUTIER R 2000. Osteichthyans. pp. 813-815. In R Singer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.

CLOUTIER R 2000. Tetrapods: overview. pp. 1242-1246. In R Singer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.

CLOUTIER R 2000. Tetrapods: basal tetrapods. pp. 1247-1252. In R Singer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.

Elliot, DK, Johnson HG, CLOUTIER R, Carr RK, Daeschler EB 2000. Middle and Late Devonian vertebrates of the western Old Red Sandstone Continent. Courrier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg, 223: 291-308.

CLOUTIER R 2001. Miguasha Park. From Water to Land. Beauport, Publications MNH Inc. 143 pp.

El Albani A, CLOUTIER R, Candilier A-M 2002. Early diagenesis of the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation from the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec: sedimentological and geochemical evidence. Sedimentary Geology, 146: 209-223.
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Cote S, Carroll R, CLOUTIER R, Bar-Sagi L 2002. Vertebral development in the Devonian sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi and the polarity of vertebral evolution in non-amniote tetrapods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(3): 487-502.
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Miller RF, CLOUTIER R, Turner S 2003. The oldest articulated chondrichthyan from the Early Devonian period. Nature, 425: 501-504.
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Deschenes J, Desrosiers G, Ferron J, Cloutier R, Stora G. 2003. Variations in food utilization and  carbon sequestration by the polychaete Nereis virens under experimental conditions. Vie et Milieu 53(4):171-178.
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Grünbaum, T., R. Cloutier and P. Dumont. 2003. Congruence between chondrification and ossification sequences during caudal skeleton development: a Moxostomatini case study. pp: 161-176, In: Browman, H.I. & A.B. Skiftesvik (Eds.). The Big Fish Bang. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Larval Fish Conference.
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Deschênes J, Desrosiers G, Ferron J, Stora G, CLOUTIER R. 2005. Environmental influence on activity levels and behavioural allocation in the polychaete Nereis virens (Sars). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 317(2):203-212.
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Le Francois, N.R., T. Grunbaum, K. Chu, A. Savoie & R. Cloutier. 2006. Growth, body morphology and muscle metabolism paterns in newly-hatched salmonid species (S. alpinus and O. mykiss): effects of water velocity. Bulletin of the Aquaculture Association of Canada 106-3: 33-36.

Janvier, P, Clement, G, & Cloutier, R. 2007. A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications. Geodiversitas, 29(2):249-268.
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Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, Mabee, PM, & Le Francois, NR. 2007. Early developmental plasticity and integrative responses in arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): Effects of water velocity on body size and shape. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 308B(4):396-408.
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Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, & Le Francois, NR. 2008. Positive effects of exposure to increased water velocity on growth of newly hatched Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus L. Aquaculture Research. 39(1):106-110.
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Fischer-Rousseau, L., R. Cloutier & M.L. Zelditch 2009. Morphological intergration and developmental progress during fish ontogeny in two contrasting habitats. Evolution and Development 11: 740-753. 

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Boucher, J., P. Berube & R. Cloutier. 2009. Comparison of the channel darter (Percina copeland) summer habitat in two rivers from Eastern Canada. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 24: 19-28.

Cloutier, R., I. Bechard, F. Charest & O. Matton. 2009. La contribution des poissons fossiles du parc national de Miguasha a la biologie evolutive du developpement. Le Naturaliste Canadien 133: 84-95. 
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Cloutier, R. 2010. The fossil record of fish ontogenies: Insights into developmental patterns and processes. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 21: 400-413.
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Grünbaum, T. and R. Cloutier. 2010. Onotgeny, variation, and homology in Salvelinus alpinus caudal skeleton (Teleostei: Salmonidae). Journal of Morphology. 271: 12-24.

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Fischer-Rousseau, L., K.P. Chu & R. Cloutier. 2010. Developmental plasticity in fish exposed to a water velocity gradient: a complex response. Journal of Experimetal Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution 314B: 67-85.

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Cloutier, R., J. Lambrey de Souza, H.I. Browman & A.B. Skiftesvik. 2011. Early ontogeny of the Atlantic halibut head (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Journal of Fish Biology 78: 1035-1053.
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