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Overview

John C. Roff is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work covers several subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • Whole-ocean network design and implementation pathway for Arctic marine conservation, 2024, npj Ocean Sustainability
  • Mechanics of the Prey Capture Technique of the South African Grassland Bolas Spider, Cladomelea akermani, 2022, Insects
  • Lessons from Plants, 2022, African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Frequent co-authors associated with John C. Roff's research include:

  • T. D. James
  • Martin Sommerkorn
  • B. A. Solov'yev
  • Н. Г. Платонов
  • John C. Morrison

The principal publication venues where John C. Roff has contributed are:

  • npj Ocean Sustainability
  • Insects
  • African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Hemiptera Insect Studies
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies

Best Publications

  • Use of focal species in marine conservation and management: a review and critique

    Mark A. Zacharias;John C. Roff

  • High precision microcomputer based measuring system for ecological research

    John C. Roff;Russell R. Hopcroft

  • National frameworks for marine conservation — a hierarchical geophysical approach

    John C. Roff;Mark E. Taylor

  • Geophysical approaches to the classification, delineation and monitoring of marine habitats and their communities

    John C. Roff;Mark E. Taylor;Josh Laughren

  • The measurement of growth and reproductive rates

    J.A. Runge;J.C. Roff

  • Production of tropical copepods in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica : the importance of small species

    R. R. Hopcroft;J. C. Roff;D. Lombard

  • Trout Biomass and Habitat Relationships in Southern Ontario Streams

    James N. Bowlby;John C. Roff

  • The annual cycle of heterotrophic planktonic ciliates in the waters surrounding the Isles of Shoals, Gulf of Maine: an assessment of their trophic role

    D. J. S. Montagnes;D. H. Lynn;J. C. Roff;W. D. Taylor

  • Bacterivory by tropical copepod nauplii: extent and possible significance

    Roff Jc;Turner Jt;Webber Mk;Hopcroft Rr

  • Distribution and zoogeography of planktonic crustaceans and dipterans in glaciated eastern North America

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  • Examination of the Carbon Base in Southern Ontario Streams Using Stable Isotopes

    Jordan S. Rosenfeld;John C. Roff

  • A Hierarchical Ecological Approach to Conserving Marine Biodiversity

    Mark A. Zacharias;John C. Roff

  • Zooplankton and zoobenthos communities of selected northern Ontario lakes of different acidities

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  • Annual biomass and production of the oceanic copepod community off Discovery Bay, Jamaica

    M. K. Webber;J. C. Roff

  • Effects of acidity on the phytoplankton and primary productivity of selected northern Ontario lakes

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  • Size-weight relationships and biomass of tropical neritic copepods off Kingston, Jamaica

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  • Size paradigms in copepod communities: a re-examination

    R. R. Hopcroft;R. R. Hopcroft;R. R. Hopcroft;J. C. Roff;F. P. Chavez

  • Copepod Production on the Scotian Shelf based on Life-History Analyses and Laboratory Bearings

    Ian A. McLaren;M. John Tremblay;C. J. Corkett;John C. Roff

  • Zooplankton growth rates : the influence of female size and resources on egg production of tropical marine copepods

    R. R. Hopcroft;J. C. Roff

  • Universal multifractals and ocean patchiness: phytoplankton, physical fields and coastal heterogeneity

    S. Lovejoy;W. J. S. Currie;Y. Tessier;M. R. Claereboudt

  • A synthesis of growth rates in marine epipelagic invertebrate zooplankton.

    A.G. Hirst;J.C. Roff;R.S. Lampitt

  • Zooplankton growth rates : extraordinary production by the larvacean Oikopleura dioica in tropical waters

    Russell R. Hopcroft;John C. Roff

  • Annual structure of the copepod community and its associated pelagic environment off Discovery Bay, Jamaica

    M. K. Webber;J. C. Roff

  • Production of tropical larvaceans in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica: are we ignoring an important secondary producer?

    Russell R. Hopcroft;John C. Roff

  • Zooplankton growth rates: the larvaceans Appendicularia, Fritillaria and Oikopleura in tropical waters

    Russell R. Hopcroft;John C. Roff;Heather A. Bouman

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell R. Hopcroft
Russell R. Hopcroft University of Alaska Fairbanks
Edwin Bourget
Edwin Bourget Université Laval
John S. Gray
John S. Gray University of Oslo
Paul J. B. Hart
Paul J. B. Hart University of Leicester
Philippe Archambault
Philippe Archambault Université Laval
Howard I. Browman
Howard I. Browman Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Denis H. Lynn
Denis H. Lynn University of British Columbia
Patricia A. Tester
Patricia A. Tester Ocean Tester LLC
Daniel Schertzer
Daniel Schertzer École des Ponts ParisTech
Shaun Lovejoy
Shaun Lovejoy McGill University

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