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John F. Steffensen

John F. Steffensen

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Biology and Biochemistry

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64
Citations
12784
World Ranking
9802
National Ranking
99

Overview

John F. Steffensen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, aquatic science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including fish ecology and management studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, ichthyology and marine biology, marine and fisheries research, animal behavior and reproduction, marine animal studies overview, and aquaculture nutrition and growth.

Selected recent publications by John F. Steffensen include:

  • Intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance differs between tropical and temperate fishes, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The combined effect of body size and temperature on oxygen consumption rates and the size-dependency of preferred temperature in European perch Perca fluviatilis, 2020, Journal of Fish Biology
  • Assessing the reproductive biology of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Linking hunting weaponry to attack strategies in sailfish and striped marlin, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Regulate or tolerate: Thermal strategy of a coral reef flat resident, the epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum, 2020, Journal of Fish Biology

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include:

  • Paolo Domenici
  • Morten Bo Søndergaard Svendsen
  • Jacob L. Johansen
  • Emil Aputsiaq Flindt Christensen
  • Shaun S. Killen

John F. Steffensen's work has been published in multiple venues, with several recurrent journals and platforms:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Conservation Physiology
  • Fishes

Best Publications

  • Some errors in respirometry of aquatic breathers: How to avoid and correct for them

    John Fleng Steffensen

  • The determination of standard metabolic rate in fishes.

    D. Chabot;J. F. Steffensen;A. P. Farrell

  • Effects of temperature, hypoxia and activity on the metabolism of juvenile Atlantic cod

    H. Schurmann;J. F. Steffensen

  • Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus).

    Julius Nielsen;Rasmus B. Hedeholm;Jan Heinemeier;Peter G. Bushnell

  • Design and setup of intermittent‐flow respirometry system for aquatic organisms

    M. B. S. Svendsen;P. G. Bushnell;J. F. Steffensen

  • Fish swimming in schools save energy regardless of their spatial position

    Stefano Marras;Shaun S. Killen;Jan Lindström;David J. McKenzie

  • Energy savings in sea bass swimming in a school : measurements of tail beat frequency and oxygen consumption at different swimming speeds

    J. Herskin;J. F. Steffensen

  • Aerobic capacity influences the spatial position of individuals within fish schools

    Shaun S. Killen;Stefano Marras;John F. Steffensen;John F. Steffensen;David J. McKenzie

  • The response of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua , to progressive hypoxia: fish swimming speed and physiological stress

    N. A. Herbert;N. A. Herbert;J. F. Steffensen

  • Effects of exercise training and coronary ablation on swimming performance, heart size, and cardiac enzymes in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    A. P. Farrell;J. A. Johansen;J. F. Steffensen;C. D. Moyes

  • Energetics of median and paired fin swimming, body and caudal fin swimming, and gait transition in parrotfish (Scarus schlegeli) and triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)

    Keith E. Korsmeyer;John Fleng Steffensen;Jannik Herskin;Jannik Herskin

  • An automated swimming respirometer

    J.F Steffensen;K Johansen;P.G Bushnell

  • Oxygen consumption in four species of teleosts from Greenland: no evidence of metabolic cold adaptation

    J. F. Steffensen;P. G. Bushnell;H. Schurmann

  • SPONTANEOUS SWIMMING ACTIVITY OF ATLANTIC COD GADUS MORHUA EXPOSED TO GRADED HYPOXIA AT THREE TEMPERATURES

    Henrik Schurmann;John Fleng Steffensen

  • Intra‐school positional preference and reduced tail beat frequency in trailing positions in schooling roach under experimental conditions

    J. C. Svendsen;J. Skov;M. Bildsoe;J. F. Steffensen

  • OXYGEN CONSUMPTION AND SWIMMING PERFORMANCE IN HYPOXIA-ACCLIMATED RAINBOW TROUT SALMO GAIRDNERI

    P. G. Bushnell;J. F. Steffensen;K. Johansen

  • Effects of ration size and hypoxia on specific dynamic action in the cod.

    Anders D. Jordan;John F. Steffensen

  • Lethal oxygen levels at different temperatures and the preferred temperature during hypoxia of the Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L.

    H. Schurmann;J. F. Steffensen

  • Preferred temperature of juvenile Atlantic cod Gadus morhua with different haemoglobin genotypes at normoxia and moderate hypoxia.

    Maria Faldborg Petersen;John Fleng Steffensen

  • Tail beat frequency as a predictor of swimming speed and oxygen consumption of saithe (Pollachius virens) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) during forced swimming

    Maria Faldborg Steinhausen;John Fleng Steffensen;Niels Gerner Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Domenici
Paolo Domenici National Research Council (CNR)
David J. McKenzie
David J. McKenzie University of Montpellier
Jens Krause
Jens Krause Technical University of Berlin
Alexander D. M. Wilson
Alexander D. M. Wilson Plymouth University
Jodie L. Rummer
Jodie L. Rummer James Cook University
Shaun S. Killen
Shaun S. Killen University of Glasgow
Kjell Johansen
Kjell Johansen Aarhus University
Anthony P. Farrell
Anthony P. Farrell University of British Columbia
Kim Aarestrup
Kim Aarestrup Technical University of Denmark
David J. Randall
David J. Randall University of British Columbia

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