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William C. Leggett

William C. Leggett

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
74
Citations
17513
World Ranking
1139
National Ranking
66

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

William C. Leggett is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has contributed extensively to Environmental Science, focusing on global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, and physiology. Their body of research spans several key areas, including fish ecology and management studies, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, ecology and biodiversity studies, coral and marine ecosystems studies, aquaculture nutrition and growth, and reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species.

Leggett's notable recent publications include:

  • Sex-based differences in fatty acid composition of adult walleye (2020), published in Ecology Of Freshwater Fish
  • The dynamics of exploited marine fish populations and Humpty Dumpty: similarities and differences (2022), published in Restoration Ecology
  • Temporal evolution of critical traits and their relationship to cod stock collapse and recovery (2022), published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • A perspective on successful implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to management and conservation in the Laurentian Great Lakes (2024), published in Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
  • Sex-based divergence in isotopic compositions of north temperate freshwater fishes (2021), published in Hydrobiologia

The frequent publication venues where Leggett's work appears include:

  • Fisheries Research
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Ecology Of Freshwater Fish
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management

Leggett has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors. These frequent collaborators include Kenneth T. Frank, Thomas A. Johnston, John M. Casselman, Murray D. Wiegand, and Jonathan A. D. Fisher.

Throughout their career, Leggett's research has focused primarily on fish ecology and management studies, where ten publications have been recorded, alongside a substantial emphasis on marine and fisheries research with eight publications and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies with six publications. There is also notable work in ecology and biodiversity studies, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and aquaculture nutrition and growth.

Leggett was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada in 1989, recognized by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Trophic Cascades in a Formerly Cod-Dominated Ecosystem

    Kenneth T. Frank;Brian Petrie;Jae S. Choi;Jae S. Choi;William C. Leggett

  • Recruitment in marine fishes: Is it regulated by starvation and predation in the egg and larval stages?

    W.C. Leggett;E. Deblois

  • Latitudinal Variation in Reproductive Characteristics of American Shad (Alosa sapidissima): Evidence for Population Specific Life History Strategies in Fish

    William C. Leggett;James E. Carscadden

  • Empirical Prediction of Fish Biomass and Yield

    John Mark Hanson;William C. Leggett

  • An Appraisal of Condition Measures for Marine Fish Larvae

    A. Ferron;W.C. Leggett

  • Evidence for a dome-shaped relationship between turbulence and larval fish ingestion rates

    Brian R. MacKenzie;Thomas J. Miller;Stéphane Cyr;William C. Leggett

  • Size and Age at Metamorphosis in Marine Fishes: An Analysis of Laboratory-Reared Winter Flounder (Pseudopleutonectes americanus) with a Review of Variation in Other Species

    R. Christopher Chambers;William C. Leggett

  • Maternal Influences on Variation in Egg Sizes in Temperate Marine Fishes

    R. Christopher Chambers;William C. Leggett

  • Age and size-selective predation on larval fishes: the bigger-is-better hypothesis revisited

    MK Litvak;WC Leggett

  • The importance of scale to predator-prey spatial correlations: an example of Atlantic fishes

    George A. Rose;George A. Rose;William C. Leggett

  • Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem

    Kenneth T. Frank;Brian Petrie;Jonathan A. D. Fisher;William C. Leggett

  • The Importance of Activity in Bioenergetics Models Applied to Actively Foraging Fishes

    D. Boisclair;W. C. Leggett

  • Evidence of an Adaptive Basis for Geographic Variation in Body Morphology and Time of Downstream Migration of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

    Brian E. Riddell;William C. Leggett

  • The Ecology of Fish Migrations

    William C. Leggett

  • MATERNAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN THE EGG SIZE OF AN ITEROPAROUS FISH

    Thomas A. Johnston;W. C. Leggett

  • Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic structure in an oceanic ecosystem.

    Nancy L. Shackell;Kenneth T. Frank;Jonathan A. D. Fisher;Jonathan A. D. Fisher;Brian Petrie

  • Vertical migrations and transport of larval fish in a partially mixed estuary

    L. Fortier;W. C. Leggett

  • Quantifying the contribution of small-scale turbulence to the encounter rates between larval fish and their zooplankton prey: effects of wind and tide

    BR MacKenzie;WC Leggett

  • Ecosystem changes and the effects on capelin (Mallotus villosus), a major forage species

    J E Carscadden;K T Frank;W C Leggett

  • Latitudinal Differences in Energy Allocation and Use During the Freshwater Migrations of American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) and Their Life History Consequences

    B. D. Glebe;W. C. Leggett

  • Transition to an alternate state in a continental shelf ecosystem

    Jae S Choi;Kenneth T Frank;William C Leggett;Ken Drinkwater

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth T. Frank
Kenneth T. Frank Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Brian Petrie
Brian Petrie Bedford Institute of Oceanography
George A. Rose
George A. Rose University of New South Wales
Brian R. MacKenzie
Brian R. MacKenzie Technical University of Denmark
Louis Fortier
Louis Fortier Université Laval
Christopher T. Taggart
Christopher T. Taggart Dalhousie University
Joseph B. Rasmussen
Joseph B. Rasmussen University of Lethbridge
Paul Bentzen
Paul Bentzen Dalhousie University
John F. Dower
John F. Dower University of Victoria
Julian J. Dodson
Julian J. Dodson Université Laval

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