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Dr George Roff

ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biology
The University of Queensland
St Lucia, QLD 4072
Ph: +61 7 3365 1671
Fax: +61 7 3365 4755
Skype: j.roff
Email: g.roff@uq.edu.au

Interests:

coral reef ecology, spatial ecology, reef resilience, disturbance, conservation, palaeoecology, coral physiology, coral disease, historical ecology.


Publications:

  1. Claire Reymond, George Roff, Allan Chivas, Jian-xin Zhao, John Pandolfi (2013) Millennium-scale records of benthic foraminiferal communities from the central Great Barrier Reef reveal spatial differences and temporal consistency. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (in press)
  2. George Roff, Claire Reymond, Jian-xin Zhao, Yuexing Feng, Laurence McCook, Terry Done, John Pandolfi (2013) Palaeoecological evidence of a historical collapse of corals at Pelorus Island, inshore Great Barrier Reef, following European settlement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (in press)
  3. George Roff, Colette Wabnitz, Alastair Harborne, Peter Mumby (2012) Macroalgal associations of motile epifaunal invertebrate communities on coral reefs. Marine Ecology (in press)
  4. George Roff & Peter Mumby (2012)  Global disparity in the resilience of coral reefs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27:404-413 (pdf)
  5. Kefu Yu, Jian-xin Zhao, George Roff, Matthew Lybolt, Yuexing Feng, Tara Clark, Shu Li (2012) High-precision U-series ages of transported coral blocks on Heron Reef (southern Great Barrier Reef) and storm activity during the past century. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (pdf)
  6. George Roff, Mary Ledlie, Juan Ortiz, Peter Mumby (2011) Spatial Patterns of Parrotfish Corallivory in the Caribbean: the Importance of Coral Taxa, Density and Size.PLoS ONE (pdf)
  7. George Roff, Charlotte Kvennefors, Maoz Fine, Juan Ortiz, Joanne Davy, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2011) The ecology of ‘Acroporid white syndrome’, a coral disease from the Southern Great Barrier Reef. PLoS ONE (pdf)
  8. Charlotte Kvennefors, Eugenia Sampayo, Caroline Kerr, GenyessViera, George Roff,  Andrew Barnes (2011) Regulation of bacterial communities through antimicrobial activity by the coral holobiont. Microbial Ecology (pdf)
  9. Charlotte Kvennefors, George Roff (2009) Evidence of cyanobacteria-like endosymbionts in Acroporid corals from the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 28(2) 547  (pdf)
  10. Guillermo Diaz-Pullido, Laurence McCook, Sophie Dove, Ray Berkelmens, George Roff, David Kline, Scarla Weeks, Richard Evans, David Williamson, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2009) Doom and Boom on a resilient reef: Climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recovery. PLoS ONE 4(4): e5239 (pdf)
  11. George Roff, Sophie Dove, Simon Dunn (2008) Tactile cleaning of substrates by coral mesenterial filaments. Coral Reefs 28(1) 79 (pdf)
  12. Stacy Jupiter, George Roff, Guy Marion, Meegan Henderson, Verena Schramayer, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2008) Linkages between coral assemblages and coral-based proxies of terrestrial exposure along a cross-shelf gradient of the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 27(4) 887-903 (pdf)
  13. George Roff, Charlotte Kvennefors, Karin Ulstrup, Maoz Fine, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2008) Coral disease physiology: the impact of Acroporid white syndrome upon Symbiodinium. Coral Reefs 27(2) 373-377 (pdf)
  14. Tracy Ainsworth, George Roff, Maoz Fine, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2008) Bacteria are not the primary cause of mass coral bleaching. Revisiting the bleaching of the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica. Journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology 1 1-7 (pdf)
  15. George Roff, Karin Ulstrup, Maoz fine, Peter Ralph, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2008) Spatial heterogeneity of photosynthetic activity within diseased corals from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Phycology 42(2) 526-533 (pdf)
  16. George Roff (2007) Corals on the move: morphological and reproductive strategies of reef flat corals. Coral Reefs. 27(2) 343-344 (pdf)
  17. Oded Yarden, Tracy Ainsworth, George Roff, Willian Leggatt, Maoz Fine, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2007) Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an Acroporid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of brown band syndrome and skeletal eroding band. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:2755-2758   (pdf)
  18. Maoz Fine, George Roff, Tracy Ainsworth, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2006) Phototrophic microendoliths bloom during coral “white syndrome” Coral Reefs 25:577-581 (pdf)
  19. George Roff, Maoz Fine, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2006) Intra-colonial response to Acroporid ‘‘white syndrome’’ lesions in tabular Acropora spp. (Scleractinia). Coral Reefs 25:255-264 (pdf)

Conference abstracts:

  1. John PANDOLFI, Simon HART, Matt LYBOLT, George ROFF, Brian BECK, Maria GOMEZ-CABRERA, Tara CLARK, Melissa GREBEN, Roshni NARAYAN, Kevin WELSH. “History and science for natural resource management in the sea.” (The 10th International Congress of Ecology [INTECOL], Brisbane. August 2009)
  2. John PANDOLFI, Matthew LYBOLT, George ROFF, Roshni NARAYAN, Claire REYMOND, Tara CLARK. “Reefs since Cook: An antipodean perspective”. (9th North American Paleontological Convention [NAPC], Ohio. June 2009)
  3. John PANDOLFI, George ROFF, Tara CLARK, Terry DONE, Jian-xin ZHAO. “The history of mortality in Great Barrier Reef coral communities since European settlement”. (Marine and Tropical Research Facility Conference, Cairns. April 2009)
  4. George ROFF, Tara CLARK, Jian-xin ZHAO, John PANDOLFI. “Historical ecology of coral communities from the Great Barrier Reef”. (Invited seminar, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville.August 2008).
  5. George ROFF, Tara CLARK, Jian-xin ZHAO, John PANDOLFI. “Historical collapse of acroporid corals at Pelorus Reef”. (11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Florida.July 2008).
  6. Sophie DOVE, George ROFF, Simon DUNN. “When is bleaching not unhealthy for corals and/or coral reefs?” (11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Florida.July 2008)
  7. Stacy JUPITER, George ROFF, Guy MARION, Meegan HENDERSON, Verena SCHRAMEYER, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG. “Linkages between coral assemblages and coral-based proxies of terrestrial exposure along a cross-shelf gradient of the Great Barrier Reef” (11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Florida.July 2008)
  8. Tara CLARK, George ROFF, Jian-xin ZHAO, John PANDOLFI. “Timing of hard coral loss since European settlement: Pelorus Reef, inshore Great Barrier Reef”. (Poster presentation, Australian Institute for Nuclear Science Conference, Sydney. March 2008).
  9. George ROFF, Eefke MOLLEE, Claire REYMOND, Jian-xin ZHAO, John PANDOLFI. “Historical ecology of coral communities from the inshore Great Barrier Reef: a palaeoecological perspective”. (Poster presentation, Australian Institute for Nuclear Science Conference, Sydney. March 2008)
  10. Eefke MOLLEE, George ROFF, Claire REYMOND, Jian-xin ZHAO, John PANDOLFI. “Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of sediment dynamics from the central inshore Great Barrier Reef”. (Poster presentation, Australian Institute for Nuclear Science Conference, Sydney. March 2008
  11. Tara CLARK, George ROFF, Jian-xin ZHAO, John PANDOLFI. “Timing of hard coral loss since European settlement: Pelorus Reef, inshore Great Barrier Reef”. (Poster presentation, Australian Institute for Nuclear Science Conference, Sydney. March 2008).
  12. Stacy Jupiter, Guy Marion, George Roff, Meegan Henderson, Verena Schrameyer, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg.  ”Links between coral assemblages and coral-based proxies of terrestrial exposure along a cross-shelf gradient of the Great Barrier Reef”. (Australian Coral Reef Society Conference, Perth. September 2007)
  13. George ROFF, John PANDOLFI. “Coral disturbance and resilience on the inshore Great Barrier Reef: a palaeoecological perspective”. (Australian Coral Reef Society Conference, Perth. September 2007)
  14. Sophie DOVE, Guillermo DIAZ-PULLIDO, George ROFF. “Deciduous corals – death and regeneration of Acroporids”. (Australian Coral Reef Society Conference, Perth. September 2007)
  15. George ROFF, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Maoz FINE. “Epizootiology of white syndrome from the Great Barrier Reef”. (Invited Seminar, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. June 2005)
  16. George ROFF, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Maoz FINE. Ecology and physiology of ‘white syndrome’, a prevelant Indo-Pacific coral syndrome affecting tabular Acroporids. [Tel Aviv University, Israel. June 2005)
  17. George Roff, Tracy AINSWORTH, Meegan HENDERSON, Charlotte KVENNEFORS, Maoz FINE, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2005) Ecology, Physiology and Cell Biology of ‘White Syndrome’ on the Great Barrier Reef” (Puerto Morelos, Mexico. World Bank / GEF Coral Bleaching / Disease workshop. May 2005)

Fellowships & Awards:

  • 2008 Mia J Tegner Memorial Research Grant in Historical Marine Ecology ($10,000 USD)
  • 2008 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority “Science for Management” Award ($2000 AUD)
  • 2008 University of Queensland Biological and Chemical Faculty Travel Award ($3500 AUD)
  • 2008 Australian Coral Reef Society Student Research Fellowship ($2000 AUD)
  • 2008 Australian Coral Reef Society Travel Fellowship ($2000 AUD)
  • 2008 Australian Research Council Coral Reef Centre of Excellence Travel Award ($1500 AUD)
  • 2007 International Society for Reef Studies / The Ocean Conservancy Fellowship ($6000 USD)
  • 2007 Australian Coral Reef Society Conference, Perth Travel Award ($800 AUD)
  • 2007 Australian Coral Reef Society Conference, Perth: Student Presentation Award
  • 2006 – 2009 Endeavour International Post-Graduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
  • 2006 – 2009 University of Queensland International Living Allowance Scholarship (UQILS)
  • 2009 – 2010 Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis Living Allowance Scholarship