Publications
Book Chapter
Browne, Nicola K., Cuttler, Michael, Moon, Katie, Morgan, Kyle, Ross, Claire L., Castro-Sanguino, Carolina, Kennedy, Emma, Harris, Dan, Barnes, Peter, Bauman, Andrew, Beetham, Eddie, Bonesso, Joshua, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Cornwall, Christopher, Dee, Shannon, DeCarlo, Thomas, D’Olivo, Juan P., Doropoulos, Christopher, Evans, Richard D., Eyre, Bradley, Gatenby, Peter, Gonzalez, Manuel, Hamylton, Sarah, Hansen, Jeff, Lowe, Ryan, Mallela, Jennie, O’Leary, Michael, Roff, George, Saunders, Benjamin J. and Zweilfer, Adi (2021). Predicting responses of geo-ecological carbonate reef systems to climate change: a conceptual model and review. Oceanography and marine biology: an annual review. (pp. 229-370) edited by S. J. Hawkins, A. J. Lemasson, A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, M. Byrne, A. J. Evans, L. B. Firth, E. M. Marzinelli, B. D. Russell, I. P. Smith, S. E. Swearer and P. A. Todd. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003138846-4
Journal Articles
McWhorter, Jennifer K., Halloran, Paul R., Roff, George and Mumby, Peter J. (2024). Climate change impacts on mesophotic regions of the Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (16). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2303336121
Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, Chapman, Tess, Markham-Summers, Hannah, Hammerman, Nicholas M., Liu, Faye, Feng, Yuexing, Pandolfi, John M. and Zhao, Jian-xin (2023). Reconstructing past disturbance in coral communities using U-Th dating of dead coral skeletons. Geology, 51 (10), 983-987. doi: 10.1130/g51419.1
Doropoulos, Christopher and Roff, George (2022). Coloring coral larvae allows tracking of local dispersal and settlement. PLoS Biology, 20 (12) e3001907, e3001907. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001907
Stella, Jessica S., Wolfe, Kennedy, Roff, George, Rogers, Alice, Priest, Mark, Golbuu, Yimnang and Mumby, Peter J. (2022). Functional and phylogenetic responses of motile cryptofauna to habitat degradation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91 (11), 1-17. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13809
Hammerman, Nicholas M., Roff, George, Lybolt, Tracy, Eyal, Gal and Pandolfi, John M. (2022). Unraveling Moreton Bay reef history: an urban high-latitude setting for coral development. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 884850, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.884850
McWhorter, Jennifer K., Halloran, Paul R., Roff, George, Skirving, William J. and Mumby, Peter J. (2022). Climate refugia on the Great Barrier Reef fail when global warming exceeds 3°C. Global Change Biology, 28 (19), 5768-5780. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16323
Doropoulos, Christopher, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Gouezo, Marine, Priest, Mark A., Thomson, Damian P., Mumby, Peter J. and Roff, George (2022). Cryptic coral recruits as dormant ‘seed banks’: an unrecognised mechanism of rapid reef recovery. Ecology, 103 (3) e3621, e3621. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3621
Doropoulos, Christopher, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Gouezo, Marine, Priest, Mark A., Thomson, Damian P., Mumby, Peter J. and Roff, George (2022). Cover Image. Ecology, 103 (3). doi: 10.1002/ecy.3391
Wolfe, Kennedy and Roff, George (2022). Global predictions of coral reef dissolution in the Anthropocene. Communications Earth and Environment, 3 (1) 42. doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00363-3
Salvador, J. Jorgensen, Kyle, S. Van Houtan, Salvador, J. Jorgensen, Micheli, Fiorenza, White, Timothy D., Andrzejaczek, Samantha, Arnoldi, Natalie S., Block, Barbara, Butner, Cheryl, Micheli, Fiorenza, White, Timothy D., Kyle, S. Van Houtan, Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Mangel, Jeffrey C., Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Baum, Julia K., Britten, Gregory L., Caballero, Susana, Cardeñosa, Diego, Chapple, Taylor K., Clarke, Shelley, Cortés, Enric, Dulvy, Nicholas K., Fowler, Sarah, Gallagher, Austin J., Shea, Brendan D., Gilman, Eric, Godley, Brendan J., Graham, Rachel T. ... Salvador, J. Jorgensen (2022). Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation. Endangered Species Research, 47, 171-203. doi: 10.3354/ESR01169
McWhorter, Jennifer K., Halloran, Paul R., Roff, George, Skirving, William J., Perry, Chris T. and Mumby, Peter J. (2021). The importance of 1.5°C warming for the Great Barrier Reef. Global Change Biology, 28 (4), 1332-1341. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15994
Hammerman, Nicholas M., Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Staples, Timothy L., DeCarlo, Thomas M., Saderne, Vincent, Roff, George, Leonard, Nicole, Zhao, Jian-xin, Rossbach, Susann, Havlik, Michelle N., Duarte, Carlos M. and Pandolfi, John M. (2021). Variable response of Red Sea coral communities to recent disturbance events along a latitudinal gradient. Marine Biology, 168 (12) 177. doi: 10.1007/s00227-021-03984-y
Hammerman, Nicholas M., Roff, George, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Leonard, Nicole, Staples, Timothy L., Eyal, Gal, Rossbach, Susann, Havlik, Michelle N., Saderne, Vincent, Zhao, Jian-xin, Duarte, Carlos M. and Pandolfi, John M. (2021). Reef accumulation is decoupled from recent degradation in the central and southern Red Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 809 151176, 1. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151176
Mumby, Peter J., Steneck, Robert S., Roff, George and Paul, Valerie J. (2021). Marine reserves, fisheries ban, and 20 years of positive change in a coral reef ecosystem. Conservation Biology, 35 (5) cobi.13738, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13738
Desbiens, Amelia A., Roff, George, Robbins, William D., Taylor, Brett M., Castro‐Sanguino, Carolina, Dempsey, Alexandra and Mumby, Peter J. (2021). Revisiting the paradigm of shark‐driven trophic cascades in coral reef ecosystems. Ecology, 102 (4) e03303, e03303. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3303
Wakwella, Ama, Mumby, Peter J. and Roff, George (2020). Sedimentation and overfishing drive changes in early succession and coral recruitment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287 (1941) 20202575, 20202575. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2575
Roff, George, Joseph, Jennifer and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Multi-decadal changes in structural complexity following mass coral mortality on a Caribbean reef. Biogeosciences, 17 (23), 5909-5918. doi: 10.5194/bg-17-5909-2020
Puk, Laura D., Vieira, Christophe, Roff, George, De Clerck, Olivier and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Cryptic diversity in the macroalgal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales) reveals environmental drivers of algal assemblages. Marine Biology, 167 (12) 188. doi: 10.1007/s00227-020-03802-x
Leonard, Nicole D., Lepore, Mauro L., Zhao, Jian-xin, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Butler, Ian R., Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, McCook, Laurence, Nguyen, Ai D., Feng, Yuexing and Pandolfi, John M. (2020). Re-evaluating mid-Holocene reef “turn-off” on the inshore Southern Great Barrier Reef. Quaternary Science Reviews, 244 106518, 106518. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106518
Dalton, Steven J., Carroll, Andrew G., Sampayo, Eugenia, Roff, George, Harrison, Peter L., Entwistle, Kristina, Huang, Zhi, Salih, Anya and Diamond, Sandra L. (2020). Successive marine heatwaves cause disproportionate coral bleaching during a fast phase transition from El Niño to La Niña. Science of the Total Environment, 715 136951, 136951. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136951
Razak, Tries B., Roff, George, Lough, Janice M. and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Growth responses of branching versus massive corals to ocean warming on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 705 135908, 135908. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135908
Sampayo, E. M., Roff, G., Sims, C. A., Rachello-Dolmen, P. G. and Pandolfi, J. M. (2020). Patch size drives settlement success and spatial distribution of coral larvae under space limitation. Coral Reefs, 39 (2), 387-396. doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-01901-1
Leonard, Nicole D., Lepore, Mauro L., Zhao, Jian-xin, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Butler, Ian, Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, McCook, Laurence, Nguyen, Ai D., Feng, Yuexing and Pandolfi, John M. (2020). A U-Th dating approach to understanding past coral reef dynamics and geomorphological constraints on future reef growth potential; Mazie Bay, Southern Great Barrier Reef. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35 (2) e2019PA003768. doi: 10.1029/2019PA003768
Brown, Christopher J. and Roff, George (2019). Life-history traits inform population trends when assessing the conservation status of a declining tiger shark population. Biological Conservation, 239 108230, 108230. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108230
Roff, George (2019). Reef accretion and coral growth rates are decoupled in Holocene reef frameworks. Marine Geology, 419 106065, 106065. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106065
Razak, Tries B., Roff, George, Lough, Janice M., Prayudi, Dudi, Cantin, Neal E. and Mumby, Peter J. (2019). Long-term growth trends of massive Porites corals across a latitudinal gradient in the Indo-Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 626, 69-82. doi: 10.3354/meps13065
Chen, Tianran, Roff, George, Feng, Yuexing and Zhao, Jianxin (2019). Tropical sand cays as natural paleocyclone archives. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (16) 2019GL084274, 9796-9803. doi: 10.1029/2019GL084274
Gomez Cabrera, Maria, Young, Jennifer M., Roff, George, Staples, Timothy, Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Pandolfi, John M. and Cooper, Alan (2019). Broadening the taxonomic scope of coral reef palaeoecological studies using ancient DNA. Molecular Ecology, 28 (10) mec.15038, 2636-2652. doi: 10.1111/mec.15038
Yan, Shuang, Zhao, Jian‐xin, Lau, A.Y. Annie, Roff, George, Leonard, Nicole D., Clark, Tara R., Nguyen, Ai D., Feng, Yue‐xing, Wei, Gangjian, Deng, Wenfeng and Chen, Xuefei (2019). Episodic reef growth in the northern South China Sea linked to warm climate during the past 7000 years: potential for future coral refugia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124 (4) 2018JG004939, 1032-1043. doi: 10.1029/2018jg004939
Roff, George, Bejarano, Sonia, Priest, Mark, Marshell, Alyssa, Chollett, Iliana, Steneck, Robert S., Doropoulos, Christopher, Golbuu, Yimnang and Mumby, Peter J. (2019). Seascapes as drivers of herbivore assemblages in coral reef ecosystems. Ecological Monographs, 89 (1) e01336, e01336. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1336
Bozec, Yves-Marie, Doropoulos, Christopher, Roff, George and Mumby, Peter J. (2018). Transient grazing and the dynamics of an unanticipated coral–algal phase shift. Ecosystems, 22 (2), 296-311. doi: 10.1007/s10021-018-0271-z
Chen, Tianran, Cobb, Kim M., Roff, George, Zhao, Jianxin, Yang, Hongqiang, Hu, Minhang and Zhao, Kuan (2018). Coral-derived western pacific tropical sea surface temperatures during the last millennium. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (8), 3542-3549. doi: 10.1002/2018GL077619
Roff, George, Brown, Christopher J., Priest, Mark A. and Mumby, Peter J. (2018). Decline of coastal apex shark populations over the past half century. Communications Biology, 1 (1) 223, 223. doi: 10.1038/s42003-018-0233-1
Chen, Tianran, Roff, George, McCook, Laurence, Zhao, Jianxin and Li, Shu (2018). Recolonization of marginal coral reef flats in response to recent sea-level rise. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123 (10), 7618-7628. doi: 10.1029/2018JC014534
Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Done, Terence J., McCook, Laurence J. and Pandolfi, John M. (2017). U-Th dating reveals regional-scale decline of branching Acropora corals on the Great Barrier Reef over the past century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (39), 10350-10355. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705351114
Roff, G., Doropoulos, C., Mereb, G. and Mumby, P. J. (2017). Mass spawning aggregation of the giant bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum. Journal of Fish Biology, 91 (1), 354-361. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13340
Razak, Tries B., Mumby, Peter J. , Nguyen, Ai D., Zhao, Jian‑Xin, Lough, Janice M., Cantin, Neal E. and Roff, George (2017). Use of skeletal Sr/Ca ratios to determine growth patterns in a branching coral Isopora palifera. Marine Biology, 164 (4) 96. doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3099-8
Bejarano, Sonia, Jouffray, Jean-Baptiste, Chollett, Iliana, Allen, Robert, Roff, George, Marshell, Alyssa, Steneck, Robert, Ferse, Sebastian C. A. and Mumby, Peter J. (2017). The shape of success in a turbulent world: wave exposure filtering of coral reef herbivory. Functional Ecology, 31 (6), 1312-1324. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12828
Doropoulos, Christopher, Roff, George, Visser, Mart-Simone and Mumby, Peter J. (2017). Sensitivity of coral recruitment to subtle shifts in early community succession. Ecology, 98 (2), 304-314. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1663
Sampayo, Eugenia M., Ridgway, Tyrone, Francechinis, Lorenzo, Roff, George, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove and Dove, Sophie (2016). Coral symbioses under prolonged environmental change: living near tolerance range limits. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 36271, 36271. doi: 10.1038/srep36271
Roff, George, Doropoulos, Christopher, Rogers, Alice, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Krueck, Nils C., Aurellado, Eleanor, Priest, Mark, Birrell, Chico and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). Reassessing shark-driven trophic cascades on coral reefs: a reply to Ruppert et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31 (8), 587-589. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.05.005
Liu, Entao, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Leonard, Nicole D., Clark, Tara R. and Roff, George (2016). U-Th age distribution of coral fragments from multiple rubble ridges within the Frankland Islands, Great Barrier Reef: implications for past storminess history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 143, 51-68. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.006
Roff, G. (2016). Earliest record of a coral disease from the Indo-Pacific?. Coral Reefs, 35 (2), 457-457. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1416-1
Roff, George, Doropoulos,Christopher, Rogers, Alice, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Krueck, Nils C., Aurellado, Eleanor, Priest,Mark, Birrell, Chico and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). The ecological role of sharks on coral reefs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31 (5), 395-407. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.014
Doropoulos, Christopher, Roff, George, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Zupan, Mirta, Werminghausen, Johanna and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). Characterizing the ecological trade-offs throughout the early ontogeny of coral recruitment. Ecological Monographs, 86 (1) 15-0668.1, 20-44. doi: 10.1890/15-0668.1
Roff, George, Zhao, Jian-xin and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Decadal-scale rates of reef erosion following El Niño-related mass coral mortality. Global Change Biology, 21 (12), 4415-4424. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13006
Roff, George, Chollett, Iliana, Doropoulos, Christopher, Golbuu, Yimnang, Steneck, Robert S., Isechal, Adelle L., van Woesik, Robert and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Exposure-driven macroalgal phase shift following catastrophic disturbance on coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 34 (3), 715-725. doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1305-z
Roff, George, Doropoulos, Christopher, Zupan, Mirta, Rogers, Alice, Steneck, Robert S., Golbuu, Yimnang and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Phase shift facilitation following cyclone disturbance on coral reefs. Oecologia, 178 (4), 1193-1203. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3282-x
Williams, Stacey M, Chollett, Iliana, Roff, George, Cortes, Jorge, Dryden, Charlie S and Mumby, Peter J (2015). Hierarchical spatial patterns in Caribbean reef benthic assemblages. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (7), 1327-1335. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12509
van Woesik, R., Golbuu, Y. and Roff, G. (2015). Keep up or drown: adjustment of western Pacific coral reefs to sea-level rise in the 21st century. Royal Society Open Science, 2 (7) 150181, 150181. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150181
Doropoulos, Christopher, Ward, Selina, Roff, George, Gonzalez-Rivero, Manuel and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Linking demographic processes of juvenile corals to benthic recovery trajectories in two common reef habitats. PLoS ONE, 10 (5) e0128535, e0128535.1-e0128535.23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128535
Roff, George, Zhao, Jian-xin and Pandolfi, John M. (2015). Rapid accretion of inshore reef slopes from the central Great Barrier Reef during the late Holocene. Geology, 43 (4), 343-346. doi: 10.1130/G36478.1
Rogers, Alice, Harborne, Alastair R., Brown, Christopher J., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Castro, Carolina, Chollett, Iliana, Hock, Karlo, Knowland, Cheryl A., Marshell, Alyssa, Ortiz, Juan C., Razak, Tries, Roff, George, Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Saunders, Megan I., Wolff, Nicholas H. and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Anticipative management for coral reef ecosystem services in the 21st century. Global Change Biology, 21 (2), 504-514. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12725
Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Done, Terence J. and Pandolfi, John M. (2014). Testing the precision and accuracy of the U-Th chronometer for dating coral mortality events in the last 100 years. Quaternary Geochronology, 23, 35-45. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.05.002
Clark, Tara R., Zhao, Jian-xin, Roff, George, Feng, Yue-xing, Done, Terence J., Nothdurft, Luke D. and Pandolfi, John M. (2014). Discerning the timing and cause of historical mortality events in modern Porites from the Great Barrier Reef. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 138, 57-80. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.022
Baldock, Tom E., Karampour, Hassan, Sleep, Rachael, Vyltla, Anisha, Albermani, Faris, Golshani, Aliasghar, Callaghan, David P., Roff, George and Mumby, Peter J. (2014). Resilience of branching and massive corals to wave loading under sea level rise - A coupled computational fluid dynamics-structural analysis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 86 (1-2), 91-101. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.038
Doropoulos, Christopher, Roff, George, Zupan, Mirta, Nestor, Victor, Isechal, Adelle L. and Mumby, Peter J. (2014). Reef-scale failure of coral settlement following typhoon disturbance and macroalgal bloom in Palau, Western Pacific. Coral Reefs, 33 (3), 613-623. doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1149-y
Zhao, M. X., Yu, K. F., Zhang, Q. M., Shi, Q. and Roff, G. (2014). Age structure of massive Porites lutea corals at Luhuitou fringing reef (northern South China Sea) indicates recovery following severe anthropogenic disturbance. Coral Reefs, 33 (1), 39-44. doi: 10.1007/s00338-013-1109-y
Roff, George, Bejarano, Sonia, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Nugues, Maggy, Steneck, Robert S. and Mumby, Peter J. (2014). Porites and the Phoenix effect: Unprecedented recovery after a mass coral bleaching event at Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Marine Biology, 161 (6), 1385-1393. doi: 10.1007/s00227-014-2426-6
Dalton, Steven J. and Roff, George (2013). Spatial and temporal patterns of Eastern Australia subtropical coral communities. PLoS One, 8 (9) e75873, e75873.1-e75873.11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075873
Mumby, Peter J., Brumbaugh, Daniel R., Harborne, Alastair R. and Roff, George (2013). On the relationship between native grouper and invasive lionfish in the Caribbean. PeerJ PrePrints, 1 (e45v1), 1-7. doi: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.45v1
Reymond, Claire E., Roff, George, Chivas, Allan R., Zhao, Jian-xin and Pandolfi, John M. (2013). Millennium-scale records of benthic foraminiferal communities from the central Great Barrier Reef reveal spatial differences and temporal consistency. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 374, 52-61. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.001
Roff, George, Wabnitz, Colette C. C., Harborne, Alastair R. and Mumby, Peter J. (2013). Macroalgal associations of motile epifaunal invertebrate communities on coral reefs. Marine Ecology, 34 (4), 409-419. doi: 10.1111/maec.12040
Roff George, Clark, Tara R., Reymond, Claire E., Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yuexing, McCook, Laurence J., Done, Terence J. and Pandolfi, John M. (2013). Palaeoecological evidence of a historical collapse of corals at Pelorus Island, inshore Great Barrier Reef, following European settlement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1750) 20122100, 1-10. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2100
Roff, George and Mumby, Peter J. (2012). Global disparity in the resilience of coral reefs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 27 (7), 404-413. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.04.007
Yu, Kefu, Zhao, Jianxin, Roff, George, Lybolt, Matthew, Feng, Yuexing, Clark, Tara and Li, Shu (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, 337-338, 23-36. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.023
Kvennefors, E. Charlotte E., Sampayo, Eugenia, Kerr, Caroline, Vieira, Genyess, Roff, George and Barnes, Andrew C. (2012). Regulation of bacterial communities through antimicrobial activity by the coral holobiont. Microbial Ecology, 63 (3), 605-618. doi: 10.1007/s00248-011-9946-0
Roff, George, Kvennefors, E. Charlotte E., Fine, Maoz, Ortiz, Juan, Davy, Joanne E. and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2011). The ecology of 'Acroporid white syndrome', a coral disease from the southern Great Barrier Reef. PLoS One, 6 (12) e26829, e26829.1-e26829.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026829
Roff, George, Ledlie, Mary H., Ortiz, Juan C. and Mumby, Peter J. (2011). Spatial patterns of parrotfish corallivory in the Caribbean: The importance of coral taxa, density and size. PLoS One, 6 (12) e29133, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029133
Kvennefors, Charlotte and Roff, George (2009). Evidence of cyanobacteria-like endosymbionts in acroporid corals from the Great Barrier Reef.. Coral Reefs, 28 (2), 547-547. doi: 10.1007/s00338-009-0473-0
Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, McCook, Laurence J., Dove, Sophie, Berkelmans, Ray, Roff, George, Kline, David I., Weeks, Scarla, Evans, Richard D., Williamson, David H. and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2009). Doom and boom on a resilient reef: Climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recovery. PLoS One, 4 (4) e0005239, e5239.1-e5239.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005239
Roff, G., Dove, S. G. and Dunn, S. R. (2009). Mesenterial filaments make a clean sweep of substrates for coral growth. Coral Reefs, 28 (1), 79-79. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0424-1
Jupiter, S., Roff, G., Marion, G., Henderson, M., Schrameyer, V., McCulloch, M. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2008). Linkages between coral assemblages and coral proxies of terrestrial exposure along a cross-shelf gradient on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 27 (4), 887-903. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0422-3
Roff, G., Kvennefors, E. C. E., Ulstrup, K. E., Fine, M. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2008). Coral disease physiology: the impact of Acroporid white syndrome on Symbiodinium. Coral Reefs, 27 (2), 373-377. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0339-2
Roff, George, Ulstrup, Karin E., Fine, Maoz, Ralph, Peter J. and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2008). Spatial heterogeneity of photosynthetic activity within diseased corals from the great barrier reef. Journal of Phycology, 44 (2), 526-538. doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00480.x
Roff, G. (2008). Corals on the move: Morphological and reproductive strategies of reef flat coralliths. Coral Reefs, 27 (2), 343-344. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0344-5
Ainsworth, T. D., Fine, M., Roff, G. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2008). Bacteria are not the primary cause of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica. The ISME Journal, 2 (1), 67-73. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2007.88
Yarden, O., Ainsworth, T. D., Roff, G., Leggat, W., Fine, M. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2007). Increased Prevalence of Ubiquitous Ascomycetes in an Acropoid Coral (Acropora formosa) Exhibiting Symptoms of Brown Band Syndrome and Skeletal Eroding Band Disease. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 73 (8), 2755-2757. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02738-06
Fine, M., Roff, G., Ainsworth, T. D. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006). Phototrophic microendoliths bloom during coral "white syndrome". Coral Reefs, 25 (4), 577-581. doi: 10.1007/s00338-006-0143-4
Roff, G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. and Fine, M. (2006). Intra-colonial response to Acroporid "White syndrome" lesions in tabular Acropora spp. (Scleractinia). Coral Reefs, 25 (2), 255-264. doi: 10.1007/s00338-006-0099-4
Research Report
Desbiens, Amelia, Roff, George, Razak, Tries B., Wolfe, Kennedy, Emslie, Michael J., Hoey, Andrew, Kennedy, Emma V., Thompson, Angus, Adams, Matthew P., Baird, Mark, Chaloupka, Milani, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Mongin, Mathieu and Mumby, Peter J. (2021). Integrative carbonate budget model of the Great Barrier Reef. Cairns, QLD Australia: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre.
Data Collection
Gomez-Cabrera, Maria, Young, J M, Roff, G, Staples, T, Ortiz, J C, Pandolfi, John M and Cooper, A (2019). Ancient DNA from Pandora Reef, GBR. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.2
Thesis
Roff, George (2010). Historical ecology of coral communities from the inshore Great Barrier Reef. PhD Thesis, Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland.