Publications
- Hickey, A.J., G.M. Renshaw, B. Speers-Roesch, J.G. Richards, Y. Wang, A.P. Farrell, C.J. Brauner 2012. A radical approach to beating hypoxia: depressed free radical release from heart fibres of the hypoxia-tolerant epaulette shark (Hemiscyllum ocellatum). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 182: 91-100
- Lague, S. L., B. Speers-Roesch, J.G. Richards, A.P. Farrell 2012. Exceptional cardiac anoxia tolerance in tilapia (Oreochromis hybrid). Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1354-1365
- Speers-Roesch, B., C.J. Brauner, A.P. Farrell, A.J.R. Hickey, G.M.C. Renshaw, Y.S. Wang, and J.G. Richards 2012. Hypoxia tolerance in elasmobranchs. II. Cardiovascular function and tissue metabolic responses during progressive and relative hypoxia exposures. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 103-114
- Speers-Roesch, B., J.G. Richards, C.J. Brauner, A.P. Farrell, A.J.R. Hickey, Y.S. Wang, and G.M.C. Renshaw 2012. Hypoxia tolerance in elasmobranchs. I. Critical oxygen tension as a measure of blood oxygen transport during hypoxia exposure. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 93-102
- Speers-Roesch, B., E. Sandblom, G.Y. Lau, A.P. Farrell, J.G. Richards 2010. Effects of environmental hypoxia on cardiac energy metabolism and performance in tilapia. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 298: R104-R119

Ben Speers-Roesch
PhD candidate
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Research area: Comparative Physiology
Supervisor: J. Richards
History: B.Sc. (University of Guelph); M.Sc. (University of Guelph)
Metabolic physiology of fishes; mechanisms of hypoxia tolerance and metabolic depression; energy metabolism; cardiac function and metabolism; biology of sharks, rays, and chimaeras; evolutionary, environmental, and comparative animal physiology
Current research: Metabolic physiology of hypoxia tolerance in fishes
Awards
2010
IODE War Memorial Scholarship
For Research
2010
Zoology Graduate Fellowship
For Research
2008
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship
For Research
2006
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship
For Research
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