Faculty profile
Neil Rooney
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Research
Latest papers
Carbon pathways and trophic attributes are conserved in carnivorous reef fishes across a major human disturbance gradient.
The Journal of animal ecology · 2026
Microcystis aeruginosa decreased fish appetite via inducing intestinal inflammation.
Fish & shellfish immunology · 2025
Influence of feeding black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus), and superworm (Zophobas morio) on the gut microbiota of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Journal of applied microbiology · 2024
Latest funding
- $150,000
High spatial and temporal resolution water quality monitoring associated with food production systems
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $245,442
Cultivating Sustainability: Advancing Freshwater Net-Pen Aquaculture through Responsible Practices
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $143,583
Advanced imaging system for accelerating and automating arthropod bio-surveillance
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
14 publications.
Carbon pathways and trophic attributes are conserved in carnivorous reef fishes across a major human disturbance gradient.
Ramirez MD, McMahon KW, Rooney N, El-Sabaawi RW, Baum JK
Microcystis aeruginosa decreased fish appetite via inducing intestinal inflammation.
Ju Z, Xiang Q, Xia T, Harshaw K, Rooney N, Zi J, Hong Z, Chang X
Influence of feeding black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus), and superworm (Zophobas morio) on the gut microbiota of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Drosdowech S, Bezner S, Daisley B, Chiasson M, Easton A, Rooney N, Huyben D
The productivity-stability trade-off in global food systems.
Gutgesell M, McCann K, O'Connor R, Kc K, Fraser EDG, Moore JC, McMeans B, Donohue I, Bieg C, Ward C, Pauli B, Scott A, Gillam W, Gedalof Z, Hanner RH, Tunney T, Rooney N
Species portfolio effects dominate seasonal zooplankton stabilization within a large temperate lake.
O'Connor RF, McMeans BC, Rooney N, Guzzo MM, Young JD, McCann KS
Consumer trophic positions respond variably to seasonally fluctuating environments.
McMeans BC, Kadoya T, Pool TK, Holtgrieve GW, Lek S, Kong H, Winemiller K, Elliott V, Rooney N, Laffaille P, McCann KS
When too much isn't enough: Does current food production meet global nutritional needs?
Kc KB, Dias GM, Veeramani A, Swanton CJ, Fraser D, Steinke D, Lee E, Wittman H, Farber JM, Dunfield K, McCann K, Anand M, Campbell M, Rooney N, Raine NE, Acker RV, Hanner R, Pascoal S, Sharif S, Benton TG, Fraser EDG
Correction to 'Food Web Structure in Temporally-Forced Ecosystems' [Trends in Evolution & Ecology 30 (2015) 662-672].
McMeans BC, McCann KS, Humphries M, Rooney N, Fisk AT
Food Web Structure in Temporally-Forced Ecosystems.
McMeans BC, McCann KS, Humphries M, Rooney N, Fisk AT
HSS revisited: multi-channel processes mediate trophic control across a productivity gradient.
Ward CL, McCann KS, Rooney N
High spatial and temporal resolution water quality monitoring associated with food production systems
Principal investigators: Rooney, Neil
Keywords: nutrient dynamics; aquaculture; agriculture; nitrogen; phosphorus; autoanalyzer; field sonde; environmental monitoring; ecosystem impacts
Cultivating Sustainability: Advancing Freshwater Net-Pen Aquaculture through Responsible Practices
Principal investigators: Rooney, Neil NM
Keywords: biodiversity; fisheries; fish health; insect meal; net-pen aquaculture; phosphorus; plankton; rainbow trout; water quality
Advanced imaging system for accelerating and automating arthropod bio-surveillance
Principal investigators: Hebert, Paul
Assessing Cumulative Ecological Effects of Development in Saugeen Ojibway Traditional Territory
Principal investigators: Rooney, Neil
Keywords: Anthropogenic Perturbations; Cumulative Effects; Ecosystem Stability; Environmental Assessments; First Nations; Food web structure; Molecular ecology
Developing bio-tracer tools for the aquaculture industry to monitor environmental effects**********
Principal investigators: Rooney, Neil
Multiple Stressors and Cumulative Effects in the Great Lakes: An NSERC CREATE program to Develop Innovative Solutions through International Training Partnerships
Principal investigators: Sibley, Paul
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Neil Rooney and Kevin McCann: 3 shared papers
- Murray Humphries and Neil Rooney: 2 shared papers
- Shayan Sharif and Kari Dunfield: 1 shared paper
- Shayan Sharif and Neil Rooney: 1 shared paper
- Shayan Sharif and Madhur Anand: 1 shared paper
- Shayan Sharif and Elizabeth Lee: 1 shared paper
- Shayan Sharif and Malcolm Campbell: 1 shared paper
- Shayan Sharif and Kevin McCann: 1 shared paper
- Shayan Sharif and Robert Hanner: 1 shared paper
- Shayan Sharif and Hannah Wittman: 1 shared paper
- Kari Dunfield and Neil Rooney: 1 shared paper
- Kari Dunfield and Madhur Anand: 1 shared paper
- Kari Dunfield and Elizabeth Lee: 1 shared paper
- Kari Dunfield and Malcolm Campbell: 1 shared paper
- Kari Dunfield and Kevin McCann: 1 shared paper
- Kari Dunfield and Robert Hanner: 1 shared paper
- Kari Dunfield and Hannah Wittman: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Bailey McMeans: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Madhur Anand: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Elizabeth Lee: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Malcolm Campbell: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and David Huyben: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Xuexiu Chang: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Robert Hanner: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Hannah Wittman: 1 shared paper
- Neil Rooney and Krishna KC: 1 shared paper
- Bailey McMeans and Kevin McCann: 1 shared paper
- Bailey McMeans and Krishna KC: 1 shared paper
- Kevin McCann and Krishna KC: 1 shared paper
- Integrative Biology
- School of Environmental Sciences
- Natural Resource Sciences
- Biology (Mississauga)
- Animal Biosciences
- Plant Agriculture (Guelph)
- Urban and Regional Studies, Environmental Studies
- Other
Co-authors at University of Guelph, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Kevin McCann
Integrative Biology
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Murray Humphries
Natural Resource Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Robert Hanner
Integrative Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Xuexiu Chang
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Bailey McMeans
Biology (Mississauga)
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Krishna KC
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Madhur Anand
Environmental Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2018
David Huyben
Animal Biosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Malcolm Campbell
Head Office
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Elizabeth Lee
Plant Agriculture (Guelph)
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Hannah Wittman
Urban and Regional Studies, Environmental Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Shayan Sharif
Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Kari Dunfield
Environmental Sciences, School of
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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