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Fields of interest:

Ecology and evolution of fishes

Ecophysiology

Locomotion

Predator-prey interactions

Parasitism

Invasion ecology

Recent publications:

Y. Kam, C. Schlöder, D.G. Roche, M.E. Torchin:
The Iraqi crab, Elamenopsis kempi, in the Panama Canal: distribution, abundance and interactions with an exotic North American crab,
Aquatic invasions, Vol.6, (2011), pp.439-445.

D.G. Roche, B. Leung, E.F. Mendoza Franco, M.E. Torchin:
Higher parasite richness, abundance and impact in native versus introduced cichlid fishes,
International Journal for Parasitology, Vol.40, (2010), pp.1525-1530.

J.S. Oestreicher, K. Benessaiah, M.C. Ruiz-Jaen, S. Sloan, K. Turner, J. Pelletier, B. Guay, K.E. Clark, D.G. Roche, M. Meiners, C. Potvin:
Avoiding deforestation in Panamanian protected areas: An analysis of protection effectiveness and implications for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,
Global Environmental Change,Vol.19, (2009), pp.279-291.

E.F. Mendoza Franco, J. Violante-González, D.G. Roche:
Interoceanic occurrence of Aristocleidus spp. Mueller, 1936 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing the gills of gerreid fishes in the Neotropics,
Parasitology Research,Vol.105, (2009), pp.703–708.

D.G. Roche, M.E. Torchin, B. Leung, S.A. Binning:
Localized invasion of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Panama Canal: implications for eradication and spread,
Biological Invasions,Vol.11, (2009), pp.983–993.

E.F. Mendoza Franco, D.G. Roche, M.E. Torchin:
New species of Diplectanum (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae), and proposal of a new genus of the Dactylogyridae from the gills of gerreid fishes (Teleostei) from Mexico and Panama,
Folia Parasitologica,Vol.55, (2008), pp.171-179.

D.G. Roche and M.E. Torchin:
Established population of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould 1841) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae), in the Panama Canal,
Aquatic Invasions,Vol.2(3), (2007), pp.155-161.