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Creator:: Heppell, Scott A., Jackson, Leslie F., Weber, Gregory, M., and Sullivan, Craig, V.
Abstract:: Blood levels of the egg yolk precursor vi- tellogenin (VTG) can be used as a deﬁnitive marker for the onset and progress of maturation in female teleosts. In the present study, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to measure VTG in blood plasma from three species of temperate basses....
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Creator:: Feldhaus, Joseph W., Heppell, Scott A., Mesa, Matthew G., and Li, Hiram W.
Abstract:: This study examined the potentially stressful effects of tagging juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags by measuring short-term (<120-h) changes in plasma concentrations of cortisol and hepatic heat shock protein 70 (hsp70). In a laboratory experiment, plasma cortisol levels were measured in fish before they...
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Creator:: Richter, Catherine A., Evans, Allison N., Wright-Osment, Maureen K., Zajicek, James L., Heppell, Scott A., Riley, Stephen C., Krueger, Charles C., and Tillitt, Donald E.
Abstract:: Thiamine (vitamin B₁) deficiency is a global concern affecting wildlife, livestock, and humans. In Great Lakes salmonines, thiamine deficiency causes embryo mortality and is an impediment to restoration of native lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) stocks. Thiamine deficiency in fish may result from a diet of prey with high levels of...
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Creator:: Dauble, Alison D., Heppell, Scott A., and Johansson, Mattias L.
Abstract:: In the US Pacific Northwest, rockfishes Sebastes spp. have recently become a focus for increased management efforts; several species are currently managed under extreme conservation measures due to low population levels and intense fishing pressure. Rockfish recruitment is extremely variable, and a better understanding of the factors influencing recruitment and...
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Creator:: Benoit-Bird, Kelly J., Battaile, Brian C., Heppell, Scott A., Hoover, Brian, Irons, David, Jones, Nathan, Kuletz, Kathy J., Nordstrom, Chad A., Paredes, Rosana, Suryan, Robert M., Waluk, Chad M., and Trites, Andrew W.
Abstract:: Spatial coherence between predators and prey has rarely been observed in pelagic marine ecosystems. We used measures of the environment, prey abundance, prey quality, and prey distribution to explain the observed distributions of three co-occurring predator species breeding on islands in the southeastern Bering Sea: black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), thick-billed...
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Creator:: Archer, Stephanie K., Heppell, Scott A., Semmens, Brice X., Pattengill-Semmens, Christy V., Bush, Phillippe G., Mccoy, Croy M., and Johnson, Bradley C.
Abstract:: Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus are a large bodied, top level predator that is ecologically important throughout the Caribbean. Although typically solitary, Nassau grouper form large annual spawning aggregations at predictable times in specific locations. In 2003, The Cayman Islands Marine Conservation Board established protection for a newly rediscovered Nassau grouper...
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Creator:: Kammerer, Brittany D. and Heppell, Scott A.
Abstract:: The physiological response of juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to prolonged heat stress was examined by exposing replicated groups of fish to 25 consecutive days at 15°C, 23°C, and 25°C followed by a 55 day recovery period at 15°C. We found that at temperatures ≥25°C, steelhead consumed significantly less food per...
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Creator:: Jackson, Alexis M., Semmens, Brice X., de Mitcheson, Yvonne Sadovy, Nemeth, Richard S., Heppell, Scott A., Bush, Phillippe G., Aguilar-Perera, Alfonso, Claydon, John A. B., Calosso, Marta C., Sealey, Kathleen S., Schärer, Michelle T., and Bernardi, Giacomo
Abstract:: To address patterns of genetic connectivity in a mass-aggregating marine fish, we analyzed genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), microsatellites, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus). We expected Nassau grouper to exhibit genetic differentiation among its subpopulations due to its reproductive behavior and retentive oceanographic conditions...
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Creator:: Benoit-Bird, Kelly J., McIntosh, Neal E., and Heppell, Scott A.
Abstract:: We sought to characterize the distribution of juvenile walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma in an area of intense predator-prey interactions and to describe habitat features that lead to their observed distributions. The distribution of juvenile walleye pollock around the Pribilof Islands in the southeastern Bering Sea in 2008 and 2009 was...
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