Articles
Turning crocodilian hearts into bird hearts: growth rates are similar for alligators with and without right-to-left cardiac shunt (with John Eme, June Gwalthney, Tomasz Owerkowicz, and James W. Hicks), The Journal of Experimental Biology (2010)
The functional and possible adaptive significance of non-avian reptiles’ dual aortic arch system and the...
Exhaustive Exercise Training Enhances Aerobic Capacity in American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) (with John Eme, Tomasz Owerkowicz, June Gwalthney, Bryan C. Rourke, and James W. Hicks), Journal of Comparative Physiology B (2009)
The oxygen transport system in mammals is extensively remodelled in response to repeated bouts of...
Surgical Removal of Right-to-Left Cardiac Shunt in the American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) Causes Ventricular Enlargement But Does Not Alter Apnoea or Metabolism During Diving (with John Eme, June Gwalthney, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Gildardo Barron, and James W. Hicks), Journal of Experimental Biology (2009)
Crocodilians have complete anatomical separation between the ventricles, similar to birds and mammals, but retain...
Temperature Effects on Metabolic Rate of Juvenile Pacific Bluefin Tuna Thunnus Orientalis (with Jeffery M. Morrissette, Charles J. Farwell, Mathew Price, Robert J. Schallert, and Barbara A. Block), Journal of Experimental Biology (2007)
Pacific bluefin tuna inhabit a wide range of thermal environments across the Pacific ocean. To...
Influence of Swimming Speed on Metabolic Rates of Juvenile Pacific Bluefin Tuna and Yellowfin Tuna (with Charles J. Farwell, Jeffery M. Morrissette, Robert J. Schallert, and Barbara A. Block), Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2007)
Bluefin tuna are endothermic and have higher temperatures, heart rates, and cardiac outputs than tropical...
In Situ Cardiac Performance of Pacific Bluefin Tuna Hearts in Response to Acute Temperature Change (with Jeffery M. Morrissette, Ana M. Landeira-Fernandez, Susanna B. Blackwell, Thomas D. Williams, and Barbara A. Block), Journal of Experimental Biology (2004)
This study reports the cardiovascular physiology of the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) in an...
Effects of Temperature, Epinephrine and Ca2+ on the Hearts of Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus Albacares) (with Jeffery M. Morrissette, Peter S. Davie, and Barbara A. Block), Journal of Experimental Biology (2002)
Tuna are endothermic fish with high metabolic rates, cardiac outputs and aerobic capacities. While tuna...
Longitudinal Variation in Muscle Protein Expression and Contraction Kinetics of Largemouth Bass Axial Muscle (with Tierney M. Thys, David J. Coughlin, and Fred Schachat), Journal of Experimental Biology (2001)
The present study investigates muscle protein expression in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides through intra- and...
Capillary Density of Skeletal Muscle: A Contributing Mechanism for Exercise Intolerance in Class II–III Chronic Heart Failure Independent of Other Peripheral Alterations (with Brian D. Duscha, William E. Kraus, Steven J. Keteyian, Martin J. Sullivan, Howard J. Green, Fred H. Schachat, Anne M. Pippen, Clinton A. Brawner, and Brian H. Annex), Journal of the American College of Cardiology (1999)
Rostral-Caudal Variation in Troponin T and Parvalbumin Correlates with Differences in Relaxation Rates of Cod Axial Muscle (with Tierney M. Thys and Fred H. Schachat), Journal of Experimental Biology (1998)
Relaxation rate is an important determinant of axial muscle power production during the oscillatory contractions...