Selected Publications

Dubansky, B., Whitehead, A., Miller, J., Rice, C.D., and Galvez, F. (2013). Multitissue molecular, genomic, and developmental effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on resident Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis). Environmental Science and Technology. dx.doi.org/10.1021/es400458p.

Whitehead, A., Zhang, S., Roach, J., and Galvez, F. (2013). Common functional targets of adaptive micro- and macroevolutionary divergence in killifish. Molecular Ecology. In press.

Brown, C.A, Galvez, F. and Green, C.C. (2012). Embryonic development and metabolic costs in Gulf killifish Fundulus grandis exposed to varying environmental salinities. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 38(4):1071-1082.

Whitehead, A., Roach, J., Zhang, S., and Galvez, F. (2012). Salinity-dependent and population-dependent genome regulatory response during osmotic acclimation. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215(Pt 8):1293-305.

Whitehead, A., Dubansky, B., Bodinier, C., Barcia, T.I., Miles, S., Pilley, C., Raghunathan, V., Roach, J.L., Walker, N., Walter, R.B., Rice, C.D., and Galvez, F. (2012). Genomic and physiological footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on resident marsh fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109: 20298-20302. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1109545108
[Featured in NSF.gov, New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Associated Press, ABC World News, and at least 200 news services; Testified to U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources].

Whitehead, A., Galvez, F., Zhang, S., and Oleksiak, M. (2011). Functional genomics of physiological plasticity and local adaptation in killifish: an emerging model in environmental genomics. Heredity. 102: 499-511. [Featured in New Scientist (2010), June 30].

Goss, G.G., Gilmour, K., Hawkings, G., Brumbach, J., Huynh, M. and Galvez, F. (2011). Silver inhibition of phenamil-sensitive Na+ uptake in isolated PNA negative MR cells from rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C. 159: 234-241.

Whitehead, A., Roach J.L., Zhang, S. Galvez, F. (2011). Genomic mechanisms of evolved physiological plasticity in killifish distributed along an environmental salinity gradient. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108: 6193-6198. [Featured in Inside PNAS; ChemEurope; Physiology].

Dubansky, B., Whitaker, B., and Galvez, F. (2011). Influence of Cortisol on the Attachment and Metamorphosis of Larval Utterbackia imbecillis on Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Biological Bulletin. 220: 97-106. [Featured as the Cover Article]

Parks, S.K., Tresguerres, M., Galvez, F., Goss, G.G. 2010. Intracellular pH regulation in isolated trout gill mitochondrion-rich (MR) cell subtypes: Evidence for Na+/H+ activity. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. 155: 139-145. PDF

Whitehead, A., Galvez, F., Zhang, S., Williams, L.M., Oleksiak, M.F. 2010. Functional genomics of physiological plasticity and local adaptation in killifish. Journal of Heredity. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esq077 PDF

Pascal, P.-I., Fleeger, J.W., Galvez, F., Carman, K.R. 2010. The toxicological interaction between ocean acidity and metals in coastal meiobenthic copepods. Marine Pollution Bulletin. PDF

Hung, C.Y.C., Galvez, F., Ip, Y.K., Wood, C.M. 2009. Increased gene expression of a facilitated diffusion urea transporter in the skin of the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) during massively elevated port-terrestrialization urea excretion. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 212: 1202-1211. PDF

Thomas, L.T., Welsh, L., Galvez, F., Svoboda, K.R. 2009. Acute nicotine exposure and modulation of a spinal motor circuit in embryonic zebrafish. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 239: 1-12. PDF

Galvez, F., Cox. A., Svoboda, K.R. 2008. Zebrafish as a model organism to study cadmium and calcium kinetics in developing embryos. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 10. pages 658-663. PDF

Galvez, F., Donini, A., Playle, R.C., Smith, D.S., O'Donnell, M.J., Wood, C.M. 2008. A matter of potential concern: Natural organic matter alters the electrical properties of fish gills. 2008. Environmental Science & Technology. 42: 9385-9390. PDF

Galvez, F., Tsui, T., Wood, C.M. 2008. Cultured trout gill epithelia enriched in pavement cells or in mitochondria-rich cells provides insights into Na+ and Ca2+ transport. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 44 (10): 415-425. doi: 10.1007/s11626-008-9131-z PDF

Wilkie, M.P., Morgan, T.P., Galvez, F., Smith, R.W., Kajimura, M., Ip, Y.K., Wood, C.M. 2007. The African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi): Ionoregulation and osmoregulation in a fish out of water. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 80(1):99-112. PDF

Prodocimo, V., Galvez, F., Freire, C.A., Wood, C.M. 2007. Unidirectional Na+ and Ca2+ fluxes in two euryhaline teleost fishes, Fundulus heteroclitus and Oncorhynchus mykiss, acutely submitted to a progressive salinity increase. Journal of Comparative Physiology, Part B. 177:519-528. doi: 10.1007/s00360-007-0150-y PDF

Galvez, F., Franklin, N.M., Tuttle, R.B., Wood, C.M. 2007. Interactions of waterborne and dietary cadmium on the expression of calcium transporters in the gills of rainbow trout: Influence of dietary calcium supplementation. Aquatic Toxicology. 84: 208-214. PDF

Shahsavarani, A., McNeill, B., Galvez, F., Wood, C.M., Goss, G.G., Hwang, P.-P., Perry, S. F. 2006. Characterization of a branchial epithelial calcium channel (ECaC) in freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 209: 1928-1943. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02190 PDF

Galvez, F., Wong, D., Wood, C.M. 2006. Cadmium and calcium uptake in isolated mitochondria-rich cell populations from the gills of the freshwater rainbow trout. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory and Integrative Physiology. 291: R170-R176. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00217.2005 PDF

Hawkings, G.S., Galvez, F., and Goss, G.G. 2004. Seawater acclimation causes independent alterations in Na+/K+ and H+-ATPase activity in isolated mitochondria-rich cell sub-types of the rainbow trout gill. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207: 905-912. PDF
[Featured in Inside JEB 2004, 207: 893].

Reid, S.D., Hawkings, G.S., Galvez, F., Goss, G.G. 2003. Localization and characterization of sodium influx in isolated rainbow trout gill epithelial cells. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 551-559. PDF

Galvez, F. and Wood, C.M. 2002. The mechanisms and costs of physiological and toxicological acclimation to waterborne silver in juvenile rainbow trout. The Journal of Comparative Physiology Part B. 172: 587-597. PDF

Stafford, J.L., Galvez, F., Goss, G.G., Belosevic M. 2002. Induction of nitric oxide and respiratory burst response in activated goldfish macrophages requires potassium channel activity. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 25: 445-459. PDF

Galvez, F., Reid, S.D., Hawkings, G.S., Goss, G.G. 2002. Isolation and characterization of mitochondria-rich cell types from the gill of freshwater rainbow trout. American Journal of Physiology. 282: R658-R668. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00342.2001 PDF
[Featured in Outside JEB (2003), 206: 7].