Reproductive Physiology and Ecology Publications

1998-present.  Staff names are in bold.

Gundersen, D.T., Webb, M., Fink, A., Kushner, L., Feist, G., Fitzpatrick, M., Foster, E., and C. Schreck. In Press. Using blood plasma for monitoring organochlorine contaminants in juveniles white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, from the lower Columbia River.  Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

Malekzadeh Viayeh, R., Webb, M.A.H., Hallajian A., and R. Kazemi. In Press. Biochemical and morphometric parameters as indicators of sex and gonadal stage of maturity in Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.

Semenkova, T.B., Bayunova, L.V., Webb, M.A.H., Kolmakov, N.N., and I.A. Barannikova. In Press. Effect of progestins on germinal vesicle break down in sturgeon follicles in vitro. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.

DiLauro, M. N., W. Kaboord, R. A. Walsh, W. F. Krise, and M. A. Hendrix.  1998.  Sperm-cell ultrastructure of North American sturgeons. I. The Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:1822-1836.

Welch, E. B., E. L. Anderson, J. M. Jacoby, B. F. Biggs, J. M. Quinn, and G. A. Kindschi. 1998. Invertebrate grazing of filamentous green algae in artificial channels. Bozeman Information Leaflet Number 88.

Webb, M.A.H., Van Eenennaam, J.P., Doroshov, S. I., and G.P. Moberg. 1999. Preliminary observations on the effects of holding temperature on reproductive performance of female white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus Richardson. Aquaculture 176:315-329.

Honeyfield, D. C. and W. F. Krise.  2000.  Measurement of milt quality and factors affecting viability of fish spermatozoa.  Pages 49-58 In: Cryopreservation in Aquatic Species. Tiersch, T.R. and P.M. Mazik, Editors.  World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge. LA.

Parsley, M.J. and K.M. Kappenman.  2000. White Sturgeon Spawning Areas in the Lower Snake River, Northwest Science 74:194-201.

Webb, M.A.H., Van Eenennaam, J.P., and S.I. Doroshov. 2000. Effects of steroid hormones on in vitro oocyte maturation in white sturgeon. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 23:317-325.

Bart, A. N., G. A. Kindschi, H. Ahmed, J. Clark, J. Young, Y. Zohar. 2001. Enhanced transport of calcein into rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and larvae using cavitation level ultrasound. Aquaculture 196:189-197.

Cole, M. B., D. E. Arnold, B. J. Watten, and W. F. Krise.  2001.  Haematological and physiological responses of brook charr, to untreated and limestone-neutralized acid mine drainage.  Journal of Fish Biology 59:79-91.

Du, Shao Jun, V. Frenkel, G. A. Kindschi, and Y. Zohar. 2001. Visualizing normal and defective bone development in zebrafish embryos using the fluorescent chromophore calcein. Developmental Biology 238:239-246.

Krise, W. F. 2001.  Sensitivity of Atlantic salmon eggs to mechanical shock during the first six hours after fertilization.  North American Journal of Aquaculture 63:34-37.

Ross, R. M., W. F. Krise, L. A. Redell, and R. M. Bennett.  2001.  Effects of dissolved carbon dioxide on the physiology and behavior of fish in artificial streams.  Environmental Toxicology 16:84-95.

Van Eenennaam, J.P., Webb, M.A.H., Deng, X., Doroshov, S.I., Mayfield, R.B., Cech, Jr, J.J., Hillemeier, D.C., and T.E. Willson. 2001. Artificial spawning and larval rearing of Klamath River green sturgeon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:159-165.

Webb, M.A.H., Van Eenennaam, J.P., Feist, G.W., Linares-Casenave, J., Fitzpatrick, M.S., Schreck, C.B., and S.I. Doroshov. 2001. Effects of thermal regime on ovarian maturation and plasma sex steroids in farmed white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. Aquaculture 201:137-151.

Frenkel, F., G. A. Kindschi, and Y. Zohar. 2002. Non-invasive, mass marking of fish by immersion in calcein: evaluation of fish size and ultrasound exposure on mark endurance. Aquaculture 214(1-4):169-183.

Webb, M.A.H., Feist, G.W., Schreck, C.B., Foster, E.P., and M.S. Fitzpatrick. 2002. Potential classification of sex and stage of gonadal maturity of wild white sturgeon using blood plasma indicators. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:132-142.

Webb, M.A.H., Feist, G.W., Trant, J.M., Van Eenennaam, J.P., Fitzpatrick, M.S., Schreck, C.B., and S.I. Doroshov. 2002. Ovarian steroidogenesis in white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) during oocyte maturation and induced ovulation. General and Comparative Endocrinology 129:27-38.

Petes, L.E., Harvell, C.D., Peters, E.C., Webb, M.A.H., and K.M. Mullen. 2003. Pathogens compromise reproduction and induce melanization in Caribbean sea fans.  Marine Ecology Progress Series, 264:167-171.

Feist, G.W., Webb, M.A.H., Gundersen, D.T., Foster, E.P., Schreck, C.B., Maule, A.G., and M.S. Fitzpatrick. 2005. Evidence of detrimental effects of environmental contaminants on growth and reproductive physiology of white sturgeon in impounded areas of the Columbia River. Environmental Health Perspectives 113:1675-1682.

Webb, M.A.H., Feist, G.W., Fitzpatrick, M.S., Foster, E.P., Schreck, C.B., Plumlee, M., Wong, C., and D. T. Gundersen. 2006. Mercury Concentrations in Gonad, Liver, and Muscle of White Sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, in the Lower Columbia River. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 50:443-451.

Erickson, D.L. and M.A.H. Webb. 2007. Spawning periodicity, spawning migration, and size at maturity of green Sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris, in the Rogue River, Oregon. Environmental Biology of Fishes 79:255-268.

Webb, M.A.H. and D.L. Erickson. 2007. Reproductive structure of the adult green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) population in the Rogue River, Oregon. Environmental Biology of Fishes 79:305-314.