Dr. A. Kurt Gamperl
Bachelors: B.Sc. Guelph
Masters: M.Sc. Guelph
Doctoral: Ph.D. Dalhousie
Telephone: (709) 864-2692
E-mail: kgamperl@mun.ca
Website: http://remote.osc.mun.ca/kgamperl
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Research Interests:
I am a comparative physiologist whose main research interest is to understand how environmental and physiological variables interact to affect fish biology. Central to this research are the role that blood oxygen transport, cardiac function, stress (catecholamines, cortisol, the ?-adrenergic system, stress proteins) and humoral and/or biochemical factors play in mediating fish "performance" (swimming ability, growth, reproductive success, metabolic capacity etc.) under varied environmental conditions. I use a variety of marine and freshwater fishes in my research, and the questions I address often have implications for fish ecology and/or aquaculture.
Recent Publications:
Gamperl, A.K.; Swafford, B.L.; Rodnick, K.J. (2011). Elevated temperature, per se, does not limit the ability of rainbow trout to increase stroke volume. Journal Of Thermal Biology. 36 (1) 7-14. (Click here for Abstract)
Petersen, L.H.; Gamperl, A.K. (2011). Cod (Gadus morhua) Cardiorespiratory Physiology and Hypoxia Tolerance following Acclimation to Low-Oxygen Conditions. Physiological And Biochemical Zoology. 84 (1) 18-31. (Click here for Abstract)
Booman, M.; Borza, T.; Hori, T.S.; Feng, C.Y.; Higgins, B.; Culf, A.; Leger, D.; Chute, I.; Hall, J.R.; Belkaid, A.; Rise, M.; Gamperl, A.K.; Hubert, S.; Kimball, J.; Ouelette, R.; Johnson, S.C.; Bowman, S.; Rise,M.L. (2011). Development and experimental validation of a 20K Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) oligonucleotide microarray based on a collection of over 150,000 ESTs. Marine Biotechnology. [This publication is currently 'In Press']
Bowman,S.; Hubert, S.; Higgins, B.; Stone, C.; Kimball, J.; Borza, T.; Bussey, J.T.; Simpson, G.; Hall, J.R.; Hori, T.S.; Feng, C.Y.; Gamperl, A.K.; Booman, M.; Rise, M.; Symonds, J.; Johnson, S.C.; Rise, M.L. (2011). An integrated approach to gene discovery and marker development in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Marine Biotechnology. [This publication is currently 'In Press']
Rise, M.L.; Hall, J.R.; Rise, M.; Hori, T.S.; Browne, M.J.; Gamperl, A.K.; Hubert, S.; Kimball, J.; Bowman, S; Johnson, S.C. (2010). Impact of asymptomatic nodavirus carrier state and intraperitoneal viral mimic injection on brain transcript expression in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Physiological Genomics. 42 (2) 266-280. (Click here for Abstract)
Hori, T.S.; Gamperl, A.K.; Afonso, L.O.B.; Johnson, S.C.; Hubert, S.; Kimball, J.; Bowman, S.; Rise, M.L. (2010). Heat-shock responsive genes identified and validated in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) liver, head kidney and skeletal muscle using genomic techniques. Bmc Genomics. 11 (72) (Click here for Abstract)
Petersen, L.H.; Gamperl, A.K. (2010). Effect of acute and chronic hypoxia on the swimming performance, metabolic capacity and cardiac function of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Journal Of Experimental Biology. 213 (5) 808-819. (Click here for Abstract)
Petersen, L.H.; Gamperl, A.K. (2010). In situ cardiac function in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): effects of acute and chronic hypoxia. Journal Of Experimental Biology. 213 (5) 820-830. (Click here for Abstract)
Mendonca, P.C.; Gamperl, A.K. (2010). The effects of acute changes in temperature and oxygen availability on cardiac performance in winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A-molecular & Integrative Physiology. 155 (2) 245-252. (Click here for Abstract)
Perez-Casanova, J.C.; Lall, S.P.; Gamperl, A.K. (2010). Effects of dietary protein and lipid level, and water temperature, on the post-feeding oxygen consumption of Atlantic cod and haddock. Aquaculture Research. 41 (2) 198-209. (Click here for Abstract)
