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Jennifer L Specker

336 Coastal Institute

jspecker@gso.uri.edu

401-874-6858

http://www.gso.uri.edu/faculty/specker/fishendolab/index.html

Educational Background

Ph.D., Fisheries and Wildlife M.A., Zoology B.A., Psychology

Oregon State University Oregon State University Miami University, Ohio

1980 1977 1973

Areas of Specialization

Research

Jennifer Specker is a fish endocrinologist specializing in the metamorphosis of flounder, the reproductive biology of commercially important marine fishes, the endocrine regulation of the gut and gills during development and adaptation, and stress and anesthetics in marine fishes.

Teaching

Endocrinology (BIO 445/545)

Students

Jason Breves Steve Gavlik Bruno Soffientino Diani Nacci Catalina Martinez Alex Schreiber Courtney Stirling Casey Liye Huang

M.S. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.S. Ph.D. M.S. Ph.D.

Candidate 2004 2003 200 1999 1998 1997 1996

Publications:

Veillette, P.A., White, R.J., Specker, J.L., and Young, G. (2005) Osmoregulatory physiology of pyloric ceca: regulated and adaptive changes in chinook salmon. Journal Experimental Zoology, in press.

Gavlik, S. and Specker, J.L. (2004) Metamorphosis in summer flounder: manipulation of rearing salinity to synchronize settling behavior, growth, and development. Aquaculture 240, 543-559.

Soffientino, B. and Specker, J.L. 2003. Age-dependent changes in the response of the stomach to thyroidal signaling in developmentally-arrested larval summer flounder. General and Comparative Endocrinology 134, 237-243.

Specker, J.L. and Chandlee, M.K. 2003. Methodology for estradiol treatment in marine larval and juvenile fish: Uptake and clearance in summer flounder. Aquaculture 217, 663-672.

Gavlik, S., Albino, M., and Specker, J.L. 2002. Metamorphosis in summer flounder: Manipulation of thyroid status to synchronize settling behavior, growth and development. Aquaculture 203, 359-373.

Presentations:

Breves, J.P. and Specker, J.L. 2004. Cortisol stress response of juvenile winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) to predators. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43(6). New Orleans.

Garcia, M.M., Hinkle, L.E., Veillette, P.A., and Specker, J.L. 2004. Effect of exogenous cortisol and RU486 on cortisol concentrations and on Na+/K+-ATPase and glucocorticoid-like receptor immunoreactivity in juvenile summer flounder. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43(6). New Orleans.

Hinkle, L.E., Garcia, M.M., Veillette, P.A., and Specker, J.L. 2004. Cortisol concentrations, the glucocorticoid-like receptor, and Na+/K+-ATPase in the juvenile summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) subjected to osmotic stress. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43(6). New Orleans.

Veillette, P.A., Garcia, M.M., Hinkle, L.E., and Specker, J.L. 2004. Detection of glucocorticoid-like receptor during stomach organogenesis in summer flounder. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43(6). New Orleans.

Marcaccio, N.D. and Specker, J.L. 2004. Stress in summer flounder: anesthesia mitigates transportation-induced stress response and increases post-transport performance. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43(6). New Orleans.