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Chris Wood, PhD
Center Investigator

McMaster University
Department of Biology
Life Sciences Building, Room 227
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton,Ontario L8S4K1
Phone: 905-525-9140

Fax:905-522-6066
Web Site www.science.mcmaster

Biography

Education

B.S. (1968) Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
M.Sc. (1971) Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Ph. D. (1974) Biological Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England

Research Interests

Respiratory, circulatory, ionoregulatory, acid-base and metabolic physiology of fish and crustaceans, and their responses to environmental acid, metal, and temperature stress. Environmental health and environmnetal regulations for water quality.

Recent Publications

Walsh, P.J., Grossel, M.,Goss, G.G., Bergman, H.L., Bergman, A.N., Wilson, P.,Laurent, P., Alper, S.L., Smith, C.P., Kamunde, C., and Wood, C.M. Physiological and molecular characterization of urea transport by gills of the Lake Magadi tilapia (Alcolapia grahami). J. exp. biol. In press Oct 2000

DeBoech, G., Grossell, M.,and Wood, C.M. Sensitivity of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) to waterborne silver exposure. Aquatic Toxicol. In Press Oct 2000

Grosell, M., McGeer, J.C., and Wood, C.M. Plasma copper clearance and biliary copper excretion are stimulated in copper-acclimated trout. Am. J. Physiol. R. In Press. Aug. 2000.

Wood, C.M., Grosell, M., Hogstrand, C., and Hansen, H. Kinetics of radiolabelled silver uptake and depuration in the gills of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and European eel (Anguilla anguilla): the influence of silver speciation. Aquat. Toxicol. In Press, Aug., 2000.