G. T. Kwan

Diet and Size-at-Birth Affect Larval Rockfish Condition and Survival

This study shows that diet and size-at-birth influence larval rockfish growth and survival by affecting feeding success and initial size.

Fish Blood Response to Ash-Induced Environmental Alkalinization, and their Implications to Wildfire-Scarred Watersheds

This study shows that ash from wildfires increases water pH, causing rapid physiological stress in Chinook salmon, with greater effects at higher temperatures.

Trophic Efficiency Facilitates Larval Shortbelly Rockfish (Sebastes jordani) Development

The paper tests the TEEL hypothesis by analyzing larval rockfish diets and finds that lower trophic position prey correlates with better growth and survival.

Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characterization of the inner ear epithelial cells of splitnose rockfish (Sebastes diploproa)

This study characterizes the inner ear epithelial cell types and protein expression in splitnose rockfish to understand otolith biomineralization and its sensitivity to environmental factors.

Optimizing immunostaining of archival fish samples to enhance museum collection potential

This paper develops an optimized immunostaining method using sodium borohydride to reduce autofluorescence in archival fish samples, enabling effective IHC for studying ionocytes and environmental responses.

Elucidating the acid-base mechanisms underlying otolith overgrowth in fish exposed to ocean acidification

This study investigates how ocean acidification affects otolith overgrowth in fish by analyzing pH regulation in blood and endolymph, finding that endolymph pH regulation under high CO2 leads to increased bicarbonate and carbonate ions, promoting otolith overgrowth.

Rapid blood acid-base regulation by European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in response to sudden exposure to high environmental CO2

European sea bass rapidly regulate blood and red cell pH within 2 hours and 40 minutes, respectively, protecting O2 transport capacity via enhanced gill acid excretion.