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Dr. Glenn R. Parsons
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Current research interests involve the biomechanics and efficiency of fish locomotion, metabolic rate determinations, respiratory physiology, energy budgets, and growth and reproduction in sharks. Education: Ph.D. University of South Florida (1987) M.S. University of South Alabama (1981) B.S. University of Alabama (1977) Research Support: Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, National Marine Fisheries Service. Image Gallery Selected Publications: Books Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico: A Field Guide Articles Carlson, J. K., C. L. Palmer, and G. R. Parsons. 1999 (inpress). Oxygen consumption rate and swimming efficiency of the blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotns Copeia. Parsons, G.R., and J. Carlson. 1998. Physiological and behavioral responses to hypoxia in the bonnethead shark, sphyrna tiburo. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. Adams, R., and G.R. Parsons. 1998. Seasonal changes in swimming performance, metabolic rate, and hematocrit of smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus). Physiological Zoology. 71: 350-358 Boyd, G. L. and G. R. Parsons. 1998. Swimming performance and behavior of golden shinner Notemigonus crysoleucas while schooling Copeia 1998: 467-471. Smiley, P. and G.R. Parsons. 1997. The effect of photoperiod on the swimming performance of white crappie. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 126:495-499. Parsons, G.R. and K.O. Meals. 1997. Studies of crappie (Pomoxis spp.): Hybirdization, triploid induction, growth and morphology. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 17:803-806. Carlson, J. and G. R. Parsons. 1997. Age and growth of the bonnethead shark from northwest Florida with comments on clinal variation. Enviromental Biology of Fishes. 50:331-341. Cortes, E. and G.R. Parsons. 1996. Comparative demography of two populations of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53:709-718. Parsons, G.R. 1993. Comparisons between diploid and triploid white crappie, Pomoxis annularis. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 122:237-243. Parsons, G.R. 1993. Geographic variation in reproduction between two populations of the bonnethead shark. Environmental Biology of Fishes 38:25-35. Parsons, G.R. 1993. Age determination and growth of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo: a comparison of two populations. Marine Biology 117:23-31. Parsons, G.R. & J.L. Sylvester 1992. Swimming efficiency of the white crappie, Pomoxis annularis. Copeia. (in press). |
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