Professor Bill Davison - Publications
2000-2010
Papers in Refereed Journals
Robinson, E., Egginton, S. and Davison, W. (2010). Warm-induced bradycardia and cold-induced tachycardia: mechanisms of cardiac and ventilatory control in a warm-acclimated Antarctic fish. Polar Biol. DOI 10.1007/s00300-010-0891-z
Iremonger, G. and Davison, W. (2010). Smoltification and desmoltification in king salmon Oncorhynchus tschawytscha (Walbaum): the effect of an elevated temperature regime. In Press, Aquaculture.
Coxon, S.E. and Davison, W. (2010). Structure and function of the velar muscle in the New Zealand hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus: response to temperature change and hypoxia. In Press J. Fish Biol.
Sandblom, E., Olsson, C., Davison, W. and Axelsson, M. (2010). Nervous and humoral catecholaminergic control of blood pressure and cardiac performance in the Antarctic fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 156, 232-236.
Campbell, H., Davison, W., Fraser, K., Peck, L. and Egginton, S. ( 2009). Heart rate and ventilation in Antarctic fish are largely determined by ecotype. J. Fish Biol. 74, 535-552.
Sandblom, E., Axelsson, M. and Davison W. (2009). Circulatory function at sub-zero temperature: venous responses to catecholamines and angiotensin II in the Antarctic fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki. J. Comp. Physiol. 179B, 165-173.
Sandblom, E., Axelsson, M. and Davison, W. (2008). Enforced exercise, but not acute temperature elevation, decreases venous capacitance in the stenothermal Antarctic fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki. J Comp. Physiol. 178B, 845-851.
Robinson, E. and Davison, W. (2008). Antarctic fish can survive prolonged exposure to elevated temperatures. J. Fish Biol. 73, 1676-1689.
Robinson, E. and W. Davison (2008). "The Antarctic notothenioid fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki is thermally flexible: acclimation changes oxygen consumption." Polar Biology 31: 317-326.
Franklin, C. E., W. Davison, et al. (2007). "Antarctic fish can compensate for rising temperatures: thermal acclimation of cardiac performance in Pagothenia borchgrevinki." The Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3068-3074.
Egginton, S., H. Campbell, et al. (2006). "Cardiovascular control in Antarctic fish." Deep-Sea Research Part II(53): 1115-1130.
Lowe, C. J. and W. Davison (2006). "Thermal sensitivity of scope for activity in Pagothenia borchgrevinki, a cryopelagic Antarctic nototheniid fish." Polar Biology 29: 971-977.
Lowe, C.J. and Davison, W. (2006). Thermal sensitivity of scope for activity in Pagothenia borchgrevinki, a cryopelagic Antarctic nototheniid fish. Polar Biology 29, 971-977.
Egginton, S., Campbell, H. and Davison, W. (2006). Cardiovascular control in Antarctic fish. Deep-Sea Research, Part II(53): 1115-1130.
Davison, W. (2005). Antarctic fish skeletal muscle and locomotion. The Physiology of Polar Fishes. A. Farrell and J. Steffensen, Academic Press. 22: 317-349.
Lowe, C. J. and W. Davison (2005). "Plasma osmolarity, glucose concentration and erythrocyte responses of two Antarctic nototheniid fishes to acute and chronic thermal change." Journal of Fish Biology 67: 752-766.
Lowe, C. J., F. Seebacher, et al. (2005). "Thermal sensitivity of heart rate and insensitivity of blood pressure in the Antarctic nototheniid fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki." Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175: 97-105.
Radford, C. A., I. D. Marsden, et al. (2005). "Haemolymph glucose concentrations of juvenile rock lobsters, Jasus edwardsii, feeding on different carbohydrate diets." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 140: 241-249.
Sänger, A. M., W. Davison, et al. (2005). "Muscle fine structure reflects ecotype in two nototheniids." Journal of Fish Biology 66: 1371-1386.
Seebacher, F., W. Davison, et al. (2005). "A falsification of the thermal specialization paradigm: compensation for elevated temparatures in Antarctic fishes." Biology Letters 1: 151-154.
Lowe, C.J. and Davison, W. (2005). Plasma osmolarity, glucose concentration and erythrocyte responses of two Antarctic nototheniid fishes to acute and chronic thermal change. Journal of Fish Biology 67, 752-766.
Seebacher, F., Davison, W., Lowe, C.J. & Franklin, C.E. (2005). A falsification of the thermal specialisation paradigm: compensation for elevated temperatures in Antarctic fishes. Biology Letters 1, 151-154.
Lowe, C.J. & Davison, W. (2005). The haematological responses of Antarctic nototheniid fishes to acute and chronic thermal change. J. Fish Biol. 67, 752-766.
Lowe, C.J., Seebacher, F. & Davison, W. (2005). Thermal sensitivity of heart rate and insensitivity of blood pressure in the Antarctic nototheniid Pagothenia borchgrevinki. J. Comp. Physiol B. 175, 97–105.
Radford, C.A., Marsden, I.D., Davison, W. & Taylor, H.H. (2005). Haemolymph glucose concentrations of juvenile rock lobsters, Jasus edwardsii, feeding on different carbohydrate diets. Comp. Biochem. Physiol.A 140, 241-249.
Sänger, A., Davison, W. & Egginton, S. (2005). Muscle fine structure reflects ecotype in Antarctic fishes. J. Fish Biol.66, 13471-1386.
Radford, C.A., Marsden, I.D. & Davison, W. (2004). Temporal variation in the specific dynamic action of juvenile New Zealand rock lobsters, Jasus edwardsii. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 139A, 1-9.
Tuckey, N. & Davison, W. (2004). Mode of locomotion places selective pressures on Antarctic and temperate labriform swimming fishes. Comp Biochem Physiol. 138A, 391-398.
Hill, J.V., Davison, W. & Forster, M.E. (2004). The effects of fish anaesthetics (MS222, metomidate and AQUI-S) on heart ventricle, the cardiac vagus and branchial vessels from Chinoock salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha). Fish. Physiol. Biochem. 27, 19-28
Davison, W. & Franklin, C.E. (2003). Hypertension in Pagothenia borchgrevinki caused by X-cell disease. J. Fish Biol. 63, 129-136.
Franklin, C.E., Wilson, R.S. & Davison, W. (2003). Locomotion at –10C: burst swimming performance of five species of Antarctic fish. J. Therm. Biol. 28, 59-65.
Herbert, N.A., Macdonald, J.A., Wells, R.M.G. and Davison, W. (2003). A difference in the optomotor behaviour of two Antarctic nototheniid fishs is correlated with the presence of the choroid rete mirabile. Polar Biol. 26, 411-415.
Wilson, R.S., Kuchel, L.J., Franklin, C.E. & Davison, W. (2002). Turning up the heat on subzero fish: thermal dependence of sustained swimming in Antarctic fish. J. Therm. Biol. 27, 381-386.
Davison, W. and Franklin, C.E. (2002). The Antarctic nemertean Parbolasia corrigatus: an example of an extreme oxyconformer Polar Biol. 25, 238-240.
Davison, W. (2002). Respiration of the emerald rockcod, a notothenioid fish from Antarctica. N.Z. Nat. Sci . 26, 13-20.
Wilson, R.S., Franklin, C.E., Davison, W. & Kraft, P. (2001). Stenotherms at sub-zero temperatures: thermal dependence of swimming performance in Antarctic fish. J. Comp. Physiol. 171B, 263-269.
Egginton, S., Forster, M.E. & Davison, W. (2001). Control of vascular tone in notothenioid fishes is determined by phylogeny, not environmental temperature. Am. J. Physiol 280, R1197-R1205.
Franklin, C.E., Axelsson, M. & Davison, W. (2001). Constancy and control of heart rate during an increase in temperature in the Antarctic fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Exp. Biol. Online 6: 3 (pp1-7)
Book Chapters
Davison, W. (2005). Antarctic Fish Skeletal Muscle and Locomotion. In: The Physiology of Polar Fishes. Eds: Farrell, A.P. and Steffensen, J.F.Fish Physiology vol22. . Elsevier, Academic Press pp317 – 349.
Franklin, C.E., Axelsson, M., Sundin, L. & Davison, W. (2004). Antarctic Fish: Survival and Performance at –1.860C. In: Antarctic Challenges. Historical and Current Perspectives on Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic Expedition. Eds: Elzinga, A., Nordin, T., Turner, D., Wråkberg, U. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis (ISBN 91-85352-64-6).
Edited Book
Davison, W., Howard-Williams, C. & Broady, P. (2000). Antarctic Ecosystems: models for wider ecological understanding. N.Z. Nat. Sci 350pp. ISBN 0-473-06877-X