| Ronald V. Dimock, Jr. |   |
| Thurman D. Kitchin Professor of Biology
B.A., University of New Hampshire (1965) Go to my personal page |
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Areas of Interest Invertebrate Zoology, Physiological Ecology |
| Ronald V. Dimock, Jr. | |
| Thurman D. Kitchin Professor of Biology
B.A., University of New Hampshire (1965) Go to my personal page |
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Areas of Interest Invertebrate Zoology, Physiological Ecology |
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Research I am broadly interested
in the behavioral and physiological ecology of aquatic invertebrates and
the mechanisms by which these organisms are affected by significant environmental
factors. Recent projects include host/symbiont interactions between bivalve
molluscs and aquatic (unionicolid) mites, functional morphology of gills
and pallial organs of adult bivalves, and the behavior and physiology
of juvenile freshwater mussels. Current work is focused on juvenile freshwater
mussels that we raise in the laboratory both by in vitro culturing techniques
and by infecting fish with parasitic glochidia larvae. This work also
involves immunological aspects of the host-fish/larval-mussel association.
Our work has implications for problems associated with the 'invasion'
of the European zebra mussel and for the overall conservation of the highly
endangered molluscan family Unionidae. |
Selected Publications Rogers-Lowery, CL, RV Dimock, Jr, and RE Kuhn. 2007. Antibody response of bluegill sunfish during development of acquired resistance against the larvae of the freshwater mussel Utterbackia imbecillis. Develop. & Comp. Immunol. 31:143-155 Pilarczyk, MP, PM Stewart, DN Shelton, HN Blalock-Herod and JD Williams. 2006. Current and recent historical freshwater mussel assemblages in the Gulf Coastal Plains. Southeastern Naturalist 5:205-226 Dodd, BJ, MC Barnhart, CL Rogers-Lowery, TB Fobian, RV Dimock, Jr, 2006. Persistence of host response against glochidia larvae in Micropterus salmoides. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 21:473-484 Fisher, GR and RV Dimock, Jr. 2006. Indicators of physiological condition in juvenile Utterbackia imbecillis (Bivalvia: Unionidae): a comparison of rearing techniques. Amer. Malacol. Bull. 21:23-29 Rogers-Lowery, CL and RV Dimock, Jr. 2006. Encapsulation of attached ectoparasitic larvae of freshwater mussels by epithelial tissue on fins of naive and resistant host fish. Biol. Bull. 210:51-63 Dodd, BJ, MC Barnhart, CL Rogers-Lowery, TB Fobian, RV Dimock, Jr. 2005. Cross-resistance of largemouth bass to glochidia of unionid mussels. J. Parasitol. 91:1064-1072 Rogers, CL and RV Dimock, Jr. 2003. Acquired resistance of bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus to glochidia larvae of the freshwater mussel Utterbackia imbecillis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) following multiple infections. Journal of Parasitology 89:51-56 Fisher, GR and RV Dimock, Jr. 2002. Ultrastructure of the mushroom body: digestion during metamorphosis of Utterbackia imbecillis (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Invert. Biol. 121:126-135 Fisher, GR and RV Dimock, Jr. 2002. Morphological and molecular changes during metamorphosis in Utterbackia imbecillis (Bivalvia:Unionidae). J. Moll. Stud. 68:159-164 Schwartz, ML and RV Dimock, Jr. 2001. Ultrastructural evidence for nutritional exchange between brooding unionid mussels and their glochidia larvae. Invert. Biol. 120: 227-236 Shadoan, MK and RV Dimock, Jr. 2000. Differential sensitivity of
hooked (Utterbackia imbecillis) and hookless (Megalonaias
nervosa)
glochidia to chemical and mechanical stimuli (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Pp.
93-102. In, R. A. Tankersley, D. I. Warmolts, G. T. Watters, B. J. Armatage,
P. D. Johnson and R. S. Butler, (editors). Freshwater Mollusk
Symposium Proceedings, Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio |
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