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Vitae of Warren W. Burggren of Biology, Univ. of North Texas

    I.        Personal Information
    II.       Professional Appointments and Honors
    III.     Administrative Experience and Training
    IV.      Teaching and Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentoring
    V.        Grants and Extramural Research Activities
    VI.      Symposia and Seminars
    VII.    Reviewing, Consulting and Training
    VIII.   PUBLICATIONS (with
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    PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS: College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas ,P.O. Box 305189, Denton, TX 76205-5189. 940-565-2497, 940-565-4517 (FAX), burggren@unt.edu,             http://www.biol.unt.edu/~burggren/
  • DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: August 14, 1951, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • MARITAL STATUS: Married, 3 daughters, 1 son
  • CITIZENSHIP: American/Canadian
  • UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING: Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1969-1973
  • GRADUATE TRAINING: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England 1973-1976
  • DEGREES HELD: B.Sc. (1st Class Honors) - University of Calgary, 1973: Ph.D. - University of East Anglia, 1976, Thesis title: An Investigation of Gas Exchange and Cardiovascular Dynamics in the Chelonian Reptiles.
  • RESEARCH INTERESTS: Developmental physiology at the organ system and organismal level: Comparative animal physiology, particularly lower vertebrates and crustacean invertebrates: Environmental and ecological physiology, especially of intertidal, freshwater and marine ecosystems: Evolution of respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND HONORS

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

  • 1998-present    Dean, Arts and Sciences, Univ. of North Texas
  • 1997-1998        Chair, Biological Sciences Dept., Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 1995 -1997       Interim Dean, College of Science and Mathematics, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • 1995-1996         Director, "Bridges to the Future" Program for University of Nevada, Las Vegas Minority College Students; Jointly funded by National Institutes of Health and Department of Energy
  • 1992-1995        Chair, Biological Sciences Dept., Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 1991                 Acting Chair, Zoology Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts
 FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
  • 1998-present    Professor of Biology, Univ. of North Texas
  • 1992-1998        Professor of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 1990                 Visiting Professor, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 1987-1991         Professor of Zoology, Univ. of Massachusetts
  • 1985                 Visiting Scholar, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
  • 1982-1987        Associate Professor of Zoology, Univ. of Massachusetts
  • 1978-1982        Assistant Professor of Zoology, Univ. of Mass.
  • 1976-1978        Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of British Columbia
  • 1976-1978        N.R.C. Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of British Columbia
  • 1976                 Visiting Lecturer, Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark
  • 1973-1976        Ph.D., Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology, Univ. of East Anglia, supervised by Dr. G. Shelton
  • 1973-1976        Demonstrator in vertebrate and invertebrate physiology, invertebrate taxonomy, vertebrate and invertebrate morphology, Univ. of East Anglia
  • 1970-1973        Research Assistant, Univ. of Calgary
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

 Awards and Other Distinctions

  • 2008            Academia Mexicana de Ciencias Distinguished Visiting Professor
  • 2006-Pres.    National Science Foundation Advisory Board – Biology Directorate
  • 2002-2005   Science Advisory Board, Bigelow Aerospace, Inc.
  • 2002             Outstanding Supporter Award, Student Center for Ethnic Enrichment, University of North Texas
  • 2002             Equity and Diversity Recognition Award, University of North Texas
  • 2000             Chair, Science Advisory Board - National Institute for Discovery Science
  • 1997             Barrick Distinguished Scholar, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 1997             Regents’ Researcher Citation, University and Community College System of Nevada Board of Regents
  • 1997             Regents’ Research Medal, University and Community College System of Nevada Board of Regents
  • 1996             Medal of the University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 1992             Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 1984             Elected Program Officer, Div. of Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry, Ameri. Soc.of Zoologists
  • 1976-1978    Killam Postdoctoral Scholarship - Univ. of British Columbia
  • 1976-1978    NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship - Univ. of British Columbia
  • 1974-1976    Commonwealth Scholarship, Univ. of East Anglia, England
  • 1972-1974    Univ. of East Anglia Studentship, England
  • 1972              Province of Alberta Scholarship, Univ. of Calgary, Canada
Plenary and Honorary Lectures
  • 2008     Plenary Lecture, 32nd Annual Larval Fish Conference, Kiel, Germany
  • 2002     Diebold Lecture, Kalmazoo College, Michigan, USA
  • 2002     Plenary Lecture, Sympiosium on Ontogeny of Cardiorespiratory Mechanisms: An Evolutionary Perspective, Experimental Biology Meeting, New Orleans, USA.
  • 2001     Plenary Lecture, American Association for the advancement of Science - South West And Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting.  Denton, Texas
  • 2000     Plenary Lecture, Sixth International Workshop on Perinatal Physiology in Birds.  Berlin, Germany
  • 1998     Annual W. S. Hoar Lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • 1998     Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Animal Adaptation, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1997     Plenary Lecture, International Workshop on Developmental Physiology, Gothenberg, Sweden
  • 1995     Annual Phi Sigma Lecturer, Univ. of Texas, Arlington
  • 1993     Annual Williams Lecturer, Univ. of Akron
  • 1990     Plenary Lecture, Annual meeting of Japanese Society of Comparative Physiologists and Biochemists
  • 1988    Annual Dunaway-Burnham Visiting Lecturer, Dartmouth College Medical School

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

Higher Education

Board and Executive Council Memberships

  • 2001 -2003     Advisory Board Member, the Institute for Diversity in Engineering and Society (IDEAS)
  • 2001-2002      Board Member, Futures in Research, Science and Technology (FIRST), Mountain View Community College, Dallas, TX
  • 2000-2003     Executive Council Member, Texas Association of Deans of Liberal Arts and Sciences
State Higher Education Committees
  • 2001               “Deans Circle”, Institute for Diversity in Engineering and Society (IDEAS)
  • 1998               University and Community College System of Nevada Regents’ Researcher Award Selection Committee
  • 1996-1997       Director, Southern Nevada School Science Fair
  • 1992                University and Community College System of Nevada Regents’ Researcher Award Selection Committee
University Committees (UNT 1998-present; UNLV 1992-1998; UMASS, 1978-1991)
  • 2008-present   Information Technology Council (Chair)
  • 2007                Search Committee for Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • 2006                UNT System Life Sciences Council (Co-Chair)
  • 2005-present   Academic Planning Council
  • 2005                RCM Sub-Committee on Indirect Costs (Chair)  
  • 2004-present   Trustee, Ft. Worth Regional Science Fair 
  • 2004-2005      Task Force on Centers and Institutes (Chair) 
  • 2004-2006      UNT Critical Incident Management Team
  • 2004                UNT Master Planning Committee
  • 2003                Search Committee for CEO and President of University of North Texas Foundation  
  • 2002-2003       Campus Beautification Committee
  • 2002                Search Committee for Vice President for Research
  • 2001-2004       Chemistry Building Construction Steering Committee
  • 2001-2002       Academic Affairs Committee
  • 2001-2002       Executive Committee – University Planning Council
  • 2001-2002       Academic Affairs Committee
  • 2001                Institutional Information System Steering Committee
  • 2001                Enrollment Management Steering Committee
  • 2000-present   Teacher Education Council
  • 2000               Task Force on Honors Program
  • 2000                Donor Relations Committee
  • 1999-2000       Dean, School of Music, Search Committee (Chair)
  • 1999-present   Assessment Advisory Council
  • 1998-2001       Facilities Planning Committee
  • 1998-2004      University Planning Council
  • 1998                Minority Recruitment and Retention Task Force
  • 1998                Undergraduate Student Retention Steering Committee
  • 1997-1998       Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award Committee
  • 1997-1998       Gerentology Certificate Program Advisory Committee
  • 1997                Bigelow Endowed Chair Search Committee - (Chair)
  • 1996-1997       UNLV 40th Anniversary Planning Committee
  • 1996-1997       President’s Task Force on Planning - Subcommittee on Strategic Initiative Funding
  • 1995-1997       President’s Task Force on Planning - General Member
  • 1996-1997       Women’s Studies Steering Committee
  • 1996                Faculty Discipline Hearing Officer
  • 1995-1996       Research Strategic Planning Committee (Co-Chair)
  • 1995-1996       Ad hoc Committee for Distance Education Evaluation
  • 1995                Development Council
  • 1995-1997       UNLV Academic Council
  • 1994-1995       Research Issues Resolution Committee
  • 1993-1995       Executive Committee of the NIH "Bridges to the Baccalaureate Minority Recruitment Program"
  • 1993-1994       University Priority and New Program Review Committee
  • 1988-89          Organization Committee for Biology Undergraduate Degree
  • 1986-1991       Graduate Operations Committee for Neuroscience and Behavior Ph.D. Program
  • 1982-1985      University Research Council
  • 1982-1985      Faculty Research Grant Committee
  • 1984               University Health Council
  • 1985               University Computer Use Committee
  • 1981-1983       Biomedical Research Support Grant Committee
College Committees

(UNT, College of Arts and Sciences, 1998-present; UNLV, College of Science and Mathematics, 1992-1998,: UMASS, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 1978-1991)

  • 2005               Strategic Planning Committee (Chair)
  • 1998-present   Personal Affairs Committee (Chair)
  • 1995-1997       Financial Aid Committee (Chair)
  • 1995-1997       Executive Committee (Chair)
  • 1994-1995       Computing Services Committee
  • 1993-1994       Commencement Committee
  • 1992-1998       Executive Committee
  • 1990-1991       Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Ph.D. Organization Committee (Co-chair)
  • 1980               Dean's Search Committee for Zoology Department Chair
Departmental Committees

(UNT, 1998-present; UNLV 1992-1998: UMASS, 1978-1991)

  • 1997             Animal Physiologist Search Committee
  • 1992-1998    Field Station Committee (Chair)
  • 1992            Invertebrate Physiologist Search Committee (Chair)
  • 1990-91       Undergraduate Physiology Concentration (Chair)
  • 1988-1990   Personnel Committee (Promotions and Tenure Committee)
  • 1979-1985   Graduate Operations Committee
  • 1980-1985   Qualifying Exam Committee
  • 1980           Ad Hoc Committee for Development of Animal Facilities
  • 1978-1981   Colloquium Committee (Chair)
Professional Service - National / International Committees

    Society and Professional Associations

  • 2004             Nominations Committee, Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry , Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. 
  • 2000            Case Study Facilitator, Council of College of Arts and Science Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
  • 1999-2002   Publication Committee (Chair) - Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • 1996-1998    American Heart Association Research Committee - Nevada Affiliate
  • 1995-2002   Publication Committee - Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • 1993            George A. Bartholomew Award Committee - American Society of Zoologists (Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry)
  • 1991-1992     Standing Committee on Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Systematics Agenda 2000, NSF
  • 1990              Nomination Committee for Executive Committee, Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, American Society of Zoologists.
  • 1984-1986     Member of Executive Committee, Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Am. Soc. of Zoologists.
  • 1985               American Society of Zoologists (Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry): International Union of Biological Sciences (1988)- Program Committee
  • 1984              American Society of Zoologists (Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry): International Union of Physiological Sciences (1986)- Program Committee
  • 1984              American Society of Zoologists (Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry) - Committee for Selection of Best Student Paper
    National Research Funding Panels
  • 2004             American Heart Association – Western Region - Panel Member
  • 2004             STEP Undergraduate Education Panel - National Science Foundation - Panel Member  
  • 2001             Animal Biology Experimentation Flight Panel, NASA,  - Panel Chair 
  • 1998-2001    Integrative Animal Biology - National Science Foundation - Panel Member 
  • 1997             Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education - National Science Foundation                             - Panel Member 
  • 1992              Outstanding Young Investigator Awards -National Science Foundation - Panel Member
  • 1986              International Programs: Postdoctoral Fellowships - National Science Foundation - Panel Member 

Membership in Science Advisory Boards

  • 2006-Pres.    National Science Foundation Advisory Board – Biology Directorate
  • 2002 -present   External Advisory Board, North Dakota State NSF-EPSCoR Program

  • 2002-2004       Research Advisory Council, Biotechnology Research Partnership (BRP)
                             Consortium with Univ. Texas, Arlington, Univ. of North Texas Health
                            Science Center and Univ. of North Texas, Member. 

  • 2001- present   Science Advisory Board, Bigelow Aerospace Corporation, Member   

  • 2000                Science Advisory Board, National Institute for Discovery  Science, Chair    
  • 1998-present    Science Advisory Board, National Institute for Discovery Science, Member 
  • 1996-1998        Corporate Board of Directors, National Institute for Discovery Science,  Member, 
ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING CONDUCTED
  • 2001    Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences - Facilitator for "New Deans Workshop", Williamsburg, VA.
  • 2000   United Arab Emirates University - Conducted Training Workshop on "Effective Resource Management" for University Deans and Chairs.
  MEMBERSHIP IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
  • 1999-present   Texas Association of Deans of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • 1995-1997   American Conference of Academic Deans
  • 1995-present    Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995-1997   Rocky Mountain Deans Association

TEACHING AND GRADUATE MENTORING

  CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

  University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Dept. of Biological Sciences (1992-1996)

  • Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Bioenergetics
  • Ethics in Science
University of Massachusetts, Department of Zoology (1978-1991)
  • Introductory Zoology
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Introductory Physiology
  • Comparative Physiology
  • Physiology Laboratory
  • Topics in Respiratory Physiology
  • Member of Undergraduate Program in Marine and Coastal Sciences
  • Member of Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Behavior
  • Member of Graduate Program in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
  University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology (1977)
  • Animal Physiology
  University of East Anglia (1973-1976)
  • Demonstrator in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Physiology
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy
  • Vertebrate and Invertebrate Morphology

GRADUATE STUDENTS MENTORED (as Major Advisor)

  Doctors of Philosophy

  • Fernando Mendez-Sanchez - Current Student
  • Kelly Reyna - Current Student
  • Hunter Vals - Current Student
  • Francis Pan - Current Student 
  •  Greta Bolin – 2009.  Incubation humidity as an environmental stressor on the osmoregulatory developmental program of the chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus. University of North Texas.
  • Tara Blank - 2009. Cardio-respiratory ontogeny and the transition to bimodal respiration in an air-breathing fish, the blue gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus): Morphological and physical development in normoxia and hypoxia. University of North Texas.
  • Dao Ho - 2008.  "Morphological and Physiological Developmental Consequences of Parental Effects in the Chicken Embryo (Gallus gallus domesticus) and the Zebrfish Larva (Danio rerio)
  • Bonnie Myer – 2007. "A contravention of established principles of interspecific allometric metabolic scaling in developing silkworms, Bombyx mori. "  University of North Texas.
  • Brian Bagatto, 2001.  The Developmental Physiology of the Zebrafish:  Influence of Environment on Metabolic and Cardiovascular Attributes.  University of North Texas.
  • Dane Crossley, 1999. Developoment of Cardiovascular Regulation in Embryos of the Domestic Fowl (Gallus gallus), with Partial Comparison to Embryos of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizi). University of North Texas.
  • Paul Territo, 1996. "The Ontogeny of Cardio-Respiratory Support for Metabolism", University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • Tobias Wang, 1993 (co-advisor) "Control of Breathing and Arterial Blood Gases in Reptiles and Amphibians", University of Aarhus, Denmark, and University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • Lucy Ping-Chun Hou, 1991. "Development of Hemodynamic Regulation in the African Clawed Toad Xenopus laevis", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • XiXi Jia, 1991. "Chemoreceptor Modulation of Gill Ventilation in the Larval Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Robert Infantino, 1991. "Ontogeny of Ventilatory Regulation in the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Carl Reiber, 1991. "The Hemodynamics of the Crustacean Open Circulatory Systems: Hemolymph Flow in the Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and the lobster (Homarus americanus)", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Peter Kimmel, 1990. "Ontogeny of the Regulation of Cardiovascular Physiology in the Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Alan Pinder, 1985. "Respiratory Physiology of the Frogs Rana pipiens and Rana catesbeiana: Influence of Temperature and Hypoxia", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Dana Quinn, 1982. "The Exercise Physiology of Rana catesbeiana during Recovery from Exercise to Exhaustion", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Masters of Science / Masters of Arts in Science
  • Sylvia Ruck, Current Student
  • Matt Gore, 2007. “Influence of parental swimming stamina on the cardiac and metabolic perforamance of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) University of North Texas.
  • Marc Wuerdeman, M.Sc.
  • Sheva Khorrami, 2004. M.Sc. " Hematocrit, Hematocrit Regulation and its Effect On Oxygen Consumption in the Late Stage Chicken Embryos (Gallus gallus). University of North Texas.
  • Jessie Brown, 2004. M.Sc. " Heart Rate and Oxygen Consumption During the Critical Prenatal Period in Chicken Embryos (Gallus gallus): Influence of Light Cues and the Onset of Pulmonary Ventilation."  University of North Texas.
  • Juli Black, 2003. M.Sc. "Developmental patterns of metabolism and hematology in the late stage chicken embryo (Gallus domesticus) at two incubation temperatures".   University of North Texas.
  • Nora Elmonoufy, 2003.  M.Sc.  "Differential Effects of ` Hypoxia on Morphology and Hematology of the Quail Coturnix coturnix".   University of North Texas.
  • Natasha Capell, 2002, M. Sc. 
  • Brett Clarke, 1999, M.Sc. "The Influence of Blood Flow on Angiogenesis in the 3 Day Chick Embryo"
  • Shilpa Thaker, 1998, M.A.Sc. Changes in Dorsal Aortic Diameter in Day 3 chicken embryos in Response to Invasive Sham Aortic Ligation: Assessment of the Ligation Technique.
  • Dulynn Hastings, 1994. M.Sc. "The Metabolic Rate of Xenopus laevis: Interactional Influences of Development and Short Term Hypoxia", University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • Henry Bermudez, 1994. M.Sc. "The Mechanism and Function of Transient Pressure fluctuations occurring in the lungs During Diving in the Turtle, Trachemys [=pseudemys] scripta elegan", University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • Lucy Ping-Chun Hou. 1987. M.Sc. "Allometry of Cardiac and Hematological Variables in Developing Mice (Mus musculus): Intraspecific vs. Interspecific Allometry", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Rosalba Sacca, 1982. M.Sc. "Oxygen Partitioning Between the Skin, Gills and Lungs of the Air-Breathing Reedfish, Calamoicthys calabaricus", University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS SUPERVISED
  • Dao Ho (2008-     )
  • Bonnie Myer (2007-2008)
  • Edward Dzialowski (1999-2002)
  • Jordi Altimiras (American Heart Association Fellow) (1995-1997)
  • Regina Fritsche (1994-1995)
  • Tobias Wang (1993-1994)
  • Stephen Warburton (NIH Fellow) (1992-1994)
  • Francis Ragsdale (1992-1993)
  • Andrew Gannon (1990-1992)
  • Alan Pinder (1985-1987)
  • Timothy Vitalis (Parker B. Francis Fellow) (1987-1990)
  • Bernd Pelster (German Research Council Fellow) (1989-1990)
  • Allan Smits (Parker B. Francis Fellow) (1984-1986)

GRANTS AND EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

  RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS

Federal and State Grants (PI or Co-PI)

  • 2008-2011 Natnl. Sci. Found. (SciSIP)  - $393,688
  • 2006-2010 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Int Biol and Neurosci)  - $677,227
  • 2002-2006 Natnl. Sci. Found .(Int Biol and Neurosci)  - $601,000
  • 2001-2002 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Math. Sci. Infra.) (Co-PI)  - $100,000
  • 2000-2002 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Internat. Programs) - $25,000
  • 2000-2002 Texas Advanced Research Program - $99,600
  • 1999-2000 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Int Biol and Neurosci) - $51,544
  • 1997-2001 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Int Biol. and Neurosci.) - $282,000
  • 1995-96 American Heart Association (Co-PI) - $24,722
  • 1993-1997 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Int Biol. and Neurosci.) - $382,000
  • 1990-93 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Intern. Prog.) - $34,562
  • 1989-92 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Phys. Proc.) - $234,500
  • 1986-89 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Reg. Biol.) - $242,000
  • 1985 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Reg. Biol.) (Co-PI) - $13,300
  • 1984 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Reg. Biol.) (Co-PI) - $3,000
  • 1983-86 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Reg. Biol.) - $275,190
  • 1980-83 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Reg. Biol.) - $100,850
  • 1980 Natnl. Sci. Found. (Instructional Sci. Equip. Program) (Co-PI) - $34,008
Private Foundation Grants and International Agencies
  • 1997 Max Baer Heart Fund - $5,000
  • 1992 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - $5,000
  • 1990 Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture - $5,000
  • 1990 State Government of Sao Paulo, Brazil -$3,500
  • 1988 Parker B. Francis Foundation (Co-PI) - $136,000
  • 1985 Puritan-Bennett Foundation (Co-PI) -$56,000
  • 1984 Puritan-Bennett Foundation (Co-PI) -$24,180
  University Grants (Competitive Review)
  • 1999 - Charn Uswachoke International Development Grant (UNT) - $3,600
  • 1992 - University Research Grant (UNLV) - $3,000
  • 1979-1988 Biomedical Research Support Grants(UMASS) (cumulative total) -$25,000
  • 1978-1987 Faculty Research Grant (UMASS) (cumulative total) -$17,820
  • 1983 Healey Endowment Grant (UMASS) - $4,800
  TRAINING GRANTS
  • 1995-96 Dept. of Energy Training Grant for Minority Students(Co-PI) - $29,663
  • 1995-96 NIH Bridges to the Future Program for Minority Students - (Co-PI) - $173,251
  EDITORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS
  • 2003-present.   Series Editor-In-Chief,  Ecological and Environmental Physiology, a monograph series published by Oxford University Press.

  • 1999   Guest editor for Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Vol 124A.
  • 1998-present Editorial Board, University of North Texas Press, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
  • 1988-1995 Editor-in-Chief, Physiological Zoology, published by University of Chicago Press, Journals Division
  • 1986-present Editorial Board, Zoophysiology, (monograph series published by Springer-Verlag, Berlin.)
  • 1986 Guest editor for Journal of Morphology: Centennial Supplement #1.
  MEMBERSHIPS IN LEARNED SOCIETIES
  • 1995-present American Physiological Society
  • 1987-1995 Council of Biology Editors
  • 1986-present American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (USA)
  • 1985-1989 Society For the Preservation of Old Fishes
  • 1978-1996 American Society of Zoologists
  • 1996-present Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology
  • 1973-1991 The Society for Experimental Biology (Britain)
  • 1972-1990 Canadian Society of Zoologists (Canada)
  FORMAL EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH/TRAINING ACTIVITIES
  • 1996 Invited Lecturer for Amphibian Physiology Section of "Graduate Topics in Biology". University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 1990 Invited Lecturer for Gas Transport and Circulation Section of "Graduate Topics in Comparative Physiology" University of California, Irvine
  • 1990 Visiting Professor, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 1985 Visiting Scholar, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • 1983 Visiting Investigator, Naos Marine Laboratory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
  • 1982 Invited Lecturer for Gas Transport and Circulation Section of "Graduate Topics in Comparative Physiology" University of California, Irvine
  • 1980 Visiting Investigator, Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark
  • 1979 Alpha Helix expedition to Palau, Western Caroline Islands
  • 1976 Visiting Lecturer, University of Aarhus, Denmark

SYMPOSIA AND SEMINARS

  INVITED SYMPOSIUM ADDRESSES

  • 2009 Symposium on Oxygen Stressors, Development And Adaptations Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • 2006 Symposium on Physiological Complexity: Recognition, Definitions, Modeling and Predictions,  American Physiological Society Comparative Physiology Conference, Virginia Beach, VA
  • 2004 Symposium on Ontogeny of Physiological Regulatory Mechanisms: Fitting into the Environment.  Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,  Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • 2002 Symposium on Cardiovascular Developmental Physiology.  Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • 2002  Bilateral Seminar for Cooperative Research on Development of Physiological Functions in Avian Embryos.  Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Japan
  • 2001 Symposium on “From First Beat to Last”. Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Canterbury, U.K.
  • 2000 Sixth International Workshop on "Perinatal Physiology in Birds".  Berlin, Germany
  • 1999  Symposium on "Functional Ontogeny of Organ Systems".  Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft.  Innsbruck, Austria.
  • 1997 International Symposium on “Animal Adaptation”.  Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.  “Developmental Physiology: Past, Present and Future”.
  • 1997  Workshop on “Animal Physiology Techniques”, National Taiwain Normal University, Department of Biology, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1997     Third Workshop on Comparative Physiology. "Physiological Changes During Ontogeny", Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 1997     International Workshop on "Homeostasis and Environment During Development. Gothenberg, Sweden.
  • 1995     American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "The Regulation of Arterial Blood Gases ", Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C.
  • 1995     International Symposium on Hypoxia, Session on "Comparative Physiology of Respiratory Pigments". Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
  • 1994     American Physiological Society Symposium on "Ontogeny of Cardiovascular Systems", San Diego, California
  • 1994     International Symposium on "Metabolism and Respiration in Vertebrates". Sao Carlos, Brazil
  • 1994     International Conference on "Environmental Physiology and Metabolism". Friedrichroda, Germany; Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1993     Italian Association of Cardiovascular Sciences: "International Workshop on Determinants of Cardiac Shape and Function". Trento, Italy
  • 1992     American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "The Form and Function of Open and Closed Circulations", Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  • 1991     American Society of Zoologists Symposium Current Perspectives on the "Evolution, ecology and Comparative Physiology of Bimodal Breathing", Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • 1990     Plenary Lecture", Japanese Society of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Japan
  • 1990     Symposium on "Gas Exchange, Gas Transport, and Acid-base Regulation in Lower Vertebrates" - Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine Gottingen, West Germany
  • 1990 American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "The Publication Process", Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
  • 1990     American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "The Complete Crab: Physiological Ecology of Everyday Life and Special Events", Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
  • 1990     American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "Amphibian Metamorphosis", Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
  • 1989     International Union of Physiological Sciences - Satellite Symposium on "Strategies on Physiological Adaptation", Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1988     Spring Systematics Symposium on "Evolutionary Innovations: Pattern and Processes", Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1986     American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "Cutaneous Exchange of Gases and Ions", Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1986     International Union of Physiological Sciences - Satellite Symposium on "Diving and Hypometabolism", Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1986     National Science Foundation Workshop on "New Directions in Physiological Ecology", Washington, D.C.
  • 1986     Society for Experimental Biology Symposium on "Bimodal Respiration", Nottingham, England
  • 1986     Canadian Society of Zoologists Symposium on "Respiratory Strategies in Non-mammalian Vertebrates", Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada
  • 1985     NATO Conference on "Evolutionary Biology of Primitive Fishes", Bamfield Marine Station, Vancouver Island, Canada
  • 1984     American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "The Biology and Evolution of Lungfishes", Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
  • 1984     American Society of Zoologists Symposium on "Cardiovascular Adaptations in Reptiles", Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
  • 1984     Alfred Benzon Foundation Symposium on "Cardiovascular Shunts: Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic and Clinical Aspects", Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1983     International Union of Physiological Sciences Satellite Symposium on "Respiration and Metabolism in Embryonic Vertebrates", University of Adelaide, Australia
  • 1982     Symposium on "Gas Exchange, Gas Transport, and Acid-base Regulation in Lower Vertebrates" - Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine Gottingen, West Germany
  CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZING
  • 2006 Organizer of Symposium on Physiological Complexity: Recognition, Definitions, Modeling and Predictions,  American Physiological Society Comparative Physiology Conference, Virginia Beach, VA
  • 2002     Co-organizer of International Roundtable on Comparative Developmental Physiology,  Glen Rose, Texas
  • 1999     Co-organizer of International Symposium on Crustacean Physiology, International Union of Biological Sciences, Calgary, Alberta Canada.
  • 1998     Co-organizer of International Symposium on Cardiac Rhythms in Animals: Regulation, Development and Environmental Influences, Muroran, Japan.
  • 1995     Co-organizer of International Union of Biological Sciences Symposium on Amphibian Models in the Study of Transcapillary and Lymphatic Fluid Movement, Manchester, England
  • 1994     Organizer of American Physiological Society Symposium on Ontogeny of Cardiovascular Systems, San Diego, California
  • 1994     Co-organizer of International Workshop on Developmental Physiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 1988     Co-organizer of International Union of Biological Sciences Symposium on Comparative Physiology of Tissue Fluid Balance, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • 1986     Co-organizer of National Science Foundation Workshop on New Directions in Physiological Ecology, Washington, D.C
  • 1986     Co-organizer of American Society of Zoologists Symposium on Cutaneous Exchange of Gases and Ions, Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1985     Co-organizer of Alfred Benzon Foundation Symposium on Cardiovascular Shunts: Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic and Clinical Aspects. Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1985     Co-organizer of American Society of Zoologists Symposium on Cardiovascular Adaptations in Reptiles, Denver, Colorado
  INSTITUTIONAL SEMINARS (INVITED)

 United States

  • Arizona, University of - Biology
  • Arizona State University - Zoology
  • Boston University - Biology
  • Brookhaven College - Biology
  • Brown University - Physiology (2 occasions)
  • California, Irvine, University of - Cellular/Developmental Biology
  • California, Los Angeles, University of - Medical School
  • Chicago, University of - Anatomy (2 occasions)
  • Colorado, University of - Population/Organismic Biology
  • Connecticut, University of - Biology
  • Dartmouth University - Physiology (2 occasions)
  • Eastern Connecticut State University - Biology
  • Illinois, University of - Physiology and Biophysics
  • Harvard Medical School - Cardiology
  • Kalamazoo College - Biology
  • Loma Linda University - Physiology
  • Lovelace Medical Center - Bioengineering (2 occasions)
  • Lovelace Medical Center - Oxygen Transport Group
  • Massachusetts, University of, Amherst - Zoology
  • Massachusetts, University of, Amherst - Biology
  • Mount Holyoke College, Mass. - Biology (2 occasions)
  • Nevada, Reno, University of - Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology
  • Nevada, Las Vegas, University of - Biology (2 occasions)
  • New Mexico, University of - Physiology (2 occasions)
  • New Mexico, State University - Biology
  • North Dakota, University of - Biology
  • North Texas, University of, Health Sciences Center - Integrative Physiology
  • North Texas, University of, Health Sciences Center - Cellular and Molecular Biolology
  • North Texas, University of - Biology
  • Northeastern University -Zoology
  • Northern Arizona University - Biology
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Biology
  • Rutgers University, - Biology
  • San Diego, University of - Biology

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Physiol. Research. Lab.

  • Texas, Arlington, University of - Biology
  • Texas, University of - South Western Medical Center - Pulmonary Division
  • Texas, Austin, University of - Marine Science Laboratory
  • Texas A&M University - Biology Department
  • Texas Womans University - Biology
  • Toledo, University of - Biology
  • Tulsa University - Biology
  • Wellesley College, Mass. - Biology
  • Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
International

Australia

  • Baker Cardiovascular Research Institute, Melbourne
  • Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne - Pediatrics
  • Melbourne, University of - Zoology
Brazil
  • Sao Paulo, University of - Physiology
  • Ribeiro Preto Campus, University of Sao Paulo - Physiology
  • Rio Claro Campus, University of Sao Paulo - Zoology
  • Federal University of Sao Carlos - Biology
Canada
  • Acadia University - Biology
  • University of British Columbia – Zoology (3 occasions)
  • University of Calgary - Biology (2 occasions)
  • Dalhousie University - Anatomy, Biology
  • McMaster University - Zoology
  • Mount Allison University - Biology
  • University of Saskatchewan - Physiology
  • St. Francis Xavier University - Biology
Denmark
  • University of Aarhus - Zoophysiology (2 occasions)
England
  • University of East Anglia - Biological Sciences
Mexico
  • Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico - Biology

Panama

  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Puerto Rico
  • University of the Central Caribbean - Department of Physiology
  • University of Puerto Rico - Department of Biology
  • University of Puerto Rico - Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Japan
  • Muroran Institute of Technology - Electrical Engineering
  • Muroran Institute of Technology - International Programs
  • Yamagata University School of Medicine - Physiology
  • Yamagata University Hospital
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University - Biology
Taiwan
  • National Taiwan University - Zoology
  • National Taiwan Normal University - Biology
  • Academia Sinica - Institute of Zoology (2 occasions)

 

REVIEWING, CONSULTING AND TRAINING

  Program Evaluation, Site Visits, and Training Workshops Conducted  

2004

  • Undergraduate Core Curriculum Development for the Prince Mohammed University, Saudi Arabia, Facilitated by the Texas International Education Consortium

  • Auburn University, Five-Year Evaluation of Cellular and Molecular Biology Program.  

2003

  • Indiana University Terre Haute, Department of Biological Sciences, Facilitated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  

  • State of North Dakota, NSF EPSCOR Evaluation for University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University.  

2002

  • State of North Dakota, NSF EPSCOR Evaluation for University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University.  

  • State of North Dakota, NSF EPSCOR Evaluation for University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University.

2001

  • Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Facilitated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.   

2000

  • United Arab Emirates University - Conducted Training Workshop on "Effective Resource Management" for University Deans and Chairs.

1999

  • Auburn University, Department of Biological Sciences, Facilitated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  

  • University of Idaho, Department of Biological Sciences, Facilitated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

1997

  • United Arab Emirates University - College of Sciences Evaluation 

1996

  • Western Washington University, College of Sciences, Facilitated by the Westat Corporation for the Undergraduate Instrumentation Program of the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. - 1996.

Personnel Searches

  • Consultant for selection of Associate Professor in Comparative Physiology - University of Helsinki, Finland.
  • Consultant for selection of Assistant Professor in Zoology – Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

Reviewing for Journals

  • American Journal of Anatomy
  • American Journal of Physiology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole)
  • Canadian Journal of Zoology
  • Ecology
  • Fieldiana Zoology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Herpetologica
  • Journal of Applied Physiology
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology
  • Journal of Morphology
  • Marine Behaviour and Physiology
  • Natural History
  • Nature
  • Physiological Reviews
  • Physiological Zoology
  • Science – articles, book reviews

Reviewing for Funding Agencies

  • NASA
  • National Science Foundation Biology Directorate (multiple programs); Undergraduate Instrumentation;- International Programs
  • Research Corporation
  • Hudson River Foundation
  • Jefrees Trust
  • Louisiana Board of Regents
  • Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Australian Research Council
  • American Heart Association
  • Mass. Water Resources Board
  • NATO - Scientific Affairs Division
  • The Canada Council
  • New Zealand Federal Research
  • British Federal Research
  •  Netherlands Council for the Earth and Life Sciences

Consulting for Publishers

  • Academic Press
  • Benjamin/Cummings
  • Blackwell
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Chapman and Hall
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • W. H. Freeman
  • Graduate Record Exam
  • Harper and Row
  • Houghton Mifflin
  • Iowa State University Press
  • National Geographic Publications
  • Oxford University Press
  • Pearson Publishing
  • Prentice-Hall
  • Saunders College Publishing
  • Sinauer Associates
  • Times Mirror/Mosby
  • Willard Grant
  • William C. Brown
  • University of North Texas Press
  • Van Nostrand

Other Consulting - Advising

  • Texas International Education Consortium
  • University of the Central Caribbean - Department of Physiology
  • International Isotopes Incorporated
  • Bigelow Aerospace Corporation 
  • Jwala Technologies, Inc. (Director)
  • Lucid Med Tec II, Inc. (Chief Scientific Officer)

PUBLICATIONS

 

BOOKS (Authored or Co-authored)

BOOKS (Edited or Co-edited)

BOOK CHAPTERS

BOOK REVIEWS

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (Excluding Abstracts)

 

 

BOOKS (Authored or Co-authored)

 

2008 

(8) - Burggren, W.W. , Bagatto, B., Brewster, J. and Hester, L.  Study Guide for Biological Science.  Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.  3rd Ed.

 

2005 

(7) - Burggren, W.W. , Bagatto, B., Brewster, J. and Hester, L.  Study Guide for Biological Science.  Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.  2nd Ed.

 

2002 

(6) -  Burggren, W.W. and Hester, L.  Study Techniques for the Sciences.  Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

 

(5) - Burggren, W.W. , Bagatto, B., Brewster, J. and Hester, L.  Study Guide for Biological Science.  Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

 

2001

(4) - Randall, D. J., Burggren, W.W., and French, K. Animal Physiology. 5th Edition. W. H. Freeman, New York. 

 

(3) - Minor, V.C., Dzialowski, E.D., Burggren, W.W., Goodloe, L. and Guild, N. Study Guide to Accompany Life, the Science of Biology, 6th ed. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA.

 

1997

(2) - Randall, D. J., Burggren, W.W., and French, K. Eckert Animal Physiology. 4th Edition. W. H. Freeman, New York.

1981

(1) - Randall, D.J., Burggren, W.W., Haswell, M.S. and Farrell, A.P. The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.
 

 

BOOKS (Edited or Co-edited)

 

2006

(7) - Warburton, S., Burggren, W.W.,  Pelster, B., Reiber, C, and Spicer, J.  Comparative Developmental Physiology.   Oxford University Press, New York.      

 

1997

(6) - Burggren, W.W. and B. Keller. Editors. Development of Cardiovascular Systems: Molecules to Organisms. Cambridge University Press, New York.

 

1992

(5) - Feder, M.E. and Burggren, W.W.,Editors. Environmental Physiology of the Amphibia. Universiity of Chicago Press, Chicago.

 

1988

(4) - Burggren, W.W. and McMahon. B., Editors. Biology of the Land Crabs. Cambridge University Press, New York.

 

1987

(3) - Feder, M.E., Bennett, A. F., Burggren, W.W., and Huey, R. Editors. New Directions in Physiological Ecology. Cambridge University Press, New York.

(2) - Bemis,W., Burggren, W.W. and Kemp, N., Editors. The Biology and Evolution of Lungfishes. Alan R. Liss, New York.

 

1985

(1) - Johansen, K. and Burggren, W.W., Editors. Cardiovascular Shunts: Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic and Clinical Aspects. Munksgaard, Copenhagen.
 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS
 

2009
(31) - Burggren, W.W. and Pan, T-C.  Chemoreceptive control of ventilation in amphibians and air-breathing fishes.  Structure, Evolution and Function of the Airway Chemoreceptors in the Vertebrates.  Eds. Zaccone, G., Cutz, E. Adriaensen, D., Nurse, C. and Mauceri, A.  Science Publishers, Enfield, N.H.

2008

(30) - Burggren, W.W. and Bagatto, B.  Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology of Larval Fishes.   In: Fish Larval Physiology.  Eds. N. Finn, B.G. Kapoor.  Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.    PDF

 

2007

(29) - Burggren, W.W. and Reiber, CL.  Evolution of Cardiovascular Systems.  In: The Endothelium: A Comprehensive Reference.  Ed. W. Aird.  Cambridge University Press. PDF

 

2006

(28) - Yoneta, H., Fukazawa, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H. 2006. Does sequence of exposure to altered ambient temperatures affect the endothermic heart rate response of newly hatched chicks? In: New Insights into Fundamental Physiology and Perinatal Adaptation of Domestic Fowl. Eds. S.Yahav and B. Tzschentke, Nottingham Univ. Press, UK. P. 15-28.

 

(27) - Fukuoka, S., Khandoker, A.H., Dzialowski, E.M.Burggren, W.W. and Tazawa, H.  Development of endothermic heart rateresponse in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) embryos.  In: New Insights into Fundamental Physiology and Perinatal Adaptation of Domestic Fowl.  Eds. S. Yahav and B. Tzchentke.  Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK. pp. 29-42.

 

(26)  -  Burggren, W. W.   Complexity change during physiological development.  In: Comparative Developmental Physiology.  Eds: Warburton, S., Burggren, W.W., Pelster, B., Reiber, C, and Spicer, J.   Oxford University Press, New York  PDF

 

2002

(25)  -  Burggren, W. W.   Form, Function and the Nature of Adapation.  In:  Biological Science,  by S. Freeman. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New  Jersey.

 

1998

(24) - Wang, T. B., Smits, A. W., and Burggren, W.W. Pulmonary function in reptiles. In: Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 19, Morphology C. C. Gans and A. Gaunt. Editors. pp. 297-374. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, St. Louis, MO.

 

1997

(23) - Burggren, W.W. and Keller, B. Why Study Cardiovascular Development? In: Development of Cardiovascular Systems: Molecules to Organisms. Burggren, W.W. and B. Keller. Editors. pp. 1-4. University of Cambridge Press, New York.

 

(22) - Burggren, W.W. and Fritsche, R. Amphibian Cardiovascular Development. In: Development of Cardiovascular Systems: Molecules to Organisms. Burggren, W.W. and B. Keller. Editors. pp. 166-182. University of Cambridge Press, New York.

 

(21) - Keller, B. and Burggren, W.W. Future Directions in Developmental Cardiovascular Sciences. In: Development of Cardiovascular Systems: Molecules to Organisms. Burggren, W.W. and B. Keller. Editors. pp. 281-286. University of Cambridge Press, New York.

 

(20)- Burggren, W.W., Farrell, A. P. and Lillywhite, H. B. Vertebrate cardiovascular systems. In: Handbook of Comparative Physiology. W. Dantzler, Editor. pp. 215-308. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

 

1995

(19) - Burggren, W.W. and Territo, P. Early Development of Blood Oxygen Transport. In: Hypoxia and Brain. J. Houston and J. Coates. (eds.) pp:45-56. Queen City Printer, Burlington, Vermont.

 

(18)- Burggren, W.W. Central cardiovascular function in amphibians: qualitative influences of phylogeny, ontogeny and seasonality. In: Mechanisms of Systemic Regulation: Vol. 1 Respiration and Circulation. N. Heisler (ed.). pp. 175-197. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

 

1992

(17) - Reiber, C.L., McMahon, B.R. and Burggren, W.W. Redistribution of cardiac output in response to hypoxia: a comparison of the freshwater crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, and the lobster, Homarus americanus. In: Phylogenetic Models in Functional Coupling of the CNS and the Cardiovascular System. Comparative Physiology vol. 11:22-28. R.B. Hill, K. Kuwasawa, B.R. McMahon and T. Kuramoto (eds.). Basel, Karger.

 

(16) - Burggren, W.W. Respiratory Metamorphosis during the Water-to-Land Transitions in Developing Vertebrates and Invertebrates. In: The Vertebrate Gas Transport Cascade: Adaptations to Environment and Mode of Life. Editors, E. Bicudo, M. Glass and A. Abe. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl.

 

(15) - Burggren, W.W. and Just, J.J. Developmental changes in Amphibian physiological systems. In: Environmental Physiology of the Amphibia. Editors, M.E. Feder and W.W. Burggren. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

 

(14) - Burggren, W.W. The Importance of an Ontogenetic Perspective in Physiological Studies: Amphibian Cardiology as a Case Study. In: Physiological Adaptations in Vertebrates:  Respiration, Circulation and Metabolism. Editor S.C. Wood, R. Weber, A. Hargens and R., Millard. Dekker, New York. pp. 235-253.

 

1991

(13) - Burggren, W., McMahon, B., and Powers, D. Blood. In: Comparative Animal Physiology, 4th Edition. Editor C. Ladd Prosser. Wiley, New York. pp. 437-508.

 

(12) - Burggren, W. and Roberts, J. Respiration and Metabolism. In: Comparative Animal Physiology, 4th Edition. Editor C. Ladd Prosser. Wiley, New York. pp. 353-435.

 

(11) - Burggren, W.W. Does comparative respiratory physiology have a role in evolutionary biology (and vice versa)? In: Comparative Insights into Strategies for Gas Exchange and Metabolism. Editors, A.J. Woakes, M.K. Grieshaber, and C.R Bridges. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1-13

 

1990

(10) - Burggren, W.W. and Bemis, W.E. Studying physiological evolution: Paradigms and pitfalls. In: Evolutionary Innovations: Patterns and Processes. Editor M.H. NItecki. Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 191-228

 

1989

(9) - Burggren, W.W. The structure and function of amphibian lungs. In: Comparative Pulmonary Physiology: Current Concepts. Editor S. Wood. Dekker, New York. pp. 153-192.

 

1988

(8) - Burggren, W.W. and McMahon, B.R. Circulation In: Biology of the Land Crabs. Editors W. W. Burggren and B.R. McMahon. Cambridge University Press, New York. pp. 298-332.

(7) - McMahon, B.R. and Burggren, W. W. Respiration In: Biology of the Land Crabs. Editors W. W. Burggren and B.R. McMahon. Cambridge University Press, New York. pp. 249-297.

 

1987

(6) - Burggren, W.W. Invasive and Non-invasive Methodologies in Physiological Ecology: A Plea for Integration. In: New Directions in Physiological Ecology. Editors, Feder, M.E., Bennett, A. F., Burggren, W.W., and Huey, R. Cambridge University Press, New York. pp. 251-272.

 

1986

(5) - Burggren, W.W., Johansen, K. and McMahon, B.R. Respiration in primitive fishes. In: The Biology of Primitive Fishes. Editors R.E. Foreman, A. Gorbman, J. M. Dodd and R. Olsson. Plenum, New York. pp. 217-252.

 

1985

(4) - Feder, M.E. and Burggren, W.W. The regulation of cutaneous gas exchange in vertebrates. In: Current Topics and Trends: Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Vol. A: Respiration, Circulation, Metabolism. Editor R. Gilles. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 101-113.

(3) - Burggren, W.W. Hemodynamics and Regulation of Cardiovascular Shunts in Reptiles. In: Cardiovascular Shunts: Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic and Clinical Aspects. Editors K. Johansen and W. Burggren. Munksgaard, Copenhagen. pp 121-142.

 

1984

(2) Burggren, W.W.  Transition of Respiratory Processes during Amphibian Metamorphosis:  From Egg to Adult.  In: Respiration and Metabolism in Embryonic Vertebrates.  Editor R. Seymour, Junk, The Hague.  pp. 31-53.

 

1980

(1)- Johanson, K. and Burggren, W.W. Cardiovascular Function in Lower Vertebrates. In: Hearts and Heart-like Organs. Editor G. Bourne. Academic Press, New York. pp. 61-117.

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

1997
(2)- Burggren, W.W. Review of "Air Breathing Fishes. Evolution, Diversity and Adaptation by Jeffrey B. Graham. Science. 277:1056-1057.

 

1994

(1)- Burggren, W.W. Review of "Air Breathing Fishes of India" by J.S. Datta Munshi and G.M. Hughes. Copeia1994(3):

 

 

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (Excluding Abstracts)

 

2010

(141)  Burggren, W.W.  Implementation of the National Science Foundation's 'broader impacts':  Efficiency considerations and alternative approaches.  Social Epistemology.  In Press.

(140) Blossman-Myer, B. and Burggren, W.W.  Metabolic allometry during development and metamorphosis of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Analyses, patterns and mechanisms.  Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology.  In Press.

2009

(139) Ho, D. and Burggren, W.W.  Epigenetics and transgerational transfer: a physiological perspective.  Journal of Experimental Bioogy.  In Press.

(138) Burggren, W.W. and Blank, T.  Physiological study of larval fishes: challenges and opportunities. 73S1.Scientia Marina.  In Press.

 

(137) – Crossley, D III and Burggren, W.W. Development of cardiac form and function in reptiles.  Journal of Morphology.  In Press.

 

(136) Fernández-Mongil, M., Venza, C., Rivera, A., Lasalde-Dominicci, J.A., Burggren, W. and Rojas, L.V.  Triiodothyronine (T3) action on locomotor behavior during metamorphosis of the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana.  International Journal of Developmental Biology.  53:101-108. PDF

 

2008

 

(135)  Khorrami, S., Tazawa, H., and Burggren, W.  'Blood-doping' effects on hematocrit regulation and oxygen consumption in late-state chicken embryos (Gallus gallus).  Journal of Experimental Biology. 211 (6):883-9 PDF

 

2007

 

(134) Fisher, S.A. and Burggren, W.W. Role of hypoxia in the evolution and development of the cardiovascular system. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 9(9):1339-52. PDF

 

(133) Perry, S and Burggren, W.  Why respiratory biology? The meaning and significance of respiration and its integrative study.  Integrative and Comparative Biology. 47(4):506-509. PDF

 

(132) Burggren, W.W. and Warburton, S.  Amphibians as animal models in physiological studies.   Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal.  48(3):260-269. PDF

 

(131) Yoneta, H., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H.  Endothermic heart rate response in broile and White Leghorn chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) during the firt two days of post-hatch life.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A. 147(2):529-535. PDF

 

2006

 

(130) - Dzialowski, E. M., Burggren, W. W., Komoro, T. and Tazawa, H.  Development of endothermic metabolic response in embryos and hatchlings of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae).  Respir. Physiol.and Neurobiol.  155:286-292. PDF

 

(129) Bagatto, B and Burggren, W.  A three-dimensional functional assessment of heart and vessel development in the larva of the zebrafish (Danio rerio).  Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology.  79(1):194-201. PDF

 

2005

(128) -  Burggren, W.W.  Developing animals flout prominent assumptions of ecological physiology.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 141(4):430-439.  PDF

 

(127) - Burggren, W.W.  and Monticino, M.G.  Assessing Physiological Complexity.  Journal of Experimental Biology.  208:3221-3232.  PDF

 

(126) -  Chan, T. and Burggren, W.W.  Hypoxic incubation creates differential morphological effects during specific developmental critical windows in the embryo of the chicken (Gallus gallus).  Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology.  145:251-263. PDF

 

(125) -  Burggren, W.W.  and Warburton, S.J.  Comparative Developmental Physiology: An interdisciplinary convergence.  Annual Reviews of Physiology.  67:203-223.    PDF

 

2004

(124) - Moriya, K., Akiyama, R., Dzialowski, E. M., Burggren, W. W. and Tazawa, H. Development of heart rate circadian rhythms in chicks. Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews. 15: 211-218.  PDF

 

(123) - Tazawa, H., Chiba, Y., Khandoker, A. H., Dzialowski, E. M. and Burggren, W. W. Early development of thermoregulatory competence in chickens: responses of heart rate and oxygen uptake to altered ambient temperatures. Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews.  15: 166-176 PDF

 

(122) Burggren, W.W., Khorrami, S., Pinder, A. and Sun, T.  Body, eye and chorioallantoic vessel growth are not dependent upon cardiac output levels in day 3-4 chicken embryos.  American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory and Integrative Physiology. 287:R1399-R1406. PDF

(121) Burggren, W.W. and Vitalis, T.Z.  The interplay of cutaneous water loss, gas exchange and blood flow in the toad, Bufo woodhousei:  Adaptations in a terrestrially-adapted amphibian.  Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 105-112. PDF

 

(120)   Burggren, W.W.  What is the purpose of the embryonic heart beat? or How facts can ultimately prevail over physiological dogma. Physiol. Biochem. Zool.  77:333-345.  PDF

 

(119)  Black, J. and Burggren, W.W.  Acclimation to hypothermic incubation in developing chicken embryos (Gallus domesticus): I. Developmental effects and chronic and acute metabolic adjustments.  Journal of Experimental Biology.   207:1543-1552.  PDF

(118)  Black, J. and Burggren, W.W.  Acclimation to hypothermic incubation in developing chicken embryos (Gallus domesticus): II. Hematological and blood O2 transport.  Journal of Experimental Biology.  207:1553-1561. PDF

 

(117) - Khandoker, A.H., Fukazawa, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W. and Tazawa, H.  (2004)  Maturation of the homeothermic response of heart rate to altered ambient temperature in developing chick hatchlings (Gallus gallus domesticus). American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 286:R129-R137.  PDF

 

2003

(116) Khandoker, A. H.,  Dizalowski, E. M., Burggren, W. W.  and Tazawa,H.  2003. Cardiac rhythms of late pre-pipped and pipped chick embryos exposed to altered oxygen environments", Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.  A 136:289-299. PDF

 

(115)  Burggren, W.W., Crossley, D III, Rogowitz, G. and Thompson, D.  Clutch effects explain heart rate variation in embryonic frogs (cave coqui, Eleutherodactylus cooki).    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76(5):672-678. 2003.  PDF

 

(114) - Crossley  II, D., Bagatto, B., Dzialowski, E and Burggren, W.  Maturation of cardiovascular control mechanisms in the embryonic emu (Dromiceius novaehollandiae).  Journal of Experimental Biology.  206(15):2703-2710.  PDF

 

(113) - Spicer, J. I. and Burggren, W. W.  2003. Development of Physiological Regulatory Systems: Altering the Timing of Crucial Events.  Zoology 106:91-99 PDF

 

(112) - Tamura, A., Akiyama, R., Chiba, Y., Moriya, K., Dzialowski, E. M., Burggren, W. W. and Tazawa, H.  Heart rate responses to cooling in emu hatchlings.  Comparative  Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A 134:829-838. PDF

 

(111) - Crossley, DA, II., Burggren, W.W. and Altimiras, J.  Cardiovascular regulation during hypoxia in embryos of the domestic chicken Gallus gallus.  American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.  284, 219-226.   PDF

 

2002

(110) - Burggren, W. and Crossley, D. A. II.  Comparative cardiovascular development: improving the conceptual framework.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.  A 132:661-674.  PDF

 

(109) -  Moriya, K., Katao, K. Matsumura, M. Dzialowski, E. Burggren, W. W. and Tazawa, H. Cardiac rhythms in developing emu hatchlings.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A. 131(4):787-795.  PDF

 

(108) - Xu, X., Meiler, S. E.,  Zhong, T. P.,  Mohideen, M.,  Crossley, D. A.,  Burggren,  W. and Fishman, M. (2002).  Cardiomyopathy in zebrafish due to mutation in an alternatively spliced exon of titin.  Nature Genetics, 30( 1). PDF

 

(107) - Kato, K., Moriya, K., Dzialowski, E., Burggren, W. W. and Tazawa, H. 2001. Cardiac rhythms in prenatal and perinatal emu embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A131(4):775-85.  PDF

 

(106) - Dzialowski, E.M., von Plettenberg, D., Elmonoufy, N. and Burggren, W.W.   2001.   Chronic hypoxia effects on the physiology and morphology of developing chicken embryos.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A 131(4):713-24.  PDF

 

2001

(105) - Bagatto, B., Pelster, B. and Burggren, W.W.  2001.  Growth and metabolism in larval zebrafish: Effects of swim training.   The Journal of Experimental Biology  204:4335-4343.  PDF

 

 

2000

(104) - Burggren, W. W., Warburton, S. J. and Slivkoff, M.D.  2000.   Interruption of cardiac output does not affect short term growth and metabolism in day 3 and 4 chick embryos. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 3831-3838.  PDF

 

(103) - Bagatto, B., Crossley, D. and Burggren, D.  2000.  Physiological variability in neonatal armadillo quadruplets:  within and between litter differences.  The Journal of Experimental Biology  203(11):1733-1740. PDF

 

(102) -  Burggren, W. W. Developmental physiology, animal models, and the August Krogh principle. Zoology-Analysis of Complex Systems 102(2-3): 148-156. PDF

 

(101) - Moriya, K., Pearson, J. T., Burggren, W.W., Ar, A. and Tazawa, H.  Continuous measurements of instantaneous heart rate and its fluctuations before and after hatching in chickens.   Journal of Experimental Biology.  203:895-903.  PDF

 

(100) - Smits, A.W., Burggren, W.W. and Oliveras, D.  Developmental changes in in vivo cardiac performance in the moth Manduca sexta.  Journal of Experimental Biology.  203(2):369-378.  PDF

 

1999
(99) - Tazawa, H., Burggren, W., and Ar, A.  Introduction: On the significance of cardiac rhythms.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.  124A:367-368. PDF

 

(98) – Burggren, W. W. . Genetic, environmental and maternal influences on embryonic cardiac rhythms.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.  124A:423-427. PDF

 

(97)   - Akiyama, R., Mitsubayashi, H., Tazawa, H. and Burggren, W.  Heart rate responses to altered ambient oxygen in early (day 3-9) chick embryos in the intact egg. Journal of  Comparative Physiology B 169:85-92. PDF

 

(96)   - Barrionuevo, W. R. and Burggren, W.W.  O2 consumption and heart rate in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio): influence of temperature and ambient O2.  Am. J. Physiol. 276:R505-R513.  PDF

 

1998

(95) - Burggren, W.W. Studying Physiological Development: Past, Present and Future. Biological Bulletin of the National Taiwan Normal University. 33(2):71-84. PDF

(94) - Territo, P. And Burggren, W.W. Cardio-respiratory ontogeny during chronic carbon monoxide induced hypoxemia in the clawed frog Xenopus laevis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 201 (9):1461-1472 PDF

 

1997

(93) - Jia, X.X. and Burggren, W.W. Developmental changes in chemoreceptive control of gill ventilation in larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). I. Reflex ventilatory responses to ambient hyperoxia, hypoxia and NaCN. Journal of Experimental Biology. 200:2229-2236. PDF

 

(92) - Jia, X.X. and Burggren, W.W. Developmental changes in chemoreceptive control of gill ventilation in larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). II. Site of O2-sensitive chemoreceptors. Journal of Experimental Biology. 200:2237-2248. PDF

 

(91) - Reiber, C.L., McMahon, B.R. and Burggren, W.W. Cardiovascular functions in two macruran decapod crustaceans (Procambarus clarkiiI and Homarus americanus) during periods of inactivity, tail flexon and cardiorespiratory pauses. Journal of Experimental Biology. 200:1103-1113. PDF

 

(90) - Burggren, W.W. Identifying and evaluating patterns in cardio-respiratory physiology. American Zoologist. 37:109-115.  PDF

 

1996

(89) - Fritsche, R. and Burggren, W.W. Developmental responses to hypoxia in larvae of the frog Xenopus laevis. American Journal of Physiology.271:R912-R917.  PDF

 

(88) - Pelster, B. and Burggren, W.W. Disruption of hemoglobin oxygen transport does not impact oxygen-dependent physiological processes in developing embryos of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Circulation Research 79:358-362. PDF

 

1995

(87) - Hou, P-C. L. And Burggren, W.W. Blood pressures and heart rate during larval development in the anuran amphibian Xenopus laevis. Amer. J. Physiol. 269:R1120-R1125.  PDF

 

(86) - Hou, P-C. L. And Burggren, W.W. Cardiac output and peripheral resistance during larval development in the anuran amphibian Xenopus laevis. Amer. J. Physiol. 269:R1126-R1132.  PDF

 

(85) - Hastings, D and Burggren, W. W. Developmental changes in oxygen consumption regulation in larvae of the South African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 198:2465-2475.  PDF

 

(84) - Burggren, W.W. and Fritsche, R. Cardiovascular measurements in animals in the milligram body mass range. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 28:1291-1305. PDF

 

(83) - Wang, T., Burggren, W. and Nobrega, E. Metabolic, ventilatory and acid-base responses associated with specific dynamic action in the toad, Bufo marinus. Physiological Zoology. 68(2):192-205. PDF

 

1994

(82) - Howe, R. S., Burggren, W.W. and Warburton, S. J. Fixed patterns of bradycardia during late embryonic development in domestic fowl with C locus pleiotropic mutations. American Journal of Physiology. 268:H56-H60.  PDF

 

(81) - Burggren, W.W. and Infantino, R.L. Jr. The respiratory transition from water to air breathing during amphibian metamorphosis. American Zoologist. 34:238-246. PDF

 

(80) - Burggren, W.W. and Warburton, S. Patterns of form and function in developing hearts: Contributions from non-mammalian vertebrates. Cardioscience 5(3):183-191. PDF

 

(79) -Tazawa, H, Watanabe, W. and Burggren, W. Embryonic heart rate in altricial birds, the pigeon (Columba domestica) and the bank swallow (Riparia riparia). Physiological Zoology. 67:1448-1460. PDF

 

(78) - Burggren, W.W., Tazawa, H. and Thompson, D. Intraspecific variability in avian embryonic heart rates: Potential genetic and maternal environment influences. Israel Journal of Zoology. 40:351-362. PDF

 

1993

(77) - Pelster, B., Burggren, W.W., Petrou, S. and Wahlqvist, I. Developmental changes in the acetylcholine influence on heart muscle of Rana catesbiana: In situ and in vitro effects. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 267:1-8. PDF

 

(76) - Burggren, W.W. Moreira, G.S. and Santos, M. C. F. Specific dynamic action and the metabolism of the brachyuran land cabs Ocypode quadrate (Fabricus, 1787), Goniopsis cruentata (Latreille, 1803) and Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 169(1993) 117-130. PDF

 

1992

(75) - Burggren, W.W. Respiration and circulation in land crabs: Novel variations on the marine design. American Zoologist. 32:417-427. PDF

 

(74) - Burggren, W.W., Bicudo, J.E., Glass, M.L. and Abe, A.S.  Development of blood pressure and cardiac reflexes in the frog Pseudis paradoxsus. American Journal of Physiology. 263:R602-R608.  PDF

 

73) - Burggren, W.W. and Bemis, W.E. Metabolism and ram gill ventilation in juvenile paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (Chondrostei: Polyodontidae). Physiological Zoology. 65:515-539. PDF

 

1991

(72) - McMahon, B.R., Burggren, W.W., Pinder, A.W., and Wheatly, M.G. Air exposure and physiological compensation in a tropical intertidal chiton, Chiton stokesii (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Physiological Zoology. 64(3):728-748.  

 

(71) - Burggren, W.W. and Pinder, A.W. Ontogeny of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology in Lower Vertebrates. Annual Reviews of Physiology 53:107-135.  PDF

 

(70) - Pelster, B. and Burggren, W.W. Central arterial hemodynamics in larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana): developmental and seasonal influences. American Journal of Physiology 260:R240-R246.  PDF

 

1990

(69) - Burggren, W.W., Infantino, R.L. and Townsend, D.L. Developmental changes in cardiac and metabolic physiology of the direct-developing tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Journal of Experimental Biology. 152:129-147. PDF

 

(68) - Burggren, W.W., Pinder, A.W., MCMahon, B.R., Doyle, M. and Wheatly, M.G. Heart rate and hemolymph pressure responses to hemolymph volume changes in the land crab Cardisoma guanhumi: Evidence for 'baroreflex' function. Physiological Zoology. 63:167-181. PDF

 

1989

(67) - Hou, P.-C. L. and Burggren, W.W. Interaction of allometry and development in the mouse Mus musculus; heart rate and hematology. Respiration Physiology 78:265-280. PDF

 

(66) - West, N.H., Smits, A.W. and Burggren, W.W. Factors terminating nonventilatory periods in the turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Respiration Physiology 77:337-350. PDF

 

(65) - Burggren, W.W., Smits, A.W. and Evans, B. Arterial oxygen homeostasis during diving in the turtle Cheldoina longicollis. Physiological Zoology. 62:668-686. PDF

 

1988

(64) - Burggren, W.W. Role of the central circulation in regulation of cutaneous gas exchange. American Zoologist 28:985-998. PDF

 

(63) - Burggren, W.W. Cardiac design in lower vertebrates: what can phylogeny reveal about ontogeny? Experentia. 44:919-929. PDF

 

(62) - Burggren, W.W. Cardiovascular responses to diving and their relation to lung and blood oxygen stores in vertebrates. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 66:20-28. PDF

 

1987

(61) - McMahon, B.R. and Burggren, W.W. Respiratory physiology of intestinal air breathing in the teleost fish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 133:371-394. PDF

 

(60) - Burggren, W.W., Dupre, R. K. and Wood, S. C. Allometry of red cell oxygen binding and hematology in larvae of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. Respiration Physiology. 70:73-84. PDF

 

(59) - Burggren, W.W. and Doyle, M. E. Ontogeny of regulation of gill and lung ventilation in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Respiration Physiology. 66:279-291. PDF

 

1986

(58) - Burggren, W.W. and Doyle, M. E. The action of acetylcholine upon heart rate changes markedly with development in bullfrogs. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 240:137-140.  PDF

 

(57) - Burggren, W.W. Form and function in reptilian circulations. American Zoologist. 27:5-19 PDF

 

(56) - Burggren, W. and Johansen, K. Circulation and respiration in lungfishes. Journal of Morphology Supplement 1:217-236. PDF

 

(55) - Pinder, A.W. and Burggren, W.W. Ventilation and partitioning of oxygen uptake in the frog Rana pipiens: Effects of hypoxia and activity. Journal of Experimental Biology. 126:453-468. PDF

 

(54) - Smits, A.W., West, N.H. and Burggren, W.W. Pulmonary fluid balance following pulmocutaneous baroreceptor denervation in the toad. Journal of Applied Physiology. 61:331-337. PDF

 

(53) - Burggren, W.W. and Doyle, M.E. Ontogeny of heart rate regulation in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. American Journal of Physiology. 251:R231-239. PDF

 

(52) - Burggren, W.W. and Feder, M.E. Effect of experimental ventilation of the skin on cutaneous gas exchange in the bullfrog. Journal of Experimental Biology. 121:445-450. PDF

 

(51) - Wheatly, M.G., McMahon, B.R., Burggren, W.W. and Pinder, A.W. A rotating respirometer to monitor voluntary activity and associated exchange of respiratory gases in the land hermit crab (Coenobita compressus - H. Milne Edwards). Journal of Experimental Biology. 119:85-101. PDF

 

(50) - Wheatly, M.G., McMahon, B.R., Burggren, W.W. and Pinder, A.W. Haemolymph acid-base, electrolyte and blood gas status during sustained voluntary activity in the land hermit crab (Coenobita compressus - H. Milne Edwards). Journal of Experimental Biology. 125:225-244. PDF

 

1985

(49) - Feder, M.E. and Burggren, W.W. Cutaneous gas exchange in vertebrates: Design, patterns, control and implications. Biological Reviews. 60:1-45. PDF

 

(48) - Feder, M.E. and Burggren, W.W. Skin Breathing in Vertebrates. Scientific American. 253(5):126-143. PDF

 

(47) - Burggren, W.W. Gas exchange, metabolism and 'ventilation' in gelatinous frog egg masses. Physiological Zoology 58:503-514. PDF

 

(46) - Burggren, W.W., Pinder, A.W., McMahon, B.R. Wheatly, M. G. and Doyle, M. Ventilation, circulation and their interactions in the land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi. Journal of Experimental Biology 117:133-154. PDF

 

1984

(45) - Johansen,K. and Burggren W.W. Venous return and cardiac filling in varanid lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 113:389-400. PDF

 

(44) - West, N.H. and Burggren, W.W. Factors influencing pulmonary and cutaneous arterial blood flow in the toad, Bufo marinus. American Journal of Physiology 247:R884-R894. PDF

 

(43) - Burggren, W.W. and Moalli, R. 'Active' regulation of cutaneous gas exchange by capillary recruitment in amphibians: experimental evidence and a revised model for skin respiration. Respiration Physiology 55:379-392. PDF

 

(42) - Wheatly, M.G., Burggren, W.W. and McMahon, B.R. The effects of temperature and water availability on ion and acid-base balance in hemolymph of the land hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus. Biological Bulletin 166:427-445. PDF

 

1983

(41) - Burggren, W.W., Feder, M.E. and Pinder, A.W. Temperature and the balance between aerial and aquatic respiration in larva of Rana berlandieri and Rana catesbeiana. Physiological Zoology 56: 263-273. PDF

 

(40) - West, N.H. and Burggren, W.W. Reflex interactions between (aerial and aquatic gas exchange organs in the larval bullfrog. American Journal of Physiology 244(6): R770-R777. PDF

 

(39) - Burggren, W.W. and McMahon, B.R. An analysis of scaphognathite pumping performance in the crayfish Orconectes virilis: Compensatory changes to acute and chronic hypoxic exposure. Physiological Zoology 56(3): 309-318. PDF

 

(38) - Quinn, D. and Burggren, W.W. Lactate production, tissue distribution and elimination following exhaustive exercise in larval and adult bullfrogs Rana catesbeiana. Physiological Zoology 56(4): 597-613. PDF

 

(37) - Burggren, W.W. and Mwalukoma, A. Respiration during chronic hypoxia and hyperoxia in larval and adult bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). I. Morphological responses of lungs, skin and gills. Journal of Experimental Biology 105: 191-203. PDF

 

(36) - Pinder, A. and Burggren, W.W. Respiration during chronic hypoxia and hyperoxia in larval and adult bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). II. Changes in respiratory properties of whole blood. Journal of Experimental Biology 105: 205-213. PDF

 

1982

(35) - Sacca, R. and Burggren, W.W. Oxygen partitioning between the skin, gills and lungs of the air-breathing reedfish, Calamoicthys calabaricus. Journal of Experimental Biology 97: 179-186. PDF

 

(34) - Wood, S.C., Hoyt, R.W. and Burggren, W.W. Control of hemoglobin function in salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). Molecular Physiology. 2(1982): 263-272. PDF

 

(33) - Burggren, W.W. and Johansen, K. Ventricular hemodynamics in the monitor lizard, Varanus exanthematicus: Pulmonary and systemic pressure separation. Journal of Experimental Biology 96: 343-354. PDF

(32) - West, N.H. and Burggren, W.W. Respiratory response to steady- state aquatic hypoxia and hyperoxia in the bullfrog tadpole. Respiration Physiology 47: 165-176.  PDF

 

(31) - Burggren, W.W. and West, N.H. Changing respiratory importance of the gills, skin and lungs during metamorphosis in the bullfrog, Rana catesbiana. Respiration Physiology 47: 151-164. PDF

 

(30) - Burggren, W.W. Pulmonary plasma filtration in the turtle: A wet vertebrate lung? Science 215: 77-78. PDF

 

(29) - Burggren, W.W. 'Air Gulping' improves blood oxygen transport during aquatic hypoxia in the goldfish, Carassius auratus. Physiological Zoology 55(4): 327-334. PDF

 

1981

(28) - Glass, M., Burggren, W.W. and Johansen, K. Pulmonary diffusing capacity of the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana. Acta Scandinavica Physiologica 113: 485-490. PDF

 

(27) - Burggren, W.W. and Wood, S.C. Respiration and acid-base balance in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum: Influence of temperature acclimation and metamorphosis. Journal of Comparative Physiology 144: 241-246. PDF

 

(26) - Burggren, W.W. and McMahon, B.R. oxygen uptake during environmental temperature change in hermit crabs: adaptation to subtidal, intertidal and supratidal habitats. Physiological Zoology 54: 325-333. PDF

 

(25) - Burggren, W.W. and McMahon, B.R. Hemolymph oxygen transport, acid-base status and hydromineral regulation during dehydration in three terrestrial crabs, Cardisoma, Birgus and Coenobita. Journal of Experimental Zoology 218: 53-64. PDF

 

(24) - McMahon, B.R. and Burggren, W.W. Acid-base balance following acclimation to temperature change in land crabs. Journal of Experimental Zoology 218: 45-52. PDF

 

(23) - Cole, R. and Burggren, W.W. The contribution of the respiratory papulae and tube feet to oxygen uptake in the sea star, Asterias forbesi (Desor). Marine Biology Letters 2(1981): 279-287. PDF

 

1980

(22) - Burggren, W.W. and Cameron, J.N. Anaerobic metabolism, gas exchange and acid-base balance during hypoxic exposure in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Journal of Experimental Zoology 213:405-416. PDF

 

1979

(21) - McMahon, B.R. and Burggren, W.W. Respiration and adaptation to the terrestrial habitat in the terrestrial hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus. Journal of Experimental Biology 79: 265-281. PDF

 

(20) - Burggren, W.W. and Shelton, G. Gas exchange and transport during intermittent breathing in chelonian reptiles. Journal of Experimental Biology 82: 75-92. PDF

 

(19) - Burggren, W.W. Bimodal gas exchange during variation in environmental oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air breathing fish Trichogaster trichopterus. Journal of Experimental Biology 82:197-214. PDF

 

(18) - Burggren, W.W. and Haswell, M.S. Aerial CO2 excretion in the obligate air breathing fish, Trichogaster trichopterus: A role for carbonic anhydrase. Journal of Experimental Biology 82: 215-226. PDF

 

(17) - Burggren, W.W., Dunn, J. and Barnard, K. Branchial circulation and gill morphometrics in the sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus, an ancient chondrosteian fish. Canadian Journal of Zoology 57: 2160-2170.

 

1978

(16) - Burggren, W.W. Gill ventilation in the sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus: Unusual adaptations for bottom dwelling. Respiration Physiology 34: 153-170. PDF

 

(15) - Burggren, W.W. and Randall, D. Oxygen uptake and transport during hypoxic exposure in the sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus. Respiration Physiology 34: 171-184. PDF

 

(14) - Glass, M., Burggren, W.W. and Johansen, K. Ventilation in an aquatic and a terrestrial chelonian reptile. Journal of Experimental Biology 72: 165-179. PDF

 

(13) - Burggren, W.W. Influence of intermittent breathing on ventricular depolarization patterns in chelonian reptiles. Journal of Physiology (London) 278: 349-364. PDF

 

(12) - Burggren, W.W., Glass, M. and Johansen, K. Intrapulmonary variation of gas partial pressures and ventilation inequalities in chelonian reptiles. Journal of Comparative Physiology 126: 203-209. PDF

 

1977

(11) - Burggren, W.W. The pulmonary circulation of the chelonian reptile; morphology, pharmacology and haemodynamics. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 116: 303-324. PDF

 

(10) - Burggren, W.W., Hahn, C.E.W. and Foex, PHemolymph oxygen transport, acid-base status and hydromineral regulation during dehydration in three terrestrial crabs, Cardisoma, Birgus and Coenobita. Properties of blood oxygen transport in the turtle Pseudemys scripta and the tortoise Testudo graeca: Effects of temperature, CO2 and pH. Respiration Physiology 31: 39-50. PDF

 

(9) - Johansen, K., Burggren, W.W. and Glass, M. Pulmonary stretch receptors regulate heart rate and pulmonary blood flow in the turtle Pseudemys scripta. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 58A: 185-191. PDF

 

(8) - Burggren, W.W. Circulation during intermittent lung ventilation in the garter snake Thamnophis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 55 (10): 1, 720-725. PDF

 

(7) - Burggren, W.W., Glass, M., and Johansen, K. Pulmonary ventilation: perfusion relationships in terrestrial and aquatic chelonian reptiles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 55(12): 2,024-2,034. PDF

 

1976

(6) - Shelton, G. and Burggren, W.W. Cardiovascular dynamics of the Chelonia during apnoea and lung ventilation. Journal of Experimental Biology 64: 323-343. PDF

 

(5) - Burggren, W.W. The persistence of a patent ductus arteriosus in an adult specimen of the tortoise Testudo graeca. Copeia 2:405-407. PDF

 

1975

(4) - Burggren, W.W. A quantitative analysis of ventilation tachycardia and its control in two chelonians Pseudemys scripta and Testudo graeca. Journal of Experimental Biology 63: 367-380. PDF

 

(3) - Burggren, W.W. Oxygen consumption as a function of body size in a terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita (Decapoda, Paguridea). Crustaceana 28(3): 314-316. PDF

 

1974

(2) - Burggren, W.W, McMahon, B.R. and Costerton, J. W. Branchial water and blood flow patterns and the structure of the gill of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Canadian Journal of Zoology 52(12): 1511-1518.  PDF

 

(1) - McMahon, B.R., Burggren, W.W. and Wilkens, J.L. Respiratory responses to long-term hypoxic stress in the crayfish Orconectes virilis. Journal of Experimental Biology 60: 195-206. PDF

 


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