Department of Biology
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Chair and Professor Phone: 512-245-2178 Fax: 512-245-8713 E-mail:jt33@txstate.edu Office: SUPP 384 Department of Biology |
Research Interest |
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Stress and environmental physiology of fishes and crustaceans
Courses Taught |
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Aquaculture / Fish Hatchery Management
Fish Physiology
Ichthyology
Comparative Animal Physiology
Recent Publications (students are underlined) |
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Sowers, AD, CL Browdy, HL Atwood & JR Tomasso. 2006. Production characteristics of Litopenaeus vannamei in low- salinity water augmented with mixed salts. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 37:214-217.
Zahner, HN, EJ Van Genderen, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2006. Whole-body sodium concentration in larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) during and following copper exposure. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 25:1635-1639.
Bielmyer, GK, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2006. Physiological responses of hybrid striped bass to aqueous copper in freshwater and saltwater. Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 50:531-538.
Tomasso, JR & M Grosell. 2005. Physiological basis for large differences in resistance to nitrite among freshwater and freshwater-acclimated euryhaline fishes. Environmental Science & Technology 39:98-102.
Van Genderen, E, A Ryan, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2005. Evaluation of acute copper toxicity to larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) in soft surface waters. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 24:408-414.
Bielmyer, GK, DM Gatlin, JJ Isely, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2005. Responses of hybrid striped bass to waterborne and dietary copper in freshwater and saltwater. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology 140C:131-137.
Sowers, AD, DM Gatlin, SP Young, JJ Isely, CL Browdy & JR Tomasso. 2005. Responses of Litopenaeus vannamei(Boone) in water containing low concentrations of total dissolved solids. Aquaculture Research 36:819-823.
Bettinger, J, JJ Isely & JR Tomasso. 2005. Hooking mortality and physiological responses of striped bass angled in freshwater and held in live-release tubes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1273-1280.
Ryan, AC, EJ Van Genderen, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2004. Influence of natural organic matter source on copper toxicity to larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas): Implications for the Biotic Ligand Model. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 23:1567-1574.
Atwood, HL, SP Young, JR Tomasso & TIJ Smith. 2004 Information on selected water quality characteristics for the production of black sea bass Centropristis striata juveniles. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 15 (3/4):183-190.
Atwood, HL, SP Young , JR Tomasso & TIJ Smith. 2004. Resistance of cobia Rachycentron canadum to low salinity, low temperature, and high environmental nitrite concentrations. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 15 (3/4):191-195.
Bielmyer, GK, SJ Klaine, JR Tomasso & WR Arnold. 2004. Changes in water quality after addition of sea salts to fresh water: implications during toxicity testing. Chemosphere 57:1707-1711.
Sowers, AD, SP Young, JJ Isely, CL Browdy & JR Tomasso. 2004. Nitrite toxicity to Litopenaeus vannamei in water containing low concentrations of sea salts or mixed salts. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 35:445-451.
Sciera, K, JJ Isely, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2004. Influence of multiple water-quality characteristics on copper toxicity to fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 23:2900-2905.
Hoang, TC, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2004. Influence of water quality and age on nickel toxicity to fathead minnows. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 23:86-92.
Hargreaves, J & JR Tomasso. 2004. Environmental biology. Pages 36-68 in CS Tucker and JA Hargreaves (editors) Biology and Culture of Channel Catfish. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York.
Neill, WH, TS Brandes, BJ Burke, SR Craig, LV DiMichele, K Duchon, RE Edwards, LP Fontaine, DM Gatlin III, C Hutchins, RE Edwards, JM Miller, BJ Ponwith, CJ Stahl, JR Tomasso & RR Vega. 2004. Ecophys.fish: a simulation model of fish growth in time-varying environmental regimes. Reviews in Fisheries Science 12:233-288.
Atwood, HL, JR Tomasso, K Webb & DM Gatlin. 2003. Low-temperature tolerance of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus: effects of environmental and dietary factors. Aquaculture Research 34:241-251.
Fuller, SA, JP Henne, GJ Carmichael & JR Tomasso. 2003. Toxicity of ammonia and nitrite to Gila trout. North American Journal of Aquaculture 65:162-164.
Atwood, HL, SP Young, JR Tomasso & TIJ Smith. 2003. Effect of temperature and salinity on survival, growth and condition of juvenile black sea bass. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 34:398-402.
Van Genderen, EJ, AC Ryan, JR Tomasso & SJ Klaine. 2003. Influence of dissolved organic matter source on silver toxicity to Pimephales promelas. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 22:2746-2751.
Tomasso, JR, GJ Carmichael & SA Fuller. 2003. Nitrite toxicity to the razorback sucker and the bonytail: inhibition by environmental chloride. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 14 (1/2):179-183.
Atwood, HL, SP Young, JR Tomasso & CL Browdy. 2003. Survival and growth of Litopenaeus vannamei postlarvae in low-salinity and mixed –salt environments. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 34:518-523.
Recent Thesis and Dissertation Committees - Chair |
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| Student | Year | Degree | Research Topic |
| Michael Denson | 2006 | Ph.D. | Marking larval hatchery-produced red drum |
| Kelly Burkey | 2006 | M.S. | Low-salinity resistance of cobia |
| Anthony Sowers | 2005 | M.S. | Environmental-ion requirements of Pacific white shrimp |
| Heidi Atwood | 2002 | Ph.D. | Low temperature resistance of Nile tilapia |
| Win Taylor | 2000 | M.S. | Nitrite toxicity in southern flounder |
Education |
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| Ph.D. | 1981 | Biology | Memphis State University |
| M.S. | 1978 | Biology | Middle Tennessee State University |
| B.S. | 1974 | Secondary Education | University of Tennessee , Martin |