Dowd lab publications

Mussel-shaped word cloud with keywords from publications

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Cai, Q., Bogan, S. N., Tanner, R. L., Kelley, J. L., and W. W. Dowd. In revision (PREPRINT). Tissue-specific plasticity of DNA methylation across intertidal microhabitats in juvenile mussels (Mytilus californianus). bioRxiv.
Denny, M. W., and W. W. Dowd. In press. Intertidal microcosms of wave-swept rocky shores: Ecological and physiological insights from a uniquely stressful environment. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B.
Costa, P. M., Steiner, K., Lysak, D. H., Pellizzari, J., Wolff, W. W., Downey, K., Ronda, K., Moxley-Paquette, V., Vander Meulen, O., Terry, T., Dowd, W. W., Schmidig, D., Busse, F., Busse, V., Haber, A., Bermel, W., Simpson, M., and A. Simpson. 2025. A ¹H background-free 3D printing digital light processing resin for applications in NMR spectroscopy. Anal. Chem.
Rodgers, E., Baldanzi, S., Feugere, L., Mottola, G., Vermandele, F., Collins, M., Dowd, W. W., and D. Gomez Isaza. 2025. Protective multi-stressor interactions in the Anthropocene: Key considerations for investigating cross-tolerance in a conservation context. Conserv. Physiol. 13:coaf052.
Dowd, W. W., and D. Kültz. 2024. Lost in translation? Evidence for a muted proteomic response to thermal stress in a stenothermal Antarctic fish and possible evolutionary mechanisms. Physiol. Genomics 56:721-740.
- Chosen as an APSselect article.
- WSU Insider also highlighted this work.
Terry, C. E., Liebzeit, J. A., Purvis, E. M., and W. W. Dowd. 2024. Interactive effects of temperature and salinity on metabolism and activity of the copepod Tigriopus californicus. J. Exp. Biol. 227: jeb248040
- First author and Ph.D. student Caroline Terry was selected for the JEB Early-Career Researcher Spotlight.
Gleason, L. U. , F. J. Fekete, R. L. Tanner, and W. W. Dowd. 2023. Multi-omics reveals largely distinct transcript- and protein-level responses to the environment in an intertidal mussel. J. Exp. Biol. 226: jeb245962
Dowd, W. W., and G. N. Somero. 2023. Oxidative stress effects are not correlated with differences in heat tolerance among congeners of Mytilus. J. Exp. Biol. 226: jeb.246033
Denny, M. W., and W. W. Dowd. 2022. Elevated salinity rapidly confers cross-tolerance to high temperature in a splash-pool copepod. Integr. Organ. Biol. 4:obac037
Tanner, R. L., Gleason, L. U., and W. W. Dowd. 2022. Environment-driven shifts in inter-individual variation and phenotypic integration within subnetworks of the mussel transcriptome and proteome. Mol. Ecol. 31: 3112-127. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16452
Denny, M. W., and W. W. Dowd. 2022. Physiological Consequences of Oceanic Environmental Variation: Life from a Pelagic Organism’s Perspective. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 14: 25-48.
Dinh, K. V., Cuevas-Sanchez, A. Y., Buehl, K. S., Moeser, E. A., and W. W. Dowd. 2020. Heat tolerance and thermal preference of the copepod Tigriopus californicus are insensitive to ecologically relevant dissolved oxygen levels. Sci. Rep. 10:18885.
Dowd, W. W., and M. W. Denny. 2020. A series of unfortunate events: Characterizing the contingent nature of physiological extremes using long-term environmental records. Proc. R. Soc. B. 287:20192333.
Tanner, R. L., and W. W. Dowd. 2019. Inter-individual physiological variation in responses to environmental variation and environmental change: integrating across traits and time. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A: Mol. Integr. Physiol. 238:110577.
Miller, L. P., and W. W. Dowd. 2019. Repeatable patterns of small-scale spatial variation in intertidal mussel beds and their implications for responses to climate change. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A: Mol. Integr. Physiol. 236:110516.
Dowd, W. W., and A. G. Jimenez. 2019. High-shore mussels, Mytilus californianus, have larger muscle fibers with lower aerobic capacities than low-shore con-specifics. Mar. Biol. 166:22.
Miller, L. P., and W. W. Dowd. 2019. Dynamic measurements of black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) predation on mussels (Mytilus californianus). Invert. Biol. 138:61-73.
Riggs, C. L., Summers, A., Warren, D., Nilsson, G., Nilsson, S. L., Dowd, W. W., Milton, S., and J. E. Podrabsky. 2018. Small noncoding RNA expression and extreme vertebrate anoxia tolerance. Front. Genet. 9:230.
Gleason, L. U., Strand, E., Hizon, B., and W. W. Dowd. 2018. Plasticity of thermal tolerance and its relationship with growth rate in juvenile mussels (Mytilus californianus). Proc. R. Soc. B. 285: 20172617.
Gleason, L. U., Miller, L. P., Winnikoff, J., Somero, G. N., Yancey, P. H., Bratz, D., and W. W. Dowd. 2017. Thermal history and gape of individual Mytilus californianus correlate with oxidative damage and thermoprotective osmolytes. J. Exp. Biol. 220: 4292-4304.
Miller. L. P., and W. W. Dowd. 2017. Multimodal in situ datalogging quantifies inter-individual variation in thermal experience and persistent origin effects on gaping behavior among intertidal mussels (Mytilus californianus). J. Exp. Biol. 220: 4305-4319.
Williams, C. W., Buckley, L. B., Sheldon, K. S., Vickers, M., Pörtner, H.-O., Dowd, W. W., Gunderson, A. R., Marshall, K. E., and J. Stillman. 2016. Biological impacts of thermal extremes: mechanisms and costs of functional responses matter. Integr. Comp. Biol. 56: 73-84.
Jimenez, A. G., Alves, S., Dallmer, J., Njoo, E., Roa, S., and W. W. Dowd. 2016. Acclimation to elevated emersion temperature has no effect on susceptibility to heat-induced, acute lipid peroxidation in an intertidal mussel (Mytilus californianus). Mar. Biol. 163:1-10.
Jimenez, A. G., Jayawardene, S., Dallmer, J., Alves, S., and W. W. Dowd. 2015. Micro-scale environmental variation amplifies physiological variation among individual mussels. Proc. R. Soc. B. 20152273.
Protopapadakis, L., Penttila, K., and W. W. Dowd. 2015. Testing a non-lethal method for determining the sex of California halibut, Paralichthys californicus, in non-spawning condition. Fish. Manag. Ecol. 22:432-435.
Dowd, W. W., King, F. A., and M. W. Denny. 2015. Thermal variation, thermal extremes, and the physiological performance of individuals. J. Exp. Biol. 218, 1956-1967.
Jayasundara, N., Tomanek, L., Dowd, W. W., and G. N. Somero. 2015. Proteomic analysis of cardiac response to temperature acclimation in the eurythermal goby fish, Gillichthys mirabilis. J. Exp. Biol. 218: 1359-1372.
Dowd, W. W., Felton, C. A., Heymann, H. M., Kost, L. E., and G. N. Somero. 2013. Food availability, more than body temperature, drives correlated shifts in ATP-generating and antioxidant enzyme capacities in a population of intertidal mussels (Mytilus californianus). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 449: 171-185.
Dowd, W. W., and G. N. Somero. 2013. Behavior and survival of Mytilus congeners following episodes of elevated body temperature in air and seawater. J. Exp. Biol. 216: 502-514.
Dowd, W. W. 2012. Challenges for biological interpretation of environmental proteomics data in non-model organisms. Integr. Comp. Biol. 52: 705-720.
Denny, M. W., and W. W. Dowd. 2012. Biophysics, environmental stochasticity, and the evolution of thermal safety margins in intertidal limpets. J. Exp. Biol. 215:934-947.
Dowd, W. W. 2011. Dogfish Rectal Gland. In: Farrell, A.P., (ed.) Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment, volume 2, pp. 1429-1436. San Diego: Academic Press.
Denny, M. W., Dowd, W. W., Bilir, L., and K. Mach. 2011. Spreading the risk: Small-scale body temperature variation among intertidal organisms and its implications for species persistence. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 400:175-190.
Dowd, W. W., Renshaw, G. M. C., Cech, J. J., Jr., and D. Kültz. 2010. Compensatory proteome adjustments imply tissue-specific structural and metabolic reorganization following episodic hypoxia or anoxia in the epaulette shark. Physiol. Genomics 42:93–114.
Dowd, W. W., Harris, B. N., Cech, J. J., Jr., and D. Kültz. 2010. Proteomic and physiological responses of leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) to salinity change. J. Exp. Biol. 213:210-224.
Matey, V., Wood, C. M., Dowd, W. W., Kültz, D. and P. J. Walsh. 2009. Morphology of the rectal gland of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) shark in response to feeding. Can. J. Zool. 87:440-452.
Dowd, W. W., Wood, C. M., Kajimura, M., Walsh, P. J., and D. Kültz. 2008. Natural feeding influences protein expression in the dogfish shark rectal gland: A proteomic analysis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D: Genomics & Proteomics 3:118-127.
Dowd, W. W., Brill, R. W., Bushnell, P. G., and J. A. Musick. 2006. Estimating consumption rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, using a bioenergetics model. Fish. Bull. 104:332-342.
Dowd, W. W., Brill, R. W., Bushnell, P. G., and J. A. Musick. 2006. Standard and routine metabolic rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus), including the effects of body mass and acute temperature change. Fish. Bull. 104:323-331.