{"id":10,"date":"2017-05-31T16:04:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T23:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/dowd\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:47:15","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/dowd\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dowd lab publications <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wsu-spacing-after--sxxsmall wsu-spacing-before--sxxsmall\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3553\/2026\/04\/custom_mussel_cloud_shaded-1.png\" alt=\"Mussel-shaped word cloud with keywords from publications\" class=\"wp-image-997\" width=\"289\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3553\/2026\/04\/custom_mussel_cloud_shaded-1.png 385w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3553\/2026\/04\/custom_mussel_cloud_shaded-1-139x198.png 139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--large\">Clicking on the title of each publication will take you to the official version of the paper on the journal&#8217;s website. Please contact me using the links to the left to obtain a PDF reprint if you have difficulty accessing any of the journal links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Cai, Q., Bogan, S. N., Tanner, R. L., Kelley, J. L., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. <em>In revision<\/em> (PREPRINT). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.64898\/2025.12.12.693252v1\">Tissue-specific plasticity of DNA methylation across intertidal microhabitats in juvenile mussels (<em>Mytilus californianus<\/em>)<\/a>. bioRxiv<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Denny, M. W., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. <em>In press<\/em>. Intertidal microcosms of wave-swept rocky shores: Ecological and physiological insights from a uniquely stressful environment.<em> Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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., <strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Schmidig, D., Busse, F., Busse, V., Haber, A., Bermel, W., Simpson, M., and A. Simpson. 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.5c03472\">A <sup>1<\/sup>H background-free 3D printing digital light processing resin for applications in NMR spectroscopy<\/a>. <em>Anal. Chem.<\/em> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rodgers, E., Baldanzi, S., Feugere, L., Mottola, G., Vermandele, F., Collins, M., <strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, and D. Gomez Isaza. 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/conphys\/coaf052\">Protective multi-stressor interactions in the Anthropocene: Key considerations for investigating cross-tolerance in a conservation context<\/a>. <em>Conserv. Physiol.<\/em>&nbsp;13:coaf052. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.,<\/strong> and D. K\u00fcltz. 2024<em>.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1152\/physiolgenomics.00051.2024\">Lost in translation? Evidence for a muted proteomic response to thermal stress in a stenothermal Antarctic fish and possible evolutionary mechanisms<\/a>. <em>Physiol. Genomics <\/em>56:721-740.\n<ul>\n<li>Chosen as an <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.physiology.org\/apsselect\">APS<em>select <\/em><\/a>article.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/investigation-of-vulnerable-antarctic-fish-recognized-for-distinguished-scholarship\/\">WSU Insider<\/a> also highlighted this work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terry, C. E., Liebzeit, J. A., Purvis, E. M., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.248040\">Interactive effects of temperature and salinity on metabolism and activity of the copepod <em>Tigriopus californicus<\/em><\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol. <\/em>227: jeb248040\n<ul>\n<li>First author and Ph.D. student Caroline Terry was selected for the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.biologists.com\/jeb\/article\/227\/17\/jeb249414\/361930\/ECR-Spotlight-Caroline-Terry\">JEB Early-Career Researcher Spotlight<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gleason, L. U. , F. J. Fekete, R. L. Tanner, and <strong>W. W.<\/strong> <strong>Dowd<\/strong>. 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.245962\">Multi-omics reveals largely distinct transcript- and protein-level responses to the environment in an intertidal mussel<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol. <\/em>226: jeb245962<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W., <\/strong>and G. N. Somero. 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.246033\">Oxidative stress effects are not correlated with differences in heat tolerance among congeners of <em>Mytilus<\/em><\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.<\/em> 226: jeb.246033<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Denny, M. W., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/iob\/obac037\">Elevated salinity rapidly confers cross-tolerance to high temperature in a splash-pool copepod<\/a>. <em>Integr. Organ. Biol. <\/em>4:obac037<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tanner, R. L., Gleason, L. U., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/mec.16452\">Environment-driven shifts in inter-individual variation and phenotypic integration within subnetworks of the mussel transcriptome and proteome<\/a>. <em>Mol. Ecol. <\/em>31: 3112-127. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/mec.16452<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Denny, M. W., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1146\/annurev-marine-040221-115454\">Physiological Consequences of Oceanic Environmental Variation: Life from a Pelagic Organism\u2019s Perspective<\/a>. <em>Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. <\/em>14: 25-48.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dinh, K. V., Cuevas-Sanchez, A. Y., Buehl, K. S., Moeser, E. A., and<strong> W. W. Dowd.<\/strong> 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-020-75635-z\">Heat tolerance and thermal preference of the copepod <em>Tigriopus californicus<\/em> are insensitive to ecologically relevant dissolved oxygen levels<\/a>. <em>Sci. Rep. <\/em>10:18885.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, and M. W. Denny. 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2019.2333\">A series of unfortunate events: Characterizing the contingent nature of physiological extremes using long-term environmental records<\/a>. <em>Proc. R. Soc. B. <\/em>287:20192333.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tanner, R. L., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cbpa.2019.110577\">Inter-individual physiological variation in responses to environmental variation and environmental change: integrating across traits and time<\/a>. <em>Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A: Mol. Integr. Physiol. <\/em>238:110577.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miller, L. P., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cbpa.2019.06.016\">Repeatable patterns of small-scale spatial variation in intertidal mussel beds and their implications for responses to climate change<\/a>. <em>Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A: Mol. Integr. Physiol. <\/em>236:110516.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, and A. G. Jimenez. 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00227-019-3471-y\">High-shore mussels, <em>Mytilus californianus<\/em>, have larger muscle fibers with lower aerobic capacities than low-shore con-specifics<\/a>. <em>Mar. Biol. <\/em>166:22<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miller, L. P., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2019. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/ivb.12240\">Dynamic measurements of black oystercatcher (<em>Haematopus bachmani<\/em>) predation on mussels (<em>Mytilus californianus<\/em>)<\/a>. <em>Invert. Biol. <\/em>138:61-73.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riggs, C. L., Summers, A., Warren, D., Nilsson, G., Nilsson, S. L., <strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Milton, S., and J. E. Podrabsky. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fgene.2018.00230\">Small noncoding RNA expression and extreme vertebrate anoxia tolerance<\/a>. <em>Front. Genet.&nbsp;<\/em>9:230.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gleason, L. U., Strand, E., Hizon, B., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2017.2617\">Plasticity of thermal tolerance and its relationship with growth rate in juvenile mussels (<em>Mytilus californianus<\/em>)<\/a>. <em>Proc. R. Soc. B.&nbsp;<\/em>285: 20172617.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gleason, L. U., Miller, L. P., Winnikoff, J., Somero, G. N., Yancey, P. H., Bratz, D., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.168450\">Thermal history and gape of individual <em>Mytilus californianus<\/em> correlate with oxidative damage and thermoprotective osmolytes<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.&nbsp;<\/em>220: 4292-4304.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miller. L. P., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.164020\">Multimodal <em>in situ<\/em> datalogging quantifies inter-individual variation in thermal experience and persistent origin effects on gaping behavior among intertidal mussels (<em>Mytilus californianus<\/em>)<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.&nbsp;<\/em>220: 4305-4319.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Williams, C. W., Buckley, L. B., Sheldon, K. S., Vickers, M., P\u00f6rtner, H.-O., <strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Gunderson, A. R., Marshall, K. E., and J. Stillman. 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/icw013\">Biological impacts of thermal extremes: mechanisms and costs of functional responses matter<\/a>. <em>Integr. Comp. Biol.<\/em> 56: 73-84.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jimenez, A. G., Alves, S., Dallmer, J., Njoo, E., Roa, S., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00227-016-2828-8\">Acclimation to elevated emersion temperature has no effect on susceptibility to heat-induced, acute lipid peroxidation in an intertidal mussel (<em>Mytilus californianus<\/em>)<\/a>. <em>Mar. Biol.<\/em> 163:1-10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jimenez, A. G., Jayawardene, S., Dallmer, J., Alves, S., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2015.2273\">Micro-scale environmental variation amplifies physiological variation among individual mussels<\/a>. <em>Proc. R. Soc. B.<\/em> 20152273.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protopapadakis, L., Penttila, K., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/fme.12132\">Testing a non-lethal method for determining the sex of California halibut, <em>Paralichthys californicus<\/em>, in non-spawning condition<\/a>.<em> Fish. Manag. Ecol. <\/em>22:432-435.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W., <\/strong>King, F. A., and M. W. Denny. 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.114926\">Thermal variation, thermal extremes, and the physiological performance of individuals<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.<\/em> 218, 1956-1967.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jayasundara, N., Tomanek, L., <strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, and G. N. Somero. 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.118760\">Proteomic analysis of cardiac response to temperature acclimation in the eurythermal goby fish, <em>Gillichthys mirabilis<\/em><\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.<\/em> 218: 1359-1372.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Felton, C. A., Heymann, H. M., Kost, L. E., and G. N. Somero. 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jembe.2013.09.020\">Food availability, more than body temperature, drives correlated shifts in ATP-generating and antioxidant enzyme capacities in a population of intertidal mussels (<em>Mytilus californianus<\/em>)<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.<\/em> 449: 171-185.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, and G. N. Somero. 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.076620\">Behavior and survival of <em>Mytilus<\/em> congeners following episodes of elevated body temperature in air and seawater<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.<\/em> 216: 502-514.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong> 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/ics093\">Challenges for biological interpretation of environmental proteomics data in non-model organisms<\/a>. <em>Integr. Comp. Biol.<\/em> 52: 705-720.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Denny, M. W., and <strong>W. W. Dowd<\/strong>. 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.058958\">Biophysics, environmental stochasticity, and the evolution of thermal safety margins in intertidal limpets<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.<\/em> 215:934-947.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W. <\/strong>2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-374553-8.00203-3\">Dogfish Rectal Gland<\/a>. In: Farrell, A.P., (ed.) <em>Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment<\/em>, volume 2, pp. 1429-1436. San Diego: Academic Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Denny, M. W., <strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Bilir, L., and K. Mach. 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jembe.2011.02.006\">Spreading the risk: Small-scale body temperature variation among intertidal organisms and its implications for species persistence<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.<\/em> 400:175-190.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Renshaw, G. M. C., Cech, J. J., Jr., and D. K\u00fcltz. 2010. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1152\/physiolgenomics.00176.2009\">Compensatory proteome adjustments imply tissue-specific structural and metabolic reorganization following episodic hypoxia or anoxia in the epaulette shark<\/a>. <em>Physiol. Genomics<\/em> 42:93\u2013114.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Harris, B. N., Cech, J. J., Jr., and D. K\u00fcltz. 2010. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.031781\">Proteomic and physiological responses of leopard sharks (<em>Triakis semifasciata<\/em>) to salinity change<\/a>. <em>J. Exp. Biol.<\/em> 213:210-224.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matey, V., Wood, C. M., <strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, K\u00fcltz, D. and P. J. Walsh. 2009. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/Z09-030\">Morphology of the rectal gland of the spiny dogfish (<em>Squalus acanthias<\/em>) shark in response to feeding<\/a>. <em>Can. J. Zool.<\/em> 87:440-452.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Wood, C. M., Kajimura, M., Walsh, P. J., and D. K\u00fcltz. 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cbd.2007.11.003\">Natural feeding influences protein expression in the dogfish shark rectal gland: A proteomic analysis<\/a>. <em>Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D: Genomics &amp; Proteomics<\/em> 3:118-127.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Brill, R. W., Bushnell, P. G., and J. A. Musick. 2006. <a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/58z2h3mx\">Estimating consumption rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (<em>Carcharhinus plumbeus<\/em>) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, using a bioenergetics model<\/a>. <em>Fish. Bull.<\/em> 104:332-342.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowd, W. W.<\/strong>, Brill, R. W., Bushnell, P. G., and J. A. Musick. 2006. <a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/9g59202m\">Standard and routine metabolic rates of juvenile sandbar sharks <em>(Carcharhinus plumbeu<\/em>s), including the effects of body mass and acute temperature change<\/a>. <em>Fish. 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