Chris M. Wood

Adjunct Member

While the primary focus of our group is on physiology and aquatic toxicology, our research examines the interactions of fish, crustaceans, and molluscs with their environment at all levels from the molecular to the biogeochemical to the ecological. We are particularly interested in the sublethal effects of natural factors (temperature, oxygen, water chemistry, exercise, feeding, social interactions) and anthropogenic pollutants (metals, ammonia, low and high pH, climate change, salinization) on organismal function, and the strategies by which animals adapt to extreme environments. Particular projects at present consider fuel usage and nitrogenous waste production in fish on different feeding and exercise regimes, ammonia and urea transport, acid-base regulatory mechanisms at gills and kidney, in vitro primary culture models for understanding gill function, the osmorespiratory compromise at the gills during exercise and hypoxia, the role of ammonia in ventilatory control, the importance of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) as a water quality parameter altering both metal toxicity and fish gill function, and the kinetics of metal uptake and homeostasis, particularly in mixtures, with the goal of improvement of environmental regulations

Fellow

2020
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For Research

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

2019 David Randall Lecture

2019
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For Research

University of British Columbia

2019 Kjell Johansen Memorial Lecture

2019
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For Research

University of Aarhus, Denmark
 

2018 Stockard Distinguished Lecture

2018
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For Research

University of Oklahoma, Stillwater, OK, USA

Foreign Member

2018
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For Research

Brazilian Academy of Sciences

2012 AREVA Distinguished Lecture in Toxicology

2012
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For Research

University of Saskatchewan

2012 Bidder Lecture, Lifetime Achievement Award

2012
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For Research

Society of Experimental Biology

2011 F. Floyd Clarke Distinguished Lecture

2011
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For Research

University of Wyoming

Lifetime Award for Mentoring in Science

2010
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For Research

Nature

2009 Wiggs Distinguished Lecturer

2009
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For Research

University of New Brunswick-Fredericton