marine organism-environment interaction

 

Nevitt, G. A. and P.A. Prada. (2015). The chemistry of avian odors: an introduction to best practices. In: Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation, Third Ediiton, R. Doty, ed., John Wiley & Sons Inc. 565-578.


Savoca, M.S. and G.A. Nevitt. (2014). Evidence that dimethyl sulfide facilitates a tritrophic mutualism between marine primary producers and top predators Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(11): 4157-4161.


Humphries G.R.W., Huettmann, F., Nevitt, G.A., Deal, C., & Atkinson, D. (2012). Species Distribution Modeling of Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma furcata and O. leucorhoa) in the North Pacific and the role of dimethylsulfide. Polar Biology 35(11): 1669-80.

Raymond, B., Marshall, M., Nevitt, G.A., Gillies, C.L.,Van Den Hoff, J., Stark, J.S. Losekoot, Woehler, E.J., & Constable, A.J. (2011) A Southern Ocean dietary database. Ecology 95(5): 1188.


Nevitt, G. A. (2011). The neuroecology of dimethyl sulfide: a global-climate regulator turned marine infochemical. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51(5): 819-825.


Cunningham, G.C. and G.A. Nevitt. (2011). Evidence for olfactory learning in procellariiform seabird chicks. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 85-88.


DeBose, J.L., Nevitt, G.A. & Dittman, A.H. (2010). Rapid Communication: Experimental evidence that juvenile pelagic jacks respond behaviorally to DMSP.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 36:326-328.


Nevitt, G.A. & Hagelin, J.C. (2009). Symposium overview: Olfaction in birds: a dedication to the pioneering spirit of Bernice Wenzel and Betsy Bang. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1170(1), 424-427.


O’Dwyer, T. & Nevitt, G.A. (2009). Individual Odor Recognition in Procellariiform Chicks: Potential Role for the Major Histocompatibility Complex. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1170(1), 442-446


DeBose, J.L. and G.A. Nevitt. (2009). Dimethylsulfoniopropionate is linked to coral spawning, fish abundance and squid aggregations over a coral reef. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11, July, 2008.


DeBose, J.L. and G.A. Nevitt. (2008). The use of odors at different spatial scales: Comparing birds with fish. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34(7), 867-81.


Nevitt, G.A. (2008). Sensory ecology on the high seas: The odor world of the procellariiform seabirds. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 1706-1713.


Debose, J.L., Lema, S.C., & Nevitt, G.A. (2008). Dimethylsulfionoproprianate as a foraging cue for reef fishes. Science 319: 1356.  supplemental online material


Nevitt, G.A., Losekoot, M. & Weimerskirch, H. (2008). Evidence for olfactory search in Wandering albatross Diomedea exulans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(12): 4576-81. (Cover article) supplemental online material (1)  (2) (3) (4) (5)


O’Dwyer, T. W., Ackerman, A.L., & Nevitt, G.A. (2008). Examining the development of individual recognition in a procellariiform seabird, the Leach’s storm-petrel. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 337-340.


VanBuskirk, R. & Nevitt, G.A. (2008). The influence of developmental environment on the evolution of olfactory foraging behavior in procellariiform seabirds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21(1): 67-76.


VanBuskirk, R. & Nevitt, G.A. (2007). Evolutionary arguments for olfactory behavior in modern birds. ChemoSense: 10(1), 2-6.


Debose, J.L. & Nevitt, G.A.  (2007). Investigating the association between pelagic fish and DMSP in a natural coral reef system. Marine and Freshwater Research 58(8): 720–724.


Nevitt, G.A.  (2007) The Antarctic Prion In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, Beau Riffenburgh eds. New York: Routledge, 77-78.


Lema, S. C. & Nevitt, G.A. (2006). Testing an ecophysiological mechanism of morphological plasticity in pupfish and its relevance to conservation efforts for endangered Devils Hole pupfish. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 3499-3509.


Kihlsinger, R.K., Lema, S.C. & Nevitt, G.A. (2006) Environmental rearing conditions produce differences in the relative brain size of wild Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 145 (2): 145-51.


Cunningham, G.B., VanBuskirk, R., Hodges, M.J. Weimerskirch, H. & Nevitt, G.A. (2006) Behavioural responses of blue petrel chicks Halobaena caerulea to a food-related and novel odour in a simple wind tunnel. Antarctic Science 18: 345-352.


Nevitt, G.A., Begstrom, D. & Bonadonna, F. (2006) The potential role of ammonia as signal molecule for procellariiform seabirds. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 315, 271-277.


Kihlsinger, R.K. & Nevitt, G. A. (2006) Early rearing environment impacts cerebellar growth in juvenile salmon. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 504-509.


Bonadonna, F, Caro, S. Jouventin, P. & Nevitt, G.A. (2006) Evidence that blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea,  fledglings can detect and orient to dimethyl sulphide, Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 2165-2169.


Nevitt, G.A., and F. Bonadonna. (2005) Sensitivity to dimethyl sulphide suggests a mechanism for olfactory navigation by seabirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology Letters 1(3): 303-305.


Lema, S.C., Hodges, M.J., Marchetti, M.P. & Nevitt, G.A. (2005) Proliferation zones in the salmon telencephalon and evidence for environmental influence on proliferation rate. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 141, 327-335.


Blackmer, A.L., Mauck, R.A., Ackerman, J.T., Huntington, C.E., Nevitt, G.A. & Williams, J. (2005) Exploring individual quality: basal metabolic rate and reproductive performance in Leach's storm-petrels. Behavioural Ecology 16: 906 - 913.


Nevitt, G.A. and F. Bonadonna. (2005) Seeing the world through the nose of a bird: new developments in the sensory ecology of procellariiform seabirds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 287: 292-295.


Cunningham, G.B.  and G.A. Nevitt. (2005). The sense of smell in procellariiforms: An overview and new directions. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, Volume 10, W. Mason, ed., Springer: Boston/Norwell, 403-408.


Nevitt, G.A. and F. Bonadonna. (2005). Orienting by olfactory landscapes: New evidence that an Antarctic seabird can physiologically detect dimethyl sulphide and use it as an orientation cue in non-foraging contexts. In: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Navigation, 05, (http:// www.rin.org.uk).


Bonadonna, F. and G.A. Nevitt. (2004) Partner-specific odor recognition in an Antarctic seabird. Science 306: 835.


Silverman, E.D., Veit, R.R. & Nevitt, G.A. (2004) Nearest neighbors as foraging cues: information transfer in a patchy environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 277: 25-35.


Nevitt, G.A., Reid, K. & Trathan, P. (2004) Testing olfactory foraging strategies in an Antarctic seabird assemblage. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3537-3544.


Lema, S.C. and G.A. Nevitt. (2004) Variation in vasotocin immunoreactivity in the brain of recently isolated populations of a death valley pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 135(3): 300-309.


Lema, S.C. and G.A. Nevitt. (2004) Evidence that thyroid hormone induces olfactory cellular proliferation in salmon during a sensitive period for imprinting. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3317-3327.


Lema, S.C. and G.A. Nevitt. (2004) Exogenous vasotocin alters aggression during agonistic exchanges in male Amargosa River pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae). Hormones and Behavior 46: 628-637.


Blackmer, A. L., Ackerman, J. T. & Nevitt, G. A. (2004) Effects of investigator disturbance on hatching success and nest-site fidelity in a long-lived seabird, Leach's storm petrel. Biological Conservation 116: 141-148.


Nevitt, G.A. and A.H. Dittman. (2004). Olfactory imprinting in salmon: New models and approaches. In: The Senses of Fish: Adaptations for the Reception of Natural Stimuli. G. Von Der Emde, J. Mogdans and B. G. Kapoor, eds., Narosa Publishing House: New Delhi, 109-127.


Watters, J. V., Lema, S. C. & Nevitt, G. A. (2003) Phenotype management: a new approach to habitat restoration. Biological Conservation 112: 435-445.


Nevitt, G.A. & Haberman, K.L. (2003) Behavioral attraction of Leach's storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) to dimethyl sulfide. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 1497-1501.


Marchetti, M. P. & Nevitt, G. A. (2003) Effects of hatchery rearing on brain structures of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Environmental Biology of Fishes 66: 9-14.


Cunningham, G. B., Van Buskirk, R. W., Bonadonna, F., Weimerskirch, H. & Nevitt, G. A. (2003) A comparison of the olfactory abilities of three species of procellariiform chicks. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 1615-1620.


Bonadonna, F., Cunningham, G. B., Jouventin, P., Hesters, F. & Nevitt, G. A. (2003) Evidence for nest-odour recognition in two species of diving petrel. Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 3719-3722.


Haberman, K. L., Ross, R. M., Quetin, L. B., Vernet, M., Nevitt, G. A. & Kozlowski, W. (2002) Grazing by Antarctic krill Euphausia superba on Phaeocystis antarctica: an immunochemical approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 241, 139-149.


Lema, S.C. and G.A. Nevitt. (2001) Re-evaluating NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry as an indicator of nitric oxide synthase: an examination of the olfactory system of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Neuroscience Letters 313, 1-4.


Nevitt, G.A. (2001) Mechanisms of olfactory foraging by procellariiform seabirds. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, Volume 9, A. Marchlewska-Koj, J. J. Lepri, and D. Müller-Schwarze, eds., Plenum Publishers, New York, NY., 27-33.


Nevitt, G.A. (2000) Olfactory foraging by Antarctic procellariiform seabirds: Life at high Reynolds numbers. Biological Bulletin 198, 245-253.


Nevitt, G.A., Pentcheff, N.D., Lohmann, K.J. & Zimmer, R.K. (2000) Den selection by the spiny lobster Panulirus argus: testing attraction to conspecific odors in the field. Marine Ecology Progress Series 203, 225-231.


Nevitt, G.A. (1999) Foraging by seabirds on an olfactory landscape. American Scientist 87, 46-53.


Nevitt, G.A. (1999) Olfactory foraging in Antarctic seabirds: a species-specific attraction to krill odors. Marine Ecology Progress Series 177, 235-241.


Reid, K. & Nevitt, G.A. (1998) Observation of southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, feeding at sea near South Georgia. Marine Mammal Science 14, 637-640.


Dittman, A.H., Quinn, T.P., Nevitt, G.A., Hacker, B. & Storm, D.R. (1997) Sensitization of olfactory guanylyl cyclase to a specific imprinted odorant in coho salmon. Neuron 19, 381-389.


Nevitt, G.A. and G.L Hunt. Olfactory sensitivities of foraging procellariid seabirds in the Aleutian Islands. Chemical Senses 21, 649-650.


Dittman, A.H., Quinn, T.P. & Nevitt, G.A. (1996) Timing of imprinting to natural and artificial odors by coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53, 434-442.


Nevitt, G.A., Grober, M., Marcheterre, M. & Bass, A. (1995) A re-evaluation of the structure and function of the terminal nerve in the peripheral olfactory system of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Brain Behavior and Evolution 45, 350-358.


Nevitt, G.A., Veit, R.R. & Kareiva, P. (1995) Dimethyl Sulphide as a Foraging Cue for Antarctic Procellariiform Seabirds. Nature 376, 680-682.


Nevitt, G.A., Pentcheff, N.D., Lohmann, K.J. & Zimmerfaust, R.K. (1995) Evidence for Hydrodynamic Orientation by Spiny Lobsters in a Patch Reef Environment. Journal of Experimental Biology 198, 2049-2054.


Lohmann, K.J., Pentcheff, N.D., Nevitt, G.A., Stetten, G.D., Zimmerfaust, R.K., Jarrard, H.E. & Boles, L.C. (1995) Magnetic Orientation of Spiny Lobsters in the Ocean - Experiments with Undersea Coil Systems. Journal of Experimental Biology 198, 2041-2048.


Silverman, E. & Nevitt, G. A. (1995). Evidence for network foraging by Antarctic seabirds.  Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(1), 186-187.


Nevitt, G.A. (1994). Evidence that Antarctic procellariiform seabirds can smell krill. Antarctic Journal of the United States 29(5), 168-169.


Nevitt, G.A., Dittman, A.H., Quinn, T.P. & Moody, W. J. (1994) Evidence for a Peripheral Olfactory Memory in Imprinted Salmon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91, 4288-4292.


Veit, R. R., Nevitt, G. A., Silverman, E., Groom, M., Agler, B., Grunbaum, D. & Secord, D. (1993). AMLR Program: Foraging behavior and spatial pattern of pelagic birds at sea. Antarctic Journal of the United States 28, 198-200.


Nevitt, G. A. & Moody, W. J. (1992) An Electrophysiological Characterization of Ciliated Olfactory Receptor-Cells of the Coho Salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Journal of Experimental Biology 166, 1-17.


Veit, R.R., Kareiva, P., Doak, D.F., Engh, A., Heppell, S., Hollon, M., Jordan, C.E., Morgan, R. A., Morris, W. \F., Nevitt, G.A., & Smith, G.T., (1991). Foraging interactions between pelagic seabirds and Antarctic krill at South Georgia during Austral winter 1991. Antarctic Journal of the United States 26, 183-185.


Nevitt, G.A. (1991) Do Fish Sniff ? A New Mechanism of Olfactory Sampling in Pleuronectid Flounders. Journal of Experimental Biology 157, 1-18.

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