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Dr Chris Glover

Biological Sciences

Fields of Research

  • Ion transport physiology
  • Epithelial transport of toxicants and nutrients
  • Aquatic toxicology
  • Seafood safety
  • Metal toxicology
  • Physiological and toxicological roles of dissolved organic matter

Researcher Summary

Research interests include: environmental physiology of aquatic organisms; epithelial transport of ions, nutrients and toxicants; aquatic toxicology; seafood safety.

Subject Area: Disciplines


Publications


  • Urbina, M.A., Schulte, P.M., Bystriansky, J.S. and Glover, C.N. (2013) Differential expression of Na+, K+-ATPase α-1 isoforms during seawater acclimation in the amphidromous galaxiid fish Galaxias maculatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 183: 345-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-012-0719-y. (Journal Article)
  • Chandurvelan, R., Marsden, I.D., Gaw, S. and Glover, C.N. (2013) Field-to-laboratory transport protocol impacts subsequent physiological biomarker response in the marine mussel, Perna canaliculus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 164(1): 84-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.10.011. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Bucking, C. and Wood, C.M. (2013) The skin of fish as a transport epithelium: a review. Journal of Comparative Physiology B (early access online) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-013-0761-4. (Journal Article)
  • Urbina, M.A., Glover, C.N. and Forster, M.E. (2012) A novel oxyconforming response in the freshwater fish Galaxias maculatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 161(3): 301-306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.11.011. (Journal Article)
  • Jayashankar, S., Glover, C.N., Folven, K.I., Brattelid, T., Hogstrand, C. and Lundebye, A-K. (2012) Cerebral gene expression and neurobehavioural responses in mice pups exposed to methylmercury and docosahexaenoic acid through the maternal diet. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 33(1): 26-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2011.10.001. (Journal Article)
  • Stringer, T.J., Glover, C.N., Keesing, V., Northcott, G.L. and Tremblay, L.A. (2012) Development of a harpacticoid copepod bioassay: Selection of species and relative sensitivity to zinc, atrazine and phenanthrene. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 80(1): 363-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.04.008. (Journal Article)
  • Stringer, T.J., Korsman, J.C., Peralta, G., Keesing, V., Tremblay, L.A. and Glover, C.N. (2012) Effects of environmental gradients on the distribution of harpacticoid copepods in an intertidal flat, Portobello Bay, Otago Harbour, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 46(3): 385-397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2012.697069. (Journal Article)
  • Chandurvelan, R., Marsden, I.D., Gaw, S. and Glover, C.N. (2012) Impairment of green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) physiology by waterborne cadmium: relationship to tissue bioaccumulation and effect of exposure duration. Aquatic Toxicology 124-125: 114-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.07.013. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Donovan, K.A. and Hill, J.V. (2012) Is the habitation of acidic-water sanctuaries by galaxiid fish facilitated by natural organic matter modification of sodium metabolism? Physiological and Bichemical Zoology 85(5): 460-469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/666903. (Journal Article)
  • Palumbo, A.J., Taylor, S.C., Addison, S.L., Slade, A.H. and Glover, C.N. (2012) Metal biosorption in lignocellulosic biofuel biorefinery effluent: An initial step towards sustainability of water resources. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology 39(9): 1345-1356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10295-012-1129-6. (Journal Article)
  • Urbina, M.A. and Glover, C.N. (2012) Should I stay or should I go?: Physiological, metabolic and biochemical consequences of voluntary emersion upon aquatic hypoxia in the scaleless fish Galaxias maculatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systems, and Environmental Physiology 182(8): 1057-1067. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-012-0678-3. (Journal Article)
  • Thompson, E.D., Mayer, G.D., Glover, C.N., Capo, T., Walsh, P.J. and Hogstrand, C. (2012) Zinc hyperaccumulation in squirrelfish (Holocentrus adscenscionis) and its role in embryo viability. PLoS ONE 7(10): e46127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046127. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Bucking, C. and Wood, C.M. (2011) Adaptations to in situ feeding: novel nutrient acquisition pathways in an ancient vertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278(1721): 3096-3101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2784. (Journal Article)
  • Haave, M., Folven, K.I., Carroll, T., Glover, C., Heegaard, E., Brattelid, T., Hogstrand, C. and Lundebye, A-K. (2011) Cerebral gene expression and neurobehavioural development after perinatal exposure to an environmentally relevant polybrominated diphenylether (BDE47). Cell Biology and Toxicology 27(5): 343-361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10565-011-9192-8. (Journal Article)
  • Jayashankar, S., Glover, C.N., Folven, K.I., Brattelid, T., Hogstrand, C. and Lundebye, A-K. (2011) Cerebral gene expression in response to single or combined gestational exposure to methylmercury and selenium through the maternal diet. Cell Biology and Toxicology 27(3): 181-197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10565-010-9180-4. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Bucking, C. and Wood, C.M. (2011) Characterisation of L-alanine and glycine absorption across the gut of an ancient vertebrate. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 181(6): 765-771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-011-0571-5. (Journal Article)
  • Bucking, C., Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2011) Digestion under Duress: Nutrient Acquisition and Metabolism during Hypoxia in the Pacific Hagfish. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84(6): 607-617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/662630. (Journal Article)
  • Urbina, M.A., Forster, M.E. and Glover, C.N. (2011) Leap of faith: voluntary emersion behaviour and physiological adaptations to aerial exposure in a non-aestivating freshwater fish in response to aquatic hypoxia. Physiology & Behavior 103(2): 240-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.009. (Journal Article)
  • Bakke, A.M., Glover, C.N. and Krogdahl, A. (2010) Feeding, digestion and absorption of nutrients. In M. Grosell, A.P. Farrell and C.J. Brauner (Ed.), The Multifunctional Gut of Fish. Fish Physiology Vol 30: 57-110. London: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1546-5098(10)03002-5. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lee, J.A., Marsden, I.D. and Glover, C.N. (2010) The influence of salinity on copper accumulation and its toxic effects in estuarine animals with differing osmoregulatory strategies. Aquatic Toxicology 99(1): 65-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.04.006. (Journal Article)
  • Folven, K.I., Glover, C.N., Malde, M.K. and Lundebye, A-K. (2009) Does selenium modify neurobehavioural impacts of developmental methylmercury exposure in mice? Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 28: 111-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2009.03.007. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Zheng, D., Jayashankar, S., Sales, G.D., Hogstrand, C. and Lundebye, A-K. (2009) Methylmercury speciation influences brain gene expression in gestationally-exposed mice pups. Toxicological Sciences 110(2): 389-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfp105. (Journal Article)
  • Ørnsrud, R., Lock, E-J., Glover, C.N. and Flik, G. (2009) Retinoic acid cross-talk with calcitriol activity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Endocrinology 202: 473-482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1677/JOE-09-0199. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2008) Absorption of copper and copper-histidine complexes across the apical surface of freshwater rainbow trout intestine. Journal of Comparative Physiology, B: Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 178: 101-109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-007-0203-2. (Journal Article)
  • Berntssen, M.H.G., Glover, C.N., Robb, D.H.F., Jakobsen, J-V. and Petri, D. (2008) Accumulation and elimination kinetics of dietary endosulfan in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquatic Toxicology 86(1): 104-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.10.006. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2008) Histidine absorption across apical surfaces of freshwater rainbow trout intestine: mechanistic characterisation and the influence of copper. Journal of Membrane Biology 221(2): 87-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00232-007-9088-y. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Petri, D., Tollefsen, K-E., Jørum, N., Handy, R.D. and Berntssen, M.H.G. (2007) Assessing the sensitivity of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to dietary endosulfan exposure using tissue biochemistry and histology. Aquatic Toxicology 84(3): 346-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.06.013. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. (2007) Cellular and Molecular Approaches to the Investigation of Piscine Osmoregulation: Current and Future Perspectives. In B. Baldisserotto, J.M. Mancera and B.G. Kapoor (Ed.), Fish Osmoregulation: 177-234. Enfield: Science Publishers. (Chapter in Book)
  • Qiu, A., Glover, C.N. and Hogstrand, C. (2007) Regulation of branchial zinc uptake by 1α,25-(OH)2D3 in rainbow trout and associated changes in expression of ZIP1 and ECaC. Aquatic Toxicology 84(2): 142-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.020. (Journal Article)
  • Pane, E.F., Glover, C.N., Patel, M. and Wood, C.M. (2006) Characterization of Ni transport into brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) isolated from the kidney of the freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 1758(1): 74-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.12.003. (Journal Article)
  • Alves, L.C., Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2006) Dietary Pb Accumulation in Juvenile Freshwater Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 51(4): 615-625. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-005-0212-7. (Journal Article)
  • Petri, D., Glover, C.N., Ylving, S., Kolås, K., Fremmersvik, G., Waagbø, R. and Berntssen, M.H.G. (2006) Sensitivity of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to dietary endosulfan as assessed by haematology, blood biochemistry, and growth parameters. Aquatic Toxicology 80(3): 207-216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.07.019. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2005) Accumulation and elimination of silver in Daphnia magna and the effect of natural organic matter. Aquatic Toxicology 73(4): 406-417. (Journal Article)
  • Franklin, N.M., Glover, C.N., Nicol, J.A. and Wood, C.M. (2005) Calcium/cadmium interactions at uptake surfaces in rainbow trout: Waterborne versus dietary routes of exposure. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24(11): 2954-2964. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Sharma, S.K. and Wood, C.M. (2005) Heterogeneity in physicochemical properties explains differences in silver toxicity amelioration by natural organic matter to Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24(11): 2941-2947. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Playle, R.C. and Wood, C.M. (2005) Heterogeneity of natural organic matter amelioration of silver toxicity to Daphnia magna: Effect of source and equilibration time. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24(11): 2934-2940. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Pane, E.F. and Wood, C.M. (2005) Humic substances influence sodium metabolism in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78(3): 405-416. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2005) Physiological characterisation of a pH- and calcium-dependent sodium uptake mechanism in the freshwater crustacean, Daphnia magna. Journal of Experimental Biology 208(5): 951-959. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2005) The disruption of Daphnia magna sodium metabolism by humic substances: Mechanism of action and effect of humic substance source. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78(6): 1005-1016. (Journal Article)
  • Kajimura, M., Croke, S.J., Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2004) Dogmas and controversies in the handling of nitrogenous wastes: The effect of feeding and fasting on the excretion of ammonia, urea and other nitrogenous waste products in rainbow trout. Journal of Experimental Biology 207(12): 1993-2002. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Bury, N.R. and Hogstrand, C. (2004) Intestinal zinc uptake in freshwater rainbow trout: evidence for apical pathways associated with potassium efflux and modified by calcium. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta- Biomembranes 1663(1-2): 214-221. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Wood, C.M. (2004) Physiological interactions of silver and humic substances in Daphnia magna: effects on reproduction and silver accumulation following an acute silver challenge. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C- Toxicology and Pharmacology 139(4): 273-280. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Hogstrand, C. (2003) Effects of dissolved metals and other hydrominerals on in vivo intestinal zinc uptake in freshwater rainbow trout. Aquatic Toxicology 62(4): 281-293. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Balesaria, S., Mayer, G.D., Thompson, E.D., Walsh, P.J. and Hogstrand, C. (2003) Intestinal zinc uptake in two marine teleosts, squirrelfish (Holocentrus adscensionis) and gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76(3): 321-330. (Journal Article)
  • Bury, N.R., Walker, P.A. and Glover, C.N. (2003) Nutritive metal uptake in teleost fish. Journal of Experimental Biology 206(1): 11-23. (Journal Article)
  • Thompson, E.D., Mayer, G.D., Balesaria, S., Glover, C.N., Walsh, P.J. and Hogstrand, C. (2003) Physiology and endocrinology of zinc accumulation during the female squirrelfish reproductive cycle. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A- Molecular & Integrative Physiology 134(4): 819-828. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N., Bury, N.R. and Hogstrand, C. (2003) Zinc uptake across the apical membrane of freshwater rainbow trout intestine is mediated by high affinity, low affinity, and histidine-facilitated pathways. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta- Biomembranes 1614(2): 211-219. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Hogstrand, C. (2002) Amino acid modulation of in vivo intestinal zinc absorption in freshwater rainbow trout. Journal of Experimental Biology 205(1): 151-158. (Journal Article)
  • Hogstrand, C., Balesaria, S. and Glover, C.N. (2002) Application of genomics and proteomics for study of the integrated response to zinc exposure in a non-model fish species, the rainbow trout. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 133(4): 523-535. (Journal Article)
  • Bury, N.R., Shaw, J.R., Glover, C.N. and Hogstrand, C. (2002) Derivation of a toxicity-based model to predict how water chemistry influences silver toxicity to invertebrates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C- Toxicology & Pharmacology 133(1-2): 259-270. (Journal Article)
  • Glover, C.N. and Hogstrand, C. (2002) In vivo characterisation of intestinal zinc uptake in freshwater rainbow trout. Journal of Experimental Biology 205(1): 141-150. (Journal Article)
  • Simpson, C.W., Glover, C.N. and Forster, M.E. (2000) Effects of natriuretic peptides on the gill vasculature of a hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 23(2): 183-189. (Journal Article)