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Fields of interest:

• Comparative physiology
• The effects of respiratory acidosis in water breathers
• Acid-base regulation in primitive fishes

Recent publications:

D.W. Baker, V. Matey, K.T. Huynh, J.M. Wilson, J.D. Morgan and C.J. Brauner:
Complete intracellular pH protection during extracellular pH depression is associated with hypercarbia tolerance in white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus,
American Journal of Physiology Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 296, (2009), pp. R1868-R1880

L.M. Hanson, D.W. Baker, L. Kuchel, A.P. Farrell, A.L. Val and C.J. Brauner:
Intrinsic mechanical properties of the perfused armoured catfish heart with special reference to the effects of hypercapnic acidosis on maximum cardiac performance,
Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 212, (2009), pp. 1270-1276

D.W. Baker, C. May and C.J. Brauner:
A validation of intracellular pH measurements in fish exposed to hypercarbia: the effect of duration of tissue storage and efficacy of the metabolic inhibitor tissue homogenate method,
Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 75, (2009), pp. 268-275

B.A. Sardella, D.W. Baker and C.J. Brauner:
The effects of variable water salinity and ionic composition on the plasma status of the Pacific Hagfish (/Eptatretus stoutii/).
Journal of Comparative Physiology B, Vol. 179, (2009), pp. 721-728

B. Mojazi Amiri, D.W. Baker, J.D. Morgan and C.J. Brauner:
Size dependent early salinity tolerance in two sizes of juvenile white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus,
Aquaculture, Vol. 286, (2009), pp. 121-126

G.H. Scott, D.W. Baker, P.M. Schulte and C.M. Wood:
Physiological and molecular mechanisms of osmoregulatory plasticity in killifish after seawater transfer,
Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 211, (2008), pp. 2450-2459

A. Grant, D.W. Baker, D. Higgs, C.J. Brauner, J.G. Richards, S.K. Balfry and P.M. Schulte:
Effects of dietary canola oil level on growth, fatty acid composition and osmoregulatory ability of juvenile fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha),
Aquaculture, Vol. 277, (2008), pp. 303-312

D.W. Baker, S.J. Peake and J.D. Kieffer:
The effect of capture, handling, and tagging on hematological variables in wild adult lake sturgeon,
North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Vol. 28, (2008), pp. 296-300

D.W. Baker, A.M. Wood and J.D. Kieffer:
Juvenile Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons (Family: Acipenseridae) have different hematological responses to acute environmental hypoxia,
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Vol. 78, (2005), 916-925

D.W. Baker, A.M. Wood, M. Litvak and J.D. Kieffer:
Haematology of juvenile Atlantic (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum) sturgeons at rest and following forced activity,
Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 66, (2005), pp. 208-221