Research Physiologist
Ph.D. student- University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Education
M. S. Oregon State University, 1998
B. A. University of Missouri-Columbia, 1992
Research Interests
My primary research interest involves the investigation of neuroendocrine
function in physiological and behavioral changes associated with migration
and the potential for environmental contaminants to act as endocrine disruptors.
Currently this work is focused on neuroendocrine control of developmental
changes in osmoregulation, particularly changes necessary for initiating
seaward migration and maintaining physiological homeostasis during seawater
entry and residence. Current research includes:
1) Investigating the role of arginine vasotocin
during the parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon.
2) Examining the effects of aqueous exposures of environmentally relevant
levels of nonylphenol and PCBs on smolt physiology and behavior. This
work is supported in part by a grant from the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institue SeaGrant
Program.
3) Establishing endocrine profiles during upstream migration and quantifying
the effects of dam passage on stress, fatigue, and reproductive success
of American shad.
Publications
Lerner, D. T., and R. T. Mason. 2001. The influence of sex steroids
on the sexual size dimorphism in the red-spotted garter snake, Thamnophis
sirtalis concinnus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 124 (2):218-225.
Moore, I. T., J. P. Lerner, D. T. Lerner and R. T. Mason. 2000. Relationships
between annual cycles of testosterone, corticosterone and body condition
in male red-spotted garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus,
Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 73 (3) 307-312.
Recently submitted
Schreck, C. B., D. T. Lerner, C. S. Price, T. A. Whitesal,
L. E. Davis, and . Multiple stress effects on juvenile spring chinook
salmon: Simulating passage through the Snake-Columbia river hydropower
system. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc.
Moore, IT., M. J. Greene, D. T. Lerner, C.
E. Asher, R. W. Krohmer, D. L. Hess, and R. T. Mason. Eating itself out
of house and home: Physiological evidence for reproductive supression
in the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) of Guam. Biol. Conservation.
Project Reports
Lerner, D. T., and C. B. Schreck. 2000. Determination of passage of juvenile
lamprey: development of a tagging protocol. Draft Annual Report 1999.
Project BPS-P-00-15b. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District,
Portland, OR.
Lerner, D. T., and C. B. Schreck. 1999. Evaluation of procedures for collection,
bypass, and downstream passage of outmigrating salmonids Draft Annual
Report 1998. Project MPE-W-95-3. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, Walla Walla, WA.
Society Memberships
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Fisheries Society
Foundation for National Progress
Sierra Club
Society for Behavioral Neurobiology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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