Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center Physiology Section Michael F. O'Dea 1 Migratory Way-P.O. Box 796 Turners Falls, MA 01376 voice: 413-863-3812 fax: 413-863-9810

Research Technician Education B.S. Zoology University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1986 Research Interests 1. Physiology and endocrinology of migratory fish including American shad, Atlantic sturgeon and Atlantic salmon. 2. Fish culture. 3. Supervision of wet lab facility at the Conte Center. Publications McCormick, S.D., Bjornsson, B.Th., Sheridan, M., Eilertson, C., Carey, J.B. and O'Dea, M.F. 1995. Increased daylength stimulates plasma growth hormone and gill Na+,K+-ATPase in Atlantic salmon. J. Comp. Physiol. 165B: 245-254. McCormick, S.D., Shrimpton, J.M., Björnsson, B.Th. Moriyama, S., Carey, J.B., O'Dea, M.F., and Sloan, K.E. 1998. Repeated acute stress reduces growth rate of Atlantic salmon parr and alters plasma growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor I and cortisol. Aquaculture 168: 221-235. McCormick, S.D., Cunjak, R.A., Dempson, B., O'Dea, M.F. and Carey, J.B. 1999. Temperature-related loss of smolt characteristics in Atlantic salmon in the wild. Can. J. Fish. Aq. Sci. 56: 1649-1658. McCormick, S.D., O'Dea, M.F., Moeckel, A.M., Björnsson, B.Th. 2003. Endocrine and physiological changes in Atlantic salmon smolts following hatchery release. Aquaculture 222: 45-57.