Collins Lab - Publications & Meetings

Recent Publications by members of my laboratory

Tsang, W.N., Chaillé, P.M., and Collins, P.M. 2007. Growth and reproductive performance of cultured nearshore rockfish (Sebastes spp.). Aquaculture, 266:236-245. [PDF].

Cheung H.Y., Chaillé, P.M., Randall, D.J. , Gray, J. S., Au, D.W.T. 2007. The use of scale increment as a means of indicating fish growth and growth impairment. Aquaculture, 266:102-111. [PDF].

Collins, P.M., Tsang W.N. and Urbanski H.F. 2007. Endocrine correlates of reproductive development in the male tree-shrew and the effects of infantile exposure to exogenous androgens. Endocrinology, 154(1-3):22-30.

Collins, P.M. 2007. Reproductive Potential of Nearshore Rockfish and Impact of Environmental Conditions. California Sea Grant College Program, Research Profiles, eScholarship Repository, University of California.

Collins P.M., Chaille P.M., Tsang W.N. 2007. The maternal hormonal environment during embryonic development and adaptation in nearshore rockfish (Sebastes spp.). In: Viviparous Fishes II, the proceedings of the III International Symposium on Viviparous Fishes, H.J.Grier and M. del C. Uribe (eds), New Life Publications, Homestead, Florida (Invited Chapter).

Collins, P., Moore, R., Chaillé, P., Tsang, W.N., Scott, A.P. and Sherwood, N. 2006. Regulation of pregnancy in a viviparous rockfish, Sebastes rastrelliger. Abstracts of the 15th International Conference on Comparative Endocrinology. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. J. Exp. Zool., 305:118.

Collins, P.M. 2004. Assessment of the reproductive potential of nearshore rockfish and the impact of environmental conditions. Research Completion Reports, California Sea Grant College Program, University of California, San Diego.

Deane, E.E., Kelly, S.P., Collins, P.M. and Woo, N.Y.S. 2003. Larval development of silver seabream (Sparus sarba): ontogeny of RNA/DNA ratio, GH, IGF-I and Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase. Marine Biotechnology: 5 (1), 79-91.

Delo, L. J., Moore, R. K., Tsang, W. N., Woo, N. Y. S. and Collins, P. M. 2002. Early developmental patterns in cultured viviparous Sebastes rastrelliger and oviparous Sparus sarba teleosts. Proceedings of World Aquaculture 2002. Beijing, China, 178.

Collins, P. M., O'Neill, D. F., Barron B. R., and Sherwood, N. M. 2001. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone content in the brain and pituitary of male and female grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger) in relation to seasonal changes in reproductive status. Biology of Reproduction 65, 173-179.

Kelly, S. P., Larsen, S. D., Collins, P. M., and Woo, N. Y. S. 2000. Quantitation of inert feed ingestion feed ingestion in larval silver sea bream (Sparus sarba) using auto-fluorescence of alginate-based microparticulate diets. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 22, 109-117.

Moore, R. K., Scott, A. P., and Collins, P. M. 2000. Circulating C-21 steroids in relation to reproductive condition of a viviparous marine teleost, Sebastes rastrelliger (grass rockfish). General and Comparative Endocrinology 117, 268-280.

Moore, R. K. and Collins, P.M. 2000. Structural characteristics and contractile properties of the ovarian wall of the viviparous marine teleost, grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger). Biology of Reproduction 62 suppl 1,199.

Deane, E. E., Kelly, S. P., Larsen, S. D., Collins, P. M. and Woo, N. Y. S. 1999. Differential gene expression during larval development of silver seabream. Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Calgary Canada. In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 124 (Suppl.), S117.

Kelly, S. P., Larsen, S. D., Collins, P. M. and Woo N. Y. S. 1998. Observation of feeding in larval seabream (Sparus sarba) using auto-fluorescence of alginate- based microparticulate diets. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Biochemical and Molecular Approaches to Seabream Aquaculture and its Impact on the Environment. In: The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh 50 (4), 205.

Collins, P. M., Tsang, W. N., Kelly, S. P., Larsen, S. D. and Woo, N. Y. S. 1998. Development of Novel Alginate Based Microparticulate Diets for the Culture of Larvae of Marine Fish of the Pacific Rim. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Progress and Prospect of Marine Biotechnology, Quingdao, China. China Ocean Press, 372.

Powell, J.F.F., Krueckl, S., Collins, P. M. and Sherwood, N. M. 1996. Molecular forms of GnRH in three model fishes: Rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger ), medaka ( Oryzias latipes), and zebrafish ( Brachydanio rerio). Journal of Endocrinology 149, 363-374.

Carolsfeld, J., Scott, A. P., Collins, P. M. and Sherwood, N. M. 1996. Reproductive steroids during maturation in a primitive teleost, the Pacific herring (Clupea harengus pallasi). General and Comparative Endocrinology 103, 331-348.

Barron, B.R., Tsang, W. N., Larsen, S. D. and Collins, P. M. 1995. An evaluation of rockfish (Sebastes spp.) as models for the study of reproduction and development in viviparous marine fish. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish, Austin, Texas, 228.

Urbanski H.F., Fahy, M. M., and Collins, P. M. 1993 Influence of N-methyl-D-apartate on the reproductive axis of male syrian hamsters. Journal of Endocrinology, 137, 247-252.

Urbanski H.F., Doan A., Pierce M., Fahrenbach W.H., Collins P.M. 1992 Maturation of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis of male Syrian hampsters. Biology of Reproduction 46, 991-996.

Collins, P.M. 1990. Endocrine biotechnology and its application to fish culture in Japan. Office of Naval Research Asian Office, Scientific Information Bulletin 15(4), 7-14.

Dobyns, R., Collins, P. M. and Tsang, W. N. 1989. Urinary immunoreactive androgen levels during sexual development in the male tree-shrew (Tupaia belangeri). Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 92A, No.4, 489-494

Collins, P. M. and Tsang, W. N. 1987. Growth and reproductive development in the male tree-shrew (Tupaia belangeri) from birth to sexual maturity. Biology of Reproduction 37, 261-267.

Tsang, W. N., Pudney, J., and Collins, P. M. 1987. Postnatal differentiation of the gametogenic and endocrine functions of the testis in the tree-shrew (Tupaia belangeri). Cell and Tissue Research 250, 681-687.

Tsang, W. N. and P.M. Collins. 1985. Techniques for hand- rearing tree-shrews (Tupaia belangeri) from birth. Zoo Biology 4, 23-31.

Collins, P. M., Tsang, W. N. and Metzger, J. M. 1984. Influence of stress on adrenocortical function in the male tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri). General and Comparative Endocrinology 55, 450-457.

Collins, P. M., Tsang, W. N. and Lofts, B. 1982. Reproductive function in the captive male tree-shrew (Tupaia belangeri). Biology of Reproduction 26, 169-182.

Recent presentations & meetings attended by members of the Collins lab group

Chaillé, P.M., Invited Speaker, 2007. Lecture titled: Are fish disappearing? - The future vision of aquatic resources in contaminated water. Sapporo Guest House, Sapporo International Communication Plaza Foundation/Heidelberg College Japan Campus (24 February, 2007).

Chaillé, P.M., Delegate, 2007. International Conference on Ecophysiology of Marine Organisms (ICEMO); Coping with change: physiological responses of marine organisms. The Swire Institute of Marine Science, Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Collins P.M., Chaillé, P.M., Tsang, W.N. 2006. The maternal and hormonal environment during embryonic development and adaptation in nearshore rockfish (Sebastes spp.). III International Symposium on Viviparous Fishes. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Facultad de Biologia, Morelia, Michoacán, México, 8-11 November, 2006.

Schwab, A., Chaillé, P.M., Collins, P.M. 2006. The effects of aquatic hypoxia and oxygen supersaturation on early larval development in an oviparous marine teleost, Atractoscion nobilis. Undergraduate Research Colloquium, UC Santa Barbara, 2006.

Sakai, T., Chaillé, P.M., Collins P.M. 2005. Environmental factors influencing in vitro and in vivo growth and survival of grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger) embryos. Undergraduate Research Colloquium, UC Santa Barbara, 2005.

Collins, P.M., Moore, R.K., Chaillé, P.M.,Tsang, W.N. 2004. Endocrine mechanisms regulating pregnancy and parturition in a nearshore rockfish, Sebastes rastrelliger. Abstracts of the 6th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Asia Pacific Society of Marine Biotechnology, Zhoushan, P.R. China.

Collins, P.M. 2003. Reproductive Function in the Viviparous Rockfish, Sebastes rastrelliger, a candidate
species for Mariculture. International UNESCO Training Course for graduate students, UNESCO Chinese Center of Marine Biotechnology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P.R. China.

Fukui, H., Chaillé, P.M., Collins P.M. 2003. Effects of salinity on larval growth and development in oviparous white sea bass (Atractoscion nobilis) and the viviparous teleost grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger). Undergraduate Research Colloquium, UC Santa Barbara, 2003.

Collins, P.M., Chaillé, P.M., Delo, L.J. 2002. Potential Fecundity and Realized Reproductive Output in Nearshore Rockfish. National Sea Grant Association Fall 2002 Meeting in conjunction with California and the World Ocean ’02.

Chaillé, P.M. 2002. Invited Participant, Workshop to Identify Needed Socioeconomic Studies Associated with Marine Activities in Central California, California Sea Grant College Program and UC Cooperative Extension, Watsonville, California.

Delo, L. J., Moore, R. K., Tsang, W. N., Woo, N. Y. S. and Collins, P. M. 2002. Early developmental patterns in cultured viviparous Sebastes rastrelliger and oviparous Sparus sarba teleosts. Proceedings of World Aquaculture 2002. Beijing, China, 178.

Deane, E. E., Kelly, S. P., Foo, R. W. T., Collins, P. M. and Woo, N.Y. S. 2000. Ontogeny of heat shock protein and Na - K - ATP-ase during larval development of sea bream. Proceedings of PACON 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii, 166.