Iain J. McGaw

Iain J. McGaw graduated in 1987 with a B.S. degree (with honors) in marine zoology, and a Ph.D. degree in marine biology in 1991 from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. His research focuses on the ecophysiology and behavior of crustaceans. The research takes an integrative approach using both lab- and field-based experiments to determine how behavioral and physiological responses interact when animals feed and digest during environmental perturbations. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Brian McMahon at the University of Calgary and Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Canada, from 1992 to 1994. Thereafter, he spent two years as a Lecturer at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. In 1996, he moved to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Carl Reiber before being hired as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003, and is currently a Section Chair for the Integrative Physiology Group at the School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada. McGaw has retained long-term ties with the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and returns here each summer with his students to carry out research.

Biography Updated on 8 July 2008

Personal Home Page

http://sols.unlv.edu/McGaw/

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Cardiovascular system of anomuran crabs, genusLopholithodes
    Journal of Morphology, 2008
  2. Gastric processing in the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, during hypoxia
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 150, no. 4, pp. 458–463, 2008
  3. A year in the life of a Dungeness crab: methodology for determining microhabitat conditions experienced by large decapod crustaceans in estuaries
    Journal of Zoology, vol. 274, no. 4, pp. 375–385, 2008
  4. The Interactive Effects of Exercise and Feeding on Oxygen Uptake, Activity Levels, and Gastric Processing in the Graceful Crab Cancer gracilis
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 335–343, 2007
  5. Gastric processing and evacuation during emersion in the red rock crab, Cancer productus
    Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 117–131, 2007
  6. Behavioural responses of the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, during feeding and digestion in hypoxic conditions
    Marine Biology, vol. 150, no. 5, pp. 941–951, 2006
  7. Cardiovascular and respiratory responses associated with limb autotomy in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
    Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 131–141, 2006
  8. Feeding and digestion in low salinity in an osmoconforming crab, Cancer gracilis I. Cardiovascular and respiratory responses
    Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 209, no. 19, pp. 3766–3776, 2006
  9. Feeding and digestion in low salinity in an osmoconforming crab, Cancer gracilis II. Gastric evacuation and motility
    Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 209, no. 19, pp. 3777–3785, 2006
  10. EPIBIONTS OF SYMPATRIC SPECIES OF Cancer CRABS IN BARKLEY SOUND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
    Journal of Crustacean Biology, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 85, 2006
  11. Does feeding limit cardiovascular modulation in the Dungeness crab Cancer magister during hypoxia?
    Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 208, no. 1, pp. 83–91, 2005
  12. Prioritization or Summation of Events? Cardiovascular Physiology of Postprandial Dungeness Crabs in Low Salinity
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 169–177, 2005
  13. The Decapod Crustacean Circulatory System: A Case That Is neither Open nor Closed
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 11, no. 01, 2005
  14. Selective crab predation on native and introduced bivalves in British Columbia
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 325, no. 1, pp. 8–17, 2005
  15. Ventilatory and cardiovascular modulation associated with burying behaviour in two sympatric crab species, Cancer magister and Cancer productus
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 303, no. 1, pp. 47–63, 2004
  16. Thermoregulatory behavior of the crayfish Procambarus clarki in a burrow environment
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 136, no. 3, pp. 539–556, 2003
  17. Behavioral Thermoregulation in Hemigrapsus nudus, the Amphibious Purple Shore Crab
    Biological Bulletin, vol. 204, no. 1, p. 38, 2003
  18. Balancing tissue perfusion demands: cardiovascular dynamics ofcancer magister during exposure to low salinity and hypoxia
    Journal of Experimental Zoology, vol. 295A, no. 1, pp. 57–70, 2002
  19. Cardiovascular system of the blue crabCallinectes sapidus
    Journal of Morphology, vol. 251, no. 1, pp. 1–21, 2001
  20. Impacts of Habitat Complexity on Physiology: Purple Shore Crabs Tolerate Osmotic Stress for Shelter
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 865–876, 2001
  21. Actions of Putative Cardioinhibitory Substances on the in Vivo Decapod Cardiovascular System
    Journal of Crustacean Biology, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 435, 1999
  22. Behavioral Physiology of Four Crab Species in Low Salinity
    Biological Bulletin, vol. 196, no. 2, p. 163, 1999
  23. Circulatory modification in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus, during exposure and acclimation to low salinity
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 67–76, 1998
  24. Endogenous rhythms of haemolymph flow and cardiac performance in the crab Cancer magister
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 224, no. 1, pp. 127–142, 1998
  25. The FMRFamide-Related Peptides F1 and F2 Alter Hemolymph Distribution and Cardiac Output in the Crab Cancer magister
    Biological Bulletin, vol. 188, no. 2, p. 186, 1995
  26. Peptidergic modulation of cardiovascular dynamics in the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B, vol. 164, no. 2, pp. 103–111, 1994
  27. Patterns of haemolymph-flow variation in decapod crustaceans
    Marine Biology, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 53–60, 1994
  28. Salinity preference of the shore crab Carcinus maenas in relation to coloration during intermoult and to prior acclimation
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 155, no. 2, pp. 145–159, 1992