Ernest S. Chang
Professor
eschang@ucdavis.edu

Bodega Marine Laboratory
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

Office
(707) 875-2061


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Degrees:
1978 PhD University of California, Los Angeles Biology
1973 BA University of California, Berkeley Zoology
Research Interests:

Development, growth, and reproduction of marine invertebrate animals.
Physiological ecology, growth, and reproduction of marine invertebrates, especially crustaceans.
Awards:
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1994
Department and Center Affiliations:
Bodega Marine Laboratory
Animal Science
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Animal Behavior  
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Ecology Animal Biology  
Publications:
  • Medler, S., Lilley, T., Riehl, J. H., Mulder, E. P., Chang, E. S., and Mykles, D. L. 2007. Myofibrillar gene expression in differentiating lobster claw muscles. J. Exp. Zool. 307A:281-295.
  • Horst, M. N., Walker, A. N., Bush, P., Wilson, T., Chang, E. S., Miller, T., and Larkin, P. 2007. Pesticide induced alterations in gene expression in the lobster, Homarus americanus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D. 2:44-52.
  • Lee, K. J., Kim, H.-W., Doran, R. M., Gomez, A. M., Chang, E. S., Covi, J. A., and Mykles, D. L. 2007. Molt-inhibiting hormone from the tropical land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis: Cloning, tissue expression, and expression of biologically active recombinant peptide in yeast. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 150:505-513.
  • Ridgway, I., Taylor, A. C., Atkinson, R. J. A., Chang, E. S., and Neil, D. M. 2006. Impact of capture method and trawl duration on the health status of the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 339:135-147.
  • Roepke, T. A., Chang, E. S. and Cherr, G. N. 2006. Maternal exposure to estradiol and endocrine disrupting compounds alters the sensitivity of sea urchin embryos and the expression of an orphan steroid receptor. J. Exp. Zool. 305A:830-841.
  • Ridgway, I. D., Taylor, A. C., Atkinson, R. J. A., Stentiford, G. D., Chang, S. A., Chang, E. S., and Neil, D. M.. 2006. Morbidity and mortality in Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus: Physiological, immunological and pathological effects of aerial exposure. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 328:251-264.
  • Walker, A. N., Bush, P., Puritz, J., Wilson, T., Chang, E. S., Miller, T., Holloway, K., and Horst, M. N. 2005. Bioaccumulation and metabolic effects of the endocrine disruptor methoprene in the lobster, Homarus americanus. Integrat. Comp. Biol. 45:118-126.
  • Medler, S., Brown, K. J., Chang, E. S., and Mykles, D. L. 2005. Eyestalk ablation has little effect on actin and myosin heavy chain gene expression in adult lobster skeletal muscles. Biol. Bull. 208:127-137.
  • Walker, A. N., Bush, P., Wilson, T., Chang, E. S., Miller, T., and Horst, M. N. 2005. Metabolic effects of acute exposure to methoprene in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. J. Shellfish Res. 24:787-794.
  • De Guise, S., Maratea, J., Chang, E. S., and Perkins, C. 2005. Resmethrin immunotoxicity and endocrine disrupting effects in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) upon experimental exposure. J. Shellfish Res. 24:781-786.
  • Kim, H.-W., Chang, E. S., and Mykles, D. L. 2005. Three calpains and ecdysone receptor in the land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis: Sequences, expression, and effects of elevated ecdysteroid induced by eyestalk ablation. J. Exp. Biol. 208:3177-3197.
  • Chang, E. S. 2005. Stressed-out lobsters: Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone and stress proteins. Integrat. Comp. Biol. 45:43-50.
  • Chang, E. S., and W. R. Kaufman. 2005. Endocrinology of Crustacea and Chelicerata. In "Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science" (L. I. Gilbert, K. Iatrou, and S. S. Gill, eds.), vol. 3, pp. 805-842. Elsevier B.V., Oxford.
Teaching Interests:
Comparative Endocrinology (NPB 128), Comparative Physiology of Marine Organisms (NPB 141 and NPB 141P)