Giacomin, M. & Schulte, P.M. & Wood, C.M. (2022)
Osmorespiratory compromise in an elasmobranch: oxygen consumption, ventilation and nitrogen metabolism during recovery from exhaustive exercise in dogfish sharks (Squalus suckleyi). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology, 192(5), 647–657
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-022-01447-4

Hoogenboom, J.L. & Weinrauch, A.M. & Wood, C.M. & Anderson, W.G. (2020)
The effects of digesting a urea-rich meal on North Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias suckleyi). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 249, Article 110775
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110775

Wood, C.M. & Liew, H.J. & de Boeck, G. & Hoogenboom, J.L. & Anderson, W.G. (2019)
Nitrogen handling in the elasmobranch gut: a role for microbial urease. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(3), Article jeb194787
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.194787

Giacomin, M. & Schulte, P.M. & Wood, C.M. (2017)
Differential Effects of Temperature on Oxygen Consumption and Branchial Fluxes of Urea, Ammonia, and Water in the Dogfish Shark (Squalus acanthias suckleyi). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 90(6), 627–637
DOI: 10.1086/694296

Wood, C.M. & Giacomin, M. (2016)
Feeding through your gills and turning a toxicant into a resource: how the dogfish shark scavenges ammonia from its environment. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(20), 3218–3226
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.145268

de Boeck, G. & Wood, C.M. (2015)
Does ammonia trigger hyperventilation in the elasmobranch, Squalus acanthias suckleyi? Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 206, 25–35
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.11.009

Nawata, C.M. & Walsh, P.J. & Wood, C.M. (2015)
Physiological and molecular responses of the spiny dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) to high environmental ammonia: scavenging for nitrogen. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(2), 238–248
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.114967

Nawata, C.M. & Walsh, P.J. & Wood, C.M. (2015)
Nitrogen metabolism, acid-base regulation, and molecular responses to ammonia and acid infusions in the spiny dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 185(5), 511–525
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0898-4

Zimmer, A.M. & Wood, C.M. (2014)
Exposure to Acute Severe Hypoxia Leads to Increased Urea Loss and Disruptions in Acid-Base and Ionoregulatory Balance in Dogfish Sharks (Squalus acanthias). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 87(5), 623–639
DOI: 10.1086/677884

Anderson, W.G. & Mccabe, C. & Brandt, C. & Wood, C.M. (2014)
Examining urea flux across the intestine of the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 181C, 71–78
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.11.023

Eyckmans, M. & Lardon, I. & Wood, C.M. & de Boeck, G. (2013)
Physiological effects of waterborne lead exposure in spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Aquatic Toxicology, 126, 373–381
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.09.004

Liew, H.J. & de Boeck, G. & Wood, C.M. (2013)
An in vitro study of urea, water, ion and CO2/HCO3− transport in the gastrointestinal tract of the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias): the influence of feeding. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(11), 2063–2072
DOI: 10.1242/​jeb.082313

Wood, C.M. & Liew, H.J. & de Boeck, G. & Walsh, P.J. (2013)
A perfusion study of the handling of urea and urea analogues by the gills of the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias). PeerJ, 1, Article e33
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.33

Deck, C.A. & Mckay, S.J. & Fiedler, T.J. & Lemoine, C.M.R. & Kajimura, M. & Nawata, C.M. & Wood, C.M. & Walsh, P.J. (2013)
Transcriptome responses in the rectal gland of fed and fasted spiny dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) determined by suppression subtractive hybridization. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part D, Genomics & Proteomics, 8(4), 334–343
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2013.09.003

Anderson, W.G. & Nawata, C.M. & Wood, C.M. & Piercey-Normore, M.D. & Weihrauch, D. (2012)
Body fluid osmolytes and urea and ammonia flux in the colon of two chondrichthyan fishes, the ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei , and spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 161(1), 27–35
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.08.017

de Boeck, G. & Wood, C.M. (2010)
Biology of elasmobranchs: From genes to ecophysiology and behaviour? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 155(4), 415–416
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.01.012

Wood, C.M. & Walsh, P.J. & Kajimura, M. & McClelland, G. & Chew, S.F. (2010)
The influence of feeding and fasting on plasma metabolites in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 155(4), 435–444
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.09.006

Wood, C.M. & Walsh, P.J. & Kajimura, M. & McClelland, G. & Chew, S.F. (2009)
The influence of feeding and fasting on plasma metabolites in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) [Abstract]. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 153(2, Supplement 1), S66–S67
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.012

Wood, C.M. & Schultz, A.G. & Munger, R.S. & Walsh, P.J. (2009)
Using omeprazole to link the components of the post-prandial alkaline tide in the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(5), 684–692
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026450

Matey, V. & Wood, C.M. & Dowd, W.W. & Kültz, D. & Walsh, P.J. (2009)
Morphology of the rectal gland of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) shark in response to feeding. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87(5), 440–452
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-030

Kajimura, M. & Walsh, P.J. & Wood, C.M. (2008)
The spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias L. maintains osmolyte balance during long-term starvation. Journal of Fish Biology, 72(3), 656–670
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01756.x

Wood, C.M. & Kajimura, M. & Mommsen, T.P. & Walsh, P.J. (2008)
Is the alkaline tide a signal to activate metabolic or ionoregulatory enzymes in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias)? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81(3), 278–287
DOI: 10.1086/587094

Wood, C.M. & Walsh, P.J. (2008)
In one end of the shark and out the other: Events and consequences of feeding in the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias [Abstract]. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 150(3, Supplement 1), S61
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.062

Wood, C.M. & Kajimura, M. & Bucking, C.P. & Nadella, S.R. & Fitzpatrick, J. & Mommsen, T.P. & Walsh, P.J. (2007)
Acid-base and metabolic responses to feeding in the dogfish shark: The alkaline tide goes out [Abstract]. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 148(Supplement 1), S143
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.06.361

de Boeck, G. & Hattink, J. & Franklin, N.M. & Bucking, C.P. & Wood, S. & Walsh, P.J. & Wood, C.M. (2007)
Copper toxicity in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias): urea loss contributes to the osmoregulatory disturbance. Aquatic Toxicology, 84(2), 133–141
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.04.012

Wood, C.M. & Kajimura, M. & Bucking, C. & Walsh, P.J. (2007)
Osmoregulation, ionoregulation and acid-base regulation by the gastrointestinal tract after feeding in the elasmobranch (Squalus acanthias). Journal of Experimental Biology, 210(8), 1335–1349
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02736

Wood, C.M. & Munger, R.S. & Thompson, J. & Shuttleworth, T.J. (2007)
Control of rectal gland secretion by blood acid-base status in the intact dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias). Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 156(2), 220–228
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2006.09.003

Wood, C.M. & Bucking, C. & Fitzpatrick, J. & Nadella, S.R. (2007)
The alkaline tide goes out and the nitrogen stays in after feeding in the dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 159(2), 163–170
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.06.008

Barcellos, J.F.M. & Wood, C.M. & Val, A.L. (2006)
Ammonia and urea fluxes in Potamotrygon sp, a freshwater stingray of the Amazon. In The physiology of tropical fish. Symposium Proceedings, San Francisco: 33–37

Walsh, P.J. & Kajimura, M. & Mommsen, T.P. & Wood, C.M. (2006)
Metabolic organization and effects of feeding on enzyme activities of the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) rectal gland. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209(15), 2929–2938
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02329

Shuttleworth, T.J. & Thompson, J. & Munger, R.S. & Wood, C.M. (2006)
A critical analysis of carbonic anhydrase function, respiratory gas exchange, and the acid-base control of secretion in the rectal gland of Squalus acanthias. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209(23), 4701–4716
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02564

Kajimura, M. & Walsh, P.J. & Mommsen, T.P. & Wood, C.M. (2006)
The dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) increases both hepatic and extrahepatic ornithine urea cycle enzyme activities for nitrogen conservation after feeding. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79(3), 602–613
DOI: 10.1086/501060

Wood, C.M. & Kajimura, M. & Mommsen, T.P. & Walsh, P.J. (2005)
Alkaline tide and nitrogen conservation after feeding in an elasmobranch (Squalus acanthias). Journal of Experimental Biology, 208(14), 2693–2705
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01678

Grosell, M. & Wood, C.M. & Walsh, P.J. (2003)
Copper homeostasis and toxicity in the elasmobranch Raja erinacea and the teleost Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus during exposure to elevated water-borne copper. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part C, Toxicology & Pharmacology, 135(2), 179–190
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(03)00089-9

Richards, J.G. & Heigenhauser, G.J.F. & Wood, C.M. (2003)
Exercise and recovery metabolism in the Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 173(6), 463–474
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-003-0354-8

Wood, C.M. & Matsuo, A.Y.O. & Wilson, R.W. & Gonzalez, R.J. & Patrick, M.L. & Playle, R.C. & Val, A.L. (2003)
Protection by natural blackwater against disturbances in ion fluxes caused by low pH exposure in freshwater stingrays endemic to the Rio Negro. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 76(1), 12–27
DOI: 10.1086/367946

Wood, C.M. & Matsuo, A.Y.O. & Gonzalez, R.J. & Wilson, R.W. & Patrick, M.L. & Val, A.L. (2002)
Mechanisms of ion transport in Potamotrygon, a stenohaline freshwater elasmobranch native to the ion-poor blackwaters of the Rio Negro. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205(19), 3039–3054

Walsh, P.J. & Wang, Y. & Campbell, C.E. & de Boeck, G. & Wood, C.M. (2001)
Patterns of nitrogenous waste excretion and gill urea transporter mRNA expression in several species of marine fish. Marine Biology, 139(5), 839–844
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100639

Perry, S.F. & Montpetit, C.J. & Mckendry, J. & Desforges, P.R. & Gilmour, K.M. & Wood, C.M. & Olson, K.R. (2001)
The effects of endothelin-1 on the cardiorespiratory physiology of the freshwater trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and the marine dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 171(8), 623–634
DOI: 10.1007/s003600100213

Gilmour, K.M. & Perry, S.F. & Bernier, N.J. & Henry, R.P. & Wood, C.M. (2001)
Extracellular carbonic anhydrase in the dogfish, Squalus acanthias: a role in CO2 excretion. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 74(4), 477–492
DOI: 10.1086/322157

de Boeck, G. & Grosell, M. & Wood, C.M. (2001)
Sensitivity of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) to waterborne silver exposure. Aquatic Toxicology, 54(3–4), 261–275
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(00)00180-6

Webb, N.A. & Wood, C.M. (2000)
Bioaccumulation and distribution of silver in four marine teleosts and two marine elasmobranchs: influence of exposure duration, concentration, and salinity. Aquatic Toxicology, 49(1–2), 111–129
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(99)00063-6

Perry, S.F. & Gilmour, K.M. & Bernier, N.J. & Wood, C.M. (1999)
Does gill boundary layer carbonic anhydrase contribute to carbon dioxide excretion: a comparison between dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Experimental Biology, 202(6), 749–756

Pärt, P. & Wright, P.A. & Wood, C.M. (1998)
Urea and Water Permeability in Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Gills. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 119(1), 117–123
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00400-5

Wood, C.M. & Pärt, P. & Wright, P.A. (1995)
Ammonia and urea metabolism in relation to gill function and acid-base balance in a marine elasmobranch, the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Journal of Experimental Biology, 198, 1545–1558

Walsh, P.J. & Wood, C.M. & Perry, S.F. & Thomas, S. (1994)
Urea transport of hepatocytes and red blood cells of selected elasmobranch and teleost fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 193, 321–335

Wood, C.M. & Turner, J.D. & Munger, R.S. & Graham, M.S. (1990)
Control of ventilation in the hypercapnic skate Raja ocellata: II. Cerebrospinal fluid and intracellular pH in the brain and other tissues. Respiration Physiology, 80(2–3), 279–297
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(90)90089-H

Graham, M.S. & Turner, J.D. & Wood, C.M. (1990)
Control of ventilation in the hypercapnic skate Raja ocellata: I. Blood and extradural fluid. Respiration Physiology, 80(2–3), 259–277
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(90)90088-G