Research areas
Classical whole animal physiology/endocrinology linked to in vitro isolated tissue and cell and molecular studies to investigate osmoregulatory function. The control of sodium and water balance in teleost fish. Expression and characterisation of Na+-K+-ATPase and ""CFR-like"" chloride channels in euryhaline fish. Environmental factors affecting stress, growth rate and development in aquaculture. Development of recirculation technology for application in aquaculture. Osmoregulation, physiology and behaviour of migratory sea trout. Control of sodium and urea metabolism in elasmobranch fish. Isolation and characterisation of novel elasmobranch peptides.
PhD supervision
- Miguel Delos Santos
Selected publications
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Open access
Bottlenose dolphin calves have multi-year elevations of plasma oxytocin compared to all other age classes
Robinson, K. J., Ternes, K., Hazon, N., Wells, R. & Janik, V. M., 15 Jan 2020, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 286, 113323.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High oxytocin infants gain more mass with no additional maternal energetic costs in wild grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
Robinson, K. J., Hazon, N., Twiss, S. & Pomeroy, P., Dec 2019, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 110, 7 p., 104423.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Individual size, sex and rearing environment impact on aggression in newly weaned seals
Robinson, K. J., Pomeroy, P. P., Hazon, N., Moss, S. & Twiss, S. D., Apr 2017, In: Marine Mammal Science. 33, 2, p. 621-629 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Positive social behaviours are induced and retained after oxytocin manipulations mimicking endogenous concentrations in a wild mammal
Robinson, K. J., Twiss, S. D., Hazon, N., Moss, S. & Pomeroy, P., 31 May 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1855, 8 p., 20170554.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Myo-inositol phosphate synthase expression in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): effect of seawater acclimation
Kalujnaia, S., Hazon, N. & Cramb, G., 1 Aug 2016, In: American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 311, 2, p. R287-R298Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conspecific recognition and aggression reduction to familiars in newly weaned, socially plastic mammals
Robinson, K. J., Twiss, S., Hazon, N., Moss, S., Lonergan, M. & Pomeroy, P., Aug 2015, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 69, 8, p. 1383-1394 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal oxytocin is linked to close mother-infant proximity in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
Robinson, K. J., Twiss, S. D., Hazon, N. & Pomeroy, P., 23 Dec 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 12, 17 p., e0144577.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Validation of an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) for plasma oxytocin in a novel mammal species reveals potential errors induced by sampling procedure
Robinson, K. J., Hazon, N., Lonergan, M. & Pomeroy, P., Jan 2014, In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 226, p. 73-79Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seawater acclimation and inositol monophosphatase isoform expression in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and Nile tilapia (Orechromis niloticus)
Kalujnaia, S., Gellatly, S. A., Hazon, N., Villasenor, A., Yancey, P. H. & Cramb, G., Aug 2013, In: American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 305, 4, p. R369-R384 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence for sea lice-induced marine mortality of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in western Ireland from experimental releases of ranched smolts treated with emamectin benzoate.
Gargan, P., Forde, G., Hazon, N., Russell, D. J. & Todd, C. D., 2 Feb 2012, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 69, 2, p. 343-353Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review