35) Zhouyao, H., Zimmer, A.M., Fehsenfeld, S., Liebenstein, T., Richter, D.O., Begemann, G., Eck, P., Perry, S.F., Weihrauch, D. (2022) Characterization of two novel ammonia transporters, Hiat1a and Hiat1b, in the teleost model system Danio rerio. J Exp Biol 225, jeb244279

†Shortlisted for Outstanding Paper Prize

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34) Zimmer, A.M., Perry, S.F. (2022) Physiology and aquaculture: A review of ion and acid-base regulation by the gills of fishes. Fish Fish 23, 874-898

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33) Zimmer, A.M., Goss, G.G., Glover, C.N. (2021) Chemical niches and ionoregulatory traits: applying ionoregulatory physiology to the conservation management of freshwater fishes. Conserv Physiol 9: coab066

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32) Giacomin, M., Glover, C.N., Goss, G.G., Zimmer, A.M. (2021) The skin of adult rainbow trout is not a significant site of ammonia clearance from the blood. J Fish Biol 99: 1529-1534

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31) Zimmer, A.M., Goss, G.G., Glover, C.N. (2021) Reductionist approaches to the study of ionoregulation in fishes. Comp Biochem Physiol B 255: 110597

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30) Zimmer, A.M.*, Mandic, M.*, Yew, H.M., Kunert, E., Pan, Y.K., Ha, J., Kwong, R.W.M., Gilmour, K.M., Perry, S.F. (2021) Use of carbonic anhydrase Ca17a knockout to investigate mechanisms of ion uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 320: R55-R68

*Both authors contributed equally

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29) Hare, A.J., Zimmer, A.M., LePabic, R., Morgan, A.L., Gilmour, K.M. (2021) Early-life stress influences ion balance in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). J Comp Physiol B 191: 69-84

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28) Parker, J.J., Zimmer, A.M., Perry, S.F. (2020) Respirometry and cutaneous oxygen flux measurements reveal a negligible cost of ion regulation in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). J Exp Biol 223: jeb226753

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27) Zimmer, A.M., Perry, S.F. (2020) The Rhesus glycoprotein Rhcgb is expendable for ammonia excretion and Na+ uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Comp Biochem Physiol A 247: 110722

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26) Yew, H.M., Zimmer, A.M., Perry, S.F. (2020) Assessing intracellular pH regulation in H+-ATPase-rich ionocytes in zebrafish larvae using in vivo ratiometric imaging. J Exp Biol 223: jeb212928

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25) Zimmer, A.M., Shir-Mohammadi, K., Kwong, R.M.W., Perry, S.F. (2020) Reassessing the contribution of the Na+/H+ exchanger Nhe3b to Na+ uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio) using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. J Exp Biol 223: jeb215111

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24) Zimmer, A.M.*, Mandic, M.*, Rourke, K.M., Perry, S.F. Breathing with fins: do the pectoral fins of larval fishes play a respiratory role? (2020) Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 318: R89-R97

*Authors contributed equally to study

†Featured in an “Outside JEB” article – Borowiec (2020) J Exp Biol 223: jeb211482

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23) Zimmer, A.M., Do, J., Szederkenyi, K., Chen, A., Morgan, A.L.R., Jensen, G., Pan, Y.K., Gilmour, K.M., Perry, S.F. (2019) Use of gene knockout to examine serotonergic control of ion uptake in zebrafish reveals the importance of controlling for genetic background: A cautionary tale. Comp Biochem Physiol A 238: 110558

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22) Pan, Y.K., Mandic, M.M., Zimmer, A.M., Perry, S.F. (2019) Evaluating the physiological significance of hypoxic hyperventilation in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). J Exp Biol 222: jeb204800

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21) Zimmer, A.M.*, Pan, Y.K.*, Chandrapalan, T., Kwong, R.W.M., Perry, S.F. (2019) Loss-of-function approaches in comparative physiology: is there a future for knockdown experiments in the era of genome editing?. J Exp Biol 222: jeb175737

*Authors contributed equally to study

 

20) Hughes, M., Zimmer, A.M., Perry, S.F. (2019) Role of internal convection in respiratory gas transfer and aerobic metabolism in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 316: R255–R264

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19) Zimmer, A.M., Brix, K.V., Wood, C.M. (2019) Mechanisms of Ca2+ uptake in freshwater and seawater-acclimated killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, and their response to acute salinity transfer. J Comp Physiol B 189:47–60

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18) Zimmer, A.M.*, Dymowska, A.K.*, Kumai, Y., Goss, G.G., Perry, S.F., Kwong, R.W.M. (2018) Assessing the role of the acid-sensing ion channel ASIC4b in Na+ uptake by larval zebrafish. Comp Biochem Physiol A 226: 1-10

*Authors contributed equally to study

 

17) Zimmer, A.M., Wright, P.A., Wood, C.M. (2017) Review: Ammonia and urea handling by early life stages of fishes. J Exp Biol 220, 3843-3855

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16) Zimmer, A.M., Wilson, J.M., Wright, P.A., Hiroi, J., Wood, C.M. (2017) Different mechanisms of Na+ uptake and ammonia excretion by the gill and yolk sac epithelium of early life stage rainbow trout. J Exp Biol 220: 775-786

   

15) Zimmer, A.M., Basso Jorge, M., Wood, C.M., Martins, C.M.G., Bianchini, A. (2017) The effects of acute copper and ammonia challenges on ammonia and urea excretion by the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 72: 461-470    

 

14) Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2017) Acute exposure to high environmental ammonia (HEA) triggers the emersion response in the green shore crab. Comp Biochem Physiol A 204: 65-75

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13) Clifford, A.C., Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M., Goss, G.G. (2016) It’s all in the gills: evaluation of O2 uptake in the Pacific hagfish refutes a major respiratory role for the skin. J Exp Biol 219: 2814-2818

                                        

12) Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2016) Physiological and molecular ontogeny of branchial and extra-branchial urea excretion in posthatch rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 310: R305-R312

†Featured as “Editor’s Choice”

 

11) Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2015) Ammonia first? The transition from cutaneous to branchial ammonia excretion in developing rainbow trout is not altered by exposure to chronically high NaCl. J Exp Biol 218:1467-1470

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10) Rubino, J.G., Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2015) Intestinal ammonia transport in freshwater and seawater acclimated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Evidence for a Na+ coupled uptake mechanism. Comp Biochem Physiol A 183: 45-56

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9) Lim, M. Y.-T., Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2015) Acute exposure to waterborne copper inhibits both the excretion and uptake of ammonia in freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comp Biochem Physiol C 168: 48-54

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8) Zimmer, A.M., Wright, P.A., Wood, C.M. (2014) What is the primary function of the early teleost gill? Evidence for Na+/NH4+ exchange in developing rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Proc Royal Soc B 281, 20141422

   

7) 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). Physiol Biochem Zool 87: 623-639

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6) Zimmer, A.M., Brauner, C.J., Wood, C.M. (2014) Exposure to waterborne Cu inhibits cutaneous Na+ uptake in post-hatch larval rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquat Tox 150: 151-158

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5) Zimmer, A.M., Brauner, C.J., Wood, C.M. (2014) Ammonia transport across the skin of adult rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to high environmental ammonia (HEA). J Comp Physiol B 184: 77-90

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4) Rubino J.G., Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2014) An in vitro analysis of intestinal ammonia handling in fasted and fed freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J Comp Physiol B 184: 91-105

 

3) Zimmer, A.M., Barcarolli, I.F., Wood, C.M., Bianchini, A. (2012) Waterborne copper exposure inhibits ammonia excretion and branchial carbonic anhydrase activity in euryhaline guppies acclimated to both fresh water and sea water. Aquat Tox 122-123: 172-180

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2) Smith, A.A., Zimmer, A.M., Wood, C.M. (2012) Branchial and extra-branchial ammonia excretion in goldfish (Carassius auratus) following thermally induced gill remodeling. Comp Biochem Physiol A 162: 185-192                         

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1) Zimmer, A.M., Nawata C.M., Wood, C.M. (2010) Physiological and molecular analysis of the interactive effects of feeding and high ammonia on branchial ammonia excretion and Na+ uptake in freshwater rainbow trout. J Comp Physiol B 180: 1191–1204