EDUCATION: Ph.D.,
Zoology, with a minor in Mathematical Statistics,
University of Wisconsin.
August 1971 (Major Professor:
Dr. John J.
Magnuson).
M.S., Zoology, University of Arkansas.
June 1967
(Major Professor: Dr. R. Kirk Strawn).
B.S., Zoology, University of Arkansas.
January 1965.
HONORS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION:
Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University, Distinguished
Achievement Award (College Level) for Teaching, 2007
Sloan Faculty, 2006-present
Texas A&M Water Faculty, 2005-present
Faculty Associate, George
Bush School's
Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy.
1998-present
Biographee, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th (2005) and subsequent editions
Biographee, Who's Who in American Education, 7th (2006) and subsequent editions
Biographee, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th (2005) and subsequents editions
Biographee, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 27th (2000) and subsequent
editions
Biographee, Who's Who in America,
49th (1995) and subsequent editions
Biographee, American Men and Women of Science, 13th (1976) and subsequent
editions
Elected to membership in Gamma Sigma Delta, 2003
Vice Chancellor's Awards in Excellence Program:
Award
in Excellence for Graduate Teaching, 1999; WFSC
Nominee for Award in Excellence for Undergraduate Teaching, 2004, 2005, 2006, and
2007; WFSC Nominee for Award in Excellence
for Team Research (West Texas Aquaculture
Project), 1995
Outstanding Texas Fisheries Worker Award,
in Education, Texas
Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 1995
Acknowledgment by the American Fisheries Society for Best-Paper Award
finalist paper (one of five), Prog. Fish-Cult., Vol. 54 (1992), 1994
Citation of the Texas Academy of Science for "outstanding and dedicated
service as Editor of the Texas Journal of Science," 1985
Elected Editor, Texas
Journal of Science, 1983
Elected Fellow of the Texas
Academy of Science, 1982
Elected to membership in Phi Sigma, 1981
Citation of the American Fisheries Society for the most significant paper in
Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc., Vol. 103 (1974), 1975
Special Achievement Award from the National Marine Fisheries Service, 1974
Elected to membership on Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii,
1973
National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu Laboratory nominee for
Outstanding Young Federal Employee of the Year, 1973
National Science Foundation Cooperative Graduate Fellowship, 1965-66, and
Continuation Award, 1966-67
Elected to membership in Sigma Xi, 1965
National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participant, 1964-65
Elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, 1964
Elected to membership in Pi Eta Sigma, 1962
POSITIONS HELD:
Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University System,
1983-present; Interim Associate Department Head for Research and Graduate
Programs, 2006-07; Interim Department Head, 1992-93;
Associate Department Head for Research and Graduate Programs, 1990-91;
Associate Professor, 1975-83. Especially since 1986, I have provided
philosophical and administrative leadership for the Department's programs.
Beginning in 1986 and continuing through 1990, I operated as unofficial
associate department head, with prime responsibility for aquatic components of
the Department's programs. From 1 January 1990 to 31 August 1991, my
administrative appointment was formalized as Associate Department Head for
Research and Graduate Programs, with primary responsibility for coordinating WFSC's activities in research and graduate education, and, in the absence of
the Department Head, performing the Head's duties. From 22 January 1992 to 28 February
1993, I was Interim Department Head, in which capacity I served as chief
executive officer of the department; responsibilities included performance
evaluations, and salary, tenure, and promotion recommendations for faculty
(about 30 FTEs) and staff; preparation of budgets (about $2.4 million
annually); management of teaching, research, and extension programs; and,
strategic planning. In February 2006, I
again assumed administrative responsibility as Interim Associate Department
Head for Research and Graduate Programs.
Research-Team Leader (Life Studies of Tuna and Tuna-like Fishes), National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1973-74; Fishery Biologist (Research), National
Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, Honolulu Laboratory,
1971-74.
DESCRIPTION OF PRESENT POSITION:
A continuing, 12-month appointment to the Graduate Faculty in Texas A&M
University's Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and to the research staff of the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station. Principal
duties entail teaching undergraduate and graduate courses relevant to
wildlife/fisheries issues (including aquaculture); directing complementary
graduate research and otherwise training graduate students; carrying out, from
planning to publication, a program of scholarly research on the physiological
and behavioral bases of fish ecology and fishery production, both in natural
and aquacultural systems. Required attributes of the appointee include
peer-acknowledged excellence in teaching and research; competence and
willingness to deal with scientific problems (in the context both of teaching
and research) via quantitative experimentation and multidisciplinary teamwork; and, facility with mathematical analysis and
modeling of biological and ecological processes.
On an informal basis, appointee serves WFSC as department leader of efforts
in distance education and technology-mediated instruction.
TEACHING AND INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Classroom courses I regularly have taught for many years are "Biology
of Fishes" (WFSC 417, senior-level) and "Physiological Ecology of the
Vertebrates" (WFSC 616, graduate-level). In spring 2006, I added
"Systems Analysis and Simulation in Ecology and Natural Resource
Management" (WFSC 604, graduate-level), co-teaching with the
course’s developer Dr. Bill Grant, to extend availability of instruction
in this vital area to our graduate students who are distant from the main
campus. In fall 2007, I taught WFSC 604 "solo," with 11 students, the
majority distant.
Over the past several years, I already had been making a special effort to
embrace systemicity in my undergraduate fish-biology course (WFSC 417) and to
offer this course to distant as well as local students. The simulation model
"EcoFish" (http://neilllab2.tamu.edu/wfsc417/Fishbiol.htm)
has replaced the live fish that previously served as subjects for lab exercises
on topics such as respirometry, toxicity bioassay, and behavioral
enviroregulation. EcoFish is a
stochastic set of virtual fish that "live" in the computer only
during execution of a research-based simulation model that I have developed,
using the program STELLAŽ. EcoFish not
only spares real fish from service as experimental subjects, but also it
presents students—including those who are geographically and temporally
distant from the laboratory sessions―a more coherent view of fish
autecology. That view is captured with
CamtasiaŽ and distributed to students via the Internet. For a demonstration of how all this
technology works, the reader is encouraged to take the extended "tour"
available at the above website, or to play-back a briefer presentation
http://wfscdisted.tamu.edu/Neill/EcoFishPresShort600x800.html
prepared for the 7th International Congress on Fish Biology (St. John’s, Newfoundland;
July 2006). During recent years, student evaluations have ranked Biology of
Fishes at or very near the top of WFSC undergraduate courses taught during the
Fall semester; and, the University's Office of Measurement and Research
Services has recognized WFSC 417 as among the most effective senior-level
courses at Texas A&M (upper quartile).
Effective 2007, administrative approval has been granted for a new
graduate course WFSC 617 to be taught concurrent with WFSC 417.
More recently, I have been working to bring the same philosophy and
technologies to my graduate course, Physiological Ecology of the Vertebrates
(WFSC 616,
http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/courses/wfsc616/wfsc616.htm).
I already have moved to a distance-friendly format (PowerPoint and Camtasia)
and have begun the evolution of EcoFish into a more generalized EcoVertebrate,
via STELLA. Even local students appreciate the flexibility afforded by digital
course-transaction records archived on an Internet-accessible server. During
recent years, student evaluations have ranked Physiological Ecology of the
Vertebrates at or very near the top of WFSC graduate courses taught during the
Spring semester; and, the University's Office of Measurement and Research
Services has recognized WFSC 616 as among the most effective graduate courses
at Texas A&M (upper quartile).
In addition to my classroom teaching, I regularly supervise students engaged in
independent study and research; undergraduates in "Internship" (WFSC
484) and "Wildlife Problems" (WFSC 485); graduate students in
"Professional Internship" (WFSC 684), "Problems" (WFSC
685), and "Research" (WFSC 691).
I also serve as WFSC’s liaison with our distant graduate student-body,
act as WFSC’s informal advisor on technology-mediated instruction,
represent WFSC on the Texas A&M University Personalized Instructor/Course
Appraisal (PICA) Advisory Committee, and serve on the Executive Committee of
the Texas A&M University System’s Marine Biology Interdisciplinary
Degree (M.S. and Ph.D.) Program.
PROFESSIONAL/HONOR SOCIETIES:
American Fisheries Society (Life Member)
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (Full Member)
Gamma Sigma Delta
Phi Beta Kappa (Foundation Member, Texas
A&M Chapter)
Phi Sigma
Sigma Xi (Full Member)
Texas Academy of Science (Fellow)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES (selected):
Interdisciplinary
Inquiry‑Based Learning Community (IILC), TAMU-COALS, 2007-present.
Faculty Associate, George
Bush School's
Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy. 1998-present.
Peer-Review Committee, Texas A&M University System Agriculture Program,
2005-2007.
USDA-CSREES Review Team, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University. 1997.
Vice Chancellor's Directional Emphasis Team, "Stimulating Innovation
through Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life Sciences Curricula for the 21st
Century." 1996.
Editorial Board, and Associate Editor, of Transactions of the American
Fisheries Society. 1995-1997.
Scientific-Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), Corpus Christi Bay
National Estuary Program. 1994-1997.
Texas A&M Sea
Grant Research Advisory Committee. 1994-present.
USDA Challenge-Grant Committee on "Theoretical Bases of Systemic Change
in Higher Education in Agriculture," 1993-94; Core Group for
Implementation. 1994-1997.
Chair, Publication Awards Committee, American Fisheries Society. 1993.
Program Management Committee, Institute
of Marine Life Science, Texas A&M
University System.
1990-1996.
Chair, Aquaculture Commodity Panel, Strategic Planning Committee, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station. 1990 and 1992.
Graduate Council, Texas
A&M University.
1988-90.
Technical Committee, USDA Southern Regional Aquaculture
Center. 1987-1989.
Award of Excellence Committee, American Fisheries Society.
l987, 1989, 1995, 1996.
Organizing Committee, Research Symposium on Red Drum Aquaculture. l987.
Organizing Committee, NATO Advanced Research Institute on "Mechanisms
of Fish Migration." 1980-82.
PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL SYMPOSIA (selected):
World Aquaculture Society Annual Meeting, Symposium on Stock Enhancement.
Presented paper entitled "Ecophysiologically based calculations of the
contribution from released hatchery fish to the sport fishery for red drum (Sciaenops
ocellatus) in coastal waters of Texas (USA)" (with R.R. Vega and F.Martinez-A.).
2007.
International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, Symposium on "The
Physiologist’s Toolbox."
Presented invited paper entitled, "EcoFish: A Tool for Instruction
in Fish Ecophysiology." 2006.
Response of U.S.
Commission on Ocean Policy Recommendations: Next Steps in the Gulf
of Mexico. Invited
participant and session rapporteur.
2004.
International
Congress on the Biology of Fishes, Symposia on "Developments in
Understanding Fish Growth" and "Environmental Stress and Health in
Fish." Presented papers entitled, "Ecophys.Fish: A simulation model
of fish growth in time-varying environmental regimes" (with J.M. Miller,
R.R. Vega, and L.P. Fontaine), and " Fish-performance ecoassay of
urbanizing streams in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas" (with L.P.
Fontaine and K.W. Clark). 2002.
International Congress on Ecosystem Health. Invited panelist for Forum on
Ecosystem Health Education; presented review of my "...Immodest Proposal
for Systemic Change in Higher Education." 1999.
AAAS Annual Conference. Invited panelist for symposium on "Role of
Estuaries in Sustaining Coastal Fisheries: Is There One?; presented paper
entitled, "Role of Estuaries in Sustaining Fisheries: Gulf
of Mexico." (with Daniel L. Roelke and John M. Miller). 1999.
North Carolina State University,
North Carolina (Marine Fishery)
Stock Enhancement Workshop. Presented invited paper entitled, "Environmental
Constraints on Red Drum Stock Enhancement." 1998.
Texas Sea
Grant College Program, et al., Conference on
"Sharing Our Gulf." Facilitator. 1998.
UJNR (U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural
Resources) Conference on "Aquaculture, Effluent Water-quality, and
Environmental Quality." Presented invited paper entitled,
"Mariculture effluents: Directive signals to the system downstream?"
1995.
American Fisheries Society, Physiology Section, "High-Performance Fish
Symposium." Presented keynote paper entitled, "Ecophysiology of
Marine Fish Recruitment: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Patterns in
Time and Space," and presented additional paper entitled, "Oxygen
Dynamics, and Fish Growth in Aquaculture." 1994.
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, "Second International Flatfish
Symposium." Presented keynote paper entitled, "Ecophysiological
Framework and Research Protocol for Understanding Interannual Variation in
Flatfish Recruitment." 1993.
"Aquaculture '89," Annual Meeting of World Aquaculture Society and
Affiliates. Participant in symposium on Water Quality and Aquaculture.
Presented paper entitled, "Effects of Temperature and Oxygen on Biology of
Aquatic Organisms: Implications for Aquaculture." 1989.
American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting. Co-organized and co-chaired
symposium honoring F.E.J. Fry. Presented paper entitled, "F.E.J. Fry's
Laboratory Studies: Physiological Classification of the Environment."
1988.
Research Symposium and Production Workshop on Red Drum Aquaculture.
Presented papers entitled, "Biophysical Model of Osmoregulation and Its
Metabolic Cost in Red Drum" (with J.D. Bryan and K.D. Ham) and
"Environmental Requirements of Red Drum." 1987.
NATO Advanced Research Institute on Mechanisms of Fish Migration. Member of
Organizing Committee; presented paper entitled "Behavioral
Enviroregulation's Role in Fish Migration." 1982.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Physiological ecology of fishes and aquatic invertebrates, particularly
ˇenvironmental optima and limits
of tolerance;
ˇadaptive behavioral and
physiological responses to environmental stressors,
especially extreme temperature, low oxygen, and
ionic imbalances of aquatic media;
ˇmetabolism, bioenergetics, and
mechanisms of growth; and,
ˇcohort-, population- and
community-level analogs of ecophysiological responses.
Resolution and manipulation of aquatic organisms' fitness for aquaculture.
Dynamics and optimization of aquacultural production systems.
Within-habitat distribution and movements of fishes and aquatic
invertebrates; factors important in habitat selection.
General ecology and physiology of high-seas pelagic fishes, especially
tunas.
General ecology of waters receiving heated effluents from steam-electric
generating plants.
Development of methodologies for study of physiological and behavioral
ecology of fishes .
Mathematical and computer-simulation modeling of physiological and
behavioral processes relevant to aquaculture and fisheries management.
Hierarchical nature of biological/ecological systems.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (Recent, Selected):
Sea Grant Program, "Utilization of Seafood Processing Wastes
in Aquaculture through Integrated Nutritional and Feed Manufacturing
Technologies" $165,436 (Co-PI with Del Gatlin, M.N. Riaz, and A.L. Lawrence;
2008-2010.
TAMU-CONACyT Collaborative Research Program, "Applying
Science to Resolve Critical Problems of the Tuna Industry: Optimized Technology
and Sustainability for Yellowfin Tuna Ranching in Baja, Mexico" $25,000. (Co-PI
with A. Buentello and F. A.-Valle); 2007-2008.
Texas
Parks and Wildlife
Department, "Monitoring and Modeling Strategy for Improved Management of
Juvenile Red Drum Production for Stock Enhancement, Continued." $28,895;
2007-2008.
Texas Sea Grant College Program, "Evaluation of Prebiotic
Supplements to Increase Digestibility of Nutrients in Diets for Red Drum." $
9,970 (Co-PI with Del Gatlin); 2006-2007.
NOAA Marine Aquaculture Program, "Use of Dietary Prebiotics to Enhance Growth, Intestinal
Health, Nutrient Utilization and Disease Resistance of Prominent Warmwater and
Coldwater Marine Fishes." $199,103
(Co-PI with Del Gatlin, Barbara Grisdale-Helland, and Michael Hume); 2006-2007.
Texas
Parks and Wildlife
Department, "Monitoring and Modeling Strategy for Improved Management of
Juvenile Red Drum Production for Stock Enhancement, Continued." $28,005;
2006-2007.
Texas
Parks and Wildlife
Department, "Monitoring and Modeling Strategy for Improved Management of
Juvenile Red Drum Production for Stock Enhancement, Continued." $27,533;
2005-2006.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,
"Monitoring and Modeling Strategy for Improved Management of Juvenile Red
Drum Production for Stock Enhancement." $33,867; 2004-2005.
Sea Grant Program, "Effects of Environmental Variation and Feed Quality
on Juvenile Red Drum Performance." $154,928 (Co-PI with Del Gatlin and
Robert Vega); 2004-2006.
TAMU-CONACyT Collaborative Research Program, "Strategic Research to
Increase Fisheries Productivity and Strengthen the Tuna Aquaculture Industry in
Northwest Mexico: the Yellowfin Tuna
Plan." $25,000. (Co-PI with Alejandro Buentello ); 2003-2004.
Sea Grant Program, "Development and Application of Hypervariable DNA
Markers (Microsatellites) to Issues in Red Drum Stock Enhancement."
$339,599 (Co-PI with John Gold and Del Gatlin); 2001-2004.
US Environmental Protection Agency, "Development of an Urban Watershed
Rehabilitation Method Using Stakeholder Feedback to Direct Investigation and
Restoration Planning." $905,931 ($120,000 to Neill); 1998-2002.
Sea Grant Program, "Field Test of an Ecophysiological Model to Predict
Habitat Value for Recruitment of Juvenile Redfish." $187,605; 1998-2002.
Sea Grant Program, "A Model for Improved Management of Intensive
Aquaculture Systems." $31,191; 1997-1998.
Neuhaus Teaching Scholars Program, "Networked Learning Systems: A
Rigorous Team Approach to Interdisciplinary Education, with Mariculture (WFSC
615) as the Venue." $6,000; 1996.
Sea Grant Program, Core Enhancement, "Optimization of Recirculating
Aquaculture Systems for Hyperintensive Production of Red Drum." $671,009
(I coordinated this multi-state effort; I was PI on one project and co-PI with
D.M. Gatlin on another, with first-year funding of $43,993 and $59,391, respectively);
1995-1997.
TAES Research Enhancement Program, "Saline Aquaculture
Program for West Texas." $72,627;
1993-1995.
PUBLICATIONS:
Fontaine, L.P., K.W. Whiteman, P. Li, G.S. Burr, K.A. Webb, J. Goff, D.M.
Gatlin III, W.H. Neill, K.B. Davis, and R.R. Vega. 2007. Effects
of temperature and feed energy on the performance of juvenile red drum. Trans.
Amer. Fish. Soc. 136:1193-1205.
Li, P., D.M. Gatlin III, and W.H.
Neill. 2007. Dietary supplementation of a purified nucleotide
mixture transiently enhanced growth and feed utilization of juvenile red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. J. World Aquacult. Soc.38:281-286.
Ma, L., E. Saillant, D.M. Gatlin III,
W.H. Neill, R.R. Vega, and J.R. Gold. 2007. Heritability of cold
tolerance in red drum. N. Amer. J. Aquaculture 69: 381-387.
Cornick, L.A.,
W.H. Neill, and W.E. Grant. 2006.
Assessing competition between Steller sea lions and the commercial
groundfishery in Alaska:
A bioenergetics modelling approach.
Ecol. Modelling 199:107-114
Bhuthimethee, M., N.O. Dronen, and W.H. Neill. 2005.
Metazoan parasite communities of sentinel bluegill caged in two
urbanizing streams, San Antonio,
Texas. J. Parasitol. 91:1358-1367.
Li, P., G.S. Burr, J. Goff, K.W. Whiteman, K.B. Davis, R.R. Vega, W.H. Neill
and D.M. Gatlin III. 2005. A preliminary study
on the effects of dietary supplementation of brewers yeast and
nucleotides, singularly or in combination, on juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Aquaculture Res. 36: 1120-1127.
Neill, W.H., T.S. Brandes, B.J. Burke, S.R. Craig, L.V. DiMichele, K.
Duchon, R.E. Edwards, L.P. Fontaine, D.M. Gatlin IIII, C. Hutchins, J.M.
Miller, B.J. Ponwith, C.J. Stahl, J.R. Tomasso, and R.R. Vega. 2004.
Ecophys.Fish: A simulation model
of fish growth in time-varying environmental regimes. Rev. Fish. Sci. 12:233-288.
Neill, W.H., E.L. Oborny Jr., S.R. Craig, M.D. Matlock, and D.M. Gatlin
III. 2003. Estimating metabolism of fish in aquacultural
production systems. Internat. J. Recirc.
Aquacult. 4:25-32.
Akin, S., and W.H. Neill. 2003. Routine metabolism of mosquitofish (Gambusia
affinis) at three different salinities. Texas J. Sci. 55:255-262.
Hur, J.W., C.Y. Choi, Y.J. Chang, and W.H. Neill. 2003. Effects of
confinement and transport stress on physiological condition in olive flounder, Paralichthys
olivaceus. J. Aquaculture 16:135-141.
Velasco, M., A.L. Lawrence, and W.H. Neill. 2001. Comparison of survival and
growth of Litopenaeus vannamei (Crustacea: Decapoda) postlarvae reared
in static and recirculating culture systems. Texas J. Sci. 53:227-338.
Buentello, J.A., D.M. Gatlin III, and W.H. Neill. 2000. Effects of water
temperature and dissolved oxygen on daily feed consumption, feed utilization
and growth of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquaculture
182:339-352.
Jiang, D.-H., A.L. Lawrence, W.H. Neill, and H. Gong. 2000. Effects of
temperature and salinity on nitrogenous excretion by Litopenaeus vannamei.
J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 253:193-209.
Miller, J.M., W.H. Neill, K.A. Duchon, and S.W. Ross. 2000. Ecophysiological
determinants of secondary production in salt marshes: A simulation study, p.
315-331. In Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology, M.P.
Weinstein and D.A. Kreeger, eds. Kluwer Acad. Press, Dordrecht, NL.
Wu, H., B-L. Li, T.A. Springer, and W.H. Neill. 2000. Modelling animal
movement as a persistent random walk in two dimensions: expected magnitude of
net displacement. Ecol. Modelling 132:115 - 124.
Dooley, K.E., and W.H. Neill. 1999. Systems modeling by interdisciplinary
teams: Innovative approaches to learning and instruction at a distance. J. Nat.
Resources Life Sci. Educ. 28:3-8.
Kamps, R.H., and W.H. Neill. 1999. Aquacultural effluents: Directive signals
to the system downstream? J. Chem. Ecol. 25:2041-2050.
Anderson, A.A., and W.H. Neill. 1998. Thermal preference of tailwater vs.
nontailwater populations of Etheostoma spectabile. Copeia 1998:226-230.
Ritvo, G., T.M. Samocha, A.L. Lawrence, and W.H. Neill. 1998. Growth of Penaeus
vannamei on soils from various Texas
shrimp farms, under laboratory conditions. Aquaculture 163:101-110.
Velasco, M., A.L. Lawrence and W.H. Neill. 1998. Development of a
static-water ecoassay with postlarval Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture
161:79-87.
Velasco, M., A.L. Lawrence, and W.H. Neill. 1998. Effects of dietary
phosphorus level and inorganic source on survival and growth of Penaeus
vannamei postlarvae in zero-water exchange culture tanks. Aquatic Living
Resources 11:29-33.
Ritvo, G., W.H. Neill, A.L. Lawrence, and T.M. Samocha. 1997. Turbidity
related to shrimp size in tanks with soil substrate. Aquacultural Engineering
16:221-225.
Forsberg, J.A., and W.H. Neill. 1997. Saline groundwater as an aquaculture
medium: Physiological studies on the red drum Sciaenops ocellatus.
Envir. Biol. Fishes 49:119-128.
Miller, J.M., W.H. Neill, and K.A. Duchon.
1997. An ecophysiological model for predicting performance of released fish.
Bull. Natl. Res. Inst. Aquacult. (Japan), Suppl. 3:87-91.
Flood, L.P, M.J. Carvan III, L. Jaeger, D.L. Busbee, D.M. Gatlin III, and
W.H. Neill. 1996. Reduction in hepatic microsomal P-450 and related catalytic
activity in farm-raised red drum. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 8:13-21.
Neill, W.H., D.M. Vietor, and P.B. Thompson. 1996. Learning systems: One
scenario for systemic change, p. 96-101. In Revolutionizing Higher
Education in Agriculture: Framework for Change (H.O. Kunkel, I.L. Maw, and C.L.
Skaggs, eds.), Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames,
IA.
Forsberg, J.A., P.W. Dorsett, and W.H. Neill. 1996. Survival and growth of
red drum Sciaenops ocellatus in saline groundwaters of west Texas, USA.
J. World Aquacult. Soc. 27:462-474.
Neill, W.H. 1995. An immodest proposal for systemic change in higher
education. Perspectives, ECOMOD (Newsletter of Internat. Soc. Ecol. Modelling),
p. 1-5, March 1995.
Craig, S.R., W.H. Neill, and D.M. Gatlin III. 1995. Effects of dietary lipid
and environmental salinity on growth, body composition, and cold tolerance of
juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Fish Physiol. Biochem.
14:49-61.
Ponwith, B.J., and W.H. Neill. 1995. The influence of incubation salinity on
the buoyancy of red drum eggs and yolk sac larvae. J. Fish Biol. 46:955-960.
Stahl, C.J., S.S. Barnes, and W.H. Neill. 1995. Optimization of dissolved
solids for the intensive culture of juvenile red drum Sciaenops ocellatus.
J. World Aquacult. Soc. 26:323-326.
Starling, S.M., R.M. Bruckler, R.K. Strawn, and W.H. Neill. 1995. Predicting
the lethality of fluctuating low temperatures to blue tilapia. Trans. Amer.
Fish. Soc. 124:112-117.
Neill, W.H. 1994. Oxygen dynamics, and fish growth in aquaculture, p. 336. In
High Performance Fish: Proceedings of an International Fish Physiology
Symposium Held at the University of British Columbia, Canada, July 16-21, 1994 (D.D.
MacKinlay, ed.). Fish Physiology Association, Vancouver, BC Canada V5K 1E7.
Neill, W.H., J.M. Miller, H.W. Van der Veer, and K.O. Winemiller. 1994.
Ecophysiology of marine fish recruitment: A conceptual framework for
understanding interannual variability. Neth. J. Sea Res. 32:135-152.
Neill, W.H., J.M. Miller, H.W. Van der Veer, and K.O. Winemiller. 1994.
Ecophysiology of marine fish recruitment: A conceptual framework for
understanding patterns in time and space (keynote paper), p. 29-31. In
High Performance Fish: Proceedings of an International Fish Physiology
Symposium Held at the University of British Columbia, Canada, July 16-21, 1994 (D.D.
MacKinlay, ed.). Fish Physiology Association, Vancouver, BC Canada V5K 1E7.
Santha, C.R., R.D. Martyn, W.H. Neill, and K. Strawn. 1994. Control of
submersed weeds by grass carp in waterlily production ponds. J. Aquat. Plant
Manage. 32:29-33.
Ham, K.D., and W.H. Neill. 1993. Photoregulatory behavior of bluegill, Lepomis
macrochirus, in a virtual light gradient. Env. Biol. Fish. 37:205-211.
Gatlin, D.M. III, D.S. MacKenzie, S.R. Craig, and W.H. Neill. 1992. Effects
of dietary sodium chloride on red drum juveniles in waters of various
salinities. Prog. Fish-Cult. 54:220-227.
McClain, W.R., W.H. Neill, and D.M. Gatlin III. 1992. Nutrient profiles of
green and decomposed rice-forages and their utilization by juvenile crayfish (Procambarus
clarkii). Aquaculture 101:251-265.
McClain, W.R., W.H. Neill, and D.M. Gatlin III. 1992. Partitioning the
contributions of forage-based production system components to weight gain of
juvenile crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). Aquaculture 101:267-281.
Wildhaber, M.L., and W.H. Neill. 1992. Activity and distribution of northern
and Florida largemouth bass in a Texas impoundment. J.
Freshwater Ecol. 7:293-302.
Neill, W.H., and J.D. Bryan. 1991. Responses of fish to temperature and
oxygen, and response integration through metabolic scope, p. 30-57. In
Aquaculture and Water Quality (Advances in World Aquaculture, vol. 3; D.E.
Brune and J.R. Tomasso, eds.), The World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Masser, M.P., W.E. Grant, W.H. Neill, and E.H. Robinson. 1991. A simulation
model representing effects of dietary energy/protein ratio and water
temperature on growth of channel catfish. Ecol. Modelling 53:17-35.
Santha, C.R., W.E. Grant, W.H. Neill, and R.K. Strawn. 1991. Biological
control of aquatic vegetation using grass carp: Simulation of alternative
strategies. Ecol. Modelling 59:229-245.
Neill, W.H. 1990. Environmental requirements of red drum, p. 105-108. In
Red Drum Aquaculture (G.W. Chamberlain et al., eds.). TAMU-SG-90-603, Texas A&M
Sea Grant
College Program, Galveston, TX.
Brown, P.B., W.H. Neill, and E.H. Robinson. 1990. Preliminary evaluation of
whole-body energy changes as a method of estimating maintenance energy needs of
fish. J. Fish. Biol. 36: 107-108.
Bryan, J.D., S.W. Kelsch, and W.H. Neill. 1990. The maximum power principle
in behavioral thermoregulation by fishes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 119: 611-621.
Kelsch, S.W., and W.H. Neill. 1990. Temperature preference versus
acclimation in fishes: Selection for changing metabolic optima. Trans. Amer.
Fish. Soc. 119:601-610.
Neill, W.H., and B.J. Gallaway. l989. "Noise" in the
distributional responses of fish to environment: An exercise in deterministic
modeling motivated by the Beaufort Sea
experience. Biol. Pap. Univ. Alaska
No. 24: 123-130.
Bryan, J.D., K.D. Ham, and W.H. Neill. 1988. Biophysical model of
osmoregulation and its metabolic cost in red drum. Contrib. Mar. Sci.
(Suppl.)30:169-182.
Robertson, S.M., A.L. Lawrence, W.H. Neill, C.R. Arnold, and G. McCarty.
1988. Toxicity of the cryoprotectants glycerol, dimethyl sulfoxide, ethylene
glycol, methanol, sucrose, and sea-salt solutions to the embryos of red drum.
Prog. Fish-Cult. 50:148-154.
Springer, T.A., and W.H. Neill. 1988. Automated determination of critical
oxygen concentration for routinely active fish. Env. Biol. Fish. 23:233-240.
Neill, W.H. l987. Environmental requirements of red drum, p. IVl-IV8. In
Manual on Red Drum Aquaculture (G.W. Chamberlain, R.J. Miget, and M.G. Haby,
eds.). Texas
Agr. Extension Serv. and Sea Grant College Prog., College Station, TX.
McGeachin, R.B., E.H. Robinson, and W.H. Neill. l987. Effect of feeding high
levels of androgens on the sex ratio of Oreochromis aureus.
Aquaculture 6l:3l7-32l.
Betsill, R.K., R.L. Noble, and W.H. Neill. 1986. Distribution and habitat
selection of telemetered northern and Florida
largemouth bass in two small Texas
impoundments. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish Wildlife Agencies
40:275-286.
Masser, M.P., and W.H. Neill. l986. Routes of heat transfer in two teleosts,
Ictalurus punctatus and Lepomis macrochirus. Env. Biol. Fish.
l6:321-324.
Bettoli, P.W., W.H. Neill, and S.W. Kelsch. 1985. Temperature preference and
heat resistance of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes), bighead
carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Gray), and their F1 hybrid.
J. Fish Biol. 27:239-247.
Neill, W.H. 1984. Behavioral enviroregulation's role in fish migration, p.
61-66. In Mechanisms of Migration in Fishes (J.D. McCleave, G.P. Arnold,
J.J. Dodson, and W.H. Neill, eds.). Plenum Press, N.Y., NY.
Bryan, J.D., L.G. Hill, and W.H. Neill. 1984. Interdependence of acute temperature
preference and respiration in the plains minnow. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.
113:557-562.
Harvey,
W.D., R.L. Noble, W.H. Neill, and J.E. Marks. 1984. A liver biopsy technique
for electrophoretic evaluation of largemouth bass. Prog. Fish-Cult. 46:87-91.
McCleave, J.D., G.P. Arnold, J.J. Dodson, and W.H. Neill, eds. 1984.
Mechanisms of Migration in Fishes. Plenum Press, N.Y., NY. 574 p.
Neill, W.H., E.R. Seidman, and A. Tandler. 1983. Bioenergetic limits on the
growth of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), p. 172-190. In
Proceedings of the Warmwater Fish Culture Workshop (R.R. Stickney and
S.P.Meyers, eds.), World Mariculture Society Special Publication No. 3.
Neill, W.H., R.G. Fechhelm, B.J. Gallaway, J.D. Bryan,
and S.W. Anderson.
1983. Modeling movements and distribution of arctic cisco (Coregonus
autumnalis) relative to temperature-salinity regimes of the Beaufort Sea
near the Waterflood Causeway, Prudhoe
Bay, Alaska.
Biological Pap. Univ. Alaska
No. 21:39-61.
Fechhelm, R.G., W.H. Neill, and B.J. Gallaway. 1983. Temperature preference
of juvenile arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) from the Alaskan
Beaufort Sea. Biological Pap. Univ. Alaska
No. 21:24-38.
Fechhelm, R.G., and W.H. Neill. 1982. Predicting body-core temperature in
fish subjected to fluctuating ambient temperature. Physiol. Zool. 55:229-239.
Cichra, C.E., W.H. Neill, and R.L. Noble. 1981. Differential resistance of
northern and Florida
largemouth bass to cold shock. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish
Wildlife Agencies 34:19-24.
Gooding, R.M., W.H. Neill, and A.E. Dizon. 1981. Respiration rates and
low-oxygen tolerance limits in skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis. U.S.
Fish. Bull. 79:31-48.
Johnson, D.R., K. Strawn, and W.H. Neill. 1981. Rainfall-related trends in
the structure of a fish-crustacean community in Texas'
Galveston Bay system, p. 335-349. In
Proceedings of the National Symposium on Freshwater Inflow to Estuaries (R.D.
Cross and D.L. Williams, eds.), Vol. 2, FWS/OBS-81/04. Office of Biological
Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. Interior, Washington, D.C.
Chamberlain, G.W., W.H. Neill, P.A. Romanowsky, and K. Strawn. 1980.
Vertical responses of Atlantic croaker to gas supersaturation and temperature
change. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 109:737-750.
Neill, W.H. 1979. Mechanisms of fish distribution in heterothermal
environments. Amer. Zool. 19:305-317.
Barkley, R.A., W.H. Neill, and R.M. Gooding. 1978. Skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus
pelamis, habitat based on temperature and oxygen requirements. U.S.
Fish. Bull. 76:653-662.
Kitchell, J.F., W.H. Neill, A.E. Dizon, and J.J. Magnuson. 1978.
Bioenergetic spectra of skipjack and yellowfin tunas, p. 357-368. In
Physiological Ecology of Tunas (G. Sharp and A.E. Dizon, eds.). Acad. Press,
N.Y., NY.
Stevens, E.D., and W.H. Neill. 1978. Body-temperature relations of tunas,
especially skipjack, p. 315-359. In Fish Physiology (W.S. Hoar and D.J.
Randall, eds.), Vol.7. Acad. Press, N.Y., NY.
Dizon, A.E., W.H. Neill, and J.J. Magnuson. 1977. Rapid temperature
compensation of volitional swimming speeds and lethal temperatures in tropical
tunas (Scombridae). Env. Biol. Fish. 2:83-92.
Kitchell, J.F., J.J. Magnuson, and W.H. Neill. 1977. Estimation of caloric
content for fish biomass. Env. Biol. Fish. 2:185-188.
Neill, W.H. 1976. Mechanisms of behavioral thermoregulation in fishes, p.
156-169. In Report of a Workshop on the Impact of Thermal Power Plant
Cooling Systems on Aquatic Environments (Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 1975; Asilomar, CA),
Vol. 2: Technical and Topical Papers. EPRI SR38, Electric Power Research Inst.,
Palo Alto, CA.
Neill, W.H., R.K.C. Chang, and A.E. Dizon. 1976. Magnitude and ecological
implications of thermal inertia in skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis
(Linnaeus). Env. Biol. Fish. 1:61-80.
Steffel, S., A.E. Dizon, J.J. Magnuson, and W.H. Neill. 1976. Temperature
discrimination by captive free-swimming tuna, Euthynnus affinis. Trans.
Amer. Fish. Soc. 105:588-591.
Neill, W.H. 1975. Responses of fish to environmental changes (Walter Chavin,
ed.)--book review. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 104:644-645.
Neill, N.H.
1975. Nonparametric statistical methods (Myles Hollander and Douglas A.
Wolfe)--book review. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 104:842-843.
Beitinger, T.L., J.J. Magnuson, W.H. Neill, and W.R. Shaffer. 1975.
Behavioral thermoregulation and activity patterns in the green sunfish, Lepomis
cyanellus. Anim. Behav. 23:222-229.
Neill, W.H., and J.J. Magnuson. 1974. Distributional ecology and behavioral
thermoregulation of fishes in relation to heated effluent from a power plant at
Lake Monona, Wisconsin. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.
103:663-710.
Neill, W.H., and E.D. Stevens. 1974. Thermal inertia versus thermoregulation
in "warm" turtles and tunas. Science 184:1008-1010.
Brauer, G.A., W.H. Neill, and J.J. Magnuson. 1974. Effects of a power plant
on zooplankton distribution and abundance near plant's effluent. Water Res. 8:485-489.
Dizon, A.E., E.D. Stevens, W.H. Neill, and J.J. Magnuson. 1974. Sensitivity
of restrained skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) to abrupt increases in
temperature. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 49A:291-299.
Stevens, E.D., W.H. Neill, A.E. Dizon, J.J. Magnuson, and S. Steffel. 1974.
Physiology of warm-bodied fish. Proc. Internat. Union Physiol. Sci. 9:110.
Neill, W.H., and T.C. Byles. 1972. Automatic pellet dispenser for
experimental feeding of fishes. Prog. Fish-Cult. 34:170.
Neill, W.H., J.J. Magnuson, and G.G. Chipman. 1972. Behavioral
thermoregulation by fishes: A new experimental approach. Science 176:1443-1445.
Baker, C.D., W.H. Neill, Jr., and K. Strawn. 1970. Sexual difference in heat
resistance of the Ozark minnow, Dionda nubila (Forbes). Trans. Amer.
Fish. Soc. 99:588-591.
Bacon, E.J., Jr., W.H. Neill, Jr., and R.V. Kilambi. 1967. Temperature
selection and heat resistance of the mosquito fish, Gambusia affinis.
Proc. 21st Annu. Conf. SE Assoc. Game and Fish Comm.:411-416.
Neill, W.H., Jr., K. Strawn, and J.E. Dunn. 1966. Heat resistance
experiments with the longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque).
Ark. Acad. Sci. Proc.
20:39-49.
THESES:
Distributional ecology and behavioral thermoregulation of fishes in relation
to heated effluent from a steam-electric power plant (Lake Monona,
Wisconsin).
Ph.D. dissertation, Univ.
Wisconsin,
1971, 203 p.
Factors affecting heat resistance and temperature selection in the longear
sunfish, Lepomis megalotis. M.S. thesis, Univ.
Arkansas, 1967, 62 p.
