Alexandria C. Brown
Ph.D. Candidate
Clotfelter Lab, Merrill Science Building, Rm 223
Phone: 413-542-8327
E-mail: acbro0@cns.umass.edu
Professional and Biographical Information
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst (2013)
B.A., Mount Holyoke College (2006)
Research Interests
Publications
Brown AC, Cahn MD, Choi S, and Clotfelter ED. In prep. Pro-oxidant ß-carotene supports immunity in a pigmented fish. For submission to J. Exp. Biol.
Brown AC, Leonard HM, McGraw KJ, Clotfelter ED. In review. Maternal effects of carotenoid supplementation in an ornamented cichlid fish (Amatitlania nigrofasciata). Funct. Ecol.
Brown AC, Stevenson LM, Leonard HM, Nieves-Puigdoller K, and Clotfelter ED. In review Short-term phytoestrogen exposure modifies behavior in the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens.
Montgomery TM, Brown AC, Gendelman HK, Ota M. and Clotfelter ED. In press. Exposure to 17α-ethinyl estradiol decreases motility and ATP in sperm of male fighting fish Betta splendens. Environ. Toxicol.
Brown AC, McGraw KJ, Clotfelter ED. 2013. Dietary carotenoids increase yellow nonpigment coloration of female convict cichlids (Amantitlania nigrofasciata). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 86:312-322.
Clotfelter ED, Lapidus SJH, Brown AC. 2013. The effects of temperature and dissolved oxygen on antioxidant defences and oxidative damage in the fathead minnow Pimephales promelas. J. Fish. Biol. 82:1086-1092
Brown AC, Clotfelter ED.2012. Fighting fish (Betta splendens) bubble nests do not inhibit microbial growth. J. Exp. Zool.A.317:481–487. (Cover story)
Stevenson LM*, Brown AC*, Montgomery TM, Clotfelter EC. 2011. Reproductive consequences of exposure to waterborne phytoestrogens in male fighting fish Betta splendens. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 60: 501-510.
Lin SM, Nieves-Puigdoller K, Brown AC, Clotfelter ED. 2010. Testing the carotenoid trade-off hypothesis in the polychromatic Midas cichlid, Amphilophus citrinellus. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82:333-322.
Kuperberg ES, Brown AC, and Clotfelter ED. 2009. Body condition in maleBetta splendens does not predict their ability to perform opercular displays under hypoxic conditions. Ethology 115: 1182-1189.
Blakeslee C, McRobert SP, Brown AC, Clotfelter EC. 2009. The effect of body coloration and group size on social partner preferences in female fighting fish (Betta splendens). Behav. Process. 80:157-161.
*Authors contributed equally to this work.
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