Books

 

Ecophysiology of the European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) and Related Species. Editors: Weihrauch, D. and McGaw I.. Publisher: Elsevier Publishing company. ISBN: 9780323996945.  Published 1. Sept 2023. Pages: 1-289

 

Acid-Base Balance and Nitrogen Excretion in Invertebrates - Mechanisms and Strategies in various Invertebrate Groups with Considerations of Challenges caused by Ocean Acidification (2017).

Editors: Weihrauch, D. and O’Donnell, M.J..Publisher: Springer Nature, ISBN: 978-3-319-39615-6. Pages: 1-306.

 

Weihrauch, D. (1999). Zur Stickstoff-Exkretion aquatischer Brachyuren: Carcinus maenas (Linaeus 1758, Decapoda, Portunidae), Cancer pagurus Linnaeus 1758 (Decapoda, Cancridae) und Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards 1853 (Decapoda, Grapsidae). VWF Verlag für Wissenschaft und Forschung GmbH, Berlin. ISBN: 3-89700-061-X, Pages 1-137.

 

 

Peer-reviewed book chapters

 

6. Henry, H. and Weihrauch, D. (2022):  Osmoregulation in Carcinus maenas. In: Ecophysiology of the European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) and Related Species.  Eds. Weihrauch D. and McGaw, I. Elsevier Publishing company. ISBN: 9780323996945. 

 

5. Allen, G., Henry, H., Weihrauch, D. (2022) Acid-base regulation in the European green crab Carcinus maenas. In: Ecophysiology of the European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) and Related Species.  Eds. Weihrauch D. and McGaw, I..Elsevier Publishing company. ISBN: 9780323996945. 

 

4. Weihrauch, D., Allen, G., Quijada-Rodriguez, A., Fehsenfeld, S. (2022) Nitrogen excretion in the European green crab Carcinus maenas. In: Ecophysiology of the European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) and Related Species.  Eds. Weihrauch D. and McGaw, I..Elsevier Publishing company. ISBN: 9780323996945. 

 

3. Weihrauch, D., Fehsenfeld, S. Quijada-Rodriguez, A. (2017). Nitrogen excretion in aquatic crustaceans. In: Acid-Base Balance and Nitrogen Excretion in Invertebrates - Mechanisms and Strategies in various Invertebrate Groups with Considerations of Challenges caused by Ocean Acidification. Eds. Weihrauch D. and O’Donnell M.J.. Springer Nature, pages 1-24.

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2. Quijada-Rodriguez, A., Adlimoghaddam, A., and Weihrauch, D. (2017). Nitrogen excretion in nematodes, flatworms and annelids. In: Acid-Base Balance and Nitrogen Excretion in Invertebrates - Mechanisms and Strategies in various Invertebrate Groups with Considerations of Challenges caused by Ocean Acidification. Eds. Weihrauch D. and O’Donnell M.J.. Springer Nature, pages 127-150.

 

1. Fehsenfeld, S. and Weihrauch, D. (2017). Acid-base regulation in aquatic decapod crustaceans. In: Acid-Base Balance and Nitrogen Excretion in Invertebrates - Mechanisms and Strategies in various Invertebrate Groups with Considerations of Challenges caused by Ocean Acidification. Eds. Weihrauch, D. and O’Donnell, M.J.. Springer Nature, pages 151-192.

 

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Peer-reviewed articles

77. Fehsenfeld, S., Yoon, G.R., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Kandachi-Toujas, H., Calosi, P., Breton, S., and Weihrauch, D. (2024). Short-term exposure to high pCO2 leads to decreased branchial cytochrome C oxidase activity in the presence of octopamine in a decapod.  CBP Part A, DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111603.

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76. Allen, G. J. P., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Wilson, J. M., Weihrauch, D. (2024). The role of the antennal glands and gills in acid-base regulation and ammonia excretion of a marine osmoconforming brachyuran. CBP Part A, CBPA-D-23-00363R2

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75.  Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Fehsenfeld, S., Marini, A.M., Wilson, J.M., Nash, M.T., Sachs, M., Towle, D.W., Weihrauch, D. (2023) Branchial CO2 and ammonia excretion in crustaceans: Involvement of an apical Rhesus-like glycoprotein and functional microtubule network. Acta Physiologica. DOI: 10.1111/apha.14078

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74. Fehsenfeld, S., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Calosi, P., and Weihrauch, D. (2023). The role of octopamine and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) in branchial acid-base regulation in the European green crab, Carcinus maenas. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, DOI 10.1007/s00360-023-01507-3.

 

73. Adlimoghaddam, A., Allen, G.J.P. O’Donnell, M.J., Treberg, J.R., and Weihrauch, D. (2023). Gene knockout of NHX-3 in the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans leads to broad-spectrum compensatory regulation of Na+/H+ exchangers, antiporters, and the V-type H+-ATPase. CBP-A, 2023, Vol.282, p.111455-111455.

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72. Allen, G.J.P., Sachs, M., Nash, M.T., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R;, Klymasz-Shartz, A, and Weihrauch, D. (2023). Identification of different physiological functions within the gills and epipodites of the American lobster: Differences in metabolism, transbranchial transport, and mRNA expression.  CBP A; Vol. 276.

 

71. Sachs, M., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Hans, S., and Weihrauch, D. (2023). Characterization of two novel ammonia transporters, HIAT1α and HIAT1β, in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. CBP-A; Vol. 278.

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70. Nash, M.T., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R, Allen, G.J.P., Wilson, J.M., and Weihrauch, D. (2022). Characterization of 3 different types of aquaporins in Carcinus maenas and their potential role in osmoregulation.  CBP Part A, 272, 111281.

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69. Zhouyao, H., Weihrauch, D., and Eck, K. P. (2022). The Human Major Facilitator Superfamily Domain Containing 14A (MFSD14A) Gene Does Not Encode a Glucose Transporter. Advances in Nutrition and Food science, Volume 2022, Issue 02. DOI: 10.37722/ANAFS.2022102.

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68. Nash, N., Klymasz-Swartz, A. K., Nash, M., T., Sachs, M., Yoon, G. R., and Weihrauch, D. (2022). Impact of heatwaves and environmental ammonia on metabolism, nitrogen excretion, and gene expression patterns of related genes in the indicator model system Daphnia magna. Aquatic toxicology, 2022, Vol.249, p.106225-10622.

 

67. Zhouyao, H., Zimmer, A. M., Fehsenfeld, S., Liebenstein, T., Richter, D.O., Begemann, G. Eck P., Perry, S. F., and Weihrauch, D. (2022). Characterization of two novel ammonia transporters, Hiat1a and Hiat1b, in the teleost model system Danio rerio. J Exp Biol (2022) 225 (20): jeb244279; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244279

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                                                      Hiat proteins help zebrafish excrete toxic ammonia (Kathryn Knight)

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66. Zhouyao, H., Fehsenfeld, S., Weihrauch, D., and Eck, K. P. (2022). The Murine Major Facilitator Superfamily Domain Containing 14A (Mfsd14a) Gene Does Not Encode a Glucose Transporter. Advances in Nutrition and Food Science, Volume 2022, Issue 02. DOI: 10.37722/ANAFS.2022101.

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65. Tripp, A.M*., Allen, G.J.P*, Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Yoon, G.R., and Weihrauch, D. (2022). Effects of single and dual-stressor elevation of environmental temperature and PCO2 on metabolism and acid-base regulation in the Louisiana red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 266 (2022) 111151. 

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64. Fehsenfeld, S., Zhouyao, H., Durant, A. C., Donini, A, Wilson, J., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Eck., P. and Weihrauch, D. (2023). HIAT1 – a new highly conserved transporter involved in ammonia regulation.  Scientific Reports, Vol. 13. 4416-4412.

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63. Thies, A. Zhouyao, H., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Weihrauch, D. Tresguerres, M. (2022). A Rhesus channel in the coral symbiosome membrane suggests a novel mechanism to regulate NH3 and CO2 delivery to algal symbionts. Science Advances, Sci Adv, 2022 Mar 11;8(10):eabm0303. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm0303. Epub 2022 Mar 11.

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62. Alex R. Quijada-Rodriguez1, Garett J.P. Allen, Mikyla T. Nash and Dirk Weihrauch (2022). Post-prandial nitrogen and acid-base regulation in seawater acclimated green crab, Carcinus maenas, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A ,Vol 267, 111171

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                               Crustacean stomachs are crabby, but not caustic (Michael William Country)

                                         J Exp Biol (2022) 225 (11): JEB243487; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243487

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61. Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., Kuan, P.-L., Sung, P.-H. Hsu, M.T., Allen, G.J.P., Hwang, P.-P., Tseng, Y.-C. Weihrauch, D. (2021) Anthropogenic CO2-mediated freshwater acidification limits survival, calcification, metabolism and behaviour in stress-tolerant freshwater crustaceans. Biogeoscience, Vol18, 6287-6300.

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60. Weihrauch, D. and O’Donnell, M.J. (2021). Mechanisms of Nitrogen Excretion in Insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science, Volume 47, October 2021, Pages 12-17.

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59. Allen, G.J.P. and Weihrauch, D. (2021). Exploring the versatility of the perfused crustacean gill as a model for transbranchial transport processes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B, 2021-06, Vol.254, p.110572.

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58. Allen, G.J.P., Wang, M.C., Tseng, Y.-C. and Weihrauch, D. (2021). Effects of emersion on acid-base regulation, osmoregulation, and nitrogen physiology in the semi-terrestrial mangrove crab, Helice formosensis. J Comp Physiol B, May;191(3): 455-468, doi: 10.1007/s00360-021-01354-0. Epub 2021 Feb 22

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57. Allen, G.J.P., Kuan, P.-L., Tseng, Y.-C., Hwang, P.-P., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., and Weihrauch, D. (2020). Specialized adaptations allow vent-endemic crabs (Xenograpsus testudinatus) to thrive under extreme environmental hypercapnia. Scientific Reports 10:11720.

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56. Klymasz-Swartz, A., Allen, G.J.P., A. K., Treberg, J.R., Yoon, G.R., Tripp, A., Quijada-Rodriguez, A.R., and Weihrauch, D. (2019) Impact of climate change on the American lobster (Homarus americanus): physiological responses to combined exposure of elevated temperature and pCO2. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 235, 202–210.

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55. Hans, S., Quijada-Rodriguez, A. R., Onken H., Treberg, J., Allen, G., and Weihrauch, D. (2018). Ammonia excretion and acid-base regulation in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Journal of Experimental Biology, doi:10.1242/jeb.151894

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54. Weihrauch, D. and Allen, G.J.P.  (2018). Ammonia excretion in aquatic invertebrates: new insights & questions. Journal of Experimental Biology, 29; 221. doi: 10.1242/jeb.169219 29. IF: 3

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53. Quijada-Rodriguez, A. R., Schultz, A. G., Wilson, J. M. He, Y., Allen, G. J. P., Goss, G. G., and Weihrauch, D. (2017). Ammonia independent sodium uptake mediated by Na+ channels and NHEs in the freshwater ribbon leech Nephelopsis obscura. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220, 3270-3279.

 

52. Adlimoghaddam, A., O’Donnell, M.J., Quijada-Rodriguez, A. R., and Weihrauch, D. (2017). Sodium-hydrogen exchangers in C. elegans and their potential role in hypodermal H+ excretion, Na+ uptake, ammonia excretion and acid-base balance. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 95, 623-632.

 

51. Hu, M., Sung, P.-H., Guh, Y.J., Lee, J.-R., Hwang, P.-P., Weihrauch, D., Tseng, Y.-C. (2017). Perfused gills reveal fundamental principles of pH regulation and ammonia homeostasis in the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris. Frontiers in Physiology, 8, 162; doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00162.

 

50. Thiel, D., Hugenschütt, M., Meyer, H., Paululat, A., Quijada-Rodriguez, A., Purschke, G., and Weihrauch, D. (2017). Ammonia excretion in the marine polychaete Eurythoe complanata (Annelida). Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 425-436.

 

49. Purschke, G., Hugenschütt, M., Ohlmeier, L., Meyer, H., Weihrauch, D. (2016). Structural analysis of the branchiae and dorsal cirri in Eurythoe complanata (Annelida, Amphinomida) Zoomorphology: first description of segmentally arranged photoreceptive elements in the parapodia of a polychaete. Zoomorphology, 136, 1–18.

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48. Abouelsaad, I., Weihrauch, D. and Renault, S. (2016). Effects of salt stress on the expression of key genes related to nitrogen assimilation and transport in the roots of the cultivated tomato and its wild salt-tolerant relative. Scientia Horticulturae 211 (2016), 70–78.

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47. Fehsenfeld, S. and Weihrauch, D. (2016). The role of an ancestral hyperpolarization activated cyclic nucleotide-gated K+-channel in branchial acid-base regulation in the green crab, Carcinus maenas (L.). Journal of Experimental Biology, 219, 887-96. Jan 19.

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46. Chasiotis, H., Ionescu, A., Bui, P., Misyura, L., Fazio, K., Wang, J Patrick, M., Weihrauch, D., and Donini, A.. (2016). An animal homolog of plant Amt/Mep transporters promotes ammonia excretion by the anal papillae of the disease vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219, 1346-55.

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45.  Adlimoghaddam, A., O’Donnell, M.J., Banh, S., Treberg, J.R., Kormish, J., Merz, D. , Weihrauch, D. (2016). Ammonia excretion in Caenorhabditis elegans: Physiological and molecular characterization of the rhr-2 knock-out mutant. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 95, 46-54..

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44. Fehsenfeld S. and Weihrauch D. (2016). The Mechanism of acid-base regulation in seawater-acclimated green crabs, Carcinus maenas. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 94, 95-107.

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43. Quijada-Rodriguez A.R., Treberg J.R., and Weihrauch D. (2015). Mechanism of ammonia excretion in the freshwater leech Nephelopsis obscura: characterization of a primitive Rh protein and effects of high environmental ammonia. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 309, R692-R705.

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42. Atta K. Agyekum, Jason S. Sands, Alemu Regassa, Elijah Kiarie, Dirk Weihrauch, Wu K. Kim, and Charles M. Nyachoti (2015). Effect of supplementing a high-fiber diet with a xylanase and β-glucanase blend on growth performance and intestinal glucose uptake and transport-associated gene expression in growing pigs.  J. Anim. Sci. 93, 3483–3493.

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41. Weihrauch D. and O’Donnell M.J. (2015).  Links between osmoregulation and nitrogen-excretion in insects and crustaceans.  Integr Comp Biol. 55, 816-29.

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40. Adlimoghaddam A. Boeckstaens M., Marini A.-M., Treberg, Brassinga A.-K., and Weihrauch D. (2015). Ammonia excretion in Caenorhabditis elegans: mechanism and evidence of ammonia transport of the Rhesus protein CeRhr-1. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218, 675-83.

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                                    Ammonia excretion: C. elegans style (Kathryn Knight); (2015) 218, 647-649.

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39. Hans, S., Fehsenfeld, S., Treberg, J,R., and Weihrauch, D. (2014). Acid–base regulation in the Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister). Marine Biology, 161, 1179-1193.

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38. Erik Hviid Larsen, Lewis E. Deaton, Horst Onken, Michael O’Donnell, Martin Grosell, William H. Dantzler, and Dirk Weihrauch (2014). Osmoregulation and Excretion. American Physiological Society, Comprehensive Physiol. 4, 405-573.

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37. Adlimoghaddam, A., Weihrauch D., and O’Donnell M.J. (2014). Localization of K+, H+, Na+ and Ca2+ fluxes to the excretory pore in Caenorhabditis elegans: application of scanning ion-selective microelectrodes. Journal of Experimental Biology; 217, 4119-22. IF: 3

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36. Treberg JR, Banh S, Pandey U, Weihrauch D. (2013). Intertissue Differences for the Role of Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Metabolism. Neurochem Res. 39, 516-526. IF: 2.5

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35. Henry, R.P., Lucu, C., Onken, H, Weihrauch D. (2013). Multiple functions of the crustacean gill: osmotic/ionic regulation, acid-base balance, ammonia excretion, and bioaccumulation of toxic metals. Front Physiol.  : 431, 1-33.

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34. Fehsenfeld S, Weihrauch D. (2013). Differential acid-base regulation in various gills of the green crab Carcinus maenas: Effects of elevated environmental pCO2. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 164, 54-65.

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33. Cruz, M.J., Sourial, M.M., Treberg, J.R., Fehsenfeld. S., Adlimoghaddam, A., Weihrauch, D. (2013). Cutaneous nitrogen excretion in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis: effects of high environmental ammonia (HEA). Aquat. Toxicol. 136-137, 1-12.

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32. Timsina, B.A., Sorensen J.L., Weihrauch D, and Piercey-Normore MD. (2013). Effect of aposymbiotic conditions on colony growth and secondary metabolite production in the lichen-forming fungus Ramalina dilacerate. Fungal Biol., 11, : 731-43.

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31. Woyengo, T.A., Weihrauch, D., and Nyachoti. C.M. (2012). Effect of dietary phytic acid on performance and nutrients uptake in small intestine of piglets. Journal of Animal Science, 90, 543-9.

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30. Weihrauch, D., Donini, A., and O'Donnell M.J. (2012). Ammonia transport by terrestrial and aquatic insects. Journal of Insect Physiology, 58, 473-87.

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                                       2015, 60: 473–92; by Donald E. Mullins.

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29. Rodela, T.M. Esbaugh, A.J., Weihrauch, D., Veauvy, C.M., McDonald, M.D., Gilmour, K.M., and Walsh. P.J. (2012). Revisiting the effects of crowding and feeding in the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta: the role of Rhesus glycoproteins in nitrogen metabolism and excretion. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 301-313.

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28. Weihrauch, D., Chan, A.C., Meyer, H., Döring, C. Sourial, M.M. and O’Donnell. M.J. (2012).  Ammonia excretion in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea. Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 3242-53.

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27. Allen. P.J., Weihrauch, D., Grandmaison, V., Dasiewicz. P., Peake, S.J., and   Anderson, W.G. (2011). The influence of environmental calcium concentrations on calcium flux, compensatory drinking and epithelial calcium channel expression in a freshwater cartilaginous fish. Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 996-1006.

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26. Anderson W.G., Nawata C.M., Wood C.M., Piercey-Normore M.D., and Weihrauch D. (2011). 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 A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 161, 27-35.

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25. Martin, M., Fehsenfeld, S., Sourial, M.M. and Weihrauch, D. (2011) Effects of high environmental ammonia on branchial ammonia excretion rates and tissue Rh-protein mRNA expression levels in seawater acclimated Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 160, 267-277.

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24. Anderson, W.G., Dasiewicz, P., Liban, S., Ryan, C., Taylor, J.R., Grosell, M., and Weihrauch, D.  (2010). Gastro-intestinal handling of water and solutes in three species of elasmobranch fish, the white-spotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum, little skate, Leucoraja erinacea and the clear nose skate Raja eglanteria. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 155, 493-502.

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23. Blaesse, A.-K., Broehan, G., Meyer, H.,  Merzendorfer, H. and Weihrauch, D. (2010). Ammonia uptake in Manduca sexta midgut is mediated by an amiloride sensitive cation/proton exchanger: Transport studies and mRNA expression analysis of NHE7,9, NHE8, and V-ATPase (subunit  D). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A; Mol. Integr. Physiol., 157, 364-367.

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22. Piermarini, P.M., Weihrauch, D., Meyer, H., Huss, M., and Beyenbach, K.W. (2009). NHE8 is an intracellular cation/H+ exchanger in renal tubules of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. American Journal of Physiology . Renal Physiology, 296 (4), F730-50.

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21. Weihrauch, D., Wilkie, M.P., and Walsh, P.J. (2009). Ammonia and urea transporters in the gills of fish and aquatic crustaceans. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 1716-30.

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                                         2009, by Kathryn Knight.

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20. Jayasundara, N., Towle, D.W., Weihrauch, D., and Spanings-Pierrot, C. (2007). Gill-specific transcriptional regulation of Na+/K+-ATPase {alpha}-subunit in the euryhaline shore crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus: sequence variants and promoter structure. Journal of Experimental Biology.15, 2070-81.

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19. Weihrauch, D. (2006). Active ammonia absorption in the midgut of the larvae of the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta L.: Transport studies and mRNA expression analysis of a Rhesus-like ammonia transporter. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 36, 808-821.

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18. Weihrauch, D., Kanchanapoo, J., Ao, M., Prasad, R., Piyachaturawat, P., and Rao, M.C. (2006). Weanling but not adult rabbit colon absorbs bile acids: Flux linked to expression of putative bile acid transporters. American Journal of Physiology, Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, G439-50.

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17. Luquet, C. M., Weihrauch, D., Senek. M., and Towle, D.W. (2005). Induction of branchial ion transporter mRNA expression during acclimation to salinity change in the euryhaline crab Chasmagnathus granulatus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208, 3627-36.

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16. Ziegler, A., Weihrauch, D., Hagedorn, M., Towle, D.W. and Bleher, R. (2004). Expression and polarity reversal of V-type H+-ATPase during the mineralization-demineralization cycle in Porcellio scaber sternal epithelial cells. Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 1749-56.

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15. Matkowskyj, K.A., Nathaniel, R., Prasad, R., Weihrauch, D., Rao, M.C., and Benya, R.V. (2004). Galanin contributes to the excess colonic fluid secretion observed in dextran sulfate sodium murine colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Dissease 10, 408-16.

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14. Weihrauch, D., Morris, S., and Towle, D.W. (2004). Ammonia excretion in aquatic and terrestrial crabs. Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 4491-4504.

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13. Weihrauch, D., McNamara, J.C., Towle, D.W., and Onken, H. (2004). Ion-motive ATPases and active, transbranchial NaCl uptake in the red freshwater crab, Dilocarcinus pagei (Decapoda, Trichodactylidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 4623-4631.

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12. Hagedorn, M., Weihrauch, D.,Towle, D.W., and Ziegler, A. (2003). Molecular characterisation of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase of Porcellio scaber and its expression in sternal epithelia during the moult cycle. Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 2167-75.

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11. Henry, R.P., Gehnrich, S., Weihrauch, D. and Towle, D.W. (2003). Salinity-mediated carbonic anhydrase induction in the gills of the euryhaline green crab, Carcinus maenas. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 136, 243-58.

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10. Weihrauch, D., Ziegler, A., Siebers, D. and Towle, D. (2002). Active ammonia excretion across the gills of the green shore crab Carcinus maenas: participation of Na+/K+-ATPase, V-type H+-ATPase and functional microtubules. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205, 2765-2775.

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                                        Waste disposal, crab style (Roger Santer, Kathryn Phillips) - 2002, 205, i1802

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9. Ziegler, A., Weihrauch, D., Towle, D.W., and Hagedorn, M. (2002). Expression of Ca2+-ATPase and Na+/Ca2+-exchanger is up regulated during epithelial Ca2+-transport in hypodermal cells of Porcellio scaber.  Cell Calcium 32, 131-141.

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8. Weihrauch, D., Ziegler, A., Siebers, D. and Towle, D.W. (2001). Molecular characterization of V-type H+-ATPase (B-subunit) in gills of euryhaline crabs and its physiological role in osmoregulatory ion uptake. Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 25-37.

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7. Towle, D.W., Paulsen, R.S., Weihrauch, D., Kordylewski, M., Salvador, C., Lignot, J.-H., and Spanings-Pierrot, C. (2001). Na+/K+-ATPase in gills of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus: cDNA sequencing and salinity-related expression of a-subunit mRNA and protein. Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 4005-4012. 

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6. Towle, D.W. and Weihrauch, D. (2001). Osmoregulation by gills of euryhaline crabs: Molecular analysis of transporters, American Zoologist 44, 770-780.

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5. Postel, U., Becker, W., Brandt, A., Luck-Kopp, S., Riestenpatt, S., Weihrauch, D., and Siebers, D. (2000). Active osmoregulatory ion uptake across the pleopods of the isopod Idotea baltica (Pallas): electrophysiological measurements on isolated split endo- and exopodites mounted in a micro-Ussing chamber. Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 1141-1152.

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4. Kotlyar, S., Weihrauch, D., Paulsen, R.S., and Towle, D.W. (2000). Expression of arginine kinase enzyme activity and mRNA expression in gills of the euryhaline crabs Carcinus maenas and Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 2395-2404.

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3. Weihrauch, D., Becker, W., Postel, U., Luck-Kopp, S., and Siebers, D. (1999). Potential of active excretion of ammonia in three differently haline species of crabs. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 169: 25-37.

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2. Weihrauch, D., Becker, W., Postel, U., Riestenpatt, S., and Siebers, D. (1998). Active excretion of ammonia across the gills of the shore crab Carcinus maenas and its relation to osmoregulatory ion uptake. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 168, 364-376.

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1. Postel, U., Petrausch, G., Riestenpatt, S., Weihrauch, D., Malykh, J., Becker, W., and Siebers, D. (1998). Inhibition of Na+/K+-ATPase and active ion-transport functions in the gills of the shore crab Carcinus maenas induced by cadmium. Marine Biology 130, 407-416.

 

 

Other Publications

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Blaesse A.-K., Edwards S.L., Towle D.W., and Weihrauch D. (2009). Gene expression and localization of the Rhesus-related ammonium transporter in green crabs (Carcinus maenas) exposed to ammonia. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 48, 12-13.

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Weihrauch D., Spanings-Pierrot C., and Towle D.W. (2001). Sequence analysis and expression of arginine kinase mRNA in gills of the semi-terrestrial grapsid crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 40, 33-35.

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Gehnrich S., Henry R.P., Weihrauch D. and Towle D.W. (2001). Identification of carbonic anhydrase isoforms in gills of the shore crab, and changes in their expression during acclimation to low salinity. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 40, 114-115.

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Gehnrich S., Brooks C., Weihrauch D., Towle D.W., and Henry R.P. (2000). Alterations in carbonic anhydrase gene expression during low salinity adaptation in the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 38, 28-29.

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Gehnrich S., Brooks C., Weihrauch D., Towle D.W. and Henry R.P. (2000). Carbonic anhydrase in the hypodermis of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, and its role in the post-molt calcification of the cuticle. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 38, 26-27.

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Weihrauch D. Siebers D., and Towle D.W. (2000). Urea retention in the hemolymph of the shore crab Carcinus maenas during prolonged starvation and a first approach to identify a branchial urea transporter. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 38, 19-20.