| Louis
F. Gainey, Jr. |
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| Professor
of Biology |
Florida
State University, B.S., 1969
Florida State University, M.S., 1972
Florida State University, Ph.D., 1976 |
phone:
207-780-4264
fax: 207-228-8116
gainey@usm.maine.edu
lab page:http://www.usm.maine.edu/~gainey/ |
| The
overall theme of my research is how environmental factors
e.g. salinity, heavy metals, phytoplankton and dissolved
gases affect the physiology of clams and mussels. The
current emphasis of my research is focusing on the neural
control of muscle fibers in clam gills and how this
control is modulated by nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide.
Both of these dissolved gases are naturally occurring
in marine ecosystems in addition to being synthesized
by the muscle fibers; this research will lead to an
understanding of how exogenous/endogenous factors modulate
feeding and respiration in clams |
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