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Overview
Background
My lab investigates the physiological and behavioural responses of fish, frogs and reptiles to changing environmental conditions including assessing and predicting the impact of human-induced environmental change. A major thrust of this research is within the emerging field of Conservation Physiology. We are particularly interested in the capacity and plasticity of physiological systems (e.g. respiratory, cardiovascular, osmoregulatory, digestive and musculo-skeletal) to compensate and maintain performance under changing environmental conditions.
We combine lab-based experimental studies with fieldwork, and take an integrative approach that utilises ecological, behavioural, physiological and genomic methodologies. In the field we utilise remote sensing technology (acoustic and satellite telemetry, archival tags) to investigate the movement patterns and behaviours of animals in relation to environmental conditions.
Current projects include:
- assessing the effects of increasing temperatures on sharks, frogs, turtles and crocodiles;
- determining the physiological basis for the impact of increasing UV-B radiation on frogs;
- diving behaviour and physiology of freshwater turtles and crocodiles;
- acoustic and satellite tracking of sharks, turtles and crocodiles in Queensland;
- regulation of physiological function in aestivating frogs
Availability
- Professor Craig Franklin is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Canterbury
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Canterbury
Works
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1993
Journal Article
Recruitment patterns and contractile properties of fast muscle-fibers isolated from rostral and caudal myotomes of the short-horned sculpin
Johnston, Ian A., Franklin, Craig E. and Johnson, Timothy P. (1993). Recruitment patterns and contractile properties of fast muscle-fibers isolated from rostral and caudal myotomes of the short-horned sculpin. Journal of Experimental Biology, 185, 251-265.
1993
Journal Article
Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to hypoxia in the Australian lungfish
Fritsche, Regina, Axelsson, Michael, Franklin, Craig E., Grigg, Gordon C., Holmgren, Susanne and Nilsson, Stefan (1993). Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to hypoxia in the Australian lungfish. Respiration Physiology, 94 (2), 173-187. doi: 10.1016/0034-5687(93)90046-D
1993
Journal Article
Increased Vascularity of the Lingual Salt-Glands of the Estuarine Crocodile, Crocodylus-Porosus, Kept in Hyperosmotic Salinity
Franklin, CE and Grigg, GC (1993). Increased Vascularity of the Lingual Salt-Glands of the Estuarine Crocodile, Crocodylus-Porosus, Kept in Hyperosmotic Salinity. Journal of Morphology, 218 (2), 143-151. doi: 10.1002/jmor.1052180204
1993
Journal Article
Preliminary-Observations On Blood-Flow in the Coronary-Arteries of 2 School Sharks (Galeorhinus-Australis)
Davie, PS and Franklin, CE (1993). Preliminary-Observations On Blood-Flow in the Coronary-Arteries of 2 School Sharks (Galeorhinus-Australis). Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, 71 (6), 1238-1241. doi: 10.1139/z93-169
1993
Journal Article
X‐cell gill disease obliterates the lamellar blood supply in the Antarctic teleost, Pagothenia borchgreviniki (Boulenger 1902)
Franklin, C. E., McKenzie, J. C., Davison, W. and Carey, P. W. (1993). X‐cell gill disease obliterates the lamellar blood supply in the Antarctic teleost, Pagothenia borchgreviniki (Boulenger 1902). Journal of Fish Diseases, 16 (3), 249-254. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1993.tb01254.x
1993
Journal Article
The effects of chronic exposure to the water soluble fraction of fuel oil on an antarctic fish Pagothenia borchgkevinki
Davison, W, Franklin, CE, McKenzie, JC and Carey, PW (1993). The effects of chronic exposure to the water soluble fraction of fuel oil on an antarctic fish Pagothenia borchgkevinki. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C, Comparative, 104 (1), 67-70. doi: 10.1016/0742-8413(93)90113-Y
1993
Journal Article
Blood pressure and heart rate during tonic immobility in the black tipped reef shark, Carcharhinus melanoptera
Davie, Peter S., Franklin, Craig E. and Grigg, Gordon C. (1993). Blood pressure and heart rate during tonic immobility in the black tipped reef shark, Carcharhinus melanoptera. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 (2), 95-100. doi: 10.1007/BF00004374
1993
Journal Article
The role of the spleen during exercise in the Antarctic Teleost, Pagothenia borchgrevinki
Franklin, Craig E., Davison, William and McKenzie, Jan C. (1993). The role of the spleen during exercise in the Antarctic Teleost, Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Journal of Experimental Biology, 174 (1), 381-386.
1993
Journal Article
The role of the pericardium in cardiac function in the dogfish, Squalus acanthias
Franklin, C. E. and Davie, P. S. (1993). The role of the pericardium in cardiac function in the dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Journal of Fish Biology, 43 (2), 213-219. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1993.tb00423.x
1992
Journal Article
Sexual maturity can double heart mass and cardiac power output in male rainbow-trout
Franklin, Craig E. and Davie, Peter S. (1992). Sexual maturity can double heart mass and cardiac power output in male rainbow-trout. Journal of Experimental Biology, 171 (1), 139-148.
1992
Journal Article
Plasma-Cortisol and Osmoregulatory Changes in Sockeye-Salmon Transferred to Sea-Water - Comparison Between Successful and Unsuccessful Adaptation
Franklin, CE, Forster, ME and Davison, W (1992). Plasma-Cortisol and Osmoregulatory Changes in Sockeye-Salmon Transferred to Sea-Water - Comparison Between Successful and Unsuccessful Adaptation. Journal of Fish Biology, 41 (1), 113-122. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1992.tb03174.x
1992
Journal Article
Cardiac Physiology in Tunas .1. Invitro Perfused Heart Preparations From Yellowfin and Skipjack Tunas
Farrell, AP, Davie, PS, Franklin, CE, Johansen, JA and Brill, RW (1992). Cardiac Physiology in Tunas .1. Invitro Perfused Heart Preparations From Yellowfin and Skipjack Tunas. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, 70 (6), 1200-1210. doi: 10.1139/z92-167
1992
Conference Publication
Innervation of the Foramen Panizzae Sphincter and the Aortic Anastomosis in the Crocodile, Crocodylus-Porosus
Karila, P, Holmgren, S, Gibbins, IL, Grigg, GC, Franklin, CE, Axelsson, M, Fritsche, R and Nilsson, S (1992). Innervation of the Foramen Panizzae Sphincter and the Aortic Anastomosis in the Crocodile, Crocodylus-Porosus. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/0167-0115(92)90592-I
1992
Journal Article
Cardiac performance of an isolated eel heart: effects of hypoxia and responses to coronary artery perfusion
Davie, Peter S., Farrell, Anthony P. and Franklin, Craig E. (1992). Cardiac performance of an isolated eel heart: effects of hypoxia and responses to coronary artery perfusion. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 262 (2), 113-121. doi: 10.1002/jez.1402620202
1992
Journal Article
Dimensional analysis of the ventricle of an in situ perfused trout heart using echocardiography
Franklin, Craig E. and Davie, Peter S. (1992). Dimensional analysis of the ventricle of an in situ perfused trout heart using echocardiography. Journal of Experimental Biology, 166 (1), 47-60.
1992
Journal Article
The effects of acute exposure to the water soluble fraction of diesel fuel oil on survival and metabolic rate of an antarctic fish (Pagothenia borchgrevinki)
Davison, William, Franklin, Craig E., McKenzie, Jan C. and Dougan, Michael C. R. (1992). The effects of acute exposure to the water soluble fraction of diesel fuel oil on survival and metabolic rate of an antarctic fish (Pagothenia borchgrevinki). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Comparative Pharmacology, 102 (1), 185-188. doi: 10.1016/0742-8413(92)90061-B
1992
Journal Article
Seawater adaptability of New Zealand's sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): physiological correlates of smoltification and seawater survival
Franklin, CE, Davison, W and Forster, ME (1992). Seawater adaptability of New Zealand's sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): physiological correlates of smoltification and seawater survival. Aquaculture, 102 (1-2), 127-142. doi: 10.1016/0044-8486(92)90295-V
1992
Journal Article
Redistribution Of Air Within The Lungs May Potentiate "Fright" Bradycardia In Submerged Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)
Wright, Jonathan C., Grigg, Gordon C. and Franklin, Craig E. (1992). Redistribution Of Air Within The Lungs May Potentiate "Fright" Bradycardia In Submerged Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 102 (1), 33-36. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(92)90007-D
1992
Journal Article
Myocardial power output of an isolated eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) heart preparation in response to adrenaline
Franklin C.E. and Davie P.S. (1992). Myocardial power output of an isolated eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) heart preparation in response to adrenaline. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C, Comparative, 101 (2), 293-298. doi: 10.1016/0742-8413(92)90276-D
1992
Journal Article
Myocardial oxygen consumption and mechanical efficiency of a perfused dogfish heart preparation
Davie P.S. and Franklin C.E. (1992). Myocardial oxygen consumption and mechanical efficiency of a perfused dogfish heart preparation. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 162 (3), 256-262. doi: 10.1007/BF00357532
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Craig Franklin is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Physiologically-mediated responses to environmental conditions in a long-lived aquatic ectotherm
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Celine Frere
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Doctor Philosophy
Adaptation to environmental change; how plastic is the gut bacterial microbiome of koalas?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Celine Frere
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Doctor Philosophy
Ecophysiology of feeding under stress in salmonids -
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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Doctor Philosophy
Urbanisation and the emergence of wildlife fungal diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp, Associate Professor Celine Frere
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Amphibian declines and UV radiation: a molecular and ecological investigation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The movement ecology of whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Anthropocene ocean
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Using spatial ecology to reveal sociality: The movement ecology, behaviour, and social structure of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Celine Frere
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Consequences of ultraviolet-B exposure regime on physiological carryover effects in amphibians
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robbie Wilson, Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Metabolic responses to suboptimal macronutrient ratios in Drosophila melanogaster
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Anthropogenic disturbances to freshwater taxa: Interactions between nitrate and additional stressors on various physiological traits
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2020
Master Philosophy
The movement ecology and habitat oreferences of the endangered speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis in the Wenlock River, northern Australia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Tibbetts
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The role of sloughing on the pathophysiology of chytridiomycosis in amphibians
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robbie Wilson, Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
DIVING IN A WARMING WORLD: Thermal constraints on the diving capacity of estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Interactions between amphibian skin sloughing and a cutaneous fungal disease: infection progression, immune defence, and phylogenetic patterns
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Mechanisms underlying inhibition of muscle disuse atrophy during aestivation in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp, Associate Professor Paul Ebert
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Physiological responses to daily temperature variation and ultraviolet radiation in amphibian larvae
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The interactive effects of ultraviolet-B radiation and other environmental stressors on amphibians
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robbie Wilson
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The effect of elevated temperature on the ability to preserve disused muscle during metabolic depression in the aestivating ectotherm, Cyclorana alboguttata.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Habitat requirements for nesting and early life-stages of the endangered Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus): Insights for conservation.
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Metabolic depression in Cyclorana alboguttata and the potential role of the endogenous opioid system and thyroid axis as regulators of aestivation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nick Hudson
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Metabolic rate, respiratory partitioning and the implications for dive duration in the bimodally respiring Arafura filesnake, Acrochordus arafurae
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robbie Wilson
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
The Diving Physiological Ecology Of Australia Freshwater Turtle Hatchlings
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Consequences of thermal variation in the ontogenetic environment of ecotherms
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Effect of Prolonged Aestivation on Muscle Morphology and Biochemistry in the Green-Striped Burrowing Frog, Cyclorana Alboguttata
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nick Hudson
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF THE BULL SHARK Carcharhinus leucas IN THE BRISBANE RIVER
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
THE EFFECT OF EARLY TEMPERATURE ON MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF MANGROVE JACK, AND SWIMING ABILITY OF MANGROVE JACK- 'Lutjanus argentimaculatus', SILVER PERCH -'Bidyanus bidyanus' AND BARRAMUNDI -'Lates calcarifer'
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
The Evolution of Predator-induced Phenotypic Plasticity in Tadpoles
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Blows
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
THE EFFECTS AESTIVATION AND RE-FEEDING ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE GUT IN THE GREEN-STRIPED BURROWING FROG, CYCLORANA ALBOGUTTATA
Principal Advisor
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
EFFECT OF WATER QUALITY UPON THE DIVING ECOLOGY OF THE FITZROY TURTLE, Rheodytes Leukops
Principal Advisor
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
MECHANISMS FOR SOFTWATER ACID TOLERANCE IN LARVAE OF ANURAN SPECIES NATIVE TO THE 'WALLUM' OF EAST AUSTRALIA
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
Effect of aestivation on skeletal muscle in C. alboguttata
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Physiological responses of freshwater fish to stressors in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Cramp
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Determining the Genetic and Mutational Contributions to a Complex, Environmentally Dependent, Phenotype
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Katrina McGuigan
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Decision-making for estuarine wetlands to facilitate species movements using remote sensing in coastal Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn, Professor Hugh Possingham
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Nest environment and hatchling fitness correlates in the sea turtles Caretta caretta and Natator depressus
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Multi-scale patterns of habitat use by reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Martine Maron
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The implications of variation in metabolism and discontinuous gas exchange exhibition in the speckled cockroach: consequences for life history
Associate Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
HIBERNATION IN ECHIDNAS
Associate Advisor
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
BIOLOGICAL ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Tibbetts
Media
Enquiries
Contact Professor Craig Franklin directly for media enquiries about:
- Amphibians
- Antarctica - ecology
- Climate change
- Conservation biology
- Crocodiles
- Diving
- Environment and wildlife
- Evolution - fish and reptiles
- Fish
- Frogs
- Reptiles
- Sharks
- Turtles
- UV radiation
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