Stephen D. McCormick
Adjunct Professor
mccormick@umext.umass.edu
Laboratory Website
Education
B.S., Bates College, 1977
Ph.D., MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1983
Joint Program in Oceanography
Postdoctoral
St. Andrews Biological Station, New Brunswick, Canada, 1983-1986
University of California, Berkeley 1986-1990
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Research Interests
Understanding how environmental factors affect animal performance (survival,
growth and reproductive success) is important to our understanding of the natural
world and how human activity affects it. My laboratory is interested in the
environmental and endocrine control of osmoregulation, growth, migration, development
and reproduction in teleosts, primarily anadromous fishes. Our current research focuses on
physiological and environmental factors that affect conservation, restoration and
enhancement of Atlantic salmon, American shad, blueback herring, alewife and Atlantic
sturgeon. This includes laboratory and field work on underlying physiological principles
and capacities, and applied work on contaminants, hatcheries, dams and with wild
populations. Some of our current projects include the following:
Gill transport proteins involved in ion regulation of euryhaline fish and their hormonal
control.
Environmental factors that affect the parr-smolt transformation of Atlantic salmon,
including:
Endocrine disrupters
Acidification
Climate Change
Development and environmental influences on seawater tolerance of anadromous clupeids
(alewife, blueback herring and American shad).
Migration timing and overwinter mortality of juvenile salmon in a restoration stream of
the Connecticut River.
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Representative Publications
Reis-Santos, P., McCormick, S.D. and Wilson, J.M. 2008. Ionoregulatory changes
during metamorphosis and salinity exposure of juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon
marinus L.). Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 978-988.
Monette, M.Y. and McCormick, S.D. 2008. Impacts of short-term acid and
aluminum exposure on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) physiology: a direct comparison
of parr and smolts. Aquatic Toxicology, 86: 216-226.
McCormick, S.D., Shrimpton, J.M., Moriyama, S., Björnsson, B.Th. 2007.
Differential hormonal responses of Atlantic salmon parr and smolt to increased daylength:
a possible developmental basis for smolting. Aquaculture, 273: 337-344.
Lerner, D.T., Björnsson, B.Th., McCormick, S.D. 2007. Larval exposure to
4-nonylphenol and 17β-estradiol affects physiological and behavioral development of
seawater adaptation in Atlantic salmon smolts.
Environmental Science & Technology, 41: 4479-4485.
McCormick, S.D. and Bradshaw, D. 2006. Hormonal control of salt and water
balance in vertebrates. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 147: 3-8.
McCormick, S.D., O'Dea, M.F., Moeckel, A.M., Lerner, D.T. and Björnsson, B.Th.
2005. Endocrine disruption of parr-smolt transformation and seawater tolerance of
Atlantic salmon by 4-nonylphenol and 17β-estradiol. General and Comparative
Endocrinology, 142: 280-288.
McCormick, S.D., Sundell, K., Björnsson, B.Th, Brown, C.L. and Hiroi, J. 2003.
Influence of salinity on the localization of Na+,K+-ATPase, Na+,K+,2Cl- cotransporter
(NKCC) and CFTR anion channel in chloride cells of the Hawaiian goby
(Stenogobius hawaiiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4575-4583.
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