Rhythms in Fishes – A Tribute To Milt Stetson

SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS

Benny Ron

Don MacKinlay

 

International Congress on the Biology of Fish

Tropical Hotel Resort, Manaus Brazil, August 1-5, 2004

 

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Physiology Section,

American Fisheries Society

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International Standard Book Number(ISBN) 1-894337-43-3

 

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PREFACE  RHYTHMS IN FISHES SYMPOSIUM: A TRIBUTE TO MILTON STETSON - 1943 - 2002

Professor Milton H. Stetson died on June 27, 2002, while working on a sabbatical leave at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Hawaii. Born in 1943 in Springfield, MA, to Milton and Evelyn Stetson, he later moved to Windsor, CT. After high school, he continued his education at Central Connecticut University in New Britain. He received his Master and Doctorate degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle.

 

Dr. Stetson served as a Postdoctoral Fellow under Michael Menaker at the University of Texas at Austin. Milt Settson came to the University of Delaware in 1973, where he served as Professor, and Associate Director of Graduate Programs and Research in the School of Life and Health Sciences, and Director of the School of Life and Health Sciences. In 1998, he became an Affiliate Professor at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, a marine station of the University of Hawaii, situated on Coconut Island, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii.

 

While serving at the University of Delaware, Professor Stetson authored, co-authored, or edited nearly 200 scientific publications in various research areas, such as vertebrate reproduction, neuroendocrinology, comparative endocrinology, circadian physiology, pineal physiology and vertebrate photoperiodism. In addition, he trained 13 graduate students, 10 of whom received the degree of PhD. Professor Stetson served on many committees, refereed articles for several scientific journals, and refereed grants for NSF, NIH, USDA and EPA.

 

Always an avid fisherman, Milt Stetson knew how enjoyed also golf, gardening, crossword puzzles, bowling, and reading. We all remember Milt by all for his enormous generosity and his outrageous sense of humor.

Symposium Organizers:

                Benny Ron, National Centre for Mariculture, Israel

Don MacKinlay, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Importance of Lunar-cues in Synchrony of Reproductive Cycle in Reef Fishes

        Akihiro Takemura......................................................................................................

Influence of lunar cycles on locomotor activity rhythms in tench (Tinca
tinca) exposed to natural moonlight.

        García-Vizcaíno, E.M.; Herrero, M.J; Madrid, J.A. & Sánchez-Vázquez, F.J.                               

Influence of light on nocturnal plasma melatonin and locomotor activity in tench (Tinca tinca)

        Vera, L.M.; López-Olmeda, J.F.; Bayarri, M.J.; Madrid, J.A.; Sánchez-Vázquez, F.J.  

The influence of the pineal organ and melatonin on the reproductive system and of light intensity and wavelength on melatonin in the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

        Alon Naor, Eran Hadas  and Benny Ron ..............................................................

Melatonin effects on metabolism and behavioural rhythms in goldfish

        López-Olmeda, J.F.; Bayarri, M.J.; Rol de Lama, M.A.; Madrid, J.A.; Sánchez-Vázquez, F.J     

Estimation of plasma melatonin fluctuation by cannulation

        Yoshiaki Nikaido.......................................................................................................

Ontogeny of the pineal melatonin-generating system in the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

        Galit Lisaey, Yoav Gothilf and Benny Ron............................................................

Differential regulation of two arylalkylamine-n-acetyltransferase in the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

        Nitzan Segev, Bina Zilberman-Peled, Yoav Gothilf and Benny Ron................

Indications to melatonin receptors in the brain and pituitary of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

        Benny Ron, Pascaline Gaildrat and Jack Falcón...............................................

Chronology and food consumption of white croaker (Micropogonias furnieri), an estuarine dependent fish.

        G.M. Figueiredo & J.P. Vieira................................................................................

Self-feeding rhythms and macronutrients self-selection in Senegal sole (Solea senegalensis)

        Boluda-Navarro, D.; Luz, R. K.; Rubio, V. C.; Sánchez-Vázquez, F. J.; Fernández-Pasquier, V.; Madrid, J. A