Glenn Parsons (Faculty Member is Retired, or has otherwise left the University)
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone Number: (662)915-7479
Email: bygrp@olemiss.edu
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/biology/people/faculty/parsons/index.php

Key Words: Aquatic biology, fish physiology, ecological physiology, ichthyology, fisheries biology, biological oceanography

Research Description: Current research interests involve the biomechanics and efficiency of fish locomotion, metabolic rate determinations, respiratory physiology, energy budgets, and growth and reproduction in sharks.

Honors Theses:

Healy, Jordan A. (2019) The Effect of Simulated Storm Passage on the Behavior of Whitespotted Bamboo Sharks, Chiloscyllium Plagiosum and Golden Shiners, Notemigonus Chrysoleucas (full text)

Dale, Wood Whittington (2012) "Investigations of Physiological Changes in Gulf of Mexico Sharks during Acute Stress Events with Emphasis on the Atlantic Sharp Nose Shark"

Hildebrandt, Emily Katherine (2012) "The Effect of Temperature and Turbidity on the Swimming Performance of Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)."

Dalton, Martha Frances (2011) "Investigations of Bite Force in Northern Gulf of Mexico Shark Species, with Emphasis on Blacknose and Sharpnose Sharks"

Brown, Megan Thomas (2003) "Aspects of Schooling Behavior in the Golden Shiner, Notemigonus Crysoleucas: Nearest Neighbor Distance, Angle of Sqimming, and Antiphasic Coupling" (full text)

Faulkner, Angela Carol (2002) "The effects of meal size, meal type, body size, and temperature on specific dynamic action in the toad Bufo Marinus"

Sampson, Avery Hall (2002) "Causal Association between Organ Masses and Aerobic Metabolism in the Diamondback Watersnake (Nerodi Rhombifer)"