PUBLICATIONS

• Burge, E. J., J. Atack and C. Andrews. 2009. Investigating the use of underwater video for the determination of size, stock density, and temporal patterns of habitat usage of grouper on hard-bottom habitats. Final report submitted to North Carolina Sea Grant. 08-FEG-12. 46 pp. [link] [pdf]

• Macey, B. M., M. J. Jenny, H. R. Williams, L. K. Thibodeaux, M. Beal, J. S. Almeida, C. Cunningham, A. Mancia, G. W. Warr, E. J. Burge, A. F. Holland, P. S. Gross, S. Hikima, K. G. Burnett, L. E. Burnett, and R. W. Chapman. 2010. Modelling interactions of acid-base balance and respiratory status in the toxicity of metal mixtures in the American oyster Crassostrea virginica, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. 155: 341-349. [link] [pdf]

• Sellers, A. J., L. O. Casey, E. J. Burge and E. T. Koepfler. 2009. Population growth and distribution of Diadema antillarum at Discovery Bay, Jamaica. The Open Marine Biology Journal, Volume 3, 105-111. [pdf]

• Erin J. Burge, Louis E. Burnett and Karen G. Burnett, 2009. Time-course analysis of peroxinectin mRNA in the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei after challenge with Vibrio campbellii, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Volume 27, Issue 5, 603-609. [link] [pdf]

• D. T. Gauthier, R. J. Latour, D. M. Heisey, C. F. Bonzek, J. Gartland, E. J. Burge, W. K. Vogelbein (2008) MYCOBACTERIOSIS-ASSOCIATED MORTALITY IN WILD STRIPED BASS (MORONE SAXATILIS) FROM CHESAPEAKE BAY, USA. Ecological Applications: Vol. 18, No. 7, pp. 1718-1727 [link] [pdf]

• Burge, E. J., D. J. Madigan, L. E. Burnett and K. G. Burnett. 2007. Lysozyme gene expression as a molecular marker of hemocyte location in Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after injection with Vibrio. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 22(4): 327-339. [link] [pdf]

• Powell, J. W. B., E. J. Burge, C. L. Browdy, and E. F. Shepard. 2006. Efficiency and sensitivity determination of Shrimple™, an immunochromatographic assay for white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), using quantitative real-time PCR. Aquaculture 257(1-4): 167-172. [link] [pdf]

• Burge, E. J., D. T. Gauthier and P. A. Van Veld. 2004. In vitro response of the striped bass natural resistance-associated macrophage protein, Nramp, to LPS and Mycobacterium marinum exposure. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 138(3): 391-400. [link] [pdf]

• Burge, E. J., D. T. Gauthier, C. A. Ottinger and P. A. Van Veld. 2004. A Mycobacterium-inducible Nramp in striped bass Morone saxatilis. Infection and Immunity 72(3): 1626-1636. [link] [pdf]

• Thompson, E. D., P. Olsson, G.D. Mayer, P. J. Walsh, C. Haux, E. Burge and C. Hogstrand. 2001. Effects of 17ß-estradiol on levels and distribution of metallothionein and zinc in squirrelfish. American Journal of Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 280: R527-R535.[link] [pdf]

  PRESENTATIONS

• Burge, E. J., D. J. Madigan, L. E. Burnett and K. G. Burnett. 2006. Exposure to hypoxia impacts immunity in penaeid shrimp, but does not alter hemocyte distribution after bacterial challenge. 10th International Congress of the International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology (ISDCI), Charleston, SC July 1-6.

• Burge, E. J., D. J. Madigan, L. E. Burnett and K. G. Burnett. 2006. Tracking shrimp hemocytes: lysozyme gene expression as a marker of bacterial infection. 31st Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop. Charleston, SC. March 27-31.

• Burge, E. J., D. J. Madigan, L. E. Burnett and K. G. Burnett. 2005. Lysozyme expression in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after exposure to hypoxia and challenge with Vibrio campbellii. 2005 Experimental Biology and the XXXV International Congress of Physiological Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA. March 31-April 6.

• Burge, E. J., D. J. Madigan, L. E. Burnett and K. G. Burnett. 2005. Lysozyme expression in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after exposure to hypoxia and challenge with Vibrio campbellii. Spring 2005 Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) Conference, Charleston, S. C. February 28-March 2.

• Burge, E. J., D. T. Gauthier and P. A. Van Veld.2004. Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) Nramp is inducible in vitro after exposure to LPS and Mycobacterium marinum. 29th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop. Atlantic Beach, NC. March 22-26.

• Burge, E. J. 2004. Understanding mycobacteriosis in striped bass (Morone saxatilis): the role of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein, Nramp, in resistance to Mycobacterium. Fort Johnson Seminar Series. Charleston, SC. February 6.

• Burge, E. J., D. T. Gauthier, C. A. Ottinger and P. A. Van Veld. 2003. The striped bass (Morone saxatilis) homolog of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein, Nramp: sequence analysis, tissue expression, and induction in vivo by Mycobacterium spp. Aquatic Animal Models of Human Disease Conference. Manassas, VA. September 29-October 3.

• Burge, E. J., D. T. Gauthier, C. A. Ottinger and P. A. Van Veld. 2003. Increases in short term in vivo expression of natural resistance-associated macrophage protein, Nramp, in striped bass (Morone saxatilis) following mycobacterial challenge. 28th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop. Gettysburg, PA. April 14-18.

• Burge, E. J. and P. A. Van Veld. 2000. Understanding mycobacteriosis in striped bass (Morone saxatilis): the role of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein, Nramp, in resistance to marine pathogens. 25th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop. Plymouth, MA. April 10-14.

• Burge, E., P. Van Veld, H. Chen, L. Hanson and R. Shivaji. 1999. Nramp in striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and relation to mycobacterial infections. Tidewater Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting. Gloucester Point, VA. March 11-13.