Bio
Dr. Fitzpatrick's specific research projects are in population and evolutionary ecology and form-function adaptions.
Education
Ph.D., Ecology, Kent State University, 1970
M.A., Ecology, Kent State University, 1966
B.S., Geology, Mount Union College, 1960
Courses
BIOL 2140: Principles of Ecology
Articles
Burch, S., Goven, A. J., Venables, B. J., Giggleman, M. A., & Fitzpatrick, L. (1999). In-vitro earthworm lumbricus terrestris coelomocyte assay for use in terrestrial toxicity identification evaluation. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol, 62, 547-554.
Cikutovic, M. A., Goven, A. J., Venables, B. J., Giggleman, M. A., & Cooper, E. L. (1999). Wound-healing in earthworms lumbricus terrestris: A cellular-based biomarker for assessing sublethal chemical toxicity. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol, 62, 508-514.
Giggleman, M. A., Goven, A. J., & Venables, B. J. (1998). Effects of pentachlorophenol (pcp) on survival of earthworms lumbricus terrestris and on phagocytosis by their immunoactive coelomocytes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
More Articles
Aguilar, R., Gurrea, C. G., Luna, S., & Goven, A. J. (1998). Thermobiology of gray gull (larus modestus) embryos and hatchlings: Correlates of nesting in the Atacama Desert. Estud. Oceanol..
Muratti-Ortiz, J. F., Venables, B. J., & Goven, A. J. (1996). Comparative toxicity in earthworms eisenia fetida and lumbricus terrestris exposed to cadmium nitrate using artificial soil and filter paper protocols. bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol..
Suzuki, M. M., Cooper, E. L., Eyambe, G. S., Goven, A. J., & Venables, B. J. (1995). Polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) depress allogeneic natural cytotoxicity by earthworm coelomocytes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
Aguilar, R. E., Guerra, C. G., Luna, G. S., & Goven, A. J. (1994). Time and temperature of incubation and egg-hatching in gray gull larus modestus at lealtad (northern chile) nesting site. Estud. Oceanol.
Cikutovic, M. A., Venables, B. J., & Goven, A. J. (1993). Sperm count in earthworms (lumbricus terrestris) as a biomarker for environmental toxicology: Effects of cadmium and chlordane. Environ. Poll..
Goven, A. J., Eyambe, E. L., & Venables, B. J. (1993). Cellular biomarkers for measuring toxicity of xenobiotics: Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on earthworm lumbricus terrestris coelomocytes. . Environ. Toxicol. Chem
Goven, A. J., Chen, S. C., & Venables, B. J. (1993). Lysozyme activity in earthworm (lumbricus terrestris) coelomic fluid and coelomocytes: An enzyme assay for immunotoxicity of xenobiotics. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
Books
Goven, A. J., & Venables, B. J. (2004). Earthworms as ecosentinels for chemical-induced immunotoxicology. In H. Tryphonas, M. Fournier, B. Blakely, J. Smits & P. Brousseau (Eds.), Investigative Immunotoxicology. Taylor and Francis.
Goven, A. J., & Venables, B. J. (1996). Chemical toxicity and host defense in invertebrates: An earthworm model for immunotoxicity. In J. Stolen & et al (Eds.), Modulators of Immune Response: The Evolutionary Trail. SOS Publications.
Goven, A. J., & Venables, B. J. (1994). Chemical toxicity and host defense in earthworms: An invertebrate model. In Primordial Immunity: Foundations of the Vertebrate System, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
More Books
Venables, B. J., & Goven, A. J. (1992). Earthworms as indicators of ecotoxicity. In P. Greig-Smith, H. Becker, P. Edwards & F. Heimbach (Eds.), Ecotoxicology of Earthworms Intercept Ltd.
Guerra, C. G., Cikutovic, M. A., & Goven, A. J. (1992). Reproductive ecology of the desert-nesting gray gull larus modestus. In W. Hamlett (Ed.), Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates. Springer-Verlag.
Goven, A. J., Venables, B. J., & Cooper, E. L. (1990). Earthworm immunoassays for evaluating biological effects of exposure to hazardous materials. In S. Sandhu, W. Lower, F. de Serres, W. Suk & R. Tice (Eds.), In Situ Evaluation of Biological Hazards of Environmental Pollutants. Plenum Press.
Goven, A. J. (1975). The total ecosystem model for a cove in Lake Texoma. In B. Patten (Ed.), Systems Analysis and Simulation in Ecology (Vol. 3). Academic Press.
