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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William H. Karasov is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist has contributed significantly to subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, genetics, molecular biology, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The central topics of Karasov's work focus on environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, fish ecology and management studies, digestive system and related health, animal nutrition and physiology, aquaculture nutrition and growth, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, as well as genetic and kidney cyst diseases.

Recent selected papers include:

  • Impacts of subchronic exposure to a commercial 2,4-D herbicide on developmental stages of multiple freshwater fish species, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Adaptation of intestinal epithelial hydrolysis and absorption of dietary carbohydrate and protein in mammals and birds, 2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Duplications and Functional Convergence of Intestinal Carbohydrate-Digesting Enzymes, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Warmer temperature increases toxicokinetic elimination of PCBs and PBDEs in Northern leopard frog larvae (Lithobates pipiens), 2021, Aquatic Toxicology
  • Subchronic impacts of 2,4-D herbicide Weedestroy®AM40 on associative learning in juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens), 2021, Aquatic Toxicology

Frequent co-authors in Karasov's publications are:

  • Enrique Caviedes-Vidal
  • Antonio Brun
  • Melisa E. Magallanes
  • Gavin K. Dehnert
  • Amber White

William H. Karasov has published multiple papers in venues such as:

  • Chemosphere
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Karasov has authored a book titled Physiological Ecology, published by Princeton University Press in 2020, which has been cited in academic circles.

Among awards, William H. Karasov was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Physiological Ecology: How Animals Process Energy, Nutrients, and Toxins

    William H. Karasov;Carlos Martínez del Rio

  • Ecological Physiology of Diet and Digestive Systems

    William H. Karasov;Carlos Martínez del Rio;Enrique Caviedes-Vidal

  • Adaptive regulation of sugar and amino acid transport by vertebrate intestine.

    W. H. Karasov;J. M. Diamond

  • Morphometrics of the avian small intestine compared with that of nonflying mammals: a phylogenetic approach.

    Shana R. Lavin;William H. Karasov;Anthony R. Ives;Kevin M. Middleton

  • Phenotypic flexibility in digestive system structure and function in migratory birds and its ecological significance

    Scott R. McWilliams;William H. Karasov

  • Contrasts in Energy Intake and Expenditure in Sit-and-Wait and Widely Foraging Lizards

    Roger A. Anderson;W. H. Karasov

  • Digestive physiology is a determinant of foraging bout frequency in hummingbirds.

    Jared M. Diamond;William H. Karasov;William H. Karasov;Duong Phan;F. Lynn Carpenter

  • Digestive Plasticity in Avian Energetics and Feeding Ecology

    William H. Karasov

  • The Trade‐Offs Between Digestion Rate and Efficiency in Warblers and Their Ecological Implications

    Daniel Afik;William H. Karasov

  • Interplay between Physiology and Ecology in DigestionIntestinal nutrient transporters vary within and between species according to diet

    William H. Karasov;Jared M. Diamond

  • Food Passage and Intestinal Nutrient Absorption in Hummingbirds

    William H. Karasov;Duong Phan;Jared M. Diamond;F. Lynn Carpenter

  • Digestive Responses of Temperate Birds Switched to Fruit or Insect Diets

    Douglas J. Levey;William H. Karasov

  • The digestive adaptation of flying vertebrates: High intestinal paracellular absorption compensates for smaller guts

    Enrique Caviedes-Vidal;Todd J. McWhorter;Shana R. Lavin;Juan G. Chediack

  • Physiological Basis and Ecological Consequences of Sugar Preferences in Cedar Waxwings

    Carlos Martínez del Rio;W. H. Karasov;D. J. Levey

  • Effects of atrazine on embryos, larvae, and adults of anuran amphibians

    John W. Allran;William H. Karasov

  • Diet breadth of mammalian herbivores: nutrient versus detoxification constraints.

    M. D. Dearing;A. M. Mangione;W. H. Karasov

  • Digestive System Trade-offs and Adaptations of Frugivorous Passerine Birds

    William H. Karasov;Douglas J. Levey

  • Restructuring of the amphibian gut microbiota through metamorphosis

    Kevin D. Kohl;Tawnya L. Cary;William H. Karasov;M. Denise Dearing

  • Daily Energy Expenditure and the Cost of Activity in Mammals

    William H. Karasov

  • Effects of atrazine and nitrate on northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) larvae exposed in the laboratory from posthatch through metamorphosis

    John Wesley Allran;William H. Karasov

Frequent Co-Authors

Jared M. Diamond
Jared M. Diamond University of California, Los Angeles
Carlos Martínez del Rio
Carlos Martínez del Rio University of Wyoming
M. Denise Dearing
M. Denise Dearing University of Utah
Ido Izhaki
Ido Izhaki University of Haifa
Berry Pinshow
Berry Pinshow Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Christopher G. Guglielmo
Christopher G. Guglielmo University of Western Ontario
Douglas J. Levey
Douglas J. Levey National Science Foundation
Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Colin R. Jefcoate
Colin R. Jefcoate University of Wisconsin–Madison
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan

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