Marion Preest

Biography

Education

• Cornell University, Ph.D., Ecology and Systematics
• Cornell University, M.S., Ecology and Systematics
• Otago University, New Zealand, B.Sc. (Hons), Zoology

Research Interests

• Comparative, Integrative, and Environmental Physiology of Vertebrates

Courses Taught

• Comparative Physiology (Lecture and Laboratory)
• Introductory Biology (Majors Lecture and Laboratory)
• Vertebrate Physiology (Laboratory)
• Concepts in Biology (Non-majors Lecture and Laboratory)
• Animal Physiological Ecology (Lecture)
• Herpetology (Lecture)

Selected Research and Publications

• Preest, M.R., A. Cree, and C.L. Tyrrell. 2005.  ACTH-induced stress response during pregnancy in a viviparous gecko: No observed effect on offspring quality.  Journal of Experimental Zoology 303A: 823-835.
• Preest, M.R., R. J. Gonzalez, and R. Wilson. 2005.  A pharmacological examination of Na+ and Cl- transport in two species of freshwater fish. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 259-272.
• Preest, M.R. and C.A. Beuchat. 1997.  Ammonia excretion by hummingbirds.  Nature 386: 561-562.