Ollie Thomas

Trace Element Patterns in Otoliths: The Role of Biomineralization

Karin Hussy, Karin E Limburg, Helene de Pontual, Oliver RB Thomas, Philip K Cook, Yvette Heimbrand, Martina Blass, Anna M Sturrock

Journal article  |  2020  |  REVIEWS IN FISHERIES SCIENCE & AQUACULTURE

Otolith chemistry has gained increasing attention as a tool for analyzing various aspects of fish biology, such as stock dynamics,..

Choice of mobile phase: Implications for size exclusion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analyses of copper, zinc and iron metalloproteins

Larissa Lago, Oliver RB Thomas, Blaine R Roberts

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Chromatography A

The correct identification of the metalloproteins present in human tissues and fluids is essential to our understanding of the cel..

In situ 3D visualization of biomineralization matrix proteins

Oliver RB Thomas, Kay L Richards, Steven Petrou, Blaine R Roberts, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Calcium biominerals occur in all major animal phyla, and through biomolecular control, exhibit such diverse structures as exoskele..

Spatio-temporal resolution of spawning and larval nursery habitats using otolith microchemistry is element dependent

Oliver RB Thomas, Katherine V Thomas, Gregory P Jenkins, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article  |  2020  |  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Otolith chemistry is frequently employed in the reconstruction of fish environmental histories. While some elements have been stro..

Detection of small molecule concentration gradients in ocular tissues and humours

Berin A Boughton, Oliver RB Thomas, Nicholas J Demarais, Dennis Trede, Stephen E Swearer, Angus C Grey

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

The eye is an elegant organ consisting of a number of tissues and fluids with specialised functions that together allow it to effe..

Towards Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for the Australasian Region of Oceania

Sally Gaw, Andrew Harford, Vincent Pettigrove, Graham Sevicke-Jones, Therese Manning, James Ataria, Tom Cresswell, Katherine A Dafforn, Frederic DL Leusch, Bradley Moggridge, Marcus Cameron, John Chapman, Gary Coates, Anne Colville, Claire Death, Kimberly Hageman, Kathryn Hassell, Molly Hoak, Jennifer Gadd, Dianne F Jolley, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

Environmental challenges persist across the world, including the Australasian region of Oceania, where biodiversity hotspots and u..

Otolith Biochemistry-A Review

Oliver RB Thomas, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article  |  2019  |  REVIEWS IN FISHERIES SCIENCE & AQUACULTURE

Otoliths are bioinorganic minerals within the inner ear of all bony fishes. They grow incrementally, laying down alternating prote..

The inner ear proteome of fish

Oliver RB Thomas, Stephen E Swearer, Eugene A Kapp, Po Peng, Gerry Q Tonkin-Hill, Anthony Papenfuss, Anne Roberts, Pascal Bernard, Blaine R Roberts

Journal article  |  2019  |  FEBS JOURNAL

The mechanisms that underpin the formation, growth and composition of otoliths, the biomineralized stones in the inner ear of fish..

Trace element-protein interactions in endolymph from the inner ear of fish: implications for environmental reconstructions using fish otolith chemistry

Oliver RB Thomas, Katherine Ganio, Blaine R Roberts, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article  |  2017  |  METALLOMICS

Otoliths, the biomineralised hearing "ear stones" from the inner ear of fish, grow throughout the lifespan of an individual, with ..

SMELL NO EVIL: COPPER DISRUPTS THE ALARM CHEMICAL RESPONSE IN A DIADROMOUS FISH, GALAXIAS MACULATUS

Oliver RB Thomas, Nicole C Barbee, Kathryn L Hassell, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article  |  2016  |  ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Fish, at all life stages, utilize olfactory information in the decision-making processes essential to survival. Olfaction is a sen..