Dr. Parkyn joined UF Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in 1999 and is currently a Research Associate Professor. His interests include the sensory and environmental physiology of aquatic organisms, as well as fish behavior with respect to migration and predator-prey detection. He is involved in several studies of movements, diet and tolerances of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon. He has also conducted research on the general population biology, growth, and physiology of coastal fishes such as grunts and drum. Dr. Parkyn is a member of the American Fisheries Society, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and the International Society for Neuroethology.

Courses

Dr. Parkyn lectures in the Biology of Fishes (FAS 4932/5201) and Global and Regional Perspectives in Fisheries (FAS 2024). 

E-mail: dparkyn@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 392-9617 ext 288

Curriculum Vitae All publications are included.

His current graduate students are:

Tobey Curtis (with George Burgess and Dr. Buck Snelson).
Topic: Movements of juvenile bull sharks in the Indian River Lagoon Region. e-mail: tcurtis@flmnh.ufl.edu

Recent Graduate Students

Julianne Harris - Completed: July, 2003. Thesis Title: Distribution of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in relation to environmental parameters and the distribution of benthic invertebrates in the Suwannee River estuary, Florida.   For PDF go to: http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0001162/harris_j.pdf
e-mail: jeharris@scsu.edu

Jaclyn Debicella (with Dr. D. Murie). Completed 2005
Thesis: Use of Fin Rays as a non-lethal method of aging gag grouper, protected species, and fishes from marine protected areas. e-mail: jackiedebo@hotmail.com

Parkyn, DC, Murie, DJ, Colle, DE, and Holloway, JD. (2006). Post-release survival and movements of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon following artificially-induced spawning. Journal of Applied Ichthyology   22(2006):1-7 . article

Harris, JE, Parkyn, DC, and Murie, DJ. (2005). Distribution of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon in relation to benthic invertebrate prey resources and environmental parameters in the Suwannee River estuary, Florida. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 134: 975-990. article

Murie, DJ, and Parkyn, DC. (2005). Age and growth of white grunt from the Gulf coast of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 76(1): 73-96.

Sherwood, ET, Murie, DJ, and Parkyn, DC. (2004). Post-release survival of hatchery-reared red drum in the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 24: 1469-1479.

Parkyn, D.C., J.D. Austin and C. W. Hawryshyn. 2003. Acquisition of polarised light orientation in salmonids under laboratory conditions. Animal Behaviour. 65: 893-904. PDF

Murie, D. J. and D. C. Parkyn. 2002. Comparison of total mortality of white grunt from the Head-boat Fishery on the Gulf Coast of Florida during Spawning and Post-Spawning Seaons. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 22:806-814   PDF

Parkyn, D.C. and C.W. Hawryshyn .2000. Spectral and UV-polarisation sensitivity in juvenile salmonids: a comparative analysis using electrophysiology. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203:1173-1191

Murie, D.J., DC Parkyn, B.G. Clapp, G.G Krause. 1994. Observations on the distribution and activities of rockfish, Sebastes spp., in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, from the Pisces IV submersible. Fishery Bulletin 92: 313-323.  PDF