Theodore L.
Taigen, Associate Professor (Ph.D.,
Cornell)
Contact Information:
Dr. Theodore L. Taigen
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, U-42
Storrs, CT 06269-3042
Tel: (860) 486-4154
Fax: (860) 486-4320
E-Mail: theodore.taigen@.uconn.edu
Current Areas of Research:
Physiological ecology. Energetics of anuran amphibians. Water relations
of amphibians and reptiles.
Selected Publications:
Taigen, T. L. and K. D. Wells. 1985. Energetics of vocalization
by an anuran amphibian, Hyla versicolor. J. Comp. Physiol. B155:163-170.
Taigen, T. L. and F. H. Pough. 1985. Metabolic correlates of anuran
behavior. Am. Zool. 25:987-997.
Taigen, T. L., K. D. Wells, and R. L. Marsh. 1985. The enzymatic
basis of high metabolic rates in calling frogs. Physiol. Zool. 58:719-726.
Marsh, R. L. and T. L. Taigen. 1987. Properties enhancing aerobic
capacity of calling muscles in gray tree frogs Hyla versicolor.
Am. J. Physiol. 252:R786-R793.
Wells, K. D., T. L. Taigen, S. W. Rusch, and C. C. Robb. 1995. Seasonal
and nightly variation in glycogen reserves of calling gray tree frogs (Hyla
versicolor). Herpetologica 51:359-368.
Courses Taught: Physiological Ecology, Comparative Physiology,
Biol 102
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Advisees: