Kathleen S. Cole
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1982
colek@hawaii.edu
 

Research Interests

Summary terms: ichthyology; reproductive biology; evolution of sexual patterns; behavioral ecology; larval biology; morphology, histostructure and morphogenesis; and microgravity biology

Reproductive biology and behavior of fishes, temporal patterns of spawning and hatching and field estimates of reproductive success in egg-guarding fishes (including collaborations with D. Johnson, C. Baldwin and D. Smith, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)

Gonad ontogeny and developmental morphology, including effects of microgravity on skeletal development and spatial orientation (with N. Pellis, Johnson Space Center, Houston)

Evolution and biology of gobioid fishes

Functional sex-change, distribution patterns of hermaphroditism with respect to phylogeny and the evolution of hermaphroditic sexual patterns in teleost fishes (with A. Gill, Natural History Museum, London; D.F. Hoese, Australian Museum, Sydney; S. Ishikawa and M. Nashida, University of Tokyo; and C. Thacker, L.A. County Museum, Los Angeles)

Life history specializations of obligate coral-dwelling species and extreme habitat species

  

Selected Publications

K.S. Cole. 2003. Hermaphroditic characteristics of gonad morphology and inferences regarding reproductive biology in Caracanthus (Teleostei, Scorpaeniformes). Copeia 2003 (1): 68-80.
C. Thacker and K.S. Cole. 2002. Phylogeny and evolution of the gobiid genus Coryphopterus. Bulletin of Marine Science 70(3): 837-850.
K.S. Cole. 2002. Gonad morphology, sexual development and colony composition in the obligate coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus aruanus. Marine Biology 140: 151-163.
K.S. Cole and D.F. Hoese. 2001. Gonad morphology, colony demography and evidence for hermaphroditism in Gobiodon okinawae (Teleostei, Gobiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 61: 161-173.
K.S. Cole and A.C. Gill. 2000. Specialization of the urinary bladder in two pseudoplesiopines (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae). Copeia 2000 (4): 1083-1089.
K.S. Cole and D.L.G. Noakes. 1997. Gonadal development and sexual allocation in mangrove killifish, Rivulus marmoratus (Pisces: Atherinomorpha). Copeia 1997 (3): 596-600.
K.S. Cole and Y. Sadovy. 1995. Evaluating the use of spawning success to estimate reproductive success in a Caribbean reef fish. Journal of Fish Biology 47: 181-191.
K.S. Cole and D.Y. Shapiro. 1995. Social facilitation and sensory mediation of adult sex change in a cryptic, benthic marine goby. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 186: 65-75.
K.S. Cole, D.R. Robertson and A.A. Cedeno. 1994. Does gonad structure reflect sexual pattern in all gobiid fishes? Environmental Biology of Fishes 41: 301-309.
K.S. Cole and R.J.F. Smith. 1992. Attraction of female fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, to chemical stimuli from breeding males. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18: 1269-1284.
K.S. Cole and D.Y. Shapiro. 1992. Gonadal structure and population characteristics of the protogynous goby, Coryphopterus glaucofraenum. Marine Biology 113: 1-9.
K.S. Cole. 1990. Patterns of gonad structure in hermaphroditic gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 28: 125-142.
K.S. Cole and D.Y. Shapiro. 1990. Gonad structure and hermaphroditism in the gobiid genus Coryphopterus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Copeia 1990 (4): 966-973.
K.S. Cole. 1988. Predicting the potential for sex change on the basis of ovarian structure in gobiid fishes. Copeia 1988 (4): 1082-1086.
K.S. Cole and D.R. Robertson. 1988. Protogyny in a Caribbean reef goby, Coryphopterus personatus: gonad ontogeny and social influences on sex change. Bulletin of Marine Science 42: 317-333.
K.S. Cole and R.J.F. Smith. 1988. Release of chemical stimuli by prostaglandin-treated female fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, that induce male courtship. Hormones and Behavior 21: 440-456.
K.S. Cole and R.J.F. Smith. 1987. Male courting behaviour in the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. Environmental Biology of Fishes 15: 237-240.
K.S. Cole. 1986. Options in a watery world. Environmental Biology of Fishes 15: 237-240. (book review)
K.S. Cole and N.E. Stacey. 1984. Prostaglandin induction of spawning behavior in Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Pisces: Cichlidae). Hormones and Behavior 18: 235-248.
K.S. Cole. 1983. Social spacing in a temperate territorial marine goby, Coryphopterus nicholsi. Marine Biology 80: 307-314.
K.S. Cole. 1983. Protogynous hermaphroditism in a temperate territorial marine goby, Coryphopterus nicholsi. Copeia 1983: 809-812.
K.S. Cole. 1982. Male reproductive behaviour and spawning success in the temperate goby Coryphopterus nicholsi. Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 2309-2316.
K.S. Cole and D.L.G. Noakes. 1980. Development of early social behaviour in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri (Pisces, Salmonidae). Behavioral Processes 5: 97-112.