Dr Rebecca Cramp
Research Fellow
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 58539
Researcher biography
I am a comparative and environmental physiologist based at the University of Queensland. My research focuses primarily how the environment constrains the physiology of invertebrates, fish, amphibians and reptiles. I have a highly diverse research program that incorporates fundamental, curiosity-driven research and increasingly, a more applied research agenda in the emerging field of conservation physiology. Conservation physiology explores the responses of organisms to anthropogenic threats and attempts to determine the ecophysiological constraints dictated by current conditions and future environmental change. My research interests encompass the general areas of osmo- and ion-regulation, digestive and thermal physiology, environmental drivers of physiological function (specifically immune function and disease susceptibility) and animal performance in anthropogenically modified environments.
Publications
Book Chapters
Whiterod, Nick S., Lintermans, Mark, Cramp, Rebecca L., Franklin, Craig E., Kennard, Mark J., McCormack, Rob, Pearce, Luke, Raadik, Tarmo A., Ward, Michelle and Zukowski, Sylvia (2023). The impact of the 2019–20 Australian wildfires on aquatic systems. Australia's Megafires: Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons from 2019-2020. (pp. 59-77) edited by Libby Rumpff, Sarah M. Legge, Stephen van Leeuwen, Brendan A. Wintle and John C. Z. Woinarski. Melbourne, VIC Australia: CSIRO.
Ohmer, Michel E.B., Alton, Lesley A. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2021). Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines. Conservation physiology: applications for wildlife conservation and management. (pp. 165-182) edited by Christine L. Madliger, Craig E. Franklin, Oliver P. Love and Steven J. Cooke. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198843610.003.0010
Cramp, Rebecca L., Rodgers, Essie M., Myrick, Christopher, Sakker, James and Franklin, Craig E. (2021). Using physiological tools to unlock barriers to fish passage in freshwater ecosystems. Conservation physiology: applications for wildlife conservation and management. (pp. 89-108) edited by Christine L. Madliger, Craig E. Franklin, Oliver P. Love and Steven J. Cooke. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198843610.003.0006
Journal Articles
Nuic, Barbara, Bowden, Alyssa, Rombenso, Artur, Simon, Cedric, Franklin, Craig E., Jago, Matthew, Smullen, Richard and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2025). High protein diets improve the growth of juvenile barramundi (Lates calcarifer) at elevated temperatures. Aquaculture, 595 741485, 741485. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741485
Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2024). Older Amphibian Larvae Are More Sensitive to Ultraviolet Radiation and Experience More Sublethal Carryover Effects Post‐Metamorphosis. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. doi: 10.1002/jez.2882
Hird, Coen, Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Downie, Adam T., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). Considering ultraviolet radiation in experimental biology: a neglected pervasive stressor. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 227 (16) ARTN jeb247231. doi: 10.1242/jeb.247231
Nuic, Barbara, Bowden, Alyssa, Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2024). Atlantic salmon Salmo salar do not prioritize digestion when energetic budgets are constrained by warming and hypoxia. Journal of Fish Biology, 104 (6), 1718-1731. doi: 10.1111/jfb.15693
Hudson, Nicholas J., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). Dramatic genome-wide reprogramming of mRNA in hypometabolic muscle. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 272 110952, 110952. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2024.110952
Hird, Coen, Flanagan, Emer, Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2024). Cold-induced skin darkening does not protect amphibian larvae from UV-associated DNA damage. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 341 (3), 272-281. doi: 10.1002/jez.2780
Downie, Adam T., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). The interactive impacts of a constant reef stressor, ultraviolet radiation, with environmental stressors on coral physiology. Science of The Total Environment, 907 168066, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168066
Hird, Coen, Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2023). Thermal compensation reduces DNA damage from UV radiation. Journal of Thermal Biology, 117 103711, 103711. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103711
Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Hird, Coen, Doody, Kathleen A., Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2023). Carryover effects from environmental change in early life: an overlooked driver of the amphibian extinction crisis?. Global Change Biology, 29 (14), 3857-3868. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16726
Downie, Adam T., Wu, Nicholas C., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2023). Sublethal consequences of ultraviolet radiation exposure on vertebrates: Synthesis through meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology, 29 (23), 1-15. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16848
Zhai, Sherry Y., Huang, Peisheng, Marshall, Jonathan C., Lobegeiger, Jaye, Cramp, Rebecca L., Parisi, Monique A., Franklin, Craig E., Prior, Andrea, Kurucz, Kamilla and Hipsey, Matthew R. (2023). Modelling prolonged stratification and hypoxia in dryland river waterholes during drought conditions. Inland Waters, 13 (2), 272-292. doi: 10.1080/20442041.2023.2213629
Cooke, Steven J., Madliger, Christine L., Lennox, Robert J., Olden, Julian D., Eliason, Erika J., Cramp, Rebecca L., Fuller, Andrea, Franklin, Craig E. and Seebacher, Frank (2023). Biological mechanisms matter in contemporary wildlife conservation. iScience, 26 (3) 106192, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106192
McPhee, Darren, Watson, Jabin R., Harding, Doug J., Prior, Andrea, Fawcett, James H., Franklin, Craig E and Cramp, Rebecca L (2023). Body size dictates physiological and behavioural responses to hypoxia and elevated water temperatures in Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii). Conservation Physiology, 11 (1) coac087, coac087. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coac087
Hird, Coen, Franklin, Craig and Cramp, Rebecca (2022). Temperature causes species-specific responses to UV-induced DNA damage in amphibian larvae. Biology Letters, 18 (10) 20220358, 1-6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0358
Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2022). Early exposure to UV radiation causes telomere shortening and poorer condition later in life. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (17) jeb243924, 1-11. doi: 10.1242/jeb.243924
Cramp, Rebecca L., Ohmer, Michel E. B. and Franklin, Craig E. (2022). UV exposure causes energy trade-offs leading to increased chytrid fungus susceptibility in green tree frog larvae. Conservation Physiology, 10 (1) coac038, 1-7. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coac038
Hird, Coen, Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2022). The role of environmental calcium in the extreme acid tolerance of northern banjo frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) larvae. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (13) jeb244376. doi: 10.1242/jeb.244376
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2022). Fire and rain: A systematic review of the impacts of wildfire and associated runoff on aquatic fauna. Global Change Biology, 28 (8), 2578-2595. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16088
Parisi, Monique A., Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2022). Can slowing the rate of water temperature decline be utilised to reduce the impacts of cold water pollution from dam releases on fish physiology and performance?. Journal of Fish Biology, 100 (4), 979-987. doi: 10.1111/jfb.15002
Ohmer, Michel E.B., Costantini, David, Czirják, Gábor Á., Downs, Cynthia J., Ferguson, Laura V., Flies, Andy, Franklin, Craig E., Kayigwe, Ahab N., Knutie, Sarah, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2021). Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world. Conservation Physiology, 9 (1) coab074, coab074. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coab074
Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2021). Ultraviolet-B irradiance and cumulative dose combine to determine performance and survival. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 222 112276, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112276
Watson, Jabin R., Goodrich, Harriet R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2021). Corrigendum to “Assessment of the effects of microPIT tags on the swimming performance of small-bodied and juvenile fish” [Fish. Res. 218 October (2019) 22–28](S016578361930116X)(10.1016/j.fishres.2019.04.019). Fisheries Research, 241 106005, 106005. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106005
Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Cramp, Rebecca L., Franklin, Craig E. and Kern, Pippa L. (2021). Effects on the embryonic and larval development of cane toads (Rhinella marina) reared in alkaline artesian spring water. Austral Ecology, 46 (8) aec.13090, 1186-1191. doi: 10.1111/aec.13090
Cooke, Steven J., Bergman, Jordanna N., Madliger, Christine L., Cramp, Rebecca L., Beardall, John, Burness, Gary, Clark, Timothy D., Dantzer, Ben, de la Barrera, Erick, Fangue, Nann A., Franklin, Craig E., Fuller, Andrea, Hawkes, Lucy A., Hultine, Kevin R., Hunt, Kathleen E., Love, Oliver P., MacMillan, Heath A., Mandelman, John W., Mark, Felix C., Martin, Lynn B., Newman, Amy E. M., Nicotra, Adrienne B., Raby, Graham D., Robinson, Sharon A., Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Rummer, Jodie L., Seebacher, Frank, Todgham, Anne E., Tomlinson, Sean and Chown, Steven L. (2021). One hundred research questions in conservation physiology for generating actionable evidence to inform conservation policy and practice. Conservation Physiology, 9 (1) coab009, 1-14. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coab009
Isaza, Daniel F. Gomez, Cramp, Rebecca L and Franklin, Craig E (2021). Exposure to nitrate increases susceptibility to hypoxia in fish. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94 (2) 713252, 124-142. doi: 10.1086/713252
Gomez Isaza, Daniel, Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2021). Thermal plasticity of the cardiorespiratory system provides cross-tolerance protection to fish exposed to elevated nitrate. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 240C 108920, 108920. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108920
Cooke, Steven J., Cramp, Rebecca L., Madliger, Christine L., Bergman, Jordanna N., Reeve, Connor, Rummer, Jodie L., Hultine, Kevin R., Fuller, Andrea, French, Susannah S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2021). Conservation physiology and the COVID-19 pandemic. Conservation Physiology, 9 (1) coaa139, coaa139. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coaa139
Keep, John K., Watson, Jabin R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Jones, Matthew J., Gordos, Matthew A., Ward, Patrick J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Low light intensities increase avoidance behaviour of diurnal fish species: implications for use of road culverts by fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 98 (3), 634-642. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14604
Meyer, Edward A., Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2020). Physiological and morphological correlates of extreme acid tolerance in larvae of the acidophilic amphibian Litoria cooloolensis. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 191 (1), 159-171. doi: 10.1007/s00360-020-01316-y
Shiau, Jenny, Watson, Jabin R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Interactions between water depth, velocity and body size on fish swimming performance: implications for culvert hydrodynamics. Ecological Engineering, 156 105987, 105987. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105987
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Thermal acclimation offsets the negative effects of nitrate on aerobic scope and performance. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223 (Pt 16) jeb.224444. doi: 10.1242/jeb.224444
Dwyer, Ross G., Campbell, Hamish A., Cramp, Rebecca L., Burke, Colin L., Micheli‐Campbell, Mariana A., Pillans, Richard D., Lyon, Barry J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Niche partitioning between river shark species is driven by seasonal fluctuations in environmental salinity. Functional Ecology, 34 (10) 1365-2435.13626, 2170-2185. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13626
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Living in polluted waters: A meta-analysis of the effects of nitrate and interactions with other environmental stressors on freshwater taxa. Environmental Pollution, 261 114091, 114091. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114091
Cooke, Steven J., Madliger, Christine L., Cramp, Rebecca L., Beardall, John, Burness, Gary, Chown, Steven L., Clark, Timothy D., Dantzer, Ben, de la Barrera, Erick, Fangue, Nann A., Franklin, Craig E., Fuller, Andrea, Hawkes, Lucy A., Hultine, Kevin R., Hunt, Kathleen E., Love, Oliver P., MacMillan, Heath A., Mandelman, Johnw., Mark, Felix C., Martin, Lynn B., Newman, Amy E. M., Nicotra, Adrienne B., Robinson, Sharon A., Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Rummer, Jodie L., Seebacher, Frank and Todgham, Anne E. (2020). Reframing conservation physiology to be more inclusive, integrative, relevant and forward-looking: reflections and a horizon scan. Conservation Physiology, 8 (1) coaa016, coaa016. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coaa016
Parisi, M. A., Cramp, R. L., Gordos, M. A. and Franklin, C. E. (2020). Can the impacts of cold-water pollution on fish be mitigated by thermal plasticity?. Conservation Physiology, 8 (1) coaa005, coaa005. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coaa005
Grosell, Martin, Heuer, Rachael M., Wu, N. C., Cramp, Rebecca L., Wang, Yadong, Mager, Edward M., Dwyer, Ross G. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Salt-water acclimation of the estuarine crocodile crocodylus porosus involves enhanced ion transport properties of the urodaeum and rectum. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223 (4) jeb210732, jeb210732. doi: 10.1242/jeb.210732
Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on physiology, immune function and survival is dependent on temperature: implications for amphibian declines. Conservation Physiology, 8 (1) coaa002, coaa002. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coaa002
Rossi, Giulia S., Cramp, Rebecca L., Wright, Patricia A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Frogs seek hypoxic microhabitats that accentuate metabolic depression during dormancy. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223 (2) jeb218743, jeb218743. doi: 10.1242/jeb.218743
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Simultaneous exposure to nitrate and low pH reduces the blood oxygen-carrying capacity and functional performance of a freshwater fish. Conservation Physiology, 8 (1) coz092, 1-15. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz092
Watson, Jabin R., Goodrich, Harriet R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Assessment of the effects of microPIT tags on the swimming performance of small-bodied and juvenile fish. Fisheries Research, 218, 22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.04.019
Morison, Samuel A., Cramp, Rebecca L., Alton, Lesley A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Cooler temperatures slow the repair of DNA damage in tadpoles exposed to ultraviolet radiation: implications for amphibian declines at high altitude. Global Change Biology, 26 (3) gcb.14837, 1225-1234. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14837
Doody, Kathleen A., Ohmer, Michel E. B., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Do frogs infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis avoid water while sloughing?. Herpetologica, 75 (2), 108-113. doi: 10.1655/D-18-00014
Wu, Nicholas C., McKercher, Callum, Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Mechanistic basis for the loss of water balance in green tree frogs infected with a fungal pathogen. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 317 (2) ajpregu.00355.2018, R301-R311. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00355.2018
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F., Cramp, Rebecca L., Smullen, Richard, Glencross, Brett D. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Coping with climatic extremes: Dietary fat content decreased the thermal resilience of barramundi (Lates calcarifer). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 230, 64-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.01.004
Ohmer, Michel E. B., Cramp, Rebecca L., White, Craig R., Harlow, Peter S., McFadden, Michael S., Merino-Viteri, Andrés, Pessier, Allan P., Wu, Nicholas C., Bishop, Phillip J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Phylogenetic investigation of skin sloughing rates in frogs: relationships with skin characteristics and disease-driven declines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1896) 20182378, 20182378. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2378
Gauberg, J., Wu, N., Cramp, R. L., Kelly, S. P. and Franklin, C. E. (2019). A lethal fungal pathogen directly alters tight junction proteins in the skin of a susceptible amphibian. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222 (3) jeb192245, jeb.192245. doi: 10.1242/jeb.192245
Goodrich, Harriet R., Watson, Jabin R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Erratum to: Making culverts great again: efficacy of a common culvert remediation strategy across sympatric fish species. Ecological Engineering, 127, 591-591. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.04.004
Wu, Nicholas C., Cramp, Rebecca L., Ohmer, Michel E. B. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Epidermal epidemic: unravelling the pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222 (2) jeb191817, jeb191817. doi: 10.1242/jeb.191817
Watson, Jabin R., Goodrich, Harriet R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2018). Utilising the boundary layer to help restore the connectivity of fish habitats and populations. Ecological Engineering, 122, 286-294. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.08.008
Goodrich, Harriet R., Watson, Jabin R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2018). Making culverts great again: efficacy of a common culvert remediation strategy across sympatric fish species. Ecological Engineering, 116, 143-153. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.03.006
Russo, Catherine J. M., Ohmer, Michel E. B., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2018). A pathogenic skin fungus and sloughing exacerbate cutaneous water loss in amphibians. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 221 (9) jeb167445, jeb167445. doi: 10.1242/jeb.167445
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2018). Negative impacts of elevated nitrate on physiological performance are not exacerbated by low pH. Aquatic Toxicology, 200, 217-225. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.05.004
Wu, Nicholas C., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2018). Body size influences energetic and osmoregulatory costs in frogs infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Scientific reports, 8 (1) 3739, 3739. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22002-8
Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2018). Exploring the link between ultraviolet B radiation and immune function in amphibians: implications for emerging infectious diseases. Conservation Physiology, 6 (1) coy035, coy035. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coy035
Kern, P., Cramp, R. L., Gordos, M. A., Watson, J. R. and Franklin, C. E. (2018). Measuring Ucrit and endurance: equipment choice influences estimates of fish swimming performance. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (1), 237-247. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13514
Ohmer, Michel E. B., Cramp, Rebecca L., Russo, Catherine J. M., White, Craig R. and Franklin, Craig E. (2017). Skin sloughing in susceptible and resistant amphibians regulates infection with a fungal pathogen. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 3529, 3529. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03605-z
Wu, Nicholas C., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2017). Living with a leaky skin: upregulation of ion transport proteins during sloughing. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (11), 2026-2035. doi: 10.1242/jeb.151738
Rodgers, Essie M., Heaslip, Breeana M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Riches, Marcus, Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2017). Substrate roughening improves swimming performance in two small-bodied riverine fishes: implications for culvert remediation and design. Conservation Physiology, 5 (1) ARTN cox034, cox034. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox034
Ceccato, Emma, Cramp, Rebecca L., Seebacher, Frank and Franklin, Craig E. (2016). Early exposure to ultraviolet-B radiation decreases immune function later in life. Conservation Physiology, 4 (1) cow037, cow037. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cow037
Kern, Pippa, Cramp, Rebecca L., Seebacher, Frank, Ghanizadeh Kazerouni, Ensiyeh and Franklin, Craig E. (2015). Plasticity of protective mechanisms only partially explains interactive effects of temperature and UVR on upper thermal limits. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 190, 75-82. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.09.007
Kern, Pippa, Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2015). Physiological responses of ectotherms to daily temperature variation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218 (19), 3068-3076. doi: 10.1242/jeb.123166
Cramp, R. L., Hansen, M. J. and Franklin, C. E. (2015). Osmoregulation by juvenile brown-banded bamboo sharks, Chiloscyllium punctatum, in hypo- and hyper-saline waters. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 185, 107-114. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.04.001
Reilly, Beau D., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2015). Activity, abundance and expression of Ca2+-activated proteases in skeletal muscle of the aestivating frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 185 (2), 243-255. doi: 10.1007/s00360-014-0880-6
Ohmer, Michel E. B., Cramp, Rebecca L., White, Craig R. and Franklin, Craig E. (2014). Skin sloughing rate increases with chytrid fungus infection intensity in a susceptible amphibian. Functional Ecology, 29 (5), 674-682. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12370
Cramp, Rebecca L., Reid, Stefanie, Seebacher, Frank and Franklin, Craig E. (2014). Synergistic interaction between UV-B and temperature increases susceptibility to parasitic infection in a fish. Biology Letters, 10 (9) 20140449, 20140449. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0449
Kern, Pippa, Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2014). Temperature and UV-B-insensitive performance in tadpoles of the ornate burrowing frog: an ephemeral pond specialist. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (8), 1246-1252. doi: 10.1242/jeb.097006
Reilly, Beau D., Hickey, Anthony J. R., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2014). Decreased hydrogen peroxide production and mitochondrial respiration in skeletal muscle but not cardiac muscle of the green-striped burrowing frog, a natural model of muscle disuse. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (7), 1087-1093. doi: 10.1242/jeb.096834
Cramp, Rebecca L., McPhee, Rebcca K., Meyer, Edward A., Ohmer, Michel E. and Franklin, Craig E. (2014). First line of defence: the role of sloughing in the regulation of cutaneous microbes in frogs. Conservation Physiology, 2 (1) ARTN cou012, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cou012
Rodgers, Essie M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew, Weier, Anna, Fairfall, Sarah, Riches, Marcus and Franklin, Craig E. (2014). Facilitating upstream passage of small-bodied fishes: linking the thermal dependence of swimming ability to culvert design. Marine and Freshwater Research, 65 (8), 710-719. doi: 10.1071/MF13170
Reilly, Beau D., Schlipalius, David I., Cramp, Rebecca L., Ebert, Paul R. and Franklin, Craig E. (2013). Frogs and estivation: transcriptional insights into metabolism and cell survival in a natural model of extended muscle disuse. Physiological Genomics, 45 (10), 377-388. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00163.2012
Young, Karen M., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2013). Each to their own: skeletal muscles of different function use different biochemical strategies during aestivation at high temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (6), 1012-1024. doi: 10.1242/jeb.072827
Young, K. M., Cramp, R. L. and Franklin, C. E. (2013). Hot and steady: elevated temperatures do not enhance muscle disuse atrophy during prolonged aestivation in the ectotherm Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Morphology, 274 (2), 165-174. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20080
Kayes, Sara M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2013). Effect of opioids on tissue metabolism in aestivating and active Green-Striped Burrowing Frogs, Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Herpetology, 47 (2), 369-377. doi: 10.1670/12-039
Meyer, Edward A., Cramp, Rebecca L., Hernando Bernal, Manuel and Franklin, Craig E. (2012). Changes in cutaneous microbial abundance with sloughing: possible implications for infection and disease in amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 101 (3), 235-242. doi: 10.3354/dao02523
Bruton, Melissa J., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2012). Benefits of thermal acclimation in a tropical aquatic ectotherm, the Arafura filesnake, Acrochordus arafurae. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 182 (4), 541-551. doi: 10.1007/s00360-011-0643-6
Micheli-Campbell, M. A., Campbell, H. A., Cramp, R. L., Booth, D. T. and Franklin, C. E. (2011). Staying cool, keeping strong: Incubation temperature affects performance in a freshwater turtle. Journal of Zoology, 285 (4), 266-273. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00840.x
Young, Karen M., Cramp, Rebecca L., White, Craig R. and Franklin, Craig E. (2011). Influence of elevated temperature on metabolism during aestivation : Implications for muscle disuse atrophy. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (22), 3782-3789. doi: 10.1242/jeb.054148
Bernal, Manuel Hernando, Alton, Lesley A., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2011). Does simultaneous UV-B exposure enhance the lethal and sub-lethal effects of aquatic hypoxia on developing anuran embryos and larvae?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 181 (7), 973-980. doi: 10.1007/s00360-011-0581-3
Reilly, Beau D., Cramp, Rebecca L., Wilson, Jonathan M., Campbell, Hamish A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2011). Branchial osmoregulation in the euryhaline bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas: A molecular analysis of ion transporters. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (17), 2883-2895. doi: 10.1242/jeb.058156
Cramp, Rebecca L., De Vries, Inga, Anderson, W. Gary and Franklin, Craig E. (2010). Hormone-dependent dissociation of blood flow and secretion rate in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. Biochemical, Systematic and Environmental Physiology, 180 (6), 825-834. doi: 10.1007/s00360-010-0464-z
Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2010). Activity, abundance, distribution and expression of Na+/K+-ATPase in the salt glands of Crocodylus porosus following chronic saltwater acclimation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (8), 1301-1308. doi: 10.1242/jeb.039305
Meyer, Edward A., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2010). Damage to the gills and integument of Litoria fallax larvae (Amphibia: Anura) associated with ionoregulatory disturbance at low pH. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 155 (2), 164-171. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.10.032
Kayes, S.M., Cramp, R. and Franklin, C.E. (2009). Metabolic depression during aestivation in Cyclorana alboguttata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 154 (4), 557-563. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.09.001
Cramp, Rebecca L., Kayes, Sara M., Meyer, Edward A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). Ups and downs of intestinal function with prolonged fasting during aestivation in the burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (22), 3656-3663. doi: 10.1242/jeb.027748
Mantle, Beth L., Hudson, Nicholas J., Harper, Gregory S., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs slowly and selectively during prolonged aestivation in Cyclorana alboguttata (Gunther 1867). Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (22), 3664-3672. doi: 10.1242/jeb.033688
Berner, Nancy, J., Else, P. L., Hulbert, A. J., Mantle, B. L., Cramp, R. L. and Franklin, C. E. (2009). Metabolic depression during aestivation does not involve remodeling of membrane fatty acids in the Australian frogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 179 (7), 857-866. doi: 10.1007/s00360-009-0368-y
Kayes, Sara M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). Surviving the drought: Burrowing frogs save energy by increasing mitochondrial coupling. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (14), 2248-2253. doi: 10.1242/jeb.028233
Carey, G. R., Kraft, P. G., Cramp, R. L. and Franklin, C. E. (2009). Effect of incubation temperature on muscle growth of barramundi Lates calcarifer at hatch and post-exogenous feeding. Journal of Fish Biology, 74 (1), 77-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02110.x
Cramp, Rebecca L., Meyer, Edward A., Sparks, Nicole and Franklin, Craig E. (2008). Functional and morphological plasticity of crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) salt glands. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 211 (9), 1482-1489. doi: 10.1242/jeb.015636
Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J., Holmberg, Anna, Holmgren, Susanne and Franklin, Craig E. (2007). The effects of saltwater acclimation on neurotransmitters in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Regulatory Peptides, 140 (1-2), 55-64. doi: 10.1016/j.regpep.2006.11.011
Cramp, R. L. and Franklin, C. E. (2005). Arousal and re-feeding rapidly restores digestive tract morphology following aestivation in green-striped burrowing frogs. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A-molecular & Integrative Physiology, 142 (4), 451-460. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.09.013
Franklin, Craig E., Taylor, Greg and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2005). Cholinergic and adrenergic innervation of lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Australian Journal of Zoology, 53 (6), 345-351. doi: 10.1071/ZO05001
Cramp, R. L., Franklin, C. E. and Meyer, E. A. (2005). The impact of prolonged fasting during aestivation on the structure of the small intestine in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Acta Zoologica, 86 (1), 13-24. doi: 10.1111/j.0001-7272.2005.00180.x
Cramp, R. L. and Franklin, C. E. (2003). Is re-feeding efficiency compromised by prolonged starvation during aestivation in the green striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata?. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 300A (2), 126-132. doi: 10.1002/jez.a.10272
Conference Papers
Kayes, Sara M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). Burrowing frog metabolism: maximising energy savings during dormancy. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow Scotland, 28June-01 July 2009. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.126
Cramp, R. L. and Franklin, C. E. (2009). Morphological and functional responses of the small intestine during aestivation in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Marseille, France, 6th-10th July 2008. United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.054
Cramp, R., Husdon, N. and Franklin, C. (2008). The effects of saltwater acclimation on Na-K-2Cl and Na-K-ATPase distribution, activity and gene expression in salt glands of the estuarine crocodile. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Marseille, France, 6-10 July, 2008. New York, U.S.: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.219
Anderson, W., De Vries, I., Cramp, R. and Franklin, C. (2007). Endocrine regulation of blood flow and secretion rate in the salt gland of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Abstracts of the Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 31st March - 4th April, 2007. New York, USA: Elsevier B.V.. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.127
Franklin, C. E., Hudson, N. and Cramp, R. L. (2000). Waking up from aestivation in the green striped burrowing frog. Experimental Biology 2000- Milestones and Goals, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 30 July - 3 August 2000. New York, NY United States: Elsevier.
Cramp, R. L. and Franklin, C. E. (1999). The effect of aestivation on the structure and function of the small intestine in the striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Bioschemistry 16th Annual Meeting, The University of New England, Armidale, 2-5 Dec, 1999.
Thesis
Cramp, Rebecca L. (2005). The effects of aestivation and re-feeding on the structure and function of the gut in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. PhD Thesis, School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/279298
Data Collections
Nuic Vidigal, Barbara, Franklin, Craig, Bowden, Alyssa and Cramp, Rebecca (2024). Dataset - Effects of glutamine supplementation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar metabolic performance at high temperatures. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/4a2e78e
Nuic Vidigal, Barbara, Franklin, Craig, Bowden, Alyssa and Cramp, Rebecca (2024). Effects of high protein versus high lipid diet on juvenile barramundi, Lates calcarifer, performance at elevated temperature. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/91eeb67
Bowden, Alyssa, Franklin, Craig and Cramp, Rebecca (2024). Dataset - measurements from 3 treatments of Asian sea bass held under chronic thermal stress (37C) . The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/f1be0dc
Hird, Coen, Franklin, Craig and Cramp, Rebecca (2023). Quantile regression for comparative physiologists. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/60f1bf8
Nuic Vidigal, Barbara, Franklin, Craig, Bowden, Alyssa and Cramp, Rebecca (2023). Atlantic salmon do not prioritise digestion when energetic budgets are constrained. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/98432b8
Hird, Coen, Cramp, Rebecca and Franklin, Craig (2023). Cold-acclimation completely compensates UV radiation-induced DNA damage rate in amphibian larvae (Limnodynastes peronii). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/221fbfe
Downie, Adam, Franklin, Craig, Cramp, Rebecca and Wu, Nicholas C (2023). The impacts of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) on vertebrate physiology - Meta Analysis. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a584096
Hird, Coen, Franklin, Craig and Cramp, Rebecca (2023). Cold-induced skin darkening does not protect amphibian larvae from UV-induced DNA damage. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/f559345
Hird, Coen, Franklin, Craig and Cramp, Rebecca (2023). The ultraviolet microenvironment in freshwater ecosystems: implications for amphibians.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/0f81bde
McPhee, Darren, Watson, Jabin R, Harding, Doug J., Prior, Andrea, James H Fawcett, Franklin, Craig E and Cramp, Rebecca L (2022). Dataset associated with 'Body size dictates physiological and behavioural responses to hypoxia and elevated water temperatures in Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/356ca3f
Hird, Coen, Cramp, Rebecca and Franklin, Craig (2022). Temperature causes species-specific responses to UV-induced DNA damage in amphibian larvae. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/4fdfc26
Cramp, Rebecca L., Ohmer, Michel E. B and Franklin, Craig E. (2022). Dataset for: UV exposure causes energy trade-offs leading to increased chytrid fungus susceptibility in green tree frog larvae.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/8e4a7f3
Cameron, Jarrod, Mulvey, Callum, Wintour, Matthew, Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2021). Datasets associated with 'Impacts of bushfire on freshwater fauna'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9aac984
Parisi, M. A., Franklin, C. E. and Cramp, R. L. (2021). Datasets associated with “Can slowing the rate of water temperature decline be utilised to reduce the impacts of cold water pollution from dam releases on fish physiology and performance?”. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/e283cf8
Hird, Coen, Cramp, Rebecca and Franklin, Craig (2021). The role of calcium transport in the extreme acid tolerance of northern banjo frog larvae (Limnodynastes terraereginae). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/18c7301
Hird, Coen, Cramp, Rebecca and Franklin, Craig (2021). Aquatic UV and temperature low power field data logger (version 1). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/5ed5d99
Gomez Isaza, Daniel, Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2020). Datafiles for 'Exposure to nitrate increases susceptibility to hypoxia in fish'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/c24338f
John K. Keep, Jabin R. Watson, Rebecca L. Cramp, Matthew J. Jones, Matthew A. Gordos, Patrick J. Ward and Craig E. Franklin (2020). Dataset associated with 'Low light intensities increase avoidance behaviour of diurnal fish species: implications for use of road culverts by fish'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/ee01f97
Gomez Isaza, Daniel, Cramp, Rebecca and Franklin, Craig (2020). Dataset for 'Thermal plasticity of the cardiorespiratory system provides cross-tolerance protection to fish exposed to elevated nitrate'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/c5155b2
Shiau, Jenny , Watson, Jabin R. , Cramp, Rebecca L. , Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Datafiles for 'Interactions between water depth, velocity and body size on fish swimming performance: Implications for culvert hydrodynamics'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/f065d83
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2020). Dataset associated with 'Thermal acclimation offsets the negative effects of nitrate on aerobic scope and performance'.
. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/fe5e038
Gomez Isaza, Daniel F, Cramp, Rebecca L and Franklin, Craig E (2020). Dataset associated with 'Simultaneous exposure to nitrate and low pH reduces the blood oxygen-carrying capacity and functional performance of a freshwater fish'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/80b3353
Parisi, M. A., Cramp, R. L., Gordos, M. A. and Franklin, C. E. (2020). Dataset associated with "Can the impacts of cold-water pollution on fish be mitigated by thermal plasticity?". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/762a2da
Watson, Jabin R. , Goodrich, Harriet R , Cramp, Rebecca L. , Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2019). Dataset for 'Assessment of the effects of microPIT tags on the swimming performance of small-bodied and juvenile fish'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/3f9d440
Watson, Jabin R., Goodrich, Harriet R., Cramp, Rebecca L., Gordos, Matthew A. and Franklin, Craig E. (2018). Datafiles for 'Utilising the boundary layer to help restore the connectivity of fish habitats and populations'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/7115884
Research Reports
Cramp, Rebecca L., Franklin, Craig E., Watson, Jabin R., Parisi, Monique, Gomez Isaza, Daniel, Keep, John, Toms, Alana, Shiau, Jenny and McPhee, Darren (2021). Mitigating and managing barriers to fish passage and improving river connectivity: final report. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Threatened Species Recovery Hub.
Cramp, Rebecca, Mulvey, Callum, Cameron, Jarrod, Wintour, Matthew, Gomez Isaza, Daniel and Franklin, Craig (2021). Impacts of post-fire ash and runoff sediment on the physiological tolerances of Australian freshwater aquatic fauna. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Threatened Species Recovery Hub.
Watson, J. R., Cramp, R. L., Franklin, C. E. and Gordos, M. A. (2020). Swimming performance traits of twenty-one fish species: a fish passage management tool for use in modified freshwater systems. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Threatened Species Recovery Hub.
Franklin, Craig, Cramp, Rebecca and Watson, Jabin (2018). Mitigating and managing barriers to fish passage and improving river connectivity. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Threatened Species Recovery Hub.
Department Technical Reports
Cramp, Rebecca L., Mulvey, Callum, Cameron, Jarrod, Wintour, Matthew, Gomez Isaza, Daniel and Franklin, Craig E. (2021). The impacts of bushfire ash and sediment on freshwater fauna. Science for Saving Species, Project 8.3.7. Threatened Species Recovery Hub, National Environmental Science Programme.
Watson, J. R., Goodrich, H. R., Cramp, R. L., Gordos, M. A. and Franklin, C. E. (2019). Breaking down barriers to fish passage. Threatened Species Recovery Hub.