Dr. Peter J. Allen

Title

Dale Arner Professor

Contact Information

peter.allen@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-4768
Thompson Hall, Room 261

Overview

Education

University of California, Davis, Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), Ecology
University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Biological Sciences

Research Interests

Physiological plasticity of fishes to environmental change
Culture of economically important fish species
Conservation aquaculture of imperiled or non-game fishes
Physiological ecology of primitive fishes
Osmo- and ionoregulation in fishes

Publications

Year	Publications
2025	Boudreau, M., Rainbolt, S., Lister, H., Diamond, A., Lee, A. M., Allen, P. J. 2025. Biologger attachment and retention in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquaculture
2025	Hjelmstedt, P., To, S. D., Allen, P. J., Grans, A. 2025. Assessment of brain function during stunning and killing of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquaculture 596:741825.
2024	Chen, D. M., Vance, C. K., Songsasen, N., Roth, T. L., Allen, P. J., Kouba, A. J. 2024. Comparing novel sperm extenders for the internally-fertilizing tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). . Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 1(e1320803):12.
2024	Gerhart, B. J., Mischke, C. C., Allen, P. J. 2024. Growth, condition factor, and survival of juvenile channel (Ictalurus punctatus), blue (I. furcatus), and hybrid (I. punctatus × I. furcatus) catfish at moderate and high temperatures. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 55(1):302-311.
2024	Gerhart, B., DuBien, J. L., Chesser, G. D., Allen, P. J. 2024. Metabolic scope and swimming performance of juvenile channel (Ictalurus punctatus), blue (I. furcatus), and hybrid (I. punctatus x I. furcatus) catfish at moderate and high temperatures. Aquaculture 585:740698.
2024	Hjelmstedt, P., To, S. D., Grans, A., Allen, P. J. 2024. Use of electroencephalogram (EEG) to optimize stunning efficiency and animal welfare in commercial catfish production. Aquaculture 592:741200.
2024	Huang, J., Jordan, H. R., Older, C., Griffin, M. J., Allen, P. J., Wise, D. J., Goodman, P., Reifers, J., Yamamoto, F. 2024. Lactococcus lactis MA5 is a potential autochthonous probiotic for nutrient digestibility enhancement and bacterial pathogen inhibition in hybrid catfish (Ictalurus punctatus × I. furcatus). Journal of Fish Diseases 47(10).
2024	Neary, J. J., Pracheil, B. M., Gabitov, R., Li, M. H., Allen, P. J. 2024. The influence of water, diet, and temperature on 87Sr/86Sr in fin spines of juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 570:151973.
2024	Nelson, C., Standen, E., Allen, P. J., Brauner, C. 2024. An investigation of gill and blood carbonic anhydrase characteristics in three basal actinopterygian species: alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and Senegal bichir (Polypterus senegalus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 94(2):155-166.
2024	Ott, B., Hulse-Kemp, A., Duke, M., Griffin, M. J., Peterson, B., Scheffler, B., Torrans, E., Allen, P. J. 2024. Hypothalamic transcriptome response to simulated diel earthen pond hypoxia cycles in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Physiological Genomics 56:519-530.
2024	Vaughn, A. J., Street, G. M., Boudreau, M. R., Allen, P. J. 2024. The relationship among acceleration, metabolism, and tail beat frequency of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) during critical swimming speed tests. Aquaculture 580(1):740280.
2023	Coffill, M. E., Neal, J. W., Allen, P. J. 2023. Effects of temperature on metabolic rate and lower dissolved oxygen tolerance of juvenile speckled peacock bass Cichla temensis. Journal of Fish Biology 102(3):635-642.
2023	Coffill-Rivera, M., Paez Mendez, Y., Little, L., Graham, P., Franks, J., Correa, S., Neal, J. W., Allen, P. J. 2023. Effects of temperature and salinity on blood chemistry and survival of juvenile Atlantic tarpon Megalops atlanticus. Journal of Fish Biology 103(2):272–279.
2023	Gunn, M. A., Ott , B. D., Rosser, T. G., Khoo, L. H., Wise, D. J., Allen, P. J. 2023. Physiological response of channel (Ictalurus punctatus) and hybrid (I. punctatus x I. furcatus) catfish following Bolbophorus damnificus infection. Aquaculture 563:1-8.
2023	Horowitz, L. B., Allen, P. J., Neal, J. W., Correa, S. 2023. Post-release mortality of angled Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus in Puerto Rico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 15(e10238 (online)).
2023	Ott, B. D., Chisholm, D. O., Griffin, M. J., Torrans, E. L., Allen, P. J. 2023. Effect of hypoxia duration and pattern on channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) neuropeptide gene expression and hematology. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 193:631-645.
2022	Coffill-Rivera, M. E., Neal, J. W., Allen, P. J. 2022. Effects of temperature on growth of juvenile Speckled Peacock Bass Cichla temensis. North American Journal of Aquaculture 84(4):486-492.
2022	Dinken, C., Keretz, K., Schramm, H. L., Petrie-Hanson, L., Schilling, M. W., Allen, P. J. 2022. The effects of water temperature and simulated angling on the physiological stress response of Largemouth Bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 151(4):487-506.
2022	Goff, S., Redd, M. E., Almond, C., Pearlman, R., Allen, P. J. 2022. Effects of acute temperature change associated with handling practices on metabolic rate stabilization in two centrarchids. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(1):115-122.
2022	Gunn, M. A., Griffin, M. J., Ott, B. D., Rosser, T. G., Khoo, L. H., Wise, D. J., Allen, P. J. 2022. Physiological response of channel (Ictalurus punctatus) and hybrid (I. punctatus x I. furcatus) catfish following Bolbophorus damnificus infection. Aquaculture 563:739016.
2022	Keretz, S., Peterman, B., Petrie-Hanson, L., Schilling, M. W., Allen, P. J. 2022. Effects of Aeromonas sobria on physiology and fillet quality of market-sized Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 53(2):572-586.
2022	Messina-Henriquez, S., Aguirre, A., Brokordt, K., Flores, H., Oliva, M., Allen, P. J., Alvarez, C. A. 2022. Swimming performance and physiological responses of juvenile Cojinoba Seriolella violacea in hypoxic conditions. Aquaculture 548(Part 1):737560.
2022	Ott, B., Torrans, E. L., Allen, P. J. 2022. Design of a vacuum degassing apparatus to reduce nitrogen supersaturation and maintain hypoxia in well water. North American Journal of Aquaculture 84(4):480-485.
2022	Ott, B., Torrans, E. L., Allen, P. J., Griffin, M. J. 2022. Quantitative PCR assays to measure the HPI axis neuropeptides corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and urotensin (UI) in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquaculture 555(738253).
2022	Shartau, R. B., Harter, T. S., Baker, D. W., Aboagye, D. L., Allen, P. J., Val, A. L., Crossley, D. A., Kohl, Z., Hedrick, M. S., Damsgaard, C., Brauner, C. J. 2022. Acute CO2 tolerance in fishes is associated with air breathing but no the Root effect, red cell BNHE, or habitat. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 274(111304).
2021	Gillis, A. B., Guy, E. L., Kouba, A. J., Allen, P. J., Marcec-Greaves, R. M., Vance, C. 2021. Short-term storage of tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) spermatozoa: The effect of collection type, temperature and time. PLOS ONE 16(1):e0245047.
2021	Gunn, M. A., Allen, P. J., Rosser, T. G., Wise, D. J., Khoo, L. H., Griffin, M. J. 2021. Assessment of Bolbophorus damnificus prevalence and cercariae shedding in Planorbella trivolvis populations from catfish aquaculture ponds in Mississippi, USA. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 52(2):395-404.
2021	Gunn, M., Allen, P. J., Rosser, T. G., Wise, D. J., Griffin, M. J. 2021. Comparative mortality of juvenile channel and hybrid catfish exposed to Bolbophorus damnificus cercariae. North American Journal of Aquaculture 83(4):346-353.
2021	Shirley, C. A., Colvin, M., Tiersch, T., Allen, P. J. 2021. A generalized approach for sperm cryopreservation in the Genus Poxomis: Sperm cryopreservation and fertilization efficiency of black-stripe Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus). Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 52(2):405-417.
2020	Allen, P. J., Brokordt, K., Oliva, M., Alveal, K., Flores, H., Alvarez, C. A. 2020. Physiological insights for aquaculture diversification: Swimming capacity and efficiency, and metabolic scope for activity in cojinoba Seriolella violacea. Aquaculture 531(735968).
2020	Allred, S., Shao, W., Jones, J. H., Schilling, M. W., Baker, B., Allen, P. J. 2020. Effects of acute environmental and handling exposure on physiology and fillet quality of market-sized Channel Catfish. Aquaculture Research 51:1854-1866.
2020	Chesser, B. M., Allen, P. J. 2020. Comparison of stocking time and density on Gulf Killifish growth in freshwater ponds. Aquaculture Research 51:3452-3459.
2020	Dinken, C. P., Keretz, K. R., Schramm, H. L., Petrie-Hanson, L., Schilling, M. W., Allen, P. J. 2020. Changes in physiology and stress responses of pellet-reared largemouth bass fed live-forage diets. North American Journal of Aquaculture 82:3-23.
2020	Shartau, R. B., Baker, D. W., Harter, T. S., Aboagye, D. L., Allen, P. J., Val, A. L., Crossley, D. A., Kohl, Z. F., Hedrick, M. S., Damsgaard, C., Brauner, C. J. 2020. Preferential intracellular pH regulation is a common trait amongst fishes exposed to high environmental CO2. Journal of Experimental Biology 223:jeb208868.
2020	Shirley, C. A., Allen, P. J. 2020. White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis) latency period following hormone administration is predictable and independent of diel injection time. Aquaculture Research 52(5):2305-2312.
2019	Allred, S., Shao, W., Schilling, M. W., Petrie-Hanson, L., Allen, P. J. 2019. An assessment of red fillet prevalence in the catfish industry. Aquaculture 507:203-210.
2019	Chesser, B., Green, C., Allen, P. J. 2019. Egg production of Gulf killifish is dependent on broodstock rearing density but not spawning substrate surface area. North American Journal of Aquaculture 81:201-210.
2019	Gunn, M. A., Moran, Z. S., Pracheil, B. M., Allen, P. J. 2019. Spatial changes in trace element and strontium isotope water chemistry in a temperature river system with application to sturgeon movement. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 34(1):739-755.
2019	Guy, E., Mischke, C. C., Colvin, M., Allen, P. J. 2019. Zooplankton selectivity by black buffalo in fertilized ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture 81:215-221.
2019	Neal, J. W., Allen, P. J., Marlay, S. E., Channa, P., Mahood, S., Sitha, S., Pranthna, P. 2019. Collection of small-scale artisanal fi sheries data using interviews of village fi shers on the Sre Ambel River, Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2019(1):7-23. Download
2019	Omer, A., Henderson, J. E., Falconer, L. L., Kroger, R., Allen, P. J. 2019. Economic costs of using tailwater recovery systems for maintaining water quality and irrigation. Journal of Environmental Management 235:186-193.
2019	Stewart, H. A., Aboagye, D. L., Ramee, S. W., Allen, P. J. 2019. Effects of acute thermal stress on acid-base regulation, haematology, ion-osmoregulation and aerobic metabolism in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquaculture Research 50:2133-2141.
2018	Aboagye, D. L., Allen, P. J. 2018. Effects of acute and chronic hypoxia on acid-base regulation, hematology, ion, and osmoregulation of juvenile American paddlefish. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 188:77-88.
2018	Allen, P. J., Baumgartner, W. A., Brinkman, E. L., DeVries, R., Stewart, H., Aboagye, D., Ramee, S., Ciaramella, M., Culpepper, C., Petrie-Hanson, L. 2018. Fin healing and regeneration in sturgeon. Journal of Fish Biology 93:917-930.
2018	Allen, P. J., DeVries, R. J., Fox, D. A., Gabitov, R., Anderson, W. G. 2018. Trace element and strontium isotopic analysis of Gulf Sturgeon fin rays to assess habitat use. Environmental Biology of Fishes 101:469-488.
2018	Burger, W. S., Ramee, S. W., Culpepper, C. M., Green, C. C., Allen, P. J. 2018. Demonstration of survival, growth, and reproduction of Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis in freshwater ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture 80:88-96.
2018	Culpepper, C. M., Guitreau, A. M., Allred, S., Tiersch, T. R., Allen, P. J. 2018. Evaluation of commercial-scale approaches for cryopreservation of White Crappie Pomoxis annularis, sperm. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 49(4):725-734.
2018	Guy, E. L., Allen, P. J. 2018. Evaluation of snail consumption by Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger. North American Journal of Aquaculture 80:24-25.
2018	Guy, E., Allen, P. J. 2018. Tank acclimation and induced spawning of the catostomid, Black Buffalo. North American Journal of Aquaculture 80:294-300.
2018	Guy, E., Li, M. H., Allen, P. J. 2018. Effects of dietary protein levels on growth and body composition of juvenile (age-1) Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger. Aquaculture 492:67-72.
2018	Keretz, K., Dinken, C., Allen, P. J., Colvin, M., Schramm, H. L. 2018. The effect of water temperature, angling time, and dissolved oxygen on the survival of Largemouth Bass subjected to simulated angling and tournament handling procedures. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38(3):606-622.
2018	Keretz, K., Dinken, C., Allen, P. J., Schramm, H. L. 2018. Survival of pellet-reared, naturalized, and wild advanced-size Largemouth Bass exposed to angling and handling stressors. North American Journal of Aquaculture 80:52-58.
2018	Omer, A. R., Dyer, J. L., Czarnecki, J., Kroger, R., Allen, P. J. 2018. Development of a water budget for tailwater recovery systems in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley . Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 144(6):05018001.
2018	Omer, A. R., Miranda, L., Moore, M. T., Krutz, L. J., Czarnecki, J., Kroger, R., Baker, B., Hogue, J. A., Allen, P. J. 2018. Reduction of solids and nutrient loss from agricultural lands by tailwater recovery systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 73:282-295.
2018	Omer, A. R., Moore, M. T., Krutz, L. J., Kroger, R., Czarnecki, J., Baker, B., Allen, P. J. 2018. Potential for recycling of suspended solids and nutrients by irrigation of tailwater from tailwater recovery systems. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 18(4):1396-1405.
2017	Allen, P. J., Haukenes, A., Lochmann, S. E. 2017. Similarity of osmoregulatory capacity in coastal and inland alligator gar. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 209:16-24.
2017	Freeman, M. A., Coatney, K. T., Schilling, M. W., Allen, P. J., Ciaramella, M. 2017. Willingness-to-pay for value-added freshwater prawns. Aquaculture Economics and Management 21(4):419-432.
2017	Omer, A. R., Moore, M. T., Krutz, L. J., Kroger, R., Czarnecki, J., Baker, B., Allen, P. J. 2017. Representation of solid and nutrient concentrations in irrigation water from tailwater-recovery systems by surface water grab samples. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 143(11):06017013.
2017	Schilling, M. W., Suman, S. P., Zhang, X., Nair, M. N., Desai, M. A., Cai, K., Ciaramella, M. A., Allen, P. J. 2017. Proteomic approach to characterize biochemistry of meat quality defects. Meat Science 132:131-138. Download
2017	Zhao, Y., Jackson, V., Ciaramella, M. A., Lolley, A. T., Allen, P. J., Schilling, M. W. 2017. Impact of marination, pre-harvest salt acclimation and sodium chloride concentration on the sensory acceptability of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture Research 48:2096-2101.
2016	Ciaramella, M. A., Nair, M. N., Suman, S. P., Allen, P. J., Schilling, M. W. 2016. Differential abundance of muscle proteome in cultured channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) subjected to ante-mortem stressors and its impact on fillet quality. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D 20:10-18.
2016	Ciaramella, M., Allen, P. J., Kim, T., Avery, J. L., Schilling, M. W. 2016. The effects of sequential environmental and harvest stressors on the sensory quality of cultured channel catfish fillets. Journal of Food Science 81(8):S2031-S2038.
2016	Culpepper, C. M., Allen, P. J. 2016. Aquaculture Techniques for crappie, Pomoxis spp., culture. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 47(3):314-326.
2016	Culpepper, C. M., Allen, P. J. 2016. White Crappie tank culture and out-of-season spawning. North American Journal of Aquaculture 78:374-383.
2016	Omar-Ali, A., Baumgartner, W. A., Allen, P. J., Petrie-Hanson, L. 2016. Fine structure of the gas bladder of Alligator Gar, Atractosteus spatula. International Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Science 1(1):8. Download
2016	Ramee, S. W., Allen, P. J. 2016. Freshwater influences on embryos, hatching and larval survival of euryhaline Gulf killifish Fundulus grandis and potential constraints on habitat distribution. Journal of Fish Biology 89:1466-1472.
2016	Ramee, S., Allen, P. J., Green, C. 2016. Effects of low salinities on osmoregulation, growth and survival of juvenile Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis. North American Journal of Aquaculture 78:8-19.
2016	Zhao, Y., Jackson, V., Ciaramella, M. A., Lolley, A. T., Allen, P. J., Schilling, M. W. 2016. Impact of marination, pre-harvest salt acclimation and sodium chloride concentration on the sensory acceptability of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture Research
2015	Allen, P. J. 2015. Using physiology for fish conservation: examples from primitive fishes. Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology
2015	Allen, P. J., Wise, D. J., Greenway, T., Khoo, L. H., Griffin, M. J., Jablonsky, M. 2015. Using 1-D 1 H and 2-D 1 H J-resolved NMR metabolomics to understand the effects of anemia in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Metabolomics 11(5):1131-1143.

Graduate Students

Matthew Olson
Matthew Nichols
Jacob Moreland

Awards & Honors

Dale H. Arner Professorship
College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University
Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award
Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Office of the Vice President for Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
Student Mentor Collaboration Award
North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society
Finalist - Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award
Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Office of the Vice President for Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
The Regina and Glenn Doran Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Collaborative Practice
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University
Second place student oral presentation
Physiological Insights Towards the Improvement of Fish Culture VI Symposium, Aquaculture 2022
Third place student oral presentation
Physiological Insights Towards the Improvement of Fish Culture VI Symposium, Aquaculture 2022
Travel Assistance Grants for Graduate Students
The Graduate School, Mississippi State University
Travel Assistance Grants for Graduate Students
The Graduate School, Mississippi State University
Best student oral presentation
Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
2nd Place, MS Graduate Student Oral Presentation, College of Forest Resources and CVM
Mississippi State University Graduate School Research Symposium 2022
3rd Place, MS Graduate Student Oral Presentation, College of Forest Resources and CVM
Mississippi State University Graduate School Research Symposium 2022
Best student oral presentation
47th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
2020 DAFVM Regions Bank Superior Faculty Award: International
MSU Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine and Regions Bank
Best Student Abstract Award
US Aquaculture Society and American Fisheries Society Fish Culture Section
Travel Award
The Graduate School, Mississippi State University
Fulbright US Scholar Grant
US Fulbright Commission, US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
American Fisheries Society Fish Culture Section Graduate Student Travel Award
Fish Culture Section, American Fisheries Society
2017 Graduate Student Award, College of Forest Resources and Forest and Wildlife Research Center
Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
2017 Undergraduate Student Award, College of Forest Resources and Forest and Wildlife Research Center
Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
Runner up best student poster award
US Aquaculture Society
2015 Research Award
College of Forest Resources
Maroon Institute for Writing Excellence (MIWE)
Mississippi State University

Society Memberships

American Fisheries Society
Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society
United States Aquaculture Society
United States Freshwater Prawn Growers Association, Inc.
World Aquaculture Society
World Sturgeon Conservation Society, North American Chapter