Richard Brill

Education

• B.A., Lafayette College
• M.S., Northeastern University
• Ph.D., John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii

Research Interests

My research addresses questions pertinent to fisheries science. Current projects involving Batten School & VIMS students, faculty, and other colleagues are: visual function of Chesapeake Bay fishes (including sensitivity to ultraviolet light), development of a microprocessor-based shark bycatch reduction device, and the physiology of Chesapeake Bay fishes relative to their abilities to withstand the effects of climate change.

C.V.

Selected Publications

• Horodysky, A. Z., W. Brill, E. J. Warrant, J. A. Musick, and R. J. Latour. 2010. Comparative visual function in four piscivorous fishes inhabiting Chesapeake Bay. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 1751-1761.
• Musyl, M., Brill, L. McNaughton, Y. Swimmer, M. Domeier, N. Nasby-Lucas, M. Lutcavage, S. Wilson, B. Galuardi, F. Royer, and J. Liddle. 2011. Performance of pop-up satellite archival tags. Fish. Ocean.  433: 1-28.
• Musyl, M.K., W. Brill, D.S. Curran, N.M. Fragoso, L.M. McNaughton, B.S. Kikkawa, and C.D. Moyes. 2011. Post-release survival, vertical and horizontal movements, and thermal niche partitioning in five species of pelagic sharks. Fish. Bull. 109: 341-368.
• Horodysky, A. Z., W. Brill, K. C. Crawford, E. S. Seagroves, and A. K. Johnson. 2013. Comparative visual ecophysiology of mid‑Atlantic temperate reef fishes. Biology Open. 2: 1371-1381.
• Landgren, E., K. Fritsches, Brill and E. Warrant. 2014. The visual ecology of a deep-sea fish, the escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843).  Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 369: 20130039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0039.
• Lapointe, D., W. K. Vogelbein, M. C. Fabrizio, D. T. Gauthier, and W. Brill. 2014. Effects of temperature, hypoxia and mycobacteriosis on the metabolism of adult striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Dis. Aquat. Organ. 108: 113-129.
• Kalonoski, M., A. Hirons, A. Horodysky, and Brill. 2014. Spectral sensitivity, light sensitivity, and temporal resolution of the visual systems in three sympatric coastal shark species: sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis canis), and spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). J. Comp. Physiol. A 200: 997-1013.
• Musyl, M. K., C. D. Moyes, W. Brill, B. L. Mourato, A. West, L. M. McNaughton, W.-C. Chiang, and C.-L. Sun. 2015 Post-release mortality in istiophorid billfish. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 72: 538-556.
• Brill, R. W., P. G. Bushnell, T. Elton, and H. Small. 2015. The ability of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) to sustain aerobic metabolism during hypoxia. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 471:126-136.
• Horodysky, A. Z., W. Brill, S. J. Cooke. 2015. Physiology in the service of fisheries science: why thinking mechanistically matters. Reviews Fish Biol. Fish. 25: 425-447.
• Eddy, C., Brill, and D. Bernal. 2016. Rates of at-vessel mortality and post-release survival of pelagic sharks captured with tuna purse seines around drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Equatorial Eastern Pacific Ocean. Fish. Res. 174: 109-117.
• Brill, R. and N. Chin Lai. 2016. Elasmobranch Cardiovascular System In: Fish Physiology, Vol. 34B, Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes – Internal Processes. R. E. Shadwick, A. P. Farrell, and C. J. Brauner (editors), Academic Press, San Diego, pages 2-83.
• Horodysky, A. J., S. J. Cooke, J. E. Graves, and W. Brill. 2016. Fisheries conservation on the high seas: linking conservation physiology and fisheries ecology for the management of pelagic fishes. Conserv. Physiol. 4: 1-18.
• Deary, A. L., B. Metscher, E. J. Hilton, and W. Brill. 2016. Development of sensory modality in early life history stage of estuarine fishes (Sciaenidae) from the Chesapeake Bay using micro-computed tomography. Env. Biol. Fish. 99: 361-375.
• Deshpande, A. D., R. M. Dickhut, B. W. Dockum, C. Farrington, and W. Brill. 2016. Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides as intrinsic tracer tags of foraging grounds of bluefin tuna in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 105: 265-276.
• Nielsen, J., R. B. Hedeholm, P. G. Bushnell, J. Heinemeier, P. G. Bushnell, J. S. Christiansen, J. Olsen, C. B. Ramsey, W. Brill, M. Simon, K. F. Steffensen, J. F. Steffensen. 2016. Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). Science 353: 702-704.
• Lynch, S. D., B. J. Marcek, H. M. Marshall, P. G. Bushnell, D. Bernal, and W. Brill. 2016. The effects of pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) on the metabolic rate and swimming kinematics of juvenile sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus. Fisheries Res. 186: 205-215.
• Cox, G. C., W. Brill, K. A. Bonaro, A. P. Farrell. 2016. Determinants of coronary blood flow in the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus. J. Comp. Physiol. B 187: 315-327.
• Larsen, J., P. Bushnell, J. Steffensen, M. Pedersen, K. Qvortrup, and Brill. 2016. Characterization of the functional and anatomical differences in the atrial and ventricular myocardium in three species of elasmobranch fishes: smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis), clearnose skate (Raja eglanteria), and sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus). J. Comp. Physiol. B. 187: 291-313.
• Muhling, B. A., W. Brill, J. T. Lamkin, M. A. Roffer, S-K. Lee, Y. Liu, F. Muller-Karger. 2016. Projections of future habitat use by Atlantic bluefin tuna: mechanistic versus correlative distribution models. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 74:698-716.
• Bernal, D., K. Dickson, H. Shields, and Brill. 2017. Sharing the water column: physiological mechanisms underlying species‑specific habitat use. Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries 27: 843-880.
• Brill, R. W and A. J. Hobday. 2017. Tunas and their fisheries: safeguarding sustainability in the twenty-first century. Rev. Fish. Biol. Fisheries 27: 691-695.
• Mislan, K. A. S., C. A. Deutsch, W. Brill, J. B. Dunne, and J. L. Sarmiento. 2017. Predicted consequences of climate change on vertical habitat availability of tunas based on species-specific differences in blood oxygen affinity. Glob. Change Biol. 23: 4019-4028.
• Magel, C. M., C. Ryer, and Brill. 2017. Recovery of visual function from bright light exposure in Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis). Fish. Bull. 115: 566-575.
• Howard, S., Brill, R., Heburn, C., Rock, J. 2018. Microprocessor-based prototype bycatch reduction device reduces bait consumption by spiny dogfish and sandbar sharks. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 75: 2235-2244.
• Lyons, K., J. Bigman, D. Kacev, C. Mull, A. Carlisle, J. Imhoff, J. Anderson, K. Weng, A. Shaw, A., E. Cave, T. Gunn, C. Lowe, Brill, and C. Bedore. 2019. Bridging disciplines to advance elasmobranch conservation: applications of physiological ecology. Conserv. Physiol. 7(1): coz011; doi:10.1093/conphys/coz011.
• Song, J, Brill, J. McDowell. 2019. Plasticity in standard and maximum aerobic metabolic rates in two populations of an estuarine dependent teleost, spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). MDPI Biology, 8, 46; doi:10.3390/biology8020046.
• Marcek, B., Brill, and M. Fabrizio. 2019. Metabolic scope and hypoxia tolerance of Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus Linnaeus, 1766) and spot (Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802), with insights into the effects of acute temperature change. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 516: 150-158.
• Crear, D., Brill, P. Bushnell, R. Latour, G. Schwieterman, R. Steffen, and K. Weng. 2019. The impacts of warming and hypoxia on the performance of an obligate ram ventilator. Conserv. Physiol. coz026, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz026.
• Brill, R. W., A. Z. Horodysky, A. R. Place, M. E. M. R. Larkin. Reimschuessel. 2019. Effects of dietary taurine level on visual function in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Plos One OS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214347.
• Leung, S., K. A. S. Mislan, B. Muhling, and Brill. 2019. The significance of ocean deoxygenation for species and assemblages; Open ocean tunas and billfishes. IUCN Report: Ocean deoxygenation: everyone’s problem. Causes, impacts, consequences and solutions. D Laffoley and J. M. Baxter (editors). IUCN xxi, Gland, Switzerland, pages: 277-308.
• Schwieterman, G., D. Crear, B. Anderson, D. Lavoie, J. Sulikowski, P. Bushnell, and Brill. 2019. Combined effects of acute temperature change and elevated pCO2 on the metabolic rates and hypoxia tolerances of Mid- and North-Atlantic fishes: Clearnose skate (Rostaraja elganteria), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata). MDPI Biology 2019, 8, 5.
• Marcek, B., Brill, R., Fabrizio. M. 2019. Metabolic scope and hypoxia tolerance of Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus Linnaeus, 1766) and spot (Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802), with insights into the effects of acute temperature change. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 516: 150-158.
• Hasenei, A., D. Kerstetter, A. Horodysky, R. Brill. 2020 Physiological limits to inshore invasion of Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois ); insights from the functional characteristics of their visual system and hypoxia tolerance. Biol. Invasions 22: 2079-2097, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02241-5(0123456789).
• Crear, D., Brill, R., Bushnell, P., Latour, R., Schwieterman, G., Steffen, R., Weng, K. 2020. In the face of climate change and exhaustive exercise: the physiological response of an important recreational fish species. Royal Society Open Science 7: 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200049.
• Schwieterman, G. D., M. M. Winchester, H. A. Shiels, P. G. Bushnell, D. Bernal, H. M. Marshall, and R. W. Brill. 2021. The effects of elevated potassium, acidosis, reduced oxygen levels, and temperature on the functional properties of isolated myocardium from three elasmobranch fishes: clearnose skate (Rostroraja eglanteria), smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis), and sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus). J. Comp. Physiol. 191: 127-141, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-020-01328-8.
• Nepal, V., R.W. Brill and M.C. Fabrizio. 2021. Effects of food limitation on growth, body condition and metabolic rates of non-native blue catfish. Conserv. Physiol. 9: 10.1093/conphys/coaa129.
• Schwieterman, G. D., J. L. Rummer, I. A. Bouyoucos, P. G. Bushnell, and R. W. Brill. 2021. A lack of red blood cell swelling in five elasmobranch fishes following air exposure and exhaustive exercise. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. 258: 119078, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.110978.
• Horodysky, A. Z, C. C. Schweitzer, and R. W. Brill. Applied Sensory Physiology and Behavior. Chapter 2 In: Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene – Issues and Applications. Fish Physiology, Vol. 39A. A.S. Cooke and N. Fangue (editors), Academic Press, San Diego. (in press).
• Longmire, K. S., R. Seitz, M. S. Seebo, M., R. W. Brill, R. Lipcius. 2022. Biological responses of a predator, blue crab Callinectes sapidus, and its prey, hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria, to ocean acidification and low salinity. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 701: 67-81 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14198.
• Leroy, B., J. S. Phillips, J. Potts, R, W. Brill, F. Forget, K. Holland, D. Itano, J. Muir, G. Pilling, S. Nicol. 2023 Best practices for handling and intracoelomic implantation of data-storage and telemetry tags in tropical tunas. Animal Biotelm. L 11:4, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-023-00316-3.
• Marcek, B., R. Humston, M.C. Fabrizio, J. Shen, and R.W. Brill. 2023. Modeling the distribution of Atlantic croaker and spot in a dynamic seascape using metabolic scope. Estuar. and Coast. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01240-8.
• Corso, A. D., T. Mowatt-Larssen, R. W. Brill, D. K. Steinberg, and E. J. Hilton. 2024. Thermal tolerances of larval Antarctic Cryonotothenioid fishes. Polar Biology 47: 731-740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03262-9.