Zoe Hilton
Scientist – Physiology, Biochemistry & Bioenergetics
Qualifications
- PhD (Biological Sciences). University of Auckland, 2010
- BSc (Hons, Biological Sciences). University of Auckland, 2003
- BA (Spanish and Latin American Studies). University of Auckland, 2002
- BSc (Marine Science). University of Auckland, 2002
Role at Cawthron
Working with a range of industry and academic collaborators, Zoë brings her experience in ecological physiology, biochemistry and evolutionary biology to support research on shellfish selective breeding, bioenergetics and productivity, shellfish health and resilience, broodstock conditioning, larval production, cryopreservation, and ecotoxicology. She is also a member of Cawthron's Sustainability Taskforce.
Technical skills, experience and interests
- Ecological physiology (fish & shellfish)
- Bioenergetics
- Broodstock and larval nutrition
- Lipid metabolism
- Evolutionary biology
- Physiology, ecology and evolution of New Zealand tripterygiid fishes
- Sustainable food production systems
- Recipient of 2012 UNESCO-L'Oréal International Fellowship for Young Women in the Life Sciences – Visiting Research Fellow at IRTA, Catalonia, Spain.
Professional affiliations
- New Zealand Marine Sciences Society
- Society for Experimental Biology
- International Society for Fish and Shellfish Immunology
Conference papers and presentations
Hilton Z, Hickey AJR, Clements KD 2007. What sets the upper thermal tolerance limit in marine ectotherms? Evidence for the role of heart mitochondria. Presentation. New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference, New Zealand.
Hilton Z, Hickey AJR, Wellenreuther M, Clements KD 2006. Respiratory adaptation and ecological radiation in New Zealand triplefin fishes. Presentation. First International Congress of Respiratory Biology (ICRB), Bonn, Germany.
Hilton Z, Hickey AJR, Wellenreuther M, Clements KD 2006. Respiratory adaptation and ecological radiation in New Zealand triplefin fishes. Poster. XIV International Conference on Dioxygen Binding and Sensing Proteins, Naples, Italy.
Hilton Z, Hickey AJR, Wellenreuther M, Clements KD 2006. Respiratory adaptation and ecological radiation in New Zealand triplefin fishes. Presentation. New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference, New Zealand.
Hilton Z, Wellenreuther M, Clements KD 2005. Ecological diversification of two intertidal triplefin fish species in New Zealand. Poster. 10th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Poland.
Hilton Z, Poortenaar CW, Sewell MA 2003. Provisioning and utilisation of lipid and protein during early development of yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi. Presentation. New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference, New Zealand.
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Publication links
- Ibarrola I, Hilton Z and Ragg NLC 2017. Physiological basis of inter-population, inter-familiar and intra-familiar differences in growth rate in the green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus. Aquaculture. Volume 479. Pages 544-555.
- Le DV, Alfaro AC, Pook C, Ragg NLC, Hilton Z and King N 2017. Biochemical composition of New Zealand geoduck clam broodstock (Panopea zelandica) conditioned under different temperature and feeding regimes. Aquaculture Research. Volume 48, Issue 4. Pages 1799-1814.
- Le DV, Alfaro AC, Ibarrola I, Ragg NLC, Hilton Z and King N 2017. Allometric scaling of physiological rates in the New Zealand geoduck clam, Panopea zelandica. Aquaculture. Volume 473. Pages 105-109.
- Le DV, Alfaro AC, Ragg NLC, Hilton Z and King N 2017. Establishing the thermal window for aerobic scope in New Zealand geoduck clams (Panopea zelandica). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. Volume 187, Issue 2. Pages 265-276.
- Le DV, Alfaro AC, Ragg NLC, Hilton Z, Watts E and King N 2017. Functional morphology and performance of New Zealand geoduck clam (Panopea zelandica) larvae reared in a flow-through system. Aquaculture. Volume 468, Part 1. Pages 32-44.
- Lurman GJ, Hilton Z and Ragg NLC 2013. Energetics of byssus attachment and feeding in the green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus. Biological Bulletin 224(2): 79-88.
- Hilton Z, Clements KD and Hickey AJR 2010. Temperature sensitivity of cardiac mitochondria in intertidal and subtidal triplefin fishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 180, 979–990.
- Hilton Z, Poortenaar CW and Sewell MA 2008. Provisioning and utilisation of lipid and protein during early development of yellowtail kingfish, (Seriola lalandi). Marine Biology. 154, 855-865.
- Hilton Z, Wellenreuther M and Clements KD 2008. Physiology underpins habitat partitioning in a sympatric sister-species pair of intertidal fishes. Functional Ecology. 22, 1108–1117.
