Publications

Westneat, M. W., Socha, J. J. and W. K. Lee. 2008. Advances in Biological Structure, Function,and Physiology Using Synchrotron X-Ray Imaging. Ann. Rev. Physiol. 70, 119-142. pdf

Rice, A. N., M. W. Westneat, and J. R. Grubich. 2008. Functional morphology of bite mechanics in the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda). Zoology 111, 16-29. pdf

Rice, A. N., Cooper, W. J. and Westneat, M. W. 2008. Diversification of coordination patterns during feeding behaviour in cheiline wrasses. Biological Journal Linnean Society. 93, 289-308. pdf

Westneat, M. W., Satapoomin, U. and J. E. Randall. 2007. Scarus maculipinna, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes, Scaridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1628, 59-68. pdf

Socha, J. J., M. W. Westneat, J. F. Harrison, J. S. Waters, and W. K. Lee. 2007. Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of animal form and function. BMC Biol. 5, 6-14. pdf

Fessler, J. L. and M. W. Westneat. 2007. Molecular phylogenetics of the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): Taxonomy and biogeography of a global coral reef fish family. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45, 50-68. pdf

Anderson, P. S. L. and M. W. Westneat. 2007. Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terreli, an ancient apex predator. Biology Letters 3, 76-79. pdf

Hale, M. E., R. D. Day, D. H. Thorsen and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Pectoral fin coordination and gait transitions in steadily swimming juvenile reef fishes. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 3708-3718. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2006. The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In Press.

Westneat, M. W. 2006. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Scaridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In Press.

Grubich, J. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Four-bar linkage modelling in teleost pharyngeal jaws: computer simulations of bite kinetics. J. Anat. 209: 79-92. Cover photo. pdf

Kammerer, C. F., L. Grande, and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Comparative and developmental functional morphology of the jaws of living and fossil gars (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae). J. Morph. 267, 1017-1031. Cover photo. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2006. Skull biomechanics and suction feeding in fishes. In Lauder, G. V. and R. E Shadwick, eds. Fish Biomechanics. Academic Press.

Rice, A. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2005. Coordination of feeding, locomotor and visual systems in parrotfishes (Teleostei:Labridae). J. Exp. Biol. 208, 3503-3518. pdf

Westneat, M. W., and M. E. Alfaro. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef-fish family Labridae. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 370-390.pdf

Westneat, M. W., M. E. Alfaro, P. C. Wainwright, D. R. Bellwood, J. R. Grubich, J. Fessler, K. D. Clements, and L. Smith. 2005. Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull biomechanics in reef fishes of the family Labridae. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 272, 993-1000.pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2004. Evolution of levers and linkages in the feeding mechanisms of fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 378-389. pdf

Thorsen, D. H. and M. W. Westneat. 2004. Pectoral girdle form and function: Diversity of the musculoskeletal system of fishes with labriform propulsion. J. Morph. 263: 133-150. pdf

Westneat, M. W., D. H. Thorsen, J. A. Walker, and M. E. Hale. 2004. Structure, function and neural control of pectoral fins in fishes. IEEE J. Oceanic Engineering 29: 674-684. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2003. A biomechanical model for analysis of muscle force, power output and lower jaw motion in fishes. Journal of Theoretical Biology 223, 269-281. pdf

Westneat, M. W., O. Betz, R. W. Blob, K. Fezzaa, W. J. Cooper, and W. K. Lee. 2003. Tracheal respiration in insects visualized with synchrotron x-ray imaging. Science 5606, 558-560. pdf

Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2003. Kinematics, dynamics and energetics of rowing and flapping propulsion in fishes. Integr. Comp. Biol. 42, 1032-1043. pdf

Ramamurti, R., W. C. Sandberg, R. Lohner, J. A. Walker, and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Computational fluid dynamics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse: 3-D unsteady computations. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 2997-3008. pdf

Wainwright, P.C., D.R. Bellwood, M.W. Westneat. 2002. Ecomorphology of locomotion in labrid fishes. Environ. Biol. of Fishes 65: 47-62. pdf

Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood and S.A. Karl. 2002. Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: biogeography, ecology and comparative diversity. Evolution 56: 961-971. pdf

Hale, M. E., J. H. Long Jr, M. J. McHenry, and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Evolution of behavior and neural control of the fast-start escape response. Evolution 56: 993-1007. pdf

Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Performance limits of labriform propulsion and correlates with fin shape and motion. J. Exp. Biol 205: 177?187. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2002. The Western Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1701-1723. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2002. The Western Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Scaridae. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1723-1739. pdf

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 2001. Pectoral fin design and swimming performance: testing thrust and efficiency models with structure and behavior of living fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H. pdf

Pace, C. M., R. W. Blob and M. W. Westneat. 2001. Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles. J Exp Biol 204: 3261-3271. pdf

Alfaro, M. E., J. Janovetz, and M. W. Westneat. 2001. Motor control across trophic strategies: muscle activity of biting and suction feeding fishes. Amer. Zool. 41:1266-1279.

Westneat, M. W. and S. A. Wainwright. 2001. Mechanical Design of Tunas: Muscle, Tendon, and Bone. in Fish Physiology: Tuna Ecological Physiology and Evolution. B Block and D Stevens, eds. Academic Press. pp. 271-311.

Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, M. W. Westneat, and D. R. Bellwood. 2001. Modulation of prey capture kinematics in the cheeklined wrasse Oxycheilinus digrammus (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Exp. Zool. 290:88-100. pdf

Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2000. Mechanical performance of aquatic rowing and flying. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 267: 1875-1881. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2000. Functional Morphology and Physiology: Comparative Methods. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Macmillan Reference Ltd. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2000. Vertebrate Functional Morphology and Physiology. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Macmillan Reference Ltd. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 2000. Ingestion in Fishes. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Macmillan Reference Ltd. pdf

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1999. Mechanical design of fin propulsion: kinematics, hydrodynamics, morphology and motor control of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H. pdf

Alfaro, M. E., and M. W. Westneat. 1999. Biomechanics of parrotfish feeding: motor patterns of the herbivorous bite. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 54:205-222.

Rosenberger, L. J. and M. W. Westneat. 1999. Functional morphology of undulatory pectoral fin locomotion in the stingray, Taeniura lymma. Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 3523-3539. pdf

Westneat, M. W., Hale, M. E., McHenry, M. J. and Long, J. H. 1998. Mechanics of the fast-start: muscle function and the role of intramuscular pressure in the escape behavior of Amia calva and Polypterus palmas. J. Exp. Biol. 201, 3041-3055. pdf

Swithers, S. E., Westneat, M. W. and W. G. Hall. 1998. Electromyographic analysis of oral habituation in rat pups. Physiology and Behavior 63:197-203.

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1997. Motor patterns of underwater flight: an electromyographic study of the pectoral muscles in the bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius. J. Exp. Biol. 200, 1881-1893. pdf

Walker, J. A., and M. W. Westneat. 1997. Labriform propulsion in fishes: Kinematics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse Gomphosus varius (Labridae). J. Exp. Biol. 200: 1549-1569. pdf

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1997. Applied aspects of mechanical design, behavior, and performance of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 1996. Functional morphology of aquatic flight in fishes: mechanical modeling, kinematics, and electromyography of labriform locomotion. Amer. Zool. 36:582-598.

Arreola, V and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Mechanics of propulsion by multiple fins: kinematics of aquatic locomotion in the Burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London (B) 263: 1689-1696. pdf

Long, J. H. Jr., M. E. Hale, M. J. McHenry, and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Functions of fish skin: flexural stiffness and steady swimming of longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus). J. Exp. Biol. 199: 2139-2151. pdf

Hoese, W. J. and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Biomechanics of cranial kinesis in birds: testing linkage models in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Journal of Morphology 227: 305-320. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 1996. The Western Central Pacific: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 168 pp.

Westneat, M.W. 1995. Feeding, function, and phylogeny: Analysis of historical biomechanics and ecology in labrid fishes using comparative methods. Systematic Biology 44: 361-383. pdf

Westneat, M. W. 1995. Systematics and biomechanics in ecomorphology. Environmental Biology of Fishes 44:263-283.

Westneat, M. W. 1994. Transmission of force and velocity in the feeding mechanisms of labrid fishes. Zoomorphology 114:103-118. pdf

Westneat, M.W. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cheilinini (Labridae; Perciformes). Bulletin of Marine Science 52: 351-394.

Westneat, M. W., W. Hoese, C. A. Pell, and S. A. Wainwright. 1993. The horizontal septum: mechanisms of force transfer in locomotion of scombrid fishes (Scombridae; Perciformes). Journal of Morphology 217: 183-204. pdf

Westneat, M. W., Long, J. H., Hoese, B., and Nowicki, S. 1993. Kinematics of birdsong in sparrows: functional correlates of beak and head motion. J. Exp. Biol. 182: 147-171. pdf

Westneat, M. W. and Warren G. Hall. 1992. Ontogeny of feeding motor patterns in infant rats: an electromyographic study of suckling and chewing. Behav. Neuroscience. 106: 539-554.

Nowicki, S., Westneat, M. W., and W. Hoese. 1992. Birdsong: motor function and the evolution of communication. Seminars in the Neurosciences 4: 385-390.

Westneat, M.W. 1991. Linkage biomechanics and evolution of the jaw protrusion mechanism of the sling-jaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator. J. Exp. Biol. 159: 165-184.

Westneat, M.W. 1990. Feeding mechanics of teleost fishes (Labridae: Perciformes): A test of four-bar linkage models. J. Morph. 205: 269-295. pdf

Westneat, M. W. and P. C. Wainwright. 1989. Feeding mechanism of the sling-jaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator (Labridae; Teleostei): Evolution of a novel functional system. J. Morph. 202: 129-150. pdf

Westneat, M. W. and J. M. Resing. 1988. Predation on coral spawn by planktivorous fishes. Coral Reefs 7: 89-92.