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List of works by Mark W. Westneat

A biomechanical model for analysis of muscle force, power output and lower jaw motion in fishes

scientific article published on August 2003

A biomechanical model of feeding kinematics for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi)

scientific article (publication date: 2009)

A comparison of pectoral fin ray morphology and its impact on fin ray flexural stiffness in labriform swimmers.

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

A new species of Suezichthys (Teleostei: Perciformes: Labridae) from the south-eastern Pacific, with a redefinition of the genus and a key to species

scientific article (publication date: 16 April 2013)

A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea

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Advances in biological structure, function, and physiology using synchrotron X-ray imaging*.

scientific article

Biodiversity inventories and conservation of the marine fishes of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea.

scientific article

Bioinspiration From Flexible Propulsors: Organismal Design, Mechanical Properties, Kinematics and Neurobiology of Pectoral Fins in Labrid Fishes

Biomechanics of cranial kinesis in birds: Testing linkage models in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Burrowing fishes: Kinematics, morphology and phylogeny of sand-diving wrasses (Labridae)

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Comparative and developmental functional morphology of the jaws of living and fossil gars (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae).

scientific article

Coordination of feeding, locomotor and visual systems in parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Correlated patterns of tracheal compression and convective gas exchange in a carabid beetle

scientific article published in November 2008

Diversity of pectoral fin structure and function in fishes with labriform propulsion

scientific article

Do Coral Reefs Promote Morphological Diversification? Exploration of Habitat Effects on Labrid Pharyngeal Jaw Evolution in the Era of Big Data

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Dynamics of tracheal compression in the horned passalus beetle.

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR AND NEURAL CONTROL OF THE FAST-START ESCAPE RESPONSE

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Evolution of Levers and Linkages in the Feeding Mechanisms of Fishes ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2004

Evolutionary patterns of shape and functional diversification in the skull and jaw musculature of triggerfishes (Teleostei: Balistidae).

scientific article

Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera

scientific article

Feeding biomechanics of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

scientific article published in December 2008

Feeding kinematics and morphology of the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula, Lacépède, 1803)

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli, an ancient apex predator

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 2007)

Feeding mechanics of teleost fishes (Labridae; Perciformes): A test of four-bar linkage models

scientific article published on 01 September 1990

Feeding mechanism of Epibulus insidiator (Labridae; Teleostei): Evolution of a novel functional system

scientific article published on 01 November 1989

Fins as Mechanosensors for Movement and Touch-Related Behaviors

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Fluid dynamics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse: three-dimensional unsteady computations with fin deformation.

scientific article published in October 2002

Form and function of damselfish skulls: rapid and repeated evolution into a limited number of trophic niches

scientific article

Four-bar linkage modelling in teleost pharyngeal jaws: computer simulations of bite kinetics

scientific article published in July 2006

Functional morphology of bite mechanics in the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda).

scientific article

Functional morphology of endurance swimming performance and gait transition strategies in balistoid fishes

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Gene rearrangements and evolution of tRNA pseudogenes in the mitochondrial genome of the parrotfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Scaridae).

scientific article published in September 2004

How fish power suction feeding

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Kinematics, dynamics, and energetics of rowing and flapping propulsion in fishes

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Liberating Our Beautiful Trees: A Call to Arms

Linkage mechanisms in the vertebrate skull: Structure and function of three-dimensional, parallel transmission systems

scientific article

Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull function in reef fishes of the family Labridae

scientific article published in May 2005

Mechanosensation is evolutionarily tuned to locomotor mechanics

scientific article

Modulation of light-enhancement to symbiotic algae by light-scattering in corals and evolutionary trends in bleaching.

scientific article

Molecular phylogenetics of the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): taxonomy and biogeography of a global coral reef fish family

scientific article (publication date: October 2007)

On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea

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Pectoral fin coordination and gait transitions in steadily swimming juvenile reef fishes

scientific article published in October 2006

Pectoral fin kinematics and motor patterns are shaped by fin ray mechanosensation during steady swimming in Scarus quoyi

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Performance limits of labriform propulsion and correlates with fin shape and motion

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Phylogenetic analysis of symbiont transmission mechanisms reveal evolutionary patterns in thermotolerance and host specificity that enhance bleaching resistance among vertically transmitted <i>Symbiodinium</i>

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae

scientific article published in August 2005

Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of BMP4 in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistoidea).

scientific article published on 23 September 2015

Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of regulatory gene sequences in the parrotfishes

scientific article (publication date: October 2008)

Phylogenetic relationships, evolution of broodcare behavior, and geographic speciation in the wrasse tribe Labrini

scientific article

Phylogenomics and body shape morphometrics reveal recent diversification in the goatfishes (Syngnatharia: Mullidae)

scientific article published in December 2022

Phylogeny of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae) and patterns of asymmetrical diversification in body size and feeding ecology

scientific article published on 27 October 2021

Phylotastic! Making tree-of-life knowledge accessible, reusable and convenient

scientific article (publication date: 13 May 2013)

Piranha Predation Could Not Have Driven the Evolution of Arapaima gigas Scales

Quantitative color profiling of digital images with earth mover's distance using the R package colordistance

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

Re-description and Reassignment of the DamselfishAbudefduf luridus(Cuvier, 1830) Using Both Traditional and Geometric Morphometric Approaches

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Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of animal form and function

scientific article

Relationships of the temperate Australasian labrid fish tribe Odacini (Perciformes; Teleostei).

scientific article published in August 2004

Shark Tooth Weapons from the 19th Century Reflect Shifting Baselines in Central Pacific Predator Assemblies ⬇️

scientific article published on April 3, 2013

Skeletal light-scattering accelerates bleaching response in reef-building corals

scientific article

StereoMorph: an R package for the collection of 3D landmarks and curves using a stereo camera set-up

article published in 2015

Synchrotron imaging of the grasshopper tracheal system: morphological and physiological components of tracheal hypermetry

scientific article

Systematics Agenda 2020: the mission evolves

scientific article

The Evolutionary Continuum of Functional Homodonty to Heterodonty in the Dentition of Halichoeres Wrasses

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

The Phylogenetic Affinities of the Mysterious Anguilliform Genera Coloconger and Thalassenchelys as Supported by mTDNA Sequences

scientific article published on 28 December 2007

The evolution of jaw protrusion mechanics is tightly coupled to bentho-pelagic divergence in damselfishes (Pomacentridae).

scientific article published on 2 December 2016

The horizontal septum: Mechanisms of force transfer in locomotion of scombrid fishes (Scombridae, Perciformes)

scientific article published on 01 August 1993

The relationship between pectoral fin ray stiffness and swimming behavior in Labridae: insights into design, performance, and ecology.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Two New Labrid Fishes of the Genus Oxycheilinus from the South Pacific ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 July 2003

VERTEBRATE FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY: HORIZON OF RESEARCH IN THE 21ST CENTURY

scientific article published in February 2003

Wing Shape in Waterbirds: Morphometric Patterns Associated with Behavior, Habitat, Migration, and Phylogenetic Convergence

scientific article published on 17 May 2021

Zoology: Twice bitten

scientific article published in Nature

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