Publications from the Department of Biological Sciences faculty at the University of Rhode Island.

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Submissions from 2007

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Cnidarian chemical neurotransmission, an updated overview, G. Kass-Simon and Paola Pierobon

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Functional Genomic Analysis Supports Conservation of Function Among Cellulose Synthase-Like A Gene Family Members and Suggests Diverse Roles of Mannans in Plants, Aaron H. Liepman, C. Joseph Naim, William G.T. Willats, Iben Sørensen, Alison W. Roberts, and Kenneth Keegstra

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Linkage analysis of the visible mutations Sel and Xan of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) using SSR markers, Xuexia Miao, Muwang Li, Fangyin Dai, Cheng Lu, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Yongping Huang

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High-throughput mapping of cell-wall polymers within and between plants using novel microarrays, Isabel Moller, Iben Sørensen, Adriana J. Bernal, Claudia Blaukopf, Kieran Lee, Jens Øbro, Filomena Pettolino, Alison Roberts, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, J. Paul Knox, Antony Bacic, and William G.T. Willats

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Predator Hunting Mode and Habitat Domain Alter Noncinsumptive Effects in Predator-Prey Interactions, Evan L. Preisser, John L. Orrock, and Oswald J. Schmitz

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The cellulose synthase (CESA) gene superfamily of the moss Physcomitrella patens, Alison W. Roberts and John T. Bushoven

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Considering the zebrafish in a comparative context, Thomas F. Schilling and Jacqueline Webb

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Notes on the Marine Algae of the Bermudas. 8. Further Additions to the Flora, Including Griffithsia aestivana sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) and an Update on the Alien Cystoseira compressa (Sargassaceae, Heterokontophyta), Craig W. Schneider and Christopher E. Lane

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On the depth and scale of metabolic rate variation: scaling of oxygen consumption rates and enzymatic activity in the Class Cephalopoda (Mollusca), Brad A. Seibel

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Evaluation of commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inocula in a sand/peat medium, T. J. Tarbell and R. E. Koske

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Conserved synteny of genes between chromosome 15 of Bombyx mori and a chromosome of Manduca sexta shown by five-color BAC-FISH, Walther Traut, Ken Sahara, Atsuo Yoshido, František Marec, Iva Fuková, Hong Bin Zhang, Cheng Cang Wu, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Yuji Yasukochi

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Movement patterns of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris within Atol das Rocas, Brazil: A nursery characterized by tidal extremes, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Samuel H. Gruber, and Ricardo S. Rosa

Submissions from 2006

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The hydrodynamic effects of shape and size change during reconfiguration of a flexible macroalga, Michael L. Boller and Emily Carrington

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The lobster conferences: Origin, development, and impact, J. Stanley Cobb

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Early growth and juvenile population structure of lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in the Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, off north-east Brazil, R. H.A. Freitas, R. S. Rosa, S. H. Gruber, and B. M. Wetherbee

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Habitat of juvenile Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, at two oceanic insular marine protected areas in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Atol das Rocas, Brazil, R. C. Garla, D. D. Chapman, M. S. Shivji, B. M. Wetherbee, and A. F. Amorim

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Movement patterns of young Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil: The potential of marine protected areas for conservation of a nursery ground, Ricardo C. Garla, Demian D. Chapman, Bradley M. Wetherbee, and Mahmood Shivji

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Inquiry: Does it favor the prepared mind?, Frank H. Heppner, Karen R. Kouttab, and William Croasdale

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Response, Frank Heppner, Karen Kouttab, and William Croasdale

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Multiplex Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR for F+-Specific RNA Coliphages: a Method for Use in Microbial Source Tracking, Merek Kirs and David C. Smith

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Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Effects on Growth of Two Hawaiian Species: Indigenous Osteomeles anthyllidifolia (Rosaceae) and Invasive Psidium cattleianum (Myrtaceae), R. E. Koske and J. N. Gemma

Using acoustic telemetry monitoring techniques to quantity movement patterns and site fidelity of sharks and giant trevally around French frigate shoals and midway atoll, Christopher G. Lowe, Bradley M. Wetherbee, and Carl G. Meyer

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Food habits and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Hawaii, W. David McElroy, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Carolyn S. Mostello, Christopher G. Lowe, Gerald L. Crow, and Richard C. Wass

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Seasonal variation in mussel byssal thread mechanics, Gretchen M. Moeser and Emily Carrington

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Seasonal influence of wave action on thread production in Mytilus edulis, Gretchen M. Moeser, Heather Leba, and Emily Carrington

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Distribution and diet of four species of carcharhinid shark in the Hawaiian Islands: Evidence for resource partitioning and competitive exclusion, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Christopher G. Lowe, and Gerald L. Crow

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Functional properties of the isomorphic biphasic algal life cycle, Carol S. Thornber

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Construction of a single nucleotide polymorphism linkage map for the silkworm, Bombyx mori, based on bacterial artificial chromosome end sequences, Kimiko Yamamoto, Junko Narukawa, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Junko Nohata, Motoe Sasanuma, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Yutaka Banno, Hiroshi Fujii, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Kazuei Mita

Submissions from 2005

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Behaviour of hatchery-reared and wild-caught 4th and 5th stage American lobsters, Homarus americanus, Kathleen M. Castro and J. Stanley Cobb

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The genetics and genomics of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, Marian R. Goldsmith, Toru Shimada, and Hiroaki Abe

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Development of genetic sexing strains in Lepidoptera: From traditional to transgenic approaches, Frantisek Marec, Lisa G. Neven, Alan S. Robinson, Marc Vreysen, Marian R. Goldsmith, J. Nagaraju, and Gerald Franz

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Simple sequence repeat-based consensus linkage map of Bombyx mori, Xue-Xia Miao, Shi-Je Xu, Ming-Hui Li, Mu-Wang Li, Jian-Hua Huang, Fang-Yin Dai, Susan W. Marino, David R. Mills, Peiyu Zeng, Kazuei Mita, Shi-Hai Jia, Yong Zhang, Wen-Bin Liu, Hui Xiang, Qiu-Hong Guo, An-Ying Xu, Xiang-Yin Kong, Hong-Xuan Lin, Yao-Zhou Shi, Gang Lu, Xianglin Zhang, Wei Huang, Yuji Yasukochi, Toshiyuki Sugasaki, Toru Shimada, Javaregowda Nagaraju, Zhong-Huai Xiang, Sheng-Yue Wang, Marian R. Goldsmith, Cheng Lu, Guo-Ping Zhao, and Yong-Ping Huang

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Integration of molecular and classical linkage groups of the silkworm, Bombyx mori (n = 28), Yuji Yasukochi, Yutaka Banno, Kohji Yamamoto, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Hiroshi Fujii

Submissions from 2004

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Mechanical design of mussell byssus: Load cycle and strain rate dependence, Emily Carrington and John M. Gosline

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Glutamatergic and GABAnergic control in the tentacle effector systems of Hydra vulgaris, G. Kass-Simon and A. A. Scappaticci

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Tracheary element differentiation is correlated with inhibition of cell expansion in xylogenic mesophyll suspension cultures, Sangkug Lee and Alison W. Roberts

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Roles of microtubules and cellulose microfibril assembly in the localization of secondary-cell-wall deposition in developing tracheary elements, A. W. Roberts, A. O. Frost, E. M. Roberts, and C. H. Haigler

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Pacemaker activity in hydra is modulated by glycine receptor ligands, R. D. Ruggieri, P. Pierobon, and G. Kass-Simon

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Immunocytochemical evidence for an NMDA1 receptor subunit in dissociated cells of Hydra vulgaris, A. A. Scappaticci, R. Jacques, J. E. Carroll, L. A. Hufnagel, and G. Kass-Simon

Food consumption and feeding habits, Bradley M. Wetherbee and Enric Cortés

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A WRKY Gene from Creosote Bush Encodes an Activator of the Abscisic Acid Signaling Pathway, Xiaolu Zou, Jeffrey R. Seemann, Dawn Neuman, and Qingxi J. Shen

Submissions from 2003

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Diel movement patterns of the Hawaiian stingray, Dasyatis lata: Implications for ecological interactions between sympatric elasmobranch species, D. P. Cartamil, J. J. Vaudo, C. G. Lowe, B. M. Wetherbee, and K. N. Holland

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Scaling restoration of American lobsters: Combined demographic and discounting model for an exploited species, Deborah P. French McCay, Mark Gibson, and J. Stanley Cobb

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GABA and glutamate receptors are involved in modulating pacemaker activity in hydra, G. Kass-Simon, A. Pannaccione, and P. Pierobon

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The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its application, Kazuei Mita, Mitsuoki Morimyo, Kazuhiro Okano, Yoshiko Koike, Junko Nohata, Hideki Kawasaki, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Mikiko Yamamoto, Masataka G. Suzuki, Toru Shimada, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Susumu Maeda

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Genes of the GadX-GadW Regulon in Escherichia coli, Don L. Tucker, Nancy Tucker, Zhuo Ma, John W. Foster, Regina L. Miranda, Paul S. Cohen, and Tyrrell Conway

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Co-transfer and expression of chitinase, glucanase, and bar genes in creeping bentgrass for conferring fungal disease resistance, Yuexia Wang, Albert P. Kausch, Joel M. Chandlee, Hong Luo, Bridget A. Ruemmele, Marsha Browning, Noel Jackson, and Marian R. Goldsmith

Submissions from 2002

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Trace elements in otoliths indicate the use of open-coast versus bay nursery habitats by juvenile California halibut, Graham E. Forrester and Stephen E. Swearer

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Mycorrhizal dependency of some endemic and endangered Hawaiian plant species, J. N. Gemma, R. E. Koske, and M. Habte

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Mycorrhizal status of two Hawaiian plant species (Asteraceae) in a tropical alpine habitat: The threatened Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) and the endemic Dubautica menziesii, R. E. Koske and J. N. Gemma

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Silkworm genomics - progress and prospects, J. Nagaraju and Marian R. Goldsmith

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Cellulose Synthase (CesA) Genes in the Green Alga Mesotaenium caldariorum, Alison W. Roberts, Eric M. Roberts, and Deborah P. Delmer

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A simple method for estimating larval supply in reef fishes and a preliminary test of population limitation by larval delivery in the kelp bass Paralabrax clathratus, Mark A. Steele, John C. Malone, Amy M. Findlay, Mark H. Carr, and Graham E. Forrester

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Function of the Heterocercal Tail in Sharks: Quantitative Wake Dynamics During Steady Horizontal Swimming and Vertical Maneuvering, C. D. Wilga and G. V. Lauder

Submissions from 2001

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20-Hydroxyecdysone causes increased aggressiveness in female American lobsters, Homarus americanus, M. Bolingbroke and G. Kass-Simon

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Habitat addition and stock enhancement for American lobsters, Homarus americanus, Kathleen M. Castro, J. Stanley Cobb, Richard A. Wahle, and John Catena

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An evaluation of three conventional histological techniques for staining the cerata of Cratena pilata, S. Fogg-Matarese, D. B. Horowitz, and G. Kass-Simon

Lecturing is described as "The stalest form of pedagogy", F. Heppner

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Role of Ca2+ in excitation-contraction coupling in echinoderm muscle: comparison with role in other tissues, Robert B. Hill

Cutting propagation screening trials at University of Rhode Island, James Owen, William Johnson, and Brian Maynard

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Eradication of Biofilm-Forming Staphylococcus epidermidis (RP62A) by a Combination of Sodium Salcylate and Vancomycin, Roy E. Polonio, Leonard A. Mermel, Gregory E. Paquette, and Jay F. Sperry

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Hybridization Diversity of the Chorion Multigene Families of Bombyx mandarina with Reference to Several Genetic Stocks of Bombyx mori, Bungo Sakaguchi, Marian R. Goldsmith, Nikolaus A. Spoerel, Yumiko Nakajimai, Yutaka Kawaguchi, and Katsumi Koga

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Evolution of Upper Jaw Protrusion Mechanisms in Elasmobranchs, Cheryl Wilga, Robert E. Hueter, Peter C. Wainwright, and Philip J. Motta

Submissions from 2000

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Serum-starvation-induced changes in protein synthesis and morphology of Borrelia burgdorferi, P. Scott Alban, Paul W. Johnson, and David R. Nelson

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A Functional cra Gene Is Required for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence in BALB/c Mice, James H. Allen, Maryjane Utley, Han van der Bosch, Piet Nuijten, Maarten Witvliet, Beth A. McCormick, Karen A. Krogfelt, Tine Rask Licht, Derek Brown, Michael Mauel, Mary P. Leatham, David C. Laux, and Paul S. Cohen

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Molt-related and size-dependent differences in the escape response and post-threat behavior of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, S. I. Cromarty, J. Mello, and G. Kass-Simon

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Characterization of Early Follicular cDNA Library Suggests Evidence for Genetic Polymorphisms in the Inbred Strain C108 of Bombyx mori, Marian R. Goldsmith and David R. Mills

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Influence of size and delayed settlement on the recapture rate of newly settled American lobsters Homarus americanus, Mary-Jane James-Pirri and J. Stanley Cobb

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rpoS Gene Function Is a Disadvantage for Escherichia coli BJ4 during Competitive Colonization of the Mouse Large Intestine, Karen A. Krogfelt, Marianne Hjulgaard, Kristine Sørensen, Paul S. Cohen, and Michael Givskov

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Expansion of cultured Zinnia mesophyll cells in response to hormones and light, Sangkug Lee, Bonnie J. Woffenden, Eric P. Beers, and Alison W. Roberts

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Complement-mediated killing of Borrelia burgdorferi by nonimmune sera from sika deer, D. R. Nelson, S. Rooney, N. J. Miller, and T. N. Mather

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Three-Dimensional Kinematics and Wake Structure of the Pectoral Fins During Locomotion in Leopard Sharks Triakis semifasciata, C. D. Wilga and George V. Lauder

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Durophagy in Sharks: Feeding Mechanics of the Hammerhead Sphyrna tiburo, Cheryl D. Wilga and Philip J. Motta

Submissions from 1999

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Time in residence affects escape and agonistic behavior in adult male American lobsters, S. I. Cromarty, J. Mello, and G. Kass-Simon

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Induction of Protease Activity in Vibrio anguillarum by Gastrointestinal Mucus, Steven M. Denkin and David R. Nelson

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Behavioral interactions of postlarval and fifth instar lobsters (Homarus americanus) in a simulated. Cobble environment, Mary Jane James-Pirri and J. Stanley Cobb

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Influence of coded micro-wire tags on postlarval lobster (Homarus americanus) behavior, Mary Jane James-Pirri and K. Stanley Cobb

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Increased aggressiveness in gravid American lobsters, Homarus americanus, J. J. Mello, S. I. Cromarty, and G. Kass-Simon

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Estimation of Growth Rates of Escherichia coli BJ4 in Streptomycin-Treated and Previously Germfree Mice by In Situ rRNA Hybridization, Camilla U. Rang, Tine Rask Licht, Tore Midtvedt, Patricia L. Conway, Lin Chao, Karen A. Krogfelt, Paul S. Cohen, and Søren Molin

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Metamorphosis in the summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus: changes in gill mitochondria-rich cells, Alex M. Schreiber and Jennifer Specker

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Locomotion in Sturgeon: Function of the Pectoral Fins, C. D. Wilga and G. V. Lauder

Submissions from 1998

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Life at Stable Low Oxygen Levels: Adaptations of Animals to Oceanic Oxygen Minimum Layers, James J. Childress and Brad A. Seibel

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Differential effects of a molting hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, on the neuromuscular junctions of the claw opener and abdominal flexor muscles of the American lobster, S. I. Cromarty and G. Kass-Simon

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Comparative analysis of escape behavior in male, and gravid and non-gravid, female lobsters, S. I. Cromarty, J. Mello, and G. Kass-Simon

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Response of Taxus media var. densiformis to inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, J. Gemma, R. E. Koske, E. M. Roberts, and S. Hester

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Influence of settlement time and size on postsettlement growth in the American lobster (Homarus americanus), Mary Jane James-Pirri, J. Stanley Cobb, and Richard A. Wahle

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Flight without Horizon References in European Starlings, Robert G. Moyle and Frank H. Heppner

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Tip growth in xylogenic suspension cultures of Zinnia elegans L.: Implications for the relationship between cell shape and secondary-cell-wall pattern in tracheary elements, Alison W. Roberts and Kenneth S. Uhnak

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Analysis of chorion proteins of Bombyx mandarina in comparison with those of Bombyx mori, Bungo Sakaguchi, Yutaka Kawaguchi, Kazunori Sugahara, Katsumi Koga, Katsumi Koga, Osamu Ninaki, Marian R. Goldsmith, and SI Kab Nho

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Flight of the Vampire: Ontogenetic Gait-Transition in Vampyroteuthis Infernalis (Cephalopoda: Vampyromorpha), Brad A. Seibel, Erik V. Thuesen, and James J. Childress

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Behavior of juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus, under predation risk, E. Spanier, T. P. McKenzie, J. S. Cobb, and M. Clancy

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Conservation and Variation in the Feeding Mechanism of the Spiny Dogfish Squalus Acanthias, Cheryl D. Wilga and Philip J. Motta

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Feeding Mechanism of the Atlantic Guitarfish Rhinobatos Lentiginosus: Modulation of Kinematic and Motor Activity, Cheryl D. Wilga and Philip J. Motta

Submissions from 1997

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Strategies for life in flow: tenacity, morphometry, and probability of dislodgment of two Mytilus species, Emily C. Bell and John M. Gosline

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Cysteine-to-alanine replacements in the Escherichia coli SoxR protein and the role of the [2Fe-2S] centers in transcriptional activation, Terence M. Bradley, Elena Hidalgo, Veronica Leautaud, Huangen Ding, and Bruce Demple

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Effect of wind and tidal advection on distribution patterns of rock crab Cancer irroratus megalopae in Block Island Sound, Rhode Island, Michael Clancy and J. Stanley Cobb

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Oceanic processes affecting lobster larvae: Report from a workshop, J. Stanley Cobb

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Recruitment strategies in lobsters and crabs: A comparison, J. Stanley Cobb, John D. Booth, and Michael Clancy

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Growth of Vibrio anguillarum in Salmon Intestinal Mucus, T. Garcia, K. Otto, S. Kjelleberg, and David R. Nelson

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Arbuscular mycorrhizae in sand dune plants of the north atlantic coast of the U.S.: Field and greenhouse inoculation and presence of mycorrhizae in planting stock, J. N. Gemma and R. E. Koske