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PUBLICATIONS

Below is a list of selected scientific publications describing research conducted in or in conjunction with the Marine Biodynamics Laboratory. For a more complete list and printable version, select here.

 

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Ward, J.E. & D.J. Kach, 2009. Marine aggregates facilitate ingestion of nanoparticles by suspension-feeding bivalves. Mar. Env. Res., in press.

Pales Espinosa, E., M. Perrigault, J.E. Ward, S.E. Shumway, & B. Allam, 2009. Lectins associated with the feeding organs of the oyster Crassostrea virginica can mediate particle selection. Biol. Bull., in press.

MacDonald, B.A. & J.E. Ward, 2009. Feeding activity of scallops and mussels measured simultaneously in the field: Repeated measures sampling and implications for modelling. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 371: 42-50.

Li, B., J.E. Ward & B.A. Holohan, 2008. Effect of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) from marine suspension feeders on particle aggregation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 357: 67–77.

Frank, D.M., J.E. Ward, S.E. Shumway, C. Gray & B.A. Holohan, 2008. Application of particle image velocimetry to the study of suspension feeding in marine invertebrates. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 41: 1-18.

Kach, D.J. & J.E. Ward, 2008. The role of marine aggregates in the ingestion of picoplankton-size particles by suspension-feeding molluscs. Mar. Biol. 153: 797-805.

Lyons, M.M., Y.T. Lau, W.E. Carden, J.E. Ward, S.B. Roberts, R.S. Smolowitz, J. Vallino & B. Allam, 2008. Characteristics of marine aggregates in shallow-water ecosystems: Implications for disease ecology. EcoHealth. 4: 406-420.

Heinonen, K.B., J.E. Ward & B.A. Holohan, 2007. Production of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) by benthic suspension feeders in coastal systems. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 341: 184-195.

McKee, M.P., J.E. Ward, B.A. MacDonald, & B.A. Holohan, 2005. Production of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) by the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 288: 141-149.

Ward, J.E. & S.E. Shumway, 2004. Separating the grain from the chaff: Particle selection in suspension- and deposit-feeding bivalves. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 300: 83-130.

Ward, J.E. , J.S. Levinton & S.E. Shumway, 2003. Influence of diet on pre-ingestive particle processing in bivalves. I: Transport velocities on the ctenidium. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 293: 129-149.

Ward, J.E., L.P. Sanford, R.I.E. Newell, & B.A. MacDonald, 1998. A new explanation of particle capture in suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43: 741-752.

MacDonald, B.A., G.S. Bacon, G.S & J.E. Ward, 1998. Physiological responses of infaunal and epifaunal bivalves to variations in the concentration and quality of suspended particles. II. Absorption efficiency and scope for growth. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 219: 127-141.

Ward, J.E., J.S. Levinton, S.E. Shumway & T.L. Cucci, 1997. Linking individual function to ecosystem control: Identification of the gills as the locus of particle selection in a bivalve mollusk. Nature 390: 131-132.