| Maruska, K.M. and T.C.
Tricas. Test of the mechanotactile
hypothesis: neuromast morphology
and response dynamics of
mechanosensory lateral line
primary afferents in the
stingray. Journal of Experimental
Biology (in press). |
| Tricas, T. C. and J.A.
Sisneros. 2004. Ecological
functions and adaptations
of the elasmobranch electrosense,
pp. 308-329. In: G. von der
Emde, J. Mogdans & B.G.
Kapoor (eds.), The Senses
of Fishes: Adaptations for
the Reception of Natural
Stimuli, Narosa Publishing
House, New Delhi, India. |
| Bodznick, D.,
J. Montgomery and T.C. Tricas.
2003. Electroreception: extracting
behaviorally important signals
from noise, pp. 389-403.
In: S. Collin & J. Marshall
(eds.), Sensory Processing
in the Aquatic Environment,
Springer-Verlag |
| Sisneros, J.A.
and T.C. Tricas. 2002. Neuroethology
and life history adaptations
of the elasmobranch electric
sense. Journal of Physiology
- Paris 96 (2002) 379-389 |
| Sisneros, J.S. and T.C.
Tricas. 2002. Ontogenetic
changes in the response properties
of the peripheral electrosensory
system in the Atlantic stingray
(Dasyatis sabina). Brain,
Behavior and Evolution 59:130-140 |
| Motta, P.J., R.E. Hueter,
T.C. Tricas and A.P. Summers.
2002. Kinematic analysis
of suction feeding in the
nurse shark, Ginglymostoma
cirratum (Orectolobiformes,
Ginglymostomatidae). Copeia
2002(1):24-38 |
| Boyle, R., A.F. Mensinger,
K. Yoshida, S. Usui, A. Intravaia,
T. Tricas and S.M. Highstein.
2001. Neural readaptation
to earth's gravity following
return from space. Journal
of Neurophysiology 86:2118-2122 |
| Tricas, T.C. and S.H. Gruber.
2001. The Behavior and Sensory
Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes:
An Anthology in Memory of
Donald Richard Nelson. Developments
in Environmental Biology
of Fishes 20, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, 320
pp. |
| Tricas, T.C. 2001. The
neuroecology of the elasmobranch
electrosensory world: why
peripheral morphology shapes
behavior. Environmental Biology
of Fishes 60:77-92 |
| Tricas, T.C. 2001. Shark
meets man: the research and
academic life of Donald Richard
Nelson (1939-1997). Environmental
Biology of Fishes 60:15-18 |
| Tricas, T.C. and S.H. Gruber.
2001. Prelude to the anthology
in memory of Donald Richard
Nelson. Environmental Biology
of Fishes 60:7-11 |
| Sisneros, J.A. and T.C.
Tricas. 2000. Androgen-induced
changes in the response dynamics
of ampullary electrosensory
primary afferent neurons.
Journal of Neuroscience 20:8586-8595 |
| Forlano, P.M., K.P. Maruska,
S.A. Sower, J.A. King and
T.C. Tricas. 2000. Differential
distribution of gonadotropin-releasing
hormone-immunoreactive neurons
in the stingray brain: functional
and evolutionary considerations.
General and Comparative Endocrinology
118(2):226-248 |
| Tricas, T.C., K.P Maruska
and E. Rasmussen. 2000. Annual
cycles of steroid hormone
production, gonad development,
and reproductive behavior
in the Atlantic stingray.
General and Comparative Endocrinology
118(2):209-225 |
| Kajiura, S.M., Sebastian,
A. and T.C. Tricas. 2000.
Dermal bite wounds as indicators
of reproductive seasonality
and behaviour in the Atlantic
stingray, Dasyatis sabina.
Environmental Biology of
Fishes 58(1):23-31 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1999. Shark
Ecology. In: Sharks (J. Stevens,
ed.), 2nd ed., pp. 96-101,
Weldons Pty., NSW |
| Maruska, K.M. and T.C.
Tricas. 1998. Morphology
of the mechanosensory lateral
line system in the Atlantic
stingray, Dasyatis sabina:
The Mechanotactile Hypothesis.
Journal of Morphology 238:1-22 |
| Sisneros, J.A., T.C. Tricas
and C.A. Luer. 1998. Response
properties and biological
function of the skate electrosensory
system during ontogeny. Journal
of Comparative Physiology,
A 183(1):87-99 |
| Tricas, T.C. and J.G. New.
1998. Sensitivity and response
dynamics of electrosensory
primary afferent neurons
to near threshold fields
in the round stingray. Journal
of Comparative Physiology,
A 182(1):89-101 |
| New, J.G. and T.C. Tricas.
1997. Electroreceptors and
Magnetoreceptors: Morphology
and Function. In: Cell Physiology
Source Book (N. Sperlakis,
ed.), 2nd ed., pp. 741-758.
Academic Press, San Diego |
| Motta, P.J., T.C. Tricas,
R.E. Hueter and A.P. Summers.
1997. Feeding mechanics and
functional morphology of
the jaws of the lemon shark,
Negaprion brevirostris (Chondrichthyes,
Carcharhinidae). Journal
of Experimental Biology 200:2765-2780 |
| Tricas, T.C., K. Deacon,
P. Last, J.E. McCosker, T.I.
Walker and L. Taylor. 1997.
Sharks and Rays. Weldon Owen,
Sydney, 288 pp. |
| Maruska, K.M., E.G. Cowie
and T.C. Tricas. 1996. Periodic
gonadal activity and protracted
mating in elasmobranch fishes.
Journal of Experimental Zoology
276:219-232 |
| Kajiura, S.M. and T.C.
Tricas. 1996. Seasonal dynamics
of dental sexual dimorphism
in the Atlantic stingray,
Dasyatis sabina. Journal
of Experimental Biology 199:2297-2306 |
| Tricas, T.C ., S.W. Michael
and J.A. Sisneros. 1995.
Electrosensory optimization
to conspecific phasic signals
for mating. Neuroscience
Letters 202(1-2):129-132 |
| Motta, P.J., R.E. Heuter
and T.C. Tricas. 1991. An
electromyographic analysis
of the biting mechanism of
the lemon shark, Negaprion
brevirostris: Functional
and evolutionary implications.
Journal of Morphology 210:55-69 |
| Tricas, T.C. and S.M. Highstein.
1991. Action of the octavolateralis
efferent system upon the
lateral line of free-swimming
toadfish, Opsanus tau. Journal
of Comparative Physiology,
A 169:25-37 |
| Tricas, T.C. and S.M. Highstein.
1990. Visually mediated inhibition
of lateral line primary afferent
activity by the octavolateralis
efferent system during predation
in the free-swimming toadfish,
Opsanus tau. Experimental
Brain Research 83:233-236 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1989. Food
and competitors as determinants
of territory size in the
Hawaii butterflyfish, Chaetodon
multicinctus. Animal Behaviour
37:830-841 |
| Tricas, T.C. and J.T. Hiramoto.
1989. Sexual differentiation,
oocyte development, and spawning
seasonality in the butterflyfish,
Chaetodon multicinctus. Environmental
Biology of Fishes 25:175-185 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1989. Prey
selection by coral-feeding
butterfly-fishes: Strategies
to maximize the profit. Environmental
Biology of Fishes 25:171-185 |
| Hourigan, T., T.C. Tricas
and E.S. Reese. 1988. Coral
reef fishes as indicators
of environmental stress in
coral reefs. In: Marine Organisms
as Indicators (D.F. Soule
and G.S. Kleppel, eds.),
pp. 107-135, Springer-Verlag,
New York, NY |
| Tricas, T.C. 1987. Shark
Ecology. In: Sharks and Shark
Attack (J. Stevens, ed.),
pp. 96-101, Weldons Pty.,
NSW |
| Tricas, T.C. 1986. Life
history, foraging ecology,
and territorial behavior
of the Hawaiian butterflyfish,
Chaetodon multicinctus. Ph.D.
Dissertation. University
of Hawaii (Honolulu), 247
pp. |
| Tricas, T.C. 1985. Feeding
ethology of the white shark,
Carcharodon carcharias. Memoirs
of the Southern California
Academy of Sciences. 9:81-91 |
| Tricas, T.C. and E.M.
LeFeuvre. 1985. Mating behavior
of the reef white-tip shark,
Triaenodon obesus. Marine
Biology 84(3):233-237 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1985. The
economics of foraging in
corallivorous butterflyfishes
of Hawaii. Proceedings of
the 5th International Coral
Reef Congress 5:409-414 |
| Tricas, T.C. and J.E. McCosker.
1984. Predatory behavior
of the white shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, and notes on
its biology. Proceedings
of the California Academy
of Science 43(14):221-238 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1982. Bioelectric-mediated
predation by swell sharks
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum.
Copeia 1982(4):948-952 |
| Tricas, T.C., L.R. Taylor
and G. Naftel. 1981. Diel
activity of the tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvier, at French
Frigate Shoals, Hawaiian
Islands. Copeia 1981(4):904-908 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1980. Courtship
and mating-related behaviors
in myliobatid rays. Copeia
1980(3):553-556 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1979. Relationships
of the blue shark Prionace
glauca, and its prey species
near Santa Catalina Island,
California. Fishery Bulletin
77(1):175-182 |
| Tricas, T.C. 1977. Food
habits, movements, and seasonal
abundance of the blue shark,
Prionace glauca (Carcharhinidae),
in southern California waters.
Master's thesis, California
State University, Long Beach,
79 pp. |
