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Motta, P.J., R.E. Hueter, T.C. Tricas, A.P. Summers, D.R. Huber, D. Lowry, K.R. Mara, M.P. Matott, L.B. Whitenack and A.P. Wintzer. Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus, feeding constraints, and suction performance in the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Morphology in press
Heist, E.J., J. Sipiorski and T.C. Tricas. Development of DNA microsatellite markers in the multiband butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus). Molecular Ecology Notes in press
Manire, C.A., L.E.L. Rasmussen, K.P. Maruska, and T. C. Tricas. 2007. Sex,
seasonal, and stress-related variations in elasmobranch corticosterone
concentrations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 148:926-935
Maruska, K.P., K.S Boyle, L.R Dewan and T.C. Tricas. 2007. Sound
production and spectral hearing sensitivity in the Hawaiian sergeant damselfish,
Abudefduf abdominalis. Journal
of Experimental Biology 210:3990-4004
Camperi, M., T.C. Tricas and B.R. Brown. 2007. From morphology to neural
information: the electric sense of the skate. Public Library of Science,
Computational Biology 3:1083-1096
Mann, D.M., B.M. Casper, K.S. Boyle and T.C. Tricas. 2007. On the attraction of
larval fishes to reef sounds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 338:307–310
Maruska, K. and T.C. Tricas. 2007.
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and receptor distributions in the
visual processing regions of four coral reef fishes. Brain, Behavior and
Evolution 70:40-56 
Maruska, K.P., M.H. Mizobe and
T.C. Tricas. 2007. Sex and seasonal co-variation of arginine vasotocin (AVT) and
gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the brain of the blue spot
goby. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 147:129-144
Tricas, T.C., S.M. Kajiura and R.
Kosaki. 2006. Acoustic communication in territorial butterflyfish: test of the
sound production hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:4994-5004
Hagedorn, M. and T. Tricas. 2005. Book Review - Electroreception (Springer
Handbook of Auditory Research 21, series eds R.R. Fay and A.N. Popper). Fish and
Fisheries 6:362-363
Maruska,
K.M. and T.C. Tricas. 2004. Test of the mechanotactile hypothesis: neuromast
morphology and response dynamics of mechanosensory lateral line primary
afferents in the
stingray. Journal of Experimental Biology 207:3463-3476
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 Fish: Adaptations for the
Reception of Natural Stimuli, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi
Bodznick, D., J. Montgomery and T.C. Tricas. 2003. Electroreception: extracting
behaviorally important signals from noise, pp. 389-403. In: S.P. Collin
& N.J. Marshall (eds.), Sensory
Processing in Aquatic Environments, Springer-Verlag, New York
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. 1989. Prey selection by coral-feeding butterfly-fishes: strategies
to maximize the profit. Environmental Biology of Fishes 25:171-185
Tricas, T.C. and J.T. Hiramoto. 1989. Sexual differentiation, oocyte
development, and spawning seasonality of the butterflyfish, Chaetodon
multicinctus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 25:111-124
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), 248 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. 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 E.M. LeFeuvre. 1985. Mating behavior of the reef white-tip
shark, Triaenodon obesus. Marine Biology 84(3):233-237
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.
