Publications from the Westneat Lab (reverse chronological)

George, A. B., & Westneat, M. W. (2019). Functional morphology of endurance swimming performance and gait transition strategies in balistoid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(8), jeb194704.

Evans, K. M., Williams, K. L., & Westneat, M. W. (2019). Do Coral Reefs Promote Morphological Diversification? Exploration of Habitat Effects on Labrid Pharyngeal Jaw Evolution in the Era of Big Data. Integrative and comparative biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz103

Tatom‐Naecker, Theresa. M., and Mark W. Westneat. (2018). Burrowing fishes: kinematics, morphology and phylogeny of sand‐diving wrasses (Labridae).  Journal of Fish Biology 93:860-873.

Aiello, Brett R., Adam R. Hardy, Mark W. Westneat, and Melina E. Hale. (2018). Fins as mechanosensors for movement and touch-related behaviors.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(5): 844-859.

Swain TD, Westneat WM, Backman V, Marcelino LA. 2018. Phylogenetic analysis of symbiont transmission mechanisms reveal evolutionary patterns in thermotolerance and host specificity that enhance bleaching resistance among vertically transmitted Symbiodinium. European Journal of Phycology. In Press

Swain, T.D., Bold, E.C., Osborn, P.C., Baird, A.H., Westneat, M.W., Backman, V. and Marcelino, L.A., (2018). Physiological integration of coral colonies is correlated with bleaching resistance. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 586: 1-10.

Aiello, B. R., Hardy, A. R., Cherian, C., Olsen, A. M., Ahn, S. E., Hale, M. E., & Westneat, M. W. (2018). The relationship between pectoral fin ray stiffness and swimming behavior in Labridae: insights into design, performance and ecology. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(1), jeb163360.

Westneat, M.W., B.R. Aiello, A.M. Olsen, M.E. Hale. (2017). Bioinspiration from flexible propulsors: Organismal design, mechanical properties, kinematics and neurobiology of pectoral fins in labrid fishes. Marine Technology Society Journal 51 (5), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.51.5.3

Aiello, B., Westneat, M. W. and M. E. Hale. (2017). Mechanosensation is evolutionarily tuned to locomotor mechanics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (17), 4459-446.

Longo, S. J., Faircloth, B. C., Meyer, A., Westneat, M. W., Alfaro, M. E., & Wainwright, P. C. (2017). Phylogenomic analysis of a rapid radiation of misfit fishes (Syngnathiformes) using ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 113, 33-48.

Weller, H.I., McMahan, C.D. and Westneat, M.W. (2017). Dirt-sifting devilfish: winnowing in the geophagine cichlid Satanoperca daemon and evolutionary implications. Zoomorphology, 136, 45–59.

McCord, C. L., & Westneat, M. W. (2016). Evolutionary patterns of shape and functional diversification in the skull and jaw musculature of triggerfishes (Teleostei: Balistidae). Journal of morphology, 277(6), 737-752.

Olsen, A. M., & Westneat, M. W. (2016). Linkage mechanisms in the vertebrate skull: Structure and function of three‐dimensional, parallel transmission systems. Journal of Morphology, 277(12), 1570-1583.

McCord, C. L., & Westneat, M. W. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of BMP4 in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistoidea). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 94, 397-409.

Swain TD, Vega-Perkins JB, Oestreich WK, Triebold C, DuBois E, Henss J, Ozdogan M, Baird A, Siple M, Westneat M, Backman V, Marcelino LA. 2016. Coral bleaching response index: a new tool to standardize and compare susceptibility to thermal bleaching. Global Change Biology 22: 2475–2488.

Swain TD, DuBois E, Gomes A, Stoyneva VP, Radosevich AJ, Henss J, Wagner ME, Derbas J, Grooms HW, Velazquez EM, Traub J, Kennedy BJ, Grigorescu AA, Westneat MW, Sanborn K, Levine S, Schick M, Parsons G, Biggs, BC, Rogers JD, Backman VB, Marcelino LA. 2016. Skeletal light-scattering accelerates bleaching response in reef-building corals. BMC Ecology 16:10.

Westneat, M.W. and Olsen, A.M., (2015). How fish power suction feeding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(28), pp.8525-8526.

Cooper, W. J., Carter, C. B., Conith, A. J., Rice, A. N., & Westneat, M. W. (2016). The evolution of jaw protrusion mechanics has been tightly coupled to bentho-pelagic divergence in damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb-143115

DiBattista, J. D., Choat, J. H., Gaither, M. R., Hobbs, J-P, Lozano-Cortés, D. F., Myers, R. F., Paulay, G., Rocha, L. A., Toonen, R. J., Westneat, M. W., Berumen, M. L. 2015. On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12631

DiBattista, J. D., Roberts, M. B., Bouwmeester, J., Bowen, B. W., Coker, D. J., Lozano-Cortés, D. F., Choat, J. H., Gaither, M. R., Hobbs, J-P. A., Khalil, M. T., Kochzius, M., Myers, R. F., Paulay, G., Robitzch, V. S. N., Saenz-Agudelo, P., Salas, E., Sinclair-Taylor, T. H., Toonen, R. J., Westneat, M. W., Williams, S. T., Berumen, M. L. 2015. A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea. Journal of Biogeography: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12649

Aronowsky, A., Sanzenbacher, B., Thompson, J., Sixto, A., Johnson, N., George, R., Quintanilla, E., and Westneat, M., 2014. TreeBit: a smartphone game with “evolving” pixel art to teach about life through time. In Williams, C.C., Oschner, A., Dietmeier, J., and Steinkuehler, C., (Eds.) Proceedings of the Games, Learning, and Society Conference: Vol. 3. Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press.

Olsen, A. M. and M. W. Westneat. 2014. StereoMorph: an R package for the collection of 3D landmarks and curves using a stereo camera setup. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12/2014; DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12326

Cooper, W. J.., R. C. Albertson, R. E. Jacob, and M. W. Westneat. 2014. Re-description and reassignment of the damselfish Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier, 1830) using both traditional and geometric morphometric approaches. Copeia 2014(3):473-480.

Stoltzfus, A., H. Lapp, N. Matasci, H. Deus, B. Sidlauskas, C. M Zmasek, G. Vaidya, E. Pontelli, K. Cranston, R. Vos, C. O. Webb, L. J. Harmon, M. Pirrung, B. O’Meara, M. W. Pennell, S. Mirarab, M. S. Rosenberg, J. P. Balhoff, H. M. Bik, T. Heath, P. Midford, J. W. Brown, E. J. McTavish, J. Sukumaran, M. Westneat, M. E. Alfaro, A. Steele. 2013. Phylotastic! Making Tree-of-Life Knowledge Accessible, Re-usable and Convenient. BMC Bioinformatics, 14:158.

Marcelino, L. A., M.W. Westneat, V. Stoyneva, J. Henss, J. Rogers, A. Radosevich, V. Turzhitsky, M. Siple, A. Fang, T. D. Swain, J. Fung, V. Backman. 2013. Modulation of light-enhancement to symbiotic algae by light-scattering in corals and evolutionary trends in bleaching. PLoS ONE, 2013; 8 (4): e61492.

Drew, J. A, Phillip, C. and M. W. Westneat. 2013. Ancient weapons reflect shifting baselines in central Pacific shark assemblies. PLoS ONE 8(4): e59855.

Waters, J., Lee, W-K., Westneat, M. W. and J. J. Socha. 2013. Dynamics of tracheal compression in the horned passalus beetle. Amer. J. Physiol., 304 (8) R621-R627.

Russell, B. C. and M. W. Westneat. 2013. Review of the Labrid Fish Genus Suezichthys, with description of a new species from the South-eastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 3640: 088-094.

Ilves, K. L., A. M. Quattrini, M. W. Westneat, R. I. Eytan, G. W. Chaplin, H. Hertler, and J. G. Lundberg. 2013. Detection of shifts in coral reef fish assemblage structure over 50 years at reefs of New Providence Island, The Bahamas highlight the value of the Academy of Natural Sciences’ collections in a changing world. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 162: 61-87.

Drew, J. A, Buxman, C. L., Holmes, D. D., Mandecki, J. L., Mungkaje, A. J., Richardson, A. C. and M. W. Westneat. 2012. Biodiversity and conservation of the marine fishes of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea. BMC Ecology 12 (15). Highly Accessed

Daly, M., Herendeen, P. S., Guralnick, R. P., Westneat, M. W. and L. McDade. 2012. Systematics Agenda 2020: The Mission Evolves. Systematic Biology 61: 549-552.

Westneat, M. W. 2012. The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic:  FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. pp. 36-54 in K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Westneat, M. W. 2012. The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic:  FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Scaridae. pp. 29-35 in K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Drew, J. A, D. Holmes, J. L. Mandecki, C. McCord, A. J. Mungkaje, A. C. Richardson and M. W. Westneat. 2012. Biodiversity and Conservation of the Marine Fishes of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea. BMC Ecology 12 (15).

Dyer, B. S., and M. W. Westneat. 2010. Taxonomy and biogeography of the coastal fishes of Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas islands, Chile. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia. 45, S1: 589-618.

Anderson, P. S. L., and M. W. Westneat. 2009. A biomechanical model of feeding kinematics for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi). Paleobiology 35: 251-269.

Cooper, W. J., and M. W. Westneat. 2009. Form and function of damselfish skulls: rapid and repeated evolution into a limited number of trophic niches. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:24.

Cooper, W. J., Smith, L. L. and M. W. Westneat. 2009. Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 1-16.

Greenlee, K. J. Henry, J. R., Kirkton, S. D., Westneat, M. W., Fezzaa, K, Lee, W. K. and J. F. Harrison. 2009. Synchrotron imaging of the grasshopper tracheal system: morphological and physiological components of tracheal hypermetry. American  Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative, Comparative Physiology) 297: R1343 – R1350.

Grubich, J. R., Westneat, M. W. and C. L. McCord. 2009. Diversity of lionfishes (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) among remote coral reefs of the Palau Archipelago. Coral Reefs 28: 807-808.

Smith, L. L., Fessler, J. L., Alfaro, M. E., Streelman, J. T. and M. W. Westneat. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of regulatory gene sequences in the parrotfishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 136-152.

Westneat,  M. W., Socha, J. J. and W. K. Lee. 2008. Advances in Biological Structure, Function,and Physiology Using Synchrotron X-Ray Imaging. Ann. Rev. Physiol. 70: 119-142.

Case, J. E., M. W. Westneat and C. D. Marshall. 2008. Feeding biomechanics of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. J. Exp. Biol. 211: 3826-3835.

Socha, J.J., W.-K. Lee, J.F. Harrison, J.S. Waters, Fezzaa, K., M.W. Westneat. 2008. Correlated patterns of tracheal compression and convective gas exchange in a carabid beetle. . J. Exp. Biol. 211: 3409-3420. Cover photo.

Rice, A. N., M. W. Westneat, and J. R. Grubich. 2008. Functional morphology of bite mechanics in the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda). Zoology 111:16-29. Cover photo.

Rice, A. N., Cooper, W. J. and M. W. Westneat. 2008. Diversification of coordination patterns during feeding behaviour in cheiline wrasses. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 289-308.

López, J. A., Westneat, M. W., and R. Hanel. 2007. The phylogenetic affinities of the mysterious anguilliform genera Coloconger and Thalassenchelys as supported by mtDNA sequences. Copeia 2007: 959-966.

Westneat, M. W., Satapoomin, U. and J. E. Randall. 2007. Scarus maculipinna, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes, Scaridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1628: 59-68.

Anderson, P. S. L. and M. W. Westneat. 2007. Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli, an ancient apex predator. Biology Letters. 3: 76–79.

Fessler, J. L. and M. W. Westneat. 2007. Molecular phylogenetics of the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): Taxonomy and biogeography of a global coral reef fish family. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 50-68.

Westneat, M. W. 2007. Twice bitten: Nature News and Views. Nature 449: 33-34.

 Socha, J. J., M. W. Westneat,  J. F. Harrison, J. S. Waters, and W. K. Lee. 2007. Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of animal form and function. BMC Biol. 5: 6-14.

Hale, M. E.,  R. D. Day, D. H. Thorsen and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Pectoral fin coordination and gait transitions in steadily swimming juvenile reef fishes. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 3708-3718.

Westneat, M. W. 2006. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic:  FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Scaridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Grubich, J. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Four-bar linkage modeling in teleost pharyngeal jaws: computer simulations of bite kinetics. J. Anat. 209: 79-92. Cover photo.

Kammerer, C. F., L. Grande, and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Comparative and developmental functional morphology of the jaws of living and fossil gars (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae). J. Morph. 267: 1017-1031. Cover photo.

Rice, A. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2005. Coordination of feeding, locomotor and visual systems in parrotfishes (Teleostei:Labridae). J. Exp. Biol. 208: 3503-3518.

Westneat, M. W. 2005. Skull biomechanics and suction feeding in fishes. In Lauder, G. V. and R. E Shadwick, Eds. Fish Biomechanics. Academic Press. Fish Physiology 23: 29-75.

Drucker, E., J. A. Walker and M. W. Westneat. 2005. Mechanics of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. In Lauder, G. V. and R. E Shadwick, Eds. Fish Biomechanics. Academic Press. Fish Physiology 23: 369-423

Westneat, M. W. and M. E. Alfaro. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef-fish family Labridae. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 36: 370-390.

Westneat, M. W., M. E. Alfaro, P. C. Wainwright, D. R. Bellwood, J. R. Grubich, J. Fessler, K. D. Clements, and L. Smith. 2005. Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull biomechanics in reef fishes of the family Labridae. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 272: 993-1000.

Thorsen, D. H. and M. W. Westneat. 2005. Diversity of pectoral fin structure and function in fishes with labriform propulsion. J. Morph. 263: 133-150. Cover photo.

Westneat, M. W. 2004. Evolution of levers and linkages in the feeding mechanisms of fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 378-389. Cover photo.

Westneat, M. W., D. H. Thorsen, J. A. Walker, and M. E. Hale. 2004. Structure, function and neural control of pectoral fins in fishes. J. Oceanic Engineering 29: 674-684.

Mabuchi, K., M. Miya, T. P. Satoh, M. W. Westneat, and M. Nishida. 2004. Gene rearrangements and evolution of tRNA pseudogenes in the mitochondrial DNA of the parrotfishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Scaridae). J. Molec. Evol. 59: 287-297.

Clements, K. D., M. Alfaro, J. Fessler and M. W. Westneat. 2004. Relationships of the temperate Australasian labrid fish tribe Odacini. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 32:575-587.

Wainwright, P. C.,  D. R. Bellwood, M. W. Westneat, J. R. Grubich,  & A. S. Hoey. 2004. A functional morphospace for labrid fishes: patterns of diversity in a complex biomechanical system. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 1-25.

Randall, J. E., M. W. Westneat, and M. F. Gomon. 2003. Two new labrid fishes of the genus Oxycheilinus from the South Pacific. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54: 361-370.

Westneat, M. W., O. Betz, R. W. Blob, K. Fezzaa, W. J. Cooper, and W. K. Lee. 2003. Tracheal respiration in insects visualized with synchrotron x-ray imaging. Science 5606, 558-560. Cover photo.

Westneat, M. W. 2003. A biomechanical model for analysis of muscle force, power output and lower jaw motion in fishes. J. Theor. Biol. 223: 269–281.

Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2003. Kinematics, dynamics and energetics of rowing and flapping propulsion in fishes. Integr. Comp. Biol. 42: 1032-1043.

Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, M. W. Westneat, and D. R. Bellwood.^. 2002. Mechanisms of benthic prey capture in labrid fishes. Mar. Biol. 141: 819-830.

Hanel, R., M. W. Westneat and C. Sturmbauer. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships, evolution of broodcare behaviour, and geographic speciation in the wrasse tribe Labrini. J. Molec. Evol. 55: 776-789.

Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood and S.A. Karl. 2002. Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: biogeography, ecology and comparative diversity. Evolution 56: 961-971.

Hale, M. E., J. H. Long Jr, M. J. McHenry, and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Evolution of behavior and neural control of the fast-start escape response. Evolution 56: 993-1007.

Wainwright, P. C., Bellwood, D. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Ecomorphology of locomotion in labrid fishes. Env. Biol. Fishes 65: 47-62.

Ramamurti, R., W. C. Sandberg, R. Lohner, J. A. Walker, and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Computational fluid dynamics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse: 3-D unsteady computations. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 2997-3008.

Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Performance limits of labriform propulsion and correlates with fin shape and motion. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 177–187.

Westneat, M. W. 2002. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic:  FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1701-1723.

Westneat, M. W. 2002. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic:  FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Scaridae. K. E. Carpenter , Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1723-1739.

Pace, C. M., R. W. Blob and M. W. Westneat. 2001. Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 3261-3271. Cover photo.

Alfaro, M. E., J. Janovetz, and M. W. Westneat. 2001. Motor control across trophic strategies: muscle activity of biting and suction feeding fishes. Amer. Zool. 41:1266-1279.

Westneat, M. W. and S. A. Wainwright. 2001. Mechanical Design of Tunas: Muscle, Tendon, and Bone. in Tuna: Physiology, Ecology and Evolution. B. Block and D. Stevens, eds. Academic Press. pp. 271-311.

Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, M. W. Westneat, and D. R. Bellwood. 2001. Modulation of prey capture kinematics in the cheeklined wrasse Oxycheilinus digrammus (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Exp. Zool. 290: 88-100.

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 2001. Pectoral fin design and swimming performance: testing thrust and efficiency models with structure and behavior of living fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H.

Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2000. Mechanical performance of aquatic rowing and flying. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 267: 1875-1881.

Wainwright P.C., Westneat M.W., Bellwood D.R. 2000. Linking feeding behavior and jaw mechanics in fishes. In: Domenici P, Blake R (eds) Biomechanics in Animal Behavior. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd, Oxford, UK, pp 207-221.

Sandberg, W. C., Ramamurti, R., Westneat, M. W., and Walker, J. A. 2000. 3-D Computations of Flapping Aquatic Flight, Proc. 1^st Intl. Symp. On Aqua-Bio Mechanisms, Honolulu, HI.

Alfaro, M. E., and M. W. Westneat. 1999. Biomechanics of parrotfish feeding: motor patterns of the herbivorous bite. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 54:205-222.

Rosenberger, L. J. and M. W. Westneat. 1999. Functional morphology of undulatory pectoral fin locomotion in the stingray, Taeniura lymma. J. Exp. Biol. 202: 3523-3539.

Westneat, M. W. 1999. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific:  FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Vol. 6:  3381-3467.

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1999. Mechanical design of fin propulsion: kinematics, hydrodynamics, morphology and motor control of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H.

Westneat, M. W., Hale, M. E., McHenry, M. J. and Long, J. H. 1998. Mechanics of the fast-start: muscle function and the role of intramuscular pressure in the escape behavior of Amia calva and Polypterus palmas. J. Exp. Biol. 201: 3041-3055.

Swithers, S. E., Westneat, M. W. and W. G. Hall. 1998. Electromyographic analysis of oral habituation in rat pups. Physiology and Behavior 63:197-203.

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1997. Motor patterns of underwater flight:  an electromyographic study of the pectoral muscles in the bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius. J. Exp. Biol. 200: 1881-1893.

Walker, J. A., and M. W. Westneat. 1997. Labriform propulsion in fishes:  Kinematics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse Gomphosus varius (Labridae). J. Exp. Biol. 200:  1549-1569.

Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1997. Applied aspects of mechanical design, behavior, and performance of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H.

Westneat, M. W. 1996. Functional morphology of aquatic flight in fishes:  mechanical modeling, kinematics, and electromyography of labriform locomotion. Amer. Zool. 36: 582-598.

Arreola, V and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Mechanics of propulsion by multiple fins:  kinematics of aquatic locomotion in the Burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (B) 263: 1689-1696.

Long, J. H. Jr., M. E. Hale, M. J. McHenry, and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Functions of fish skin: flexural stiffness and steady swimming of longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus). J. Exp. Biol. 199: 2139-2151.

Hoese, W. J. and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Biomechanics of cranial kinesis in birds:  testing linkage models in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). J. Morph. 227: 305-320.

Westneat, M.W. 1995. Feeding, function, and phylogeny:  Analysis of historical biomechanics and ecology in labrid fishes using comparative methods. Syst. Biol. 44: 361-383.

Westneat, M. W. 1995. Systematics and biomechanics in ecomorphology. Environmental Biology of Fishes 44: 263-283.

Westneat, M. W. 1994. Transmission of force and velocity in the feeding mechanisms of labrid fishes. Zoomorphology 114: 103-118.

Westneat, M.W. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cheilinini (Labridae; Perciformes). Bulletin of Marine Science 52: 351-394.

Westneat, M. W., W. Hoese, C. A. Pell,  and S. A. Wainwright. 1993. The horizontal septum: mechanisms of force transfer in locomotion of scombrid fishes (Scombridae; Perciformes). J. Morph. 217: 183-204.

Westneat, M. W., Long, J. H., Hoese, B., and Nowicki, S. 1993. Kinematics of birdsong in sparrows: functional correlates of beak and head motion. J. Exp. Biol. 182: 147-171.

Westneat, M. W. and Warren G. Hall. 1992. Ontogeny of feeding motor patterns in infant rats:  an electromyographic study of suckling and chewing. Behav. Neuroscience 106: 539-554.

Nowicki, S., Westneat, M. W., and W. Hoese. 1992. Birdsong: motor function and the evolution of communication. Seminars in the Neurosciences 4: 385-390.

Westneat, M.W. 1991. Linkage biomechanics and evolution of the jaw protrusion mechanism of the sling-jaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator. J. Exp. Biol. 159: 165-184. Cover photo.

Westneat, M.W. 1990. Feeding, function, and phylogeny:  Historical biomechanics in the cheiline fishes (Labridae: Perciformes). Ph.D. Thesis, Duke Univ.

Westneat, M.W. 1990. Feeding mechanics of teleost fishes (Labridae: Perciformes): A test of four-bar linkage models. J. Morph. 205: 269-295.

Westneat, M. W. and P. C. Wainwright. 1989. Feeding mechanism of the sling-jaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator (Labridae; Teleostei): Evolution of a novel functional system. J. Morph. 202: 129-150.

Westneat, M. W. and J. M. Resing. 1988. Predation on coral spawn by planktivorous fishes. Coral Reefs 7: 89-92.