Articles
Turning crocodilian hearts into bird hearts: growth rates are similar for alligators with and without right-to-left cardiac shunt (with John Eme, June Gwalthney, Tomasz Owerkowicz, and James W. Hicks), The Journal of Experimental Biology (2010)
The functional and possible adaptive significance of non-avian reptiles’ dual aortic arch system and the...
Exhaustive Exercise Training Enhances Aerobic Capacity in American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) (with John Eme, Tomasz Owerkowicz, June Gwalthney, Bryan C. Rourke, and James W. Hicks), Journal of Comparative Physiology B (2009)
The oxygen transport system in mammals is extensively remodelled in response to repeated bouts of...
Surgical Removal of Right-to-Left Cardiac Shunt in the American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) Causes Ventricular Enlargement But Does Not Alter Apnoea or Metabolism During Diving (with John Eme, June Gwalthney, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Gildardo Barron, and James W. Hicks), Journal of Experimental Biology (2009)
Crocodilians have complete anatomical separation between the ventricles, similar to birds and mammals, but retain...
Temperature Effects on Metabolic Rate of Juvenile Pacific Bluefin Tuna Thunnus Orientalis (with Jeffery M. Morrissette, Charles J. Farwell, Mathew Price, Robert J. Schallert, and Barbara A. Block), Journal of Experimental Biology (2007)
Pacific bluefin tuna inhabit a wide range of thermal environments across the Pacific ocean. To...
Influence of Swimming Speed on Metabolic Rates of Juvenile Pacific Bluefin Tuna and Yellowfin Tuna (with Charles J. Farwell, Jeffery M. Morrissette, Robert J. Schallert, and Barbara A. Block), Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2007)
Bluefin tuna are endothermic and have higher temperatures, heart rates, and cardiac outputs than tropical...