Publications

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Webb, J.F. 1998. Laterophysic Connection: A unique link between the swim bladder and the lateral-line system in Chaetodon (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). Copeia 1998(4): 1032-1036.

Webb, J.F. and Smith, W.L. 2000. The laterophysic connection in chaetodontid butterflyfish: Morphological variation and speculations on sensory function. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 355: 1125-1129.

Webb, J.F. 2002. Functional Evolution of the Lateral Line System: Implications for Fish Bioacoustics. Bioacoustics 12(2/3): 145-147.

Smith, W.L., Webb, J.F., and Blum, S.D. 2003. The evolution of the laterophysic connection with a revised phylogeny and taxonomy of butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) Cladistics. 19: 287-306.

Webb, J.F., Kelly, N.* and Cicchino, N.* Ontogeny of the laterophysic connection in the spotfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus. Submitted.

In preparation

Webb, J..F., Smith, W.L.* and Ketten, D.R. The swimbladder of chaetodontid butterflyfishes with a novel swimbladder lateral line connection. In prep. (for Zoology)

Webb, J.F., Montgomery, J., and Mogdans, J. Mechanosensory Lateral Line and Fish Bioacoustics. In: (Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. and Webb, J.F., eds.) Fish Bioacoustics. Springer-Verlag. (in prep for 2004 deadline).

Edited Books and Conference Proceedings

Popper, A.N., Webb, J.F. and Fay, R.R. 2002. (eds.). Special Issue - "Fish Bioacoustics: Sensory Biology, Behavior and Practical Applications". Bioacoustics - The International Journal of Animal Sound and its Recording. 12 (2/3): 97-341

Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. & Webb, J.F. (editors). (2005?) Fish Bioacoustics. NY: Springer-Verlag (in prep.)

Published Abstracts

Webb, J.F. and Smith, W.L. 1998. Comparative morphology of the laterophysic connection in Chaetodon: Ecomorphological or phylogenetic explanations? Amer. Zool. 38:107A.

Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L. and Ketten, D.R. 1999. CT (Computerized Tomography) provides new views of the swimbladder in butterflyfishes (Chaetodon) with a novel specialization of the mechanosensory lateral line system. Amer. Zool. 39: 16A.

Smith, W. L. and Webb, J.F. 2001. Phylogenetic variation in the morphology of the laterophysic connection in butterflyfishes of the genus Chaetodon. Amer. Zool. 40: 1215.

Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L. and Ketten, D.R. 2001. The laterophysic connection, A unique swim bladder-lateral line connection in butterflyfishes: An Evolutionary Novelty with Implications for Sensory Function. J. Morphol. 248(3): 298-299.

Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L., Tricas, T.C., Ketten, D.R. 2002. The laterophysic connection: A novel

specialization thought to enhance sound pressure sensitivity in butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae, Chaetodon). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112(5): 2203.

Webb, J.F., Tricas, T.C., Shearman, E., Walsh, R.M., Ketten, D.R., and Herman, J.L.

Ear and Swim Bladder Morphology in Chaetodontid Fishes: Adaptations for Enhancement of

Hearing? J. Morphol. In press.

Seminars, Lectures, and Conference Papers

Invited Seminars and Lectures:

1997 - Villanova University, Department of Biology (1997)

1999 - National Marine Fisheries Service, Sandy Hook, NJ

Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

2000 – Boston University Marine Program/Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole

Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell University/Univ. New Hampshire

Harvard University, MCZ, Department of Ichthyology (informal slide talk)

Bryn Mawr College, Department of Biology

University of New Hampshire, Department of Zoology

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Biology

2001 - Tufts University, Guest Lecturer - Marine Biology course

2003 - University of New Hampshire, Department of Zoology

National Marine Fisheries Service/ Woods Hole

Titles of Contributed and Invited Conference Papers

1998

Smith, W.L. and J.F. Webb. 1998. Lateral line and swim bladder modifications associated with the laterophysic connection of chaetodontid butterflyfishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting, University of Guelph, Ont., July 1998. ABSTRACT

1999

Webb, J.F. and Smith, W.L. 1999. Comparative morphology of the laterophysic connection in Chaetodon: Ecomorphological or phylogenetic explanations? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO. (Amer. Zool. 38:107A). ABSTRACT

Webb, J.F. and Smith, W.L. 1999. Comparative morphology of the laterophysic connection, A unique swim bladder-lateral line connection in chaetodontid butterflyfishes. First International Conference on Sensory Processing of the Aquatic Environment, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, March 21-28, 1999. (link to Proc. Roy. Soc. Volume). INVITED. ABSTRACT

Smith, W.L. and Webb, J.F. 1999. Morphology of the laterophysic connection, a novel lateral-line connection. may support Chaetodon relationships. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting, Penn. State University (Proceed., p. 208). ABSTRACT

2000

Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L. and Ketten, D.R. 2000. CT (Computerized Tomography) provides new views of the swimbladder in butterflyfishes (Chaetodon) with a novel specialization of the mechanosensory lateral line system. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta, GA (Amer. Zool. 39: 16A). ABSTRACT

2001

Smith, W. L. and Webb, J.F. 2001. Phylogenetic variation in the morphology of the laterophysic connection in butterflyfishes of the genus Chaetodon. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, IL. (Amer. Zool. 40: 1615). ABSTRACT

Webb, J.F. 2001. Functional evolution of the lateral line system. Fish Bioacoustics: Sensory Biology, Behavior and Practical Applications - an International Conference, Chicago, May 2001. INVITED. ABSTRACT

Webb, J.F., Kelly, N., and Cicchino, N. 2001. Ontogeny of the laterophysic connection, a novel swim bladder-lateral line connection, in larvae and juveniles of the Caribbean butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Annual Meeting, Penn. State University. (Proceedings, p. 133). ABSTRACT

Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L. and Ketten, D.R. 2001. The Laterophysic Connection, A Unique Swim Bladder-Lateral Line Connection in Butterflyfishes: An Evolutionary Novelty with Implications for Sensory Function. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Jena, Germany, July 2001. ABSTRACT.

Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L. and Ketten, D.R. 2001. The Laterophysic Connection, A Unique Swim Bladder-Lateral Line Connection in Butterflyfishes: Morphological Variation and Putative Sensory Function. International Congress of Neuroethology, Bonn, Germany, July 2001. ABSTRACT.

2002

Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L., Tricas, T.C., Ketten, D.R. 2002. "The laterophysic connection: A novel specialization thought to enhance sound pressure sensitivity in butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae, Chaetodon)". First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics, Symposium on Coral Reef Bioacoustics, (Acoustical Society of America), Cancun, Mexico. December 2002. INVITED. ABSTRACT.

2004

Webb, J.F., Tricas, T.C., Shearman, E., Walsh, R.M., Ketten, D.R., and Herman, J.L. 2004. Ear and Swim Bladder Morphology in Chaetodontid Fishes: Adaptations for Enhancement of Hearing? (International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL, July 2004). ABSTRACT.

Conference Organization

Bioacoustics of Fishes: Sensory Biology, Behavior and Practical Applications - an International Conference, Chicago, May 2001. Co-organized with A.N. Popper, University of Maryland and R.R. Fay, Loyola University, Chicago. Funded by National Science Foundation, US Office of Naval Research, Electric Power Research Institute, and Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Classroom Teaching and Research Student Training

Classroom Teaching

Sensory Biology – graduate course (link to Webb Teaching Page)

Senior Seminar – Comparative Hearing (link to Webb Teaching Page)

Guest Lecture - Animal Behavior course – Sp 2004

Webb Lab Reading Group – Papers for Spring 2004

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