Representative Publications
McGuire, B., T. Pizzuto, W.E. Bemis and L.L. Getz. 2005. General ecology of a rural
population of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) based on intensive live trapping.
American Midland Naturalist (in press)
Bemis, W.E., A. Giuliano, and B. McGuire. 2005. Structure, attachment, replacement and growth of
teeth in bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766), a teleost with deeply socketed teeth.
Zoology, 108: 317-327.
Hilton, E.J., L. Grande and W.E. Bemis. 2005. Grouped tooth replacement in the oral jaws of the
Tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis (Perciformes: Lobotidae), with a discussion of its proposed
relationship to Datnioides. Copeia, 2005: 665-672.
Hilton, E.J., L. Grande and W.E. Bemis. 2004. Morphology of †Coccolepis bucklandi Agassiz
1843 (Actinopterygii, Coccolepidae) from the Solnhofen lithographic limestone deposits
(Upper Jurassic, Germany). IN: Mesozoic Fishes 3 – Systematics, Paleoenvironments and
Biodiversity. G. Arratia and A. Tintori (eds.). Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil: München, Germany. pp. 209-238.
Little, C.D. and W.E. Bemis. 2004. Observations on the skeleton of the heterocercal
tail of sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). IN: Recent Advances in the Origin and
Early Radiation of Vertebrates. G. Arratia, M.V.H. Wilson and R. Cloutier (eds.).
Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil: München, Germany. pp. 563-573.
Bemis, W.E., E.J. Hilton, B. Brown, R. Arrindell, A.M. Richmond, C.D. Little, L. Grande, P.L. Forey
and G.J. Nelson. 2004. Methods for preparing dry, partially articulated skeletons of osteichthyans,
with notes on making Ridewood dissections of the cranial skeleton. Copeia 2004: 603-609.
McGuire, B., E. Henyey, E. McCue and W.E. Bemis. 2003. Parental behavior at parturition in prairie
voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Journal of Mammalogy, 84: 513-523.
Grande, L., J. Fan, Y. Yabumoto, and W.E. Bemis. 2002. ÝProtopsephurus
liui, a well-preserved primitive paddlefish (Acipenseriformes:
Polyodontidae) from the early Cretaceous of China. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology, 22: 209-237.
Liem, K.F., W.E. Bemis, W.F. Walker, Jr. and L. Grande. 2001. Functional Vertebrate Anatomy, 3rd Edition. Harcourt College Publishers, Philadelphia. Pages 1-703.
Bemis, W.E. and P.L. Forey. 2000. Occipital structure and the posterior limits
of the skull in actinopterygians. Pages 41-62. In Development, Paleontology
and Evolution. (P. Ahlberg, ed.). Taylor and Francis, London.
Grande, L. and W.E. Bemis. 1999. Historical biogeography and historical paleoecology
of Amiidae and other halecomorph fishes. IN: Mesozoic Fishes II. Systematics
and the Fossil Record (G. Arratia and H.-P. Schultze, eds.). Munich:
Pfeil. pp. 413-424.
Hilton, E. J. and W.E. Bemis. 1999. Skeletal variation in shortnose sturgeon
(Acipenser brevirostrum) from the Connecticut River: Implications
for the study of fossil fishes. IN: Mesozoic Fishes II. Systematics
and the Fossil Record (G. Arratia and H.-P. Schultze, eds.). Munich:
Pfeil. pp. 69-94.
Bemis, W.E. and L. Grande. 1999. Development of the median fins of the
North American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) with comments
on the lateral fin-fold hypothesis. IN: Mesozoic Fishes II. Systematics
and the Fossil Record (G. Arratia and H.-P. Schultze, eds.)
Munich: Pfeil. pp. 41-68.
Grande, L. and W.E. Bemis. 1998. A Comprehensive
Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based On Comparative
Skeletal Anatomy. An Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns
of Natural History. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Special
Memoir #4 (supplement to Volume 18). Pages 1-700.
Bemis, W.E. and B. Kynard. 1997. Sturgeon rivers: an introduction to
acipenseriform biogeography and life history. Environmental Biology
of Fishes, 48: 167-183. Bemis, W.E., E. K. Findeis and L. Grande. 1997. An overview
of Acipenseriformes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 48:
25-71.
Birstein, V.J., J.R. Waldman and W.E. Bemis. (eds.) 1997. Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation. Reprinted from Environmental Biology of Fishes 48(1-4): 1-444. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Grande, L. and W.E. Bemis. 1996. Interrelationships of Acipenseriformes with comments on "Chondrostei". pages 85-115. In: M.L.J. Stiassny, L.R. Parenti & G.D. Johnson (eds.) Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press, New York.
Northcutt, R.G. and W.E. Bemis. 1993. Cranial Nerves of the Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae [Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii: Actinistia] and Comparisons with other Craniata. Brain, Behavior and Evolution (supplement 1 to Volume 42) Pages 1-76.
Bemis, W.E. and L. Grande. 1992. Early development of the
actinopterygian head. I. General observations and comments on staging
of the paddlefish, Polyodon spathula. J. Morphol.,
213: 47-83.
Bemis, W.E. and R.G .Northcutt. 1992. Vasculature in the snout of the
Australian lungfish and its significance for interpreting the cosmine
of Devonian lungfishes. Acta Zool., 73: 115-139. Burggren, W.W. and W.E. Bemis. 1992. Ram ventilation in the paddlefish,
Polyodon spathula. Physiol. Zool., 65: 515-539.
Grande, L. and W.E. Bemis. 1991. Osteology and Phylogenetic Relationships of Fossil and Recent Paddlefishes (Polyodontidae) with Comment on the Interrelationships of Acipenseriformes. J. Vertebrate Paleontology, Special Memoir Number 1 (supplement to Volume 11). Pages 1-121.
Bemis, W.E. and R.G. Northcutt. 1991. Innervation of the basicranial
muscle of Latimeria chalumnae. Environ. Biol. Fishes,
32: 147-158.
Pelster, B and W.E. Bemis. 1991. Ontogeny of heart function in the little
skate, Raja erinacea. J. Exp. Biol., 156: 387-398.
Findeis, E.K. and W.E. Bemis. 1990. Evolutionary morphology of tongue
projection in Taricha torosa (Urodela: Salmandridae). Zool.
J. Linn. Soc., 99: 129-157.
Bemis, W.E., W.W. Burggren and N.E. Kemp. (eds.) 1987. The Biology and Evolution of Lungfishes. Alan Liss, NY. Pages 1-383. (Simultaneously published as the Centennial Supplement to the Journal of Morphology).
Bemis, W.E. 1984. Paedomorphosis and the evolution of the Dipnoi.
Paleobiology, 10: 293-307.
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