Cheryl Ann Denesha Wilga

Publications

2002. Wilga, C.D., R.E. Hueter, P.C. Wainwright and P.J. Motta. Evolution of upper jaw protrusion mechanisms in elasmobranchs. From the Symposium Evolution of feeding motor patterns in vertebrates presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 2001, at Chicago, Illinois. American Zoologist, In Press

2001. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Functional Morphology of the Pectoral Fins in Bamboo Sharks, Chiloscyllium plagiosum: Benthic versus Pelagic Station Holding. Journal of Morphology, 249:195-209.

2001. Motta, P.J. and C.D. Wilga. Advances in the study of feeding mechanisms, mechanics, and behaviors of sharks. In The Behavior and Sensory Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. An Anthology in memory of Donald Richard Nelson (S. Gruber and T. Tri cas, eds). Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, 20:131-156.

2000. Wilga, C.D. and P.J. Motta. Durophagy in sharks: feeding mechanics of the hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203: 2781-2796.

2000. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Three-dimensional kinematics and wake structure of the pectoral fins during locomotion in the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata. Journal of Experimental Biology, 203: 2261-2278.

2000. Wilga, C.D., P.C. Wainwright, and P.J. Motta. Evolution of jaw depression mechanics in aquatic vertebrates: Insights from Chondrichthyes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71:165-185.

1999. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Locomotion in sturgeon: function of the pectoral fins. Journal of Experimental Biology, 202: 2413-2432.

1999. Motta, P.J. and C.D. Wilga. Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Morphology. 24:1-29.

1998b. Wilga, C.D. and P.J. Motta. The feeding mechanism of the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus: Modulation of kinematic and motor activity. Journal of Experimental Biology. 201: 3167-3183.

1998a. Wilga, C.D. and P.J. Motta. Conservation and variation in the feeding mechanism of the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias. Journal of Experimental Biology. 201:1345-1358.

1995. Motta, P.J. and C.D. Wilga. Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Journal of Morphology. 226:309-329.