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• Motta, P.J., T.C. Tricas, R.E. Hueter and A.P. Summers (1997). Feeding mechanism and functional morphology of the jaws of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 200(21):2765-2780.

• Summers, A.P. (1997). A bibliography of Samuel Walton Garman. In Plagiostomia - the Sharks, Skates and Rays, A.P. Summers ed., Benthic Press, Los Angeles, CA.

• Summers, A.P. and T.J. Koob (1997). A biographical sketch of Samuel Walton Garman. In Plagiostomia - the Sharks, Skates and Rays, A.P. Summers ed., Benthic Press, Los Angeles, CA.

• Summers, A.P. and J.C. O'Reilly (1997). Kinematics of locomotion in two species of caecilian, Typhlonectes natans and Dermophis mexicanus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 121(1):65-76.

• Sharf, F., R. Yetter, A.P. Summers and F. Juanes (1998). Enhancing diet analyses of piscivorous fishes in the Northwest Atlantic through identification and reconstruction of original prey sizes from ingested remains. Fishery Bulletin 96(3):575-588.

• Summers, A.P., K.F. Darouian, A.M. Richmond and E.L. Brainerd (1998). Kinematics of terrestrial and aquatic feeding in Terrapene carolina, with implications for the evolution of feeding in cryptodire turtles (REPTILIA: TESTUDINES). Journal of Experimental Zoology 281:280-287.

• Summers, A.P., T.J. Koob and E.L. Brainerd (1998) Stingrays strut their stuff. Nature 395(6701): 450-451.

• Leonard, J.B.K., A.P. Summers and T.J. Koob (1999) Routine and standard metabolic rate of embryonic little skate (Raja erinacea): the cost of active pumping. Journal of Experimental Zoology 283(1): 13-18.

• Summers, A.P., K.E. Hartel and T.J. Koob. (1999) Agassiz, Garman, the Albatross and the deep-sea fishes. Marine Fisheries Review. 61(4):58-68.

• Summers, A.P. (2000). Stiffening the stingray skeleton - an investigation of durophagy in myliobatid stingrays (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea, Myliobatidae) Journal of Morphology.243:113-126. (cover)

• Liem, K.F. and A.P. Summers. (2000) Functional morphology, ecological modeling and feeding specializations - an integrative approach. Jan Osse Festschrift, Netherlands Journal of Zoology 50(2):245-259

• O'Reilly, J.C., A.P. Summers and D.A. Ritter (2000) The evolution of the functional role of trunk muscles during locomotion in adult amphibians. American Zoologist. 40:123-135 (cover)

• Summers, A.P. and L.A. Ferry-Graham (2001) Ventilatory modes and mechanics of the hedghog skate (Leucoraja erinacea) - testing the continuous flow hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Biology 204(9):1577-1587.

• Summers, A.P., M.H. Wake. (2001) A clarification regarding the holotype of Caecilia volcani (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Copeia 2001(2): 561-2.

• Motta, P.J. T. Tricas, R.L. Hueter and A.P. Summers. (2002) The kinematics of the feeding mechanism of the Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Copeia 2002(1): 24-38 .

• Mussi, M., A.P. Summers, and P. Domenici. (2002) Gait transition speed, pectoral fin-beat frequency and amplitude in three species of Surfperch, Cymatogaster aggregata, Embiotoca lateralis,and Damalychtis vacca. Journal of Fish Biology 61: 1282-1293.

• Summers, A.P. and Koob, T.J. (2002) The evolution of tendon. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 133(4):1159-1170.

• Koob, T.J. and A.P. Summers (2002) Tendon – bridging the gap. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133(4) 905-909.

• Kajiura, S.M., J. B. Forni, and A.P. Summers. (2003) Maneuvering in carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks: the role of the hammerhead shark cephalofoil. Zoology 106(1): 19-27. (cover)

• Summers, A.P. M.M. Koob-Emunds, S.M. Kajiura, and T.J. Koob. (2003) A novel fibrocartilaginous tendon from an elasmobranch fish (Rhinoptera bonasus) to Cell and Tissue Research 312: 221-227.

• Summers, A.P., R.A. Ketcham, T. Rowe (2004) Structure and Function of the Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci) Cranium Through Ontogeny: Development of a Hard Prey Specialist. 260:1–12. (cover)

• Summers, A.P. (2004) Fast Fish. Nature 429: 31-32

• Blackledge,T.A., A.P. Summers and C.Y. Hayashi (2005) Gumfooted lines in black widow cobwebs and the mechanical properties of spider capture silk . Zoology 108:41-46.

• Summers, A.P. (2005) Warm Hearteed Crocs. Nature 434: 833-834

• Kajiura, S.M., J. B. Forni, and A.P. Summers. (2005) Olfactory morphology of carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks – does the cephalofoil confer a sensory advantage? Journal of Morphology 264: 253-263. (cover)

• Schaefer, J.T. and A.P. Summers (2005) Batoid wing skeletal structure: novel morphologies, mechanical implications, and phylogenetic patterns. Journal of Morphology 264: 298-313.

• Dean, M.N., C.D.N. Wilga and A.P. Summers (2005) Eating without hands or tongue - specialization, elaboration and the evolution of prey processing mechanisms in cartilaginous fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society – Biology Letters 1(3) 357-361 .

• Kajiura, S.M., J.B. Forni, J.P. Tyminski and A.P. Summers. (2005) The sexually dimorphic cephalofoil of bonnethead sharks, Sphyrna tiburo Biological Bulletin; 209: 1-5. (Cover)