Publications
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2021. Kimball, D.S., Minicozzi, M.R., & Gibb, A.C.
The fast and the tendinous? Locomotor modifications of the caudal peduncle in Gila spp. from the American Southwest. Zool. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2021.125924
2020. Minicozzi, M., Kimball, D., Finden, A., Friedman, S., & Gibb, A.C. Are Extreme Anatomical Modifications Required for Fish to Move Effectively on Land? Comparative Anatomy of the Posterior Axial Skeleton in the Cyprinodontiformes. Anat. Rec., 303:53–64, 2020 doi: 10.1002/ar.24117
2020. Moran, C. O'Neill, M., & Gibb, A.C. Integrating Studies of Anatomy, Physiology, and Behavior into Conservation Strategies for the Imperiled Cyprinid Fishes of the Southwestern United States. Int. Comp. Biol. doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa031
2019. Minicozzi, M.R., Perez, J., Kimball, D., & Gibb, A.C. Scale Thickness Predicts Skin Puncture-Force Resistance in Three Pleuronectiform Fishes. Integrative Organismal Biology, 1(1), doi: 10.1093/iob/obz005.
2019. Wolters, P., Rogowski, D., Ward, D., & Gibb, A. Viability of Razorback-Flannelmouth sucker hybrids. Southwestern Naturalist, 63(4), 280-283. doi: 10.1894/0038-4909-63-4-280
2018. Moran, C., Gerry, S., O'Neill, M., Rzucidlo, C., & Gibb, A.C. Behavioral and physiological adaptations to high-flow velocities in Southwestern native chubs (Gila spp.). Journal of Experimental Biology.
doi:10.1242/jeb.158972
2018. Fox, C., Gibb, A.C., Summers, A., & Bemis, W. Benthic walking, bounding, and maneuvering in flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae): New vertebrate gaits. Zoology.
doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.07.002
2018. Moran, C., Ward, D., & Gibb, A.C. Key morphological features favor the success of non-native fish species under reduced turbidity conditions in the lower Colorado River Basin, USA. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. doi: 10.1002/tafs.10079
2018. Corn, K., Farina, S., Summers, A., & Gibb, A.C. Effects of organism and substrate size on burial mechanics of English sole, Parophrys vetulus. Journal of Experimental Biology. doi:10.1242/jeb.176131
2018. Bressman, N., Gibb, A.C., & Farina, S. A walking behavior generates effective overland movements in the tidepool sculpin, Oligocottus maculosus. Zoology. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.10.003
2017. Moran, C., O'Neill, M., Armbruster, J., & Gibb, A.C. Can members of the Southwestern Gila robusta species complex be distinguished by morphological features? Journal of Fish Biology, doi: 10.1111/jfb.13348.
2016. Moran, C., Ferry, L. & Gibb, A.C. Why does Gila elegans have a bony tail? A study
of swimming morphology convergence. Zool. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.002.
2015. Bressman, N., Farina, S. & Gibb, A.C. Look before you leap: Visual navigation and terrestrial locomotion of the intertidal killifish Fundulus heteroclitus. J. Exp. Zool. doi: 10.1002/jez.1996
2015. Michel, K.B., Aerts, P., Gibb, A. C. and Van Wassenbergh, S. Functional morphology and kinematics of terrestrial feeding in the largescale foureyes (Anableps anableps). J. Exp. Biol. 218, 2951-2960. doi: 10.1242/jeb.124644
2015. Gibb, A.C., Staab, K., Moran, C. & Ferry, L.A. The teleost intramandibular joint: A mechanism that allows fish to obtain prey unavailable to suction feeders. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi:10.1093/icb/icv042
2015. Ferry, L.A., Paig-Tran, M. and Gibb, A.C. Suction, ram, and biting: deviations and limitations to aquatic prey capture. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi:10.1093/icb/icv028
2014. Boumis R.J., Ferry L.A., Pace C.M. and Gibb A.C. Heads or Tails: Do Stranded Fish (Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis) Know Where They Are on a Slope and How to Return to the Water? PLoS ONE 9(8): e104569. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104569
2014. Pace, C.M. and Gibb, A.C. Sustained periodic terrestrial locomotion in air-breathing fishes. J. Fish Biol. doi:10.1111/jfb.12318.
2014. O’Neill, M.W. and Gibb, A.C. Does feeding behavior facilitate trophic niche partitioning in two suckers from the American Southwest? Phys. Biochem. Zool. doi: 10.1086/671901
2013. Ashley-Ross, M.A., Perlman, B.M., Gibb, A.C. and Long, J.H. Jr. Jumping sans legs: does elastic energy storage by the vertebral column power terrestrial jumps in bony fishes? Zool. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.10.005
2013. Copus, J.M. and Gibb, A.C. A forceful upper jaw facilitates picking-based prey capture: biomechanics of feeding in a butterfly fish Chaetodon trichourus. Zool. 116:336–347. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.08.005
2013. Gibb, A.C., Ashley-Ross, M.A., and Hsieh, S.T. Thrash, Flip, or Jump: The Behavioral and Functional Continuum of Terrestrial Locomotion in Teleost Fishes. Int. Comp. Biol. doi: 10.1093/icb/ict052.
2013. Ashley-Ross, M.A., Hsieh, S.T., Gibb, A.C. and Blob, R.W. Vertebrate Land Invasions--Past, Present, and Future: An Introduction to the Symposium. Int. Comp. Biol. doi: 10.1093/icb/ict048.
2013. Burnett, M.F. and Gibb, A.C. Do Changes in Morphology and Prey-Capture Movements Facilitate a Dietary Transition in Juvenile Colorado pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus lucius? Evol. Biol. 40:261-275. doi: 10.1007/s11692-012-9207-2
2012.
Ferry, L.A., Konow, N. and Gibb, A.C. Are Kissing Gourami Specialized for Substrate-Feeding? Prey Capture Kinematics of Helostoma temminckii and Other Anabantoid Fishes. J. Exp. Zool. doi: 10.1002/jez.1749
2012. Hunt, T.A., Ward, D.L., Propper, C.R., and Gibb, A.C. Effects of Capture by Trammel Net on Colorado River Native Fishes. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management: 3(1):133-141.
doi: 10.3996/122011-JFWM-070
2012. Arena, A., Ferry, L.A. and Gibb, A.C. Prey capture behavior of native vs. nonnative fishes: A case study from the Colorado river drainage basin (USA). J. Exp. Zool. 317A:103–116. doi:10.1002/jez.1000
2011. Gibb, A.C., Ashley-Ross, M.A., Pace, C.M. and Long, J.H. Jr. Fish out of water: terrestrial jumping by fully aquatic fishes. J. Exp. Zool. 315A:649-653. DOI: 10.1002/jez.711
2011. Pace, C. and Gibb, A.C. Locomotor behavior across an environmental transition in the ropefish,
Erpetoichthys calabaricus. J. exp. Biol. 214:530-537 doi: 10.1242/jeb.047902
2010. Ferry-Graham, L.A., Hernandez, L.P., Gibb, A.C. and Pace, C. Unusual kinematics and jaw morphology associated with piscivory in the poeciliid, Belonesox belizanus. Zoology. 113:140-147. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2009.09.001
2009. Pace, C.M. and Gibb, A.C. Mudskipper pectoral fin kinematics in aquatic and terrestrial environments. J. exp. Biol. 212:2279-2286. doi:10.1242/jeb.029041
2009. Hernandez, L.P., Gibb, A.C. and Ferry-Graham, L.A. Trophic apparatus in cyprinodontiform fishes: Functional specializations for picking and scraping behaviors. J. Morph. 270:645-661. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10711
2008. Ferry-Graham, L.A., Gibb, A.C. & Hernandez, L.P. Premaxillary movements in cyprinodontiform fishes: An unusual protrusion mechanism facilitates “picking” prey capture. Zool. 111:455-466. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.11.003
2008. Hernandez, L.P., Ferry-Graham, L.A., & Gibb, A.C. Morphology of a picky eater: A novel mechanism underlying premaxillary protrusion and retraction within cyprinodontiforms. Zool. 111:442-454. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.12.002
2008 Gibb, A.C., Ferry Graham, L.A., Hernandez, L.P., Romasco, R., & Blanton, J. Functional significance of intramandibular bending in poeciliid fishes. Env. Biol. Fish. 83:507–519 doi: 10.1007/s10641-008-9369-z
2008. Swanson, B.O., Gibb, A.C., Marks, J.C. &
Hendrickson, D.A. Variation in foraging behavior facilitates resource
partitioning in a polymorphic cichlid, Herichthys minckley. Env. Biol. Fish. 83:147–154 doi: 10.1007/s10641-007-9307-5
2007. O'Neill, M.W. & Gibb, A.C. Botulinum toxin injections as a method for chemically denervating skeletal muscle to test functional hypotheses: A pilot study in Lepomis cyanellus. Phys. Biochem.
Zool. 80: 241-249
2007. Gibb, A.C., Liu, C.
& Swanson, B.O. Heterochrony and the development of the escape response: prehatching movements in the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. J. Exp. Zool. 307A: 556-567 doi: 10.1002/jez.409
2006. Herrel, A. and Gibb, A.C. Ontogeny of performance in vertebrates. Phys. Biochem. Zool. 79:1-6
2006. Gibb, A.C., Swanson, B.O. Wesp, H.M, Landels, C. and Liu, C. Development of the escape response in teleost fishes: Do ontogenetic changes enable improved performance? Phys. Biochem. Zool. 79:7-19
2005. Gibb, A.C. and Ferry-Graham, L.A. Cranial movements during suction feeding in teleost fishes: Are they modified to enhance suction production? Zool. 108:141-153
2005. Swanson, B.O., Gibb, A.C., Marks, J.C. & Hendrickson, D.A. Do movement patterns differ between laboratory and field suction feeding behaviors in a Mexican cichlid? Env. Biol. Fish. 74:201-208
2004. Swanson, B.O. and Gibb, A.C. Kinematics of aquatic and terrestrial escape responses in mudskippers. J. exp. Biol. 207:4037-4044
2003. Wesp, H.M. and Gibb, A.C. Do endangered razorback suckers have poor larval escape performance relative to introduced rainbow trout? Trans. Am. Fish.Soc. 132:1166-1178
2003. Swanson, B.O., Gibb, A.C., Marks, J.C. and Hendrickson, D.A. Trophic polymorphism and behavioral differences decrease intra-specific competition in a cichlid, Herichthys minckleyi. Ecol. 84(6):1441-1446
2003. Gibb, A.C. Modeling the jaw mechanism of Pleuronichthys verticalis: the morphological basis of asymmetrical jaw movements in a flatfish. J. Morph.
256(1):1-12
2002. Gibb, A.C. and Dickson, K.A. Functional morphology and biochemical indices of performance: Is there a correlation between metabolic enzyme activity and swimming performance? Int. Comp. Biol. 42(2):199-207
2001. Ferry-Graham, L.A., and Gibb, A.C. Comparison of fasting and post-feeding metabolic rates in a sedentary shark Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. Copeia. 101:1108-1113
1999. Gibb, A.C., Dickson, K.A and Lauder, G.V. Tail kinematics of the chub mackerel Scomber japonicus: testing the homocercal tail model of fish propulsion. J. exp. Biol. 202:2433-2447
1997. Gibb, A.C. Do flatfish feed like other fishes? A comparative study of percomorph prey-capture kinematics. J. exp. Biol.200:2841-2859
1996. Gibb, A.C. The kinematics of prey capture in Xystreurys liolepis: do all flatfish feed asymmetrically? J. exp. Biol.199:2269-2283
1995. Gibb, A.C. Kinematics of prey capture in a flatfish, Pleuronichthys verticalis. J. exp. Biol. 198:1173-1183
1994. Gibb, A.C., Jayne, B.C., and Lauder, G.V. Kinematics of pectoral fin locomotion in the bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus. J. exp. Biol. 189:133-161
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