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  1. Suffused: baleen fringe mat porosity and hydrodynamics in balaenid and balaenopterid whales

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  2. Dynamic filtration in baleen whales: recent discoveries and emerging trends

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, April 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  3. Humpback whales inflate throat pleats to rub against the seafloor for skin maintenance

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  4. Baleen–Plastic Interactions Reveal High Risk to All Filter-Feeding Whales from Clogging, Ingestion, and Entanglement

    Article • Oceans, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  5. Cetacean tongue mobility and function: A comparative review

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  6. Osteological correlates of evolutionary transitions in cetacean feeding and related oropharyngeal functions

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, April 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  7. Convergent Evolution of Secondarily Aquatic Feeding in Mammals

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  8. Skulls, Teeth, and Sex

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  9. Case studies on longitudinal mercury content in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) baleen

    Article • Heliyon, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  10. The brain limit

    Article • eLife, November 2021, eLife

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  11. Differential baleen growth and its consequences

    Article • Polar Biology, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  12. How we Think About Human Nature: Cognitive Errors and Concrete Remedies

    Article • Foundations of Science, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  13. Anatomy and function of feeding

    Article • January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  14. Rorqual Lunge-Feeding Energetics Near and Away from the Kinematic Threshold of Optimal Efficiency

    Article • Integrative Organismal Biology, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  15. Case Studies on Longitudinal Mercury Content in Humpback Whale ( <i>Megaptera Novaeangliae</i>) Baleen

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  16. A perfectly inelastic collision: Bulk prey engulfment by baleen whales and dynamical implications for the world's largest cetaceans

    Article • American Journal of Physics, October 2020, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  17. Structure and properties of baleen in the Southern right (Eubalaena australis) and Pygmy right whales (Caperea marginata)

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  18. How We Think about Human Nature: The Naturalizing Error

    Article • Philosophy of Science, July 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  19. Retraction: Whale jaw joint is a shock absorber

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, June 2020, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  20. Cetaceans as Exemplars of Evolution and Evolutionary Ecology: A Glossary

    Article • Oceans, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  21. Baleen turnover and gut transit in mysticete whales and its environmental implications

    Article • Polar Biology, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  22. Whale jaw joint is a shock absorber

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, April 2020, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  23. Whale breaching says it loud and clear

    Article • eLife, March 2020, eLife

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  24. Teleology’s long shadow

    Article • Evolution Education and Outreach, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  25. Multiaxial movements at the minke whale temporomandibular joint

    Article • Journal of Morphology, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  26. Lunge filter feeding biomechanics constrain rorqual foraging ecology across scale

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, January 2020, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  27. Evaluating Environmental Threats to the Trophic Ecology of Arctic Marine Mammals

    Article • December 2019, sPage.direcT

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  28. Pectoral herding: an innovative tactic for humpback whale foraging

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, October 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  29. A Method to Replace Whale Gingival Tissue for Long-Term Study or Exhibition of Full Baleen Racks

    Article • Aquatic Mammals, September 2019, Aquatic Mammals Journal

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  30. Correction to: Enamel Microstructure in Cetacea: a Case Study in Evolutionary Loss of Complexity

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  31. Enamel Microstructure in Cetacea: a Case Study in Evolutionary Loss of Complexity

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  32. New views of humpback whale flow dynamics and oral morphology during prey engulfment

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  33. Oil adsorption does not structurally or functionally alter whale baleen

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, May 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  34. Slick, Stretchy Fascia Underlies the Sliding Tongue of Rorquals

    Article • The Anatomical Record, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  35. Filtration area scaling and evolution in mysticetes: trophic niche partitioning and the curious cases of sei and pygmy right whales

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  36. Baleen

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  37. How do baleen whales stow their filter? A comparative biomechanical analysis of baleen bending

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, January 2018, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  38. Are there Limits to Evolutionary Explanations?

    Article • Journal of Natural Sciences, January 2018, American Research Institute for Policy Develeopment

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  39. Sling, Scoop, and Squirter: Anatomical Features Facilitating Prey Transport, Processing, and Swallowing in Rorqual Whales (Mammalia: Balaenopteridae)

    Article • The Anatomical Record, April 2017, Wiley

    Haruka Ito, Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  40. Oral cavity hydrodynamics and drag production in Balaenid whale suspension feeding

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2017, PLOS

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  41. How Baleen Whales Feed: The Biomechanics of Engulfment and Filtration

    Article • Annual Review of Marine Science, January 2017, Annual Reviews

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  42. Are there Limits to Evolutionary Explanations?

    Article • Journal of Physical Education and Sports Management, January 2017, American Research Institute for Policy Develeopment

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  43. Baleen is more flexible than previously thought

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  44. The Naturalizing Error

    Article • Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  45. Baleen Hydrodynamics and Morphology of Cross-Flow Filtration in Balaenid Whale Suspension Feeding

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2016, PLOS

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  46. Baleen wear reveals intraoral water flow patterns of mysticete filter feeding

    Article • Journal of Morphology, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  47. What Makes Biology Tick?

    Article • BioScience, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  48. Vestiges of the natural history of development: historical holdovers reveal the dynamic interaction between ontogeny and phylogeny

    Article • Evolution Education and Outreach, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  49. The Evolutionary Truth About Living Fossils

    Article • American Scientist, January 2014, Sigma Xi

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  50. Flow-dependent porosity and other biomechanical properties of mysticete baleen

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, March 2013, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  51. An Intraoral Thermoregulatory Organ in the Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus), the Corpus Cavernosum Maxillaris

    Article • The Anatomical Record, February 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  52. Abdominal fat pads act as control surfaces in lieu of dorsal fins in the beluga (Delphinapterus)

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, July 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  53. Avoiding the Pitfall of Progress and Associated Perils of Evolutionary Education

    Article • Evolution Education and Outreach, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  54. Hydrodynamic and Sensory Factors Governing Response of Copepods to Simulated Predation by Balaenid Whales

    Article • International Journal of Ecology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  55. Adaptations of the cetacean hyolingual apparatus for aquatic feeding and thermoregulation

    Article • The Anatomical Record, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  56. MANDIBULAR AND DENTAL VARIATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF SUCTION FEEDING IN ODONTOCETI

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  57. Blunter heads and rounder mouths improve suction feeding

    Article • Journal of Morphology, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  58. Evolution & Development Are Not the Same

    Article • The American Biology Teacher, April 2005, JSTOR

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  59. Evolution & Development Are Not the Same

    Article • The American Biology Teacher, April 2005, University of California Press

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  60. Functional Morphology of the Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Tongue, with Reference to Suction Feeding

    Article • Aquatic Mammals, December 2004, Aquatic Mammals Journal

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  61. Models of hydrodynamic flow in the bowhead whale filter feeding apparatus

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, September 2004, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  62. Simple Lessons in Biomechanics & Biological Materials Using Everyday Objects

    Article • The American Biology Teacher, April 2001, University of California Press

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  63. Simple Lessons in Biomechanics & Biological Materials Using Everyday Objects

    Article • The American Biology Teacher, April 2001, University of California Press

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  64. A KINEMATIC STUDY OF SUCTION FEEDING AND ASSOCIATED BEHAVIOR IN THE LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE, GLOBICEPHALA MELAS (TRAILL)

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, April 2000, Wiley

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth

  65. Feeding in Marine Mammals

    Article • January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr. Alexander J. Werth