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  1. Resolving Shifting Patterns of Muscle Energy Use in Swimming Fish

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2014, PLOS

    Dr David J Ellerby

  2. Variation in Fast-Start Performance within a Population of Polyphenic Bluegill ( Lepomis macrochirus )*

    Article • Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, November 2012, University of Chicago Press

    Dr David J Ellerby

  3. Swimming Flumes as a Tool for Studying Swimming Behavior and Physiology: Current Applications and Future Developments

    Article • August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David J Ellerby

  4. Serotonin as an integrator of leech behavior and muscle mechanical performance

    Article • Zoology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr David J Ellerby

  5. Function of a large biarticular hip and knee extensor during walking and running in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, September 2011, The Company of Biologists

    Dr David J Ellerby

  6. Sympatric Divergence and Performance Trade-Offs of Bluegill Ecomorphs

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David J Ellerby

  7. Leeches run cold, then hot

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David J Ellerby

  8. BUOYANCY, LOCOMOTION, AND MOVEMENT IN FISHES | Undulatory Swimming

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David J Ellerby

  9. The mechanical function of linked muscles in the guinea fowl hind limb

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, June 2010, The Company of Biologists

    Dr David J Ellerby

  10. The physiology and mechanics of undulatory swimming: a student laboratory exercise using medicinal leeches

    Article • AJP Advances in Physiology Education, September 2009, American Physiological Society

    Dr David J Ellerby

  11. The mechanics of explosive seed dispersal in orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David J Ellerby

  12. Effects of feeding on medicinal leech swimming performance

    Article • Journal of Zoology, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr David J Ellerby

  13. Integrating metabolic cost and muscle mechanical performance in swimming fish

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr David J Ellerby

  14. Comparing the economy of different teleost swimming styles

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr David J Ellerby

  15. The effects of acute temperature change on swimming performance in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, May 2008, The Company of Biologists

    Dr David J Ellerby

  16. Modulation of pectoralis muscle function in budgerigars Melopsitaccus undulatus and zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata in response to changing flight speed

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, November 2007, The Company of Biologists

    Dr David J Ellerby

  17. Modulation of flight muscle power output in budgerigars Melopsittacus undulatus and zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata: in vitro muscle performance

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, November 2007, The Company of Biologists

    Dr David J Ellerby

  18. Efficiency of labriform swimming in the bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, October 2007, The Company of Biologists

    Dr David J Ellerby

  19. The mechanical power requirements of avian flight

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2007, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David J Ellerby

  20. The energetic costs of trunk and distal-limb loading during walking and running in guinea fowl Numida meleagris: II. Muscle energy use as indicated by blood flow

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, June 2006, The Company of Biologists

    Dr David J Ellerby

  21. Modulation of power during flight

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr David J Ellerby

  22. Blood flow in guinea fowlNumida meleagrisas an indicator of energy expenditure by individual muscles during walking and running

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, April 2005, Wiley

    Dr David J Ellerby

  23. Partitioning the Energetics of Walking and Running: Swinging the Limbs Is Expensive

    Article • Science, January 2004, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr David J Ellerby

  24. Measurement of Maximum Oxygen Consumption in Guinea Fowl Numida meleagris Indicates That Birds and Mammals Display a Similar Diversity of Aerobic Scopes during Running

    Article • Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, September 2003, University of Chicago Press

    Dr David J Ellerby

  25. Resistances to fluid flow of model xylem vessels with simple and scalariform perforation plates

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, June 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David J Ellerby

  26. Resistances to fluid flow of model xylem vessels with simple and scalariform perforation plates

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, June 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David J Ellerby