Richard W. Blob, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biological Sciences Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States 
Area:
Locomotion

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2024 Iijima M, Mayerl CJ, Munteanu VD, Blob RW. Forelimb muscle activation patterns in American alligators: Insights into the evolution of limb posture and powered flight in archosaurs. Journal of Anatomy. PMID 38242862 DOI: 10.1111/joa.14011  0.743
2023 Kinsey CT, Ratz C, Adams D, Webber-Shultz A, Blob R. Effects of Development on Bone Mineral Density and Mechanical Properties in the Aquatic Frog, Xenopus Laevis, and a Terrestrial Frog, Lithobates Catesbianus. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 37289595 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icad039  0.665
2023 Munteanu VD, Diamond KM, Blob RW. Limb bone strains during climbing in green iguanas (Iguana iguana): testing biomechanical release as a mechanism promoting morphological transitions in arboreal vertebrates. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 226. PMID 37222384 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.245175  0.369
2023 Blob RW, Diamond KM, Lagarde R, Maie T, Moody KN, Palecek AM, Ward JL, Schoenfuss HL. Integrating biomechanics in evolutionary studies, with examples from the amphidromous goby model system. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 226. PMID 37021688 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.244942  0.793
2022 Quigley ZMG, Blob RW, Kawano SM. Kinematic comparisons between mudskipper fins and salamander limbs during terrestrial locomotion. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. PMID 35384382 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2594  0.62
2022 Kawano SM, Blob RW. Terrestrial force production by the limbs of a semi-aquatic salamander provides insight into the evolution of terrestrial locomotor mechanics. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 225. PMID 35285477 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242795  0.632
2021 Iijima M, Munteanu VD, Elsey RM, Blob RW. Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 224. PMID 34746961 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242990  0.309
2021 Maie T, Blob RW. Adhesive force and endurance of the pelvic sucker across different modes of waterfall-climbing in gobiid fishes: Contrasting climbing mechanisms share aspects of ontogenetic change. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 149: 125969. PMID 34601374 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2021.125969  0.778
2021 Palecek AM, Novak MV, Blob RW. Wading through water: effects of water depth and speed on the drag and kinematics of walking Chilean flamingos, Phoenicopterus chilensis. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 34505127 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242988  0.778
2021 Forker GK, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW, Diamond KM. Bendy to the bone: Links between vertebral morphology and waterfall climbing in amphidromous gobioid fishes. Journal of Anatomy. PMID 33928628 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13449  0.347
2021 Palecek AM, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Sticking to it: testing passive pull-off forces in waterfall-climbing fishes across challenging substrates. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 224. PMID 33328291 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.228718  0.794
2020 Blob RW, Baumann T, Diamond KM, Young VKH, Schoenfuss HL. Functional correlations of axial muscle fiber type proportions in the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian stream fish Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Journal of Anatomy. PMID 32092791 DOI: 10.1111/Joa.13169  0.388
2019 Granatosky MC, McElroy EJ, Lemelin P, Reilly SM, Nyakatura JA, Andrada E, Kilbourne BM, Allen VR, Butcher MT, Blob RW, Ross CF. Variation in limb loading magnitude and timing in tetrapods. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 31776184 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.201525  0.743
2019 Mayerl CJ, Capano JG, Moreno AA, Wyneken J, Blob RW, Brainerd EL. Pectoral and pelvic girdle rotations during walking and swimming in a semi-aquatic turtle: testing functional role and constraint. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 31767737 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.212688  0.753
2019 Donaldson MC, Holter AM, Neuhoff S, Arnosky JA, Simpson BW, Vernon K, Blob RW, DesJardins JD. The Translation of Movement From the Equine to Rider With Relevance for Hippotherapy. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 77: 125-131. PMID 31133306 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jevs.2019.02.017  0.363
2019 Moody KN, Wren JLK, Kobayashi DR, Blum MJ, Ptacek MB, Blob RW, Toonen RJ, Schoenfuss HL, Childress MJ. Evidence of local adaptation in a waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby fish derived from coupled biophysical modeling of larval dispersal and post-settlement selection. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 19: 88. PMID 30975077 DOI: 10.1186/S12862-019-1413-4  0.334
2019 Young VKH, Baeza JA, Blob RW. Comparative limb bone scaling in turtles: Phylogenetic transitions with changes in functional demands? Journal of Morphology. PMID 30811074 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20968  0.465
2019 Diamond KM, Lagarde R, Schoenfuss HL, Walker JA, Ponton D, Blob RW. Relationship of escape performance with predator regime and ontogeny in fishes Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 127: 324-336. DOI: 10.1093/Biolinnean/Blz055  0.692
2019 Mayerl CJ, Hicks KE, Blob RW. Differences in kinematic plasticity between freshwater turtle species underlie differences in swimming performance in response to varying flow conditions Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 127: 762-770. DOI: 10.1093/Biolinnean/Blz051  0.387
2019 Gates J, Bridges W, Blob R, Scott T, Vernon K. Effects of equine conformation, limb joint angulation, biomechanics and kinematics on rider balance Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 76: 50. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jevs.2019.03.040  0.319
2018 Strunk R, Vernon K, Blob R, Bridges W, Skewes P. Effects of Rider Experience Level on Horse Kinematics and Behavior. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 68: 68-72. PMID 31256892 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jevs.2018.05.209  0.32
2018 Mayerl CJ, Sansone AM, Stevens LM, Hall GJ, Porter MM, Rivera G, Blob RW. The impact of keels and tails on turtle swimming performance and their potential as models for biomimetic design. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 14: 016002. PMID 30403189 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/Aae906  0.786
2018 Rubin AM, Blob RW, Mayerl CJ. Biomechanical factors influencing successful self-righting in the pleurodire turtle, . The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 29798849 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.182642  0.717
2018 Lagarde R, Borie G, Blob RW, Schoenfuss HL, Ponton D. Intra‐ and inter‐specific morphological diversity of amphidromous gobies influences waterfall‐climbing performance Journal of Zoology. 306: 243-251. DOI: 10.1111/Jzo.12600  0.326
2018 Mayerl CJ, Youngblood JP, Rivera G, Vance JT, Blob RW. Variation in Morphology and Kinematics Underlies Variation in Swimming Stability and Turning Performance in Freshwater Turtles Integrative Organismal Biology. 1. DOI: 10.1093/IOB/OBY001  0.554
2017 Young VKH, Wienands CE, Wilburn BP, Blob RW. Humeral loads during swimming and walking in turtles: implications for morphological change during aquatic reinvasions. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 28883088 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.156836  0.384
2017 Brainerd EL, Blob RW, Hedrick TL, Creamer AT, Müller UK. Data Management Rubric for Video Data in Organismal Biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57: 33-47. PMID 28881939 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icx060  0.557
2017 Mayerl CJ, Blob RW. A novel, bounding gait in swimming turtles: implications for aquatic locomotor diversity. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 28807934 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.164103  0.75
2017 Mayerl CJ, Pruett JE, Summerlin MN, Rivera ARV, Blob RW. Hindlimb muscle function in turtles: is novel skeletal design correlated with novel muscle function? The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 28476892 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.157792  0.74
2017 Young VK, Vest KG, Rivera AR, Espinoza NR, Blob RW. One foot out the door: limb function during swimming in terrestrial versus aquatic turtles. Biology Letters. 13. PMID 28123109 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2016.0732  0.809
2017 Moody KN, Kawano SM, Bridges WC, Blob RW, Schoenfuss HL, Ptacek MB. Contrasting post-settlement selection results in many-to-one mapping of high performance phenotypes in the Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni Evolutionary Ecology. 31: 489-516. DOI: 10.1007/S10682-017-9889-0  0.609
2016 Blob RW, Mayerl CJ, Rivera AR, Rivera G, Young VK. "On the Fence" versus "All in": Insights from Turtles for the Evolution of Aquatic Locomotor Specializations and Habitat Transitions in Tetrapod Vertebrates. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56: 1310-1322. PMID 27940619 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icw121  0.827
2016 Diamond KM, Schoenfuss HL, Walker JA, Blob RW. Flowing water affects fish fast-starts: escape performance of the Hawaiian stream goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 27471278 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.137554  0.678
2016 McInroe B, Astley HC, Gong C, Kawano SM, Schiebel PE, Rieser JM, Choset H, Blob RW, Goldman DI. Tail use improves performance on soft substrates in models of early vertebrate land locomotors. Science (New York, N.Y.). 353: 154-8. PMID 27387947 DOI: 10.1126/Science.Aaf0984  0.619
2016 Mayerl CJ, Brainerd EL, Blob RW. Pelvic girdle mobility of cryptodire and pleurodire turtles during walking and swimming. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 27340204 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.141622  0.769
2015 Kawano SM, Economy DR, Kennedy MS, Dean D, Blob RW. Comparative limb bone loading in the humerus and femur of the tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum: testing the 'mixed-chain' hypothesis for skeletal safety factors. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 26596535 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.125799  0.628
2015 Young VK, Blob RW. Limb bone loading in swimming turtles: changes in loading facilitate transitions from tubular to flipper-shaped limbs during aquatic invasions. Biology Letters. 11. PMID 26085496 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2015.0110  0.418
2015 Aiello BR, Iriarte-Diaz J, Blob RW, Butcher MT, Carrano MT, Espinoza NR, Main RP, Ross CF. Bone strain magnitude is correlated with bone strain rate in tetrapods: implications for models of mechanotransduction. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 282. PMID 26063842 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2015.0321  0.755
2015 Copploe JV, Blob RW, Parrish JH, Butcher MT. In vivo strains in the femur of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Journal of Morphology. 276: 889-99. PMID 25809577 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20387  0.715
2015 Moody KN, Hunter SN, Childress MJ, Blob RW, Schoenfuss HL, Blum MJ, Ptacek MB. Local adaptation despite high gene flow in the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Molecular Ecology. 24: 545-63. PMID 25442423 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13016  0.352
2014 Blob RW, Higham TE. Terrestrial locomotion-where do we stand, where are we going? An introduction to the symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54: 1051-7. PMID 25061044 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icu105  0.604
2014 Blob RW, Espinoza NR, Butcher MT, Lee AH, D'Amico AR, Baig F, Sheffield KM. Diversity of limb-bone safety factors for locomotion in terrestrial vertebrates: evolution and mixed chains. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54: 1058-71. PMID 24808012 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icu032  0.793
2013 Schoenfuss HL, Maie T, Moody KN, Lesteberg KE, Blob RW, Schoenfuss TC. Stairway to heaven: evaluating levels of biological organization correlated with the successful ascent of natural waterfalls in the Hawaiian stream goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Plos One. 8: e84851. PMID 24386424 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0084851  0.775
2013 Rivera AR, Blob RW. Forelimb muscle function in pig-nosed turtles, Carettochelys insculpta: testing neuromotor conservation between rowing and flapping in swimming turtles. Biology Letters. 9: 20130471. PMID 23966596 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2013.0471  0.715
2013 Aiello BR, Blob RW, Butcher MT. Correlation of muscle function and bone strain in the hindlimb of the river cooter turtle (Pseudemys concinna). Journal of Morphology. 274: 1060-9. PMID 23733583 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20162  0.802
2013 Kawano SM, Blob RW. Propulsive forces of mudskipper fins and salamander limbs during terrestrial locomotion: implications for the invasion of land. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53: 283-94. PMID 23667046 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Ict051  0.668
2013 Ashley-Ross MA, Hsieh ST, Gibb AC, Blob RW. Vertebrate land invasions-past, present, and future: an introduction to the symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53: 192-6. PMID 23660589 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Ict048  0.793
2013 Ross CF, Blob RW, Carrier DR, Daley MA, Deban SM, Demes B, Gripper JL, Iriarte-Diaz J, Kilbourne BM, Landberg T, Polk JD, Schilling N, Vanhooydonck B. The evolution of locomotor rhythmicity in tetrapods. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 67: 1209-17. PMID 23550769 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12015  0.675
2013 Maie T, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Musculoskeletal determinants of pelvic sucker function in Hawaiian stream gobiid fishes: interspecific comparisons and allometric scaling. Journal of Morphology. 274: 733-42. PMID 23450656 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20130  0.785
2013 Cullen JA, Maie T, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Evolutionary novelty versus exaptation: oral kinematics in feeding versus climbing in the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian Goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Plos One. 8: e53274. PMID 23308184 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0053274  0.774
2013 Rivera AR, Rivera G, Blob RW. Forelimb kinematics during swimming in the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, compared with other turtle taxa: rowing versus flapping, convergence versus intermediacy. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 668-80. PMID 23125335 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.079715  0.747
2013 Maie T, Furtek S, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Feeding performance of the Hawaiian sleeper,Eleotris sandwicensis(Gobioidei: Eleotridae): correlations between predatory functional modulation and selection pressures on prey Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111: 359-374. DOI: 10.1111/Bij.12214  0.791
2012 Maie T, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Performance and scaling of a novel locomotor structure: adhesive capacity of climbing gobiid fishes. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 3925-36. PMID 23100486 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.072967  0.783
2012 Leonard G, Maie T, Moody KN, Schrank GD, Blob RW, Schoenfuss HL. Finding paradise: cues directing the migration of the waterfall climbing Hawaiian gobioid Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Journal of Fish Biology. 81: 903-20. PMID 22803741 DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8649.2012.03352.X  0.757
2012 Rivera AR, Davis J, Grant W, Blob RW, Peterson E, Neiman AB, Rowe M. Quantifying utricular stimulation during natural behavior. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 317: 467-80. PMID 22753360 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.1739  0.653
2012 Kawano SM, Bridges WC, Schoenfuss HL, Maie T, Blob RW. Differences in locomotor behavior correspond to different patterns of morphological selection in two species of waterfall-climbing gobiid fishes Evolutionary Ecology. 27: 949-969. DOI: 10.1007/S10682-012-9621-Z  0.805
2011 Maie T, Meister AB, Leonard GL, Schrank GD, Blob RW, Schoenfuss HL. Jaw muscle fiber type distribution in Hawaiian gobioid stream fishes: histochemical correlations with feeding ecology and behavior. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 114: 340-7. PMID 21978841 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2011.05.005  0.754
2011 Gosnell WC, Butcher MT, Maie T, Blob RW. Femoral loading mechanics in the Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana: torsion and mediolateral bending in mammalian locomotion. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 3455-66. PMID 21957109 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.060178  0.809
2011 Rivera AR, Wyneken J, Blob RW. Forelimb kinematics and motor patterns of swimming loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): are motor patterns conserved in the evolution of new locomotor strategies? The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 3314-23. PMID 21900480 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.057364  0.729
2011 Butcher MT, White BJ, Hudzik NB, Gosnell WC, Parrish JH, Blob RW. In vivo strains in the femur of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) during terrestrial locomotion: testing hypotheses of evolutionary shifts in mammalian bone loading and design. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 2631-40. PMID 21753057 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.049544  0.713
2011 Sheffield KM, Butcher MT, Shugart SK, Gander JC, Blob RW. Locomotor loading mechanics in the hindlimbs of tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae): comparative and evolutionary implications. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 2616-30. PMID 21753056 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.048801  0.718
2011 Sheffield KM, Blob RW. Loading mechanics of the femur in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) during terrestrial locomotion. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 2603-15. PMID 21753055 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.048736  0.439
2011 Rivera G, Rivera AR, Blob RW. Hydrodynamic stability of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta): effects of four-limbed rowing versus forelimb flapping in rigid-bodied tetrapods. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 1153-62. PMID 21389201 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.046045  0.772
2010 Blob RW, Kawano SM, Moody KN, Bridges WC, Maie T, Ptacek MB, Julius ML, Schoenfuss HL. Morphological selection and the evaluation of potential tradeoffs between escape from predators and the climbing of waterfalls in the Hawaiian stream goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50: 1185-99. PMID 21558266 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icq070  0.812
2010 Schoenfuss HL, Roos JD, Rivera AR, Blob RW. Motor patterns of distal hind limb muscles in walking turtles: Implications for models of limb bone loading. Journal of Morphology. 271: 1527-36. PMID 20967829 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10901  0.713
2010 Rivera AR, Blob RW. Forelimb kinematics and motor patterns of the slider turtle (Trachemys scripta) during swimming and walking: shared and novel strategies for meeting locomotor demands of water and land. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 213: 3515-26. PMID 20889832 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.047167  0.708
2010 Dougherty E, Rivera G, Blob R, Wyneken J. Hydrodynamic stability in posthatchling loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 113: 158-67. PMID 20417080 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2009.10.001  0.599
2010 Gardner JD, Roček Z, Přikryl T, Eaton JG, Blob RW, Sankey JT. Comparative morphology of the ilium of anurans and urodeles (Lissamphibia) and a re-assessment of the anuran affinities of Nezpercius dodsoni Blob et al., 2001 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30: 1684-1696. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.521605  0.348
2009 Wilson MP, Espinoza NR, Shah SR, Blob RW. Mechanical properties of the hindlimb bones of bullfrogs and cane toads in bending and torsion. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007). 292: 935-44. PMID 19548305 DOI: 10.1002/Ar.20929  0.694
2009 Maie T, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Jaw lever analysis of Hawaiian gobioid stream fishes: a simulation study of morphological diversity and functional performance. Journal of Morphology. 270: 976-83. PMID 19274745 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10737  0.773
2009 Maie T, Wilson MP, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Feeding kinematics and performance of Hawaiian stream gobies, Awaous guamensis and Lentipes concolor: linkage of functional morphology and ecology. Journal of Morphology. 270: 344-56. PMID 19107821 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10695  0.776
2009 Gosnell JS, Rivera G, Blob RW. A phylogenetic analysis of sexual size dimorphism in Turtles Herpetologica. 65: 70-81. DOI: 10.1655/07-057R2.1  0.609
2008 Blob RW, Bridges WC, Ptacek MB, Maie T, Cediel RA, Bertolas MM, Julius ML, Schoenfuss HL. Morphological selection in an extreme flow environment: body shape and waterfall-climbing success in the Hawaiian stream fish Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 48: 734-49. PMID 21669829 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icn086  0.763
2008 Blob RW, Rivera G. Going with the flow: ecomorphological variation across aquatic flow regimes: an introduction to the symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 48: 699-701. PMID 21669825 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icn093  0.605
2008 Butcher MT, Espinoza NR, Cirilo SR, Blob RW. In vivo strains in the femur of river cooter turtles (Pseudemys concinna) during terrestrial locomotion: tests of force-platform models of loading mechanics. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 2397-407. PMID 18626073 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.018986  0.795
2008 Butcher MT, Blob RW. Mechanics of limb bone loading during terrestrial locomotion in river cooter turtles (Pseudemys concinna). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 1187-202. PMID 18375843 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.012989  0.719
2008 Cediel RA, Blob RW, Schrank GD, Plourde RC, Schoenfuss HL. Muscle fiber type distribution in climbing Hawaiian gobioid fishes: ontogeny and correlations with locomotor performance. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 111: 114-22. PMID 18222661 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2007.06.004  0.371
2008 Butcher MT, Blob RW. Mechanics of limb bone loading during terrestrial locomotion in river cooter turtles (Pseudemys concinna) (Journal of Experimental Biology 211, (1187-1202)) Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 2369. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021329  0.666
2007 Maie T, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Ontogenetic Scaling of Body Proportions In Waterfall-climbing Gobiid Fishes from Hawai'i and Dominica: Implications for Locomotor Function Copeia. 2007: 755-764. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[755:Osobpi]2.0.Co;2  0.767
2007 Blob RW, Wright KM, Becker M, Maie T, Iverson TJ, Julius ML, Schoenfuss HL. Ontogenetic change in novel functions: Waterfall climbing in adult Hawaiian gobiid fishes Journal of Zoology. 273: 200-209. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.2007.00315.X  0.766
2006 Rivera G, Rivera AR, Dougherty EE, Blob RW. Aquatic turning performance of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and functional consequences of a rigid body design. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 209: 4203-13. PMID 17050835 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.02488  0.771
2006 Blob RW, Snelgrove JM. Antler stiffness in moose (Alces alces): correlated evolution of bone function and material properties? Journal of Morphology. 267: 1075-86. PMID 16752424 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10461  0.391
2006 Blob RW, Rai R, Julius ML, Schoenfuss HL. Functional diversity in extreme environments: Effects of locomotor style and substrate texture on the waterfall-climbing performance of Hawaiian gobiid fishes Journal of Zoology. 268: 315-324. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.2005.00034.X  0.443
2005 Reilly SM, Willey JS, Biknevicius AR, Blob RW. Hindlimb function in the alligator: integrating movements, motor patterns, ground reaction forces and bone strain of terrestrial locomotion. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 993-1009. PMID 15767301 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.01473  0.427
2005 Julius ML, Blob RW, Schoenfuss HL. The survival of Sicyopterus stimpsoni, an endemic amphidromous Hawaiian gobiid fish, relies on the hydrological cycles of streams: Evidence from changes in algal composition of diet through growth stages Aquatic Ecology. 39: 473-484. DOI: 10.1007/S10452-005-9007-1  0.371
2004 Willey JS, Blob RW. Tail kinematics of juvenile common snapping turtles during aquatic walking Journal of Herpetology. 38: 360-369. DOI: 10.1670/48-04A  0.438
2003 Reilly SM, Blob RW. Motor control of locomotor hindlimb posture in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 4327-40. PMID 14581602 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.00688  0.425
2003 Westneat MW, Betz O, Blob RW, Fezzaa K, Cooper WJ, Lee WK. Tracheal respiration in insects visualized with synchrotron x-ray imaging. Science (New York, N.Y.). 299: 558-60. PMID 12543973 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1078008  0.678
2003 Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW. Kinematics of waterfall climbing in Hawaiian freshwater fishes (Gobiidae): vertical propulsion at the aquatic–terrestrial interface Journal of Zoology. 261: 191-205. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004102  0.409
2001 Gillis GB, Blob RW. How muscles accommodate movement in different physical environments: aquatic vs. terrestrial locomotion in vertebrates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part a, Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 131: 61-75. PMID 11733167 DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00466-4  0.432
2001 Pace CM, Blob RW, Westneat MW. Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 204: 3261-71. PMID 11606600  0.647
2001 Blob RW, Biewener AA. Mechanics of limb bone loading during terrestrial locomotion in the green iguana (Iguana iguana) and American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 204: 1099-122. PMID 11222128  0.583
2001 Blob RW, Carrano MT, Rogers RR, Forster CA, Espinoza NR. A new fossil frog from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21: 190-194. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0190:Anffft]2.0.Co;2  0.621
2001 Blob RW. Evolution of hindlimb posture in nonmammalian therapsids: biomechanical tests of paleontological hypotheses Paleobiology. 27: 14-38. DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2001)027<0014:Eohpin>2.0.Co;2  0.427
2001 Blob RW, Labarbera M. Correlates of variation in deer antler stiffness: Age, mineral content, intra-antler location, habitat, and phylogeny Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 74: 113-120. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2001.Tb01380.X  0.359
2000 Blob RW. Interspecific scaling of the hindlimb skeleton in lizards, crocodilians, felids and canids: does limb bone shape correlate with limb posture? Journal of Zoology. 250: 507-531. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.2000.Tb00793.X  0.401
1999 Blob RW, Biewener AA. In vivo locomotor strain in the hindlimb bones of alligator mississippiensis and iguana iguana: implications for the evolution of limb bone safety factor and non-sprawling limb posture The Journal of Experimental Biology. 202: 1023-46. PMID 10101104  0.585
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