Philip J. Motta - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biology University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States 
Area:
fish functional morphology and behavior

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2020 Carr EM, Motta PJ. Tooth length and occlusion in four species of piscivorous fishes: getting a grip on prey Environmental Biology of Fishes. 103: 903-912. DOI: 10.1007/S10641-020-00991-8  0.423
2019 Habegger ML, Motta PJ, Huber DH, Pulaski D, Grosse IR, Dumont ER. Feeding biomechanics in billfishes: Investigating the role of the rostrum through finite element analysis. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007). PMID 30623594 DOI: 10.1002/Ar.24059  0.394
2019 Gurley M, Motta P. An Analysis of Extraocular Muscle Forces in the Piked Dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology. 302: 837-844. PMID 30312010 DOI: 10.1002/Ar.23976  0.319
2018 Herbert AM, Motta PJ. Biomechanics of the jaw of the durophagous bonnethead shark. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 129: 54-58. PMID 30170748 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2018.07.001  0.347
2017 Bergman JN, Lajeunesse MJ, Motta PJ. Teeth penetration force of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier and sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus. Journal of Fish Biology. 91: 460-472. PMID 28653362 DOI: 10.1111/Jfb.13351  0.366
2017 Habegger ML, Huber DH, Lajeunesse MJ, Motta PJ. Theoretical calculations of bite force in billfishes Journal of Zoology. 303: 15-26. DOI: 10.1111/Jzo.12465  0.435
2017 Collins AB, Motta PJ. A kinematic investigation into the feeding behavior of the Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara Environmental Biology of Fishes. 100: 309-323. DOI: 10.1007/S10641-016-0543-4  0.39
2016 Gardiner JM, Atema J, Hueter RE, Motta PJ. Modulation of shark prey capture kinematics in response to sensory deprivation. Zoology (Jena, Germany). PMID 27618704 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2016.08.005  0.622
2015 Kolmann MA, Huber DR, Motta PJ, Grubbs RD. Feeding biomechanics of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus, over ontogeny. Journal of Anatomy. 227: 341-51. PMID 26183820 DOI: 10.1111/Joa.12342  0.789
2015 Ferguson AR, Huber DR, Lajeunesse MJ, Motta PJ. Feeding performance of king Mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 323: 399-413. PMID 25845956 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.1933  0.635
2015 Mara KR, Motta PJ, Martin AP, Hueter RE. Constructional morphology within the head of hammerhead sharks (sphyrnidae). Journal of Morphology. 276: 526-39. PMID 25684106 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20362  0.766
2015 Habegger ML, Dean MN, Dunlop JW, Mullins G, Stokes M, Huber DR, Winters D, Motta PJ. Feeding in billfishes: inferring the role of the rostrum from a biomechanical standpoint. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 824-36. PMID 25617457 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.106146  0.721
2015 Collins AB, Barbieri LR, McBride RS, McCoy ED, Motta PJ. Reef relief and volume are predictors of Atlantic goliath grouper presence and abundance in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Bulletin of Marine Science. 91: 399-418. DOI: 10.5343/bms.2015.1001  0.435
2015 Kolmann MA, Huber DR, Motta PJ, Grubbs RD. Feeding biomechanics of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus, over ontogeny Journal of Anatomy. DOI: 10.1111/joa.12342  0.744
2014 Atkins A, Dean MN, Habegger ML, Motta PJ, Ofer L, Repp F, Shipov A, Weiner S, Currey JD, Shahar R. Remodeling in bone without osteocytes: billfish challenge bone structure-function paradigms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: 16047-52. PMID 25331870 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1412372111  0.56
2014 Mulvany S, Motta PJ. Prey capture kinematics in batoids using different prey types: investigating the role of the cephalic lobes. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 321: 515-30. PMID 25074721 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.1883  0.384
2014 Gardiner JM, Atema J, Hueter RE, Motta PJ. Multisensory integration and behavioral plasticity in sharks from different ecological niches. Plos One. 9: e93036. PMID 24695492 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0093036  0.579
2014 McKenzie RW, Motta PJ, Rohr JR. Comparative squamation of the lateral line canal pores in sharks. Journal of Fish Biology. 84: 1300-11. PMID 24655049 DOI: 10.1111/Jfb.12353  0.309
2013 Mulvany S, Motta PJ. The morphology of the cephalic lobes and anterior pectoral fins in six species of batoids. Journal of Morphology. 274: 1070-83. PMID 23801572 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20163  0.381
2012 Habegger ML, Motta PJ, Huber DR, Dean MN. Feeding biomechanics and theoretical calculations of bite force in bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) during ontogeny. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 115: 354-64. PMID 23040789 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2012.04.007  0.759
2012 Gardiner JM, Motta PJ. Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) switch feeding modalities in response to sensory deprivation. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 115: 78-83. PMID 22285791 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2011.09.004  0.604
2012 Pfeiffenberger JA, Motta PJ. The effects of intraspecific competition on the prey capture behavior and kinematics of the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus Environmental Biology of Fishes. 93: 13-21. DOI: 10.1007/S10641-011-9885-0  0.409
2011 Lambert EP, Motta PJ, Lowry D. Modulation in the feeding prey capture of the ant-lion, Myrmeleon crudelis. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 315: 602-9. PMID 21953805 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.709  0.383
2011 Whitenack LB, Simkins DC, Motta PJ. Biology meets engineering: the structural mechanics of fossil and extant shark teeth. Journal of Morphology. 272: 169-79. PMID 21210488 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10903  0.748
2011 Habegger ML, Motta PJ, Huber DR, Deban SM. Feeding biomechanics in the Great Barracuda during ontogeny Journal of Zoology. 283: 63-72. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.2010.00745.X  0.583
2011 Lim DD, Motta P, Mara K, Martin AP. Corrigendum to " Phylogeny of hammerhead sharks (family Sphyrnidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 55 (2010) 572-579] Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58: 414. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2011.01.004  0.722
2010 Motta PJ, Maslanka M, Hueter RE, Davis RL, de la Parra R, Mulvany SL, Habegger ML, Strother JA, Mara KR, Gardiner JM, Tyminski JP, Zeigler LD. Feeding anatomy, filter-feeding rate, and diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus during surface ram filter feeding off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 113: 199-212. PMID 20817493 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2009.12.001  0.761
2010 Lim DD, Motta P, Mara K, Martin AP. Phylogeny of hammerhead sharks (Family Sphyrnidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55: 572-9. PMID 20138218 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2010.01.037  0.764
2010 Whitenack LB, Simkins DC, Motta PJ, Hirai M, Kumar A. Young's modulus and hardness of shark tooth biomaterials. Archives of Oral Biology. 55: 203-9. PMID 20102762 DOI: 10.1016/J.Archoralbio.2010.01.001  0.752
2010 Mara KR, Motta PJ, Huber DR. Bite force and performance in the durophagous bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 313: 95-105. PMID 19844984 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.576  0.786
2010 Whitenack LB, Motta PJ. Performance of shark teeth during puncture and draw: Implications for the mechanics of cutting Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 271-286. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2010.01421.X  0.765
2009 Lowry D, de Castro ALF, Mara K, Whitenack LB, Delius B, Burgess GH, Motta P. Determining shark size from forensic analysis of bite damage Marine Biology. 156: 2483-2492. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-009-1273-3  0.762
2008 Motta PJ, Hueter RE, Tricas TC, Summers AP, Huber DR, Lowry D, Mara KR, Matott MP, Whitenack LB, Wintzer AP. Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus, feeding constraints, and suction performance in the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Morphology. 269: 1041-55. PMID 18473370 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10626  0.732
2007 Wilga CD, Motta PJ, Sanford CP. Evolution and ecology of feeding in elasmobranchs. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 47: 55-69. PMID 21672820 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icm029  0.466
2007 Castro AL, Stewart BS, Wilson SG, Hueter RE, Meekan MG, Motta PJ, Bowen BW, Karl SA. Population genetic structure of Earth's largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus). Molecular Ecology. 16: 5183-92. PMID 18092992 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2007.03597.X  0.755
2007 Collins AB, Heupel MR, Motta PJ. Residence and movement patterns of cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus within a south-west Florida estuary Journal of Fish Biology. 71: 1159-1178. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8649.2007.01590.X  0.308
2007 Collins AB, Heupel MR, Hueter RE, Motta PJ. Hard prey specialists or opportunistic generalists? An examination of the diet of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus Marine and Freshwater Research. 58: 135-144. DOI: 10.1071/Mf05227  0.381
2007 Lowry D, Motta PJ, Hueter RE. The ontogeny of feeding behavior and cranial morphology in the leopard shark Triakis semifasciata (Girard 1854): A longitudinal perspective Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 341: 153-167. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2006.07.018  0.392
2007 Lowry D, Motta PJ. Ontogeny of feeding behavior and cranial morphology in the whitespotted bambooshark Chiloscyllium plagiosum Marine Biology. 151: 2013-2023. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-007-0642-Z  0.391
2006 Sasko DE, Dean MN, Motta PJ, Hueter RE. Prey capture behavior and kinematics of the Atlantic cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 109: 171-81. PMID 16777392 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2005.12.005  0.693
2006 Huber DR, Weggelaar CL, Motta PJ. Scaling of bite force in the blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 109: 109-19. PMID 16542832 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2005.12.002  0.622
2005 Huber DR, Eason TG, Hueter RE, Motta PJ. Analysis of the bite force and mechanical design of the feeding mechanism of the durophagous horn shark Heterodontus francisci. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 3553-71. PMID 16155227 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.01816  0.602
2005 Wintzer AP, Motta PJ. A comparison of prey capture kinematics in hatchery and wild Micropterus salmoides floridanus: Effects of ontogeny and experience Journal of Fish Biology. 67: 409-427. DOI: 10.1111/J.0022-1112.2005.00748.X  0.376
2005 Matott MP, Motta PJ, Hueter RE. Modulation in feeding kinematics and motor pattern of the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum Environmental Biology of Fishes. 74: 163-174. DOI: 10.1007/S10641-005-7435-3  0.422
2005 Lowry D, Wintzer AP, Matott MP, Whitenack LB, Huber DR, Dean M, Motta PJ. Aerial and aquatic feeding in the silver arawana, Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Environmental Biology of Fishes. 73: 453-462. DOI: 10.1007/S10641-005-3214-4  0.767
2005 Bergmann GT, Motta PJ. Diet and morphology through ontogeny of the nonindigenous Mayan cichlid 'Cichlasoma (Nandopsis)' urophthalmus (Günther 1862) in southern Florida Environmental Biology of Fishes. 72: 205-211. DOI: 10.1007/S10641-004-1480-1  0.404
2004 Dean MN, Motta PJ. Feeding behavior and kinematics of the lesser electric ray, Narcine brasiliensis (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea). Zoology (Jena, Germany). 107: 171-89. PMID 16351936 DOI: 10.1016/J.Zool.2004.04.002  0.701
2004 Dean MN, Motta PJ. Anatomy and functional morphology of the feeding apparatus of the lesser electric ray, Narcine brasiliensis (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea). Journal of Morphology. 262: 462-83. PMID 15352203 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10245  0.671
2004 Huber DR, Motta PJ. Comparative analysis of methods for determining bite force in the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Comparative Experimental Biology. 301: 26-37. PMID 14695686 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.A.20003  0.616
2004 Porter HT, Motta PJ. A comparison of strike and prey capture kinematics of three species of piscivorous fishes: Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), redfin needlefish (Strongylura notata), and great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) Marine Biology. 145: 989-1000. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-004-1380-0  0.416
2002 Motta PJ, Hueter RE, Tricas TC, Summers AP. Kinematic analysis of suction feeding in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum (Orectolobiformes, Ginglymostomatidae) Copeia. 24-38. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0024:Kaosfi]2.0.Co;2  0.765
2002 Sass GG, Motta PJ. The effects of satiation on strike mode and prey capture kinematics in the largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides Environmental Biology of Fishes. 65: 441-454. DOI: 10.1023/A:1021108519634  0.343
2002 Robinson MP, Motta PJ. Patterns of growth and the effects of scale on the feeding kinematics of the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) Journal of Zoology. 256: 449-462. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902000493  0.394
2001 Wilga CD, Hueter RE, Wainwright PC, Motta PJ. Evolution of Upper Jaw Protrusion Mechanisms in Elasmobranchs American Zoologist. 41: 1248-1257. DOI: 10.1093/Icb/41.6.1248  0.355
2001 Edmonds MA, Motta PJ, Hueter RE. Food capture kinematics of the suction feeding horn shark, Heterodontus francisci Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62: 415-427. DOI: 10.1023/A:1012205518704  0.344
2001 Motta PJ, Wilga CD. Advances in the study of feeding behaviors, mechanisms, and mechanics of sharks Environmental Biology of Fishes. 60: 131-156. DOI: 10.1023/A:1007649900712  0.443
2000 Muñoz RC, Motta PJ. Interspecific aggression between two parrotfishes (Sparisoma, scaridae) in the Florida Keys Copeia. 674-683. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0674:Iabtps]2.0.Co;2  0.364
2000 Wilga CD, Wainwright PC, Motta PJ. Evolution of jaw depression mechanics in aquatic vertebrates: Insights from chondrichthyes Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71: 165-185. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2000.Tb01249.X  0.3
2000 Overholtzer KL, Motta PJ. Effects of mixed-species foraging groups on the feeding and aggression of juvenile parrotfishes Environmental Biology of Fishes. 58: 345-354. DOI: 10.1023/A:1007630118383  0.335
1999 Motta PJ, Wilga CD. Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Morphology. 241: 33-60. PMID 10398323 DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1097-4687(199907)241:1<33::Aid-Jmor3>3.0.Co;2-1  0.378
1999 Overholtzer KL, Motta PJ. Comparative resource use by juvenile parrotfishes in the Florida keys Marine Ecology Progress Series. 177: 177-187. DOI: 10.3354/Meps177177  0.39
1998 Clifton KB, Motta PJ. Feeding morphology, diet, and ecomorphological relationships among five Caribbean labrids (Teleostei, Labridae) Copeia. 953-966. DOI: 10.2307/1447342  0.427
1997 Hernandez LP, Motta PJ. Trophic consequences of differential performance: Ontogeny of oral jaw-crushing performance in the sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus (Teleostei, Sparidae) Journal of Zoology. 243: 737-756. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1997.Tb01973.X  0.415
1997 Motta PJ, Tricas TC, Hueter RE, Summers AP. Feeding mechanism and functional morphology of the jaws of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae) Journal of Experimental Biology. 200: 2765-2780.  0.718
1995 Motta PJ, Wilga CAD. Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. Journal of Morphology. 226: 309-329. PMID 29865346 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.1052260307  0.323
1995 Motta PJ, Clifton KB, Hernandez P, Eggold BT. Ecomorphological correlates in ten species of subtropical seagrass fishes: diet and microhabitat utilization Environmental Biology of Fishes. 44: 37-60. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1356-6_4  0.403
1995 Motta PJ, Norton SF, Luczkovich JJ. Perspectives on the ecomorphology of bony fishes Environmental Biology of Fishes. 44: 11-20. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1356-6_2  0.384
1995 Norton SF, Luczkovich JJ, Motta PJ. The role of ecomorphological studies in the comparative biology of fishes Environmental Biology of Fishes. 44: 287-304. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1356-6_19  0.344
1995 Luczkovich JJ, Motta PJ, Norton SF, Liem KF. Ecomorphology of fishes. Selected papers from the symposium, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, 1992 Environmental Biology of Fishes. 44.  0.613
1992 Eggold BT, Motta PJ. Ontogenetic dietary shifts and morphological correlates in striped mullet, Mugil cephalus Environmental Biology of Fishes. 34: 139-158. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00002390  0.374
1991 Motta PJ, Hueter RE, Tricas TC. An electromyographic analysis of the biting mechanism of the lemon shark, Negaprion Brevirostris: Functional and evolutionary implications. Journal of Morphology. 210: 55-69. PMID 29865589 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.1052100106  0.655
1989 Hourigan TF, Stanton FG, Motta PJ, Kelley CD, Carlson B. The feeding ecology of three species of Caribbean angelfishes (family Pomacanthidae) Environmental Biology of Fishes. 24: 105-116. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00001281  0.361
1989 Motta PJ. Dentition patterns among Pacific and Western Atlantic butterflyfishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae): relationship to feeding ecology and evolutionary history Environmental Biology of Fishes. 25: 159-170. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2325-6_12  0.408
1988 Motta PJ. Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus of ten species of Pacific butterflyfishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae): an ecomorphological approach Environmental Biology of Fishes. 22: 39-67. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00000543  0.442
1984 Motta PJ. Mechanics and Functions of Jaw Protrusion in Teleost Fishes: A Review Copeia. 1984: 1-18. DOI: 10.2307/1445030  0.361
1983 Motta PJ. Response by potential prey to coral reef fish predators Animal Behaviour. 31: 1257-1259. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(83)80033-5  0.33
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