Dean G. McCurdy

Recent Publications (* indicates undergraduate co-author)

McCurdy, D.G., Painter, D.C.*, Lancaster, D.*, Kopec, M.T.*, Cook, K.A., and Forbes, M.R. 2008. Reproductive behavior of intersexes of an intertidal amphipod, Corophium volutator. Invertebrate Biology (Accepted for publication, 12/07).

Mautner, S.I., Cook, K.A.*, Forbes, M.R., McCurdy, D.G., Dunn, A.M.  2007. Evidence for sex ratio distortion by a new microsporidian parasite of a Corophiid amphipod. Parasitology. 134: 1567-1573.

Forbes, M.R., McCurdy, D.G., Lui, K.*, Mautner, S.I., and Boates, J.S. 2006. Evidence for seasonal mate limitation in populations of the intertidal amphipod, Corophium volutator (Pallas). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 87-95.

McCurdy, D.G., Forbes, M.R., Logan, S.P.*, Lancaster, D.*, and Mautner, S.I. 2005. Foraging and impacts by benthic fish on the intertidal amphipod, Corophium volutator. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25: 558-564.

McCurdy, D.G., and Moran, B.* 2004. Parasitism and soft-bottom community structure: studies in a polychaete-amphipod system. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84: 165-169.

McCurdy, D.G., and Degel, K.M.* 2004. Impacts of temperature on emergence of trematode cercariae from the mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say). MarSci 3: 1-9.

McCurdy, D.G., Forbes, M.R., Logan*, S.P., Kopec*, M.T., and Mautner, S.I. 2004. The functional significance of intersexes in the amphipod Corophium volutator. Journal of Crustacean Biology 24: 261-265.

McCurdy, D.G. 2001. Asexual reproduction in Pygospio elegans Claparède (Annelida, Polychaeta) in relation to parasitism by Lepocreadium setiferoides (Miller and Northup) (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda). Biological Bulletin 201: 45-51.

McCurdy, D.G., Boates, J.S., and Forbes, M.R. 2001. An empirical model on the optimal timing of reproduction for female amphipods infected by trematodes. Journal of Parasitology 87: 24-30.

McCurdy, D.G., Boates, J.S., and Forbes, M.R. 2000a. Spatial distribution of the intertidal snail Ilyanassa obsoleta in relation parasitism by two species of trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 1137-1143.

McCurdy, D.G., Forbes, M.R., and Boates, J.S. 2000b. Male amphipods increase their mating effort before behavioural manipulation by trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 606-612.

McCurdy, D.G., Boates , J.S., and Forbes, M.R. 2000b. Reproductive synchrony in the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator. Oikos 88: 301-308.

McCurdy, D.G., Forbes, M.R., and Boates, J.S. 1999a. Evidence that the parasitic nematode Skrjabinoclava manipulates host Corophium behavior to increase transmission to the sandpiper, Calidris pusilla. Behavioral Ecology 10: 351-357.

McCurdy, D.G., Forbes, M.R., and Boates, J.S. 1999b. Testing alternative hypotheses for variation in amphipod behaviour and life history in relation to parasitism. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 1001-1009.

McCurdy, D.G., Mullie, A., Shutler, D., and Forbes, M.R. 1998. Sex-biased parasitism of avian hosts: relations to blood parasite taxon and mating system. Oikos 82: 303-312.

McCurdy, D.G., Boates, J.S., and Forbes, M.R. 1997. Diurnal and nocturnal foraging by Semipalmated Sandpipers Calidris pusilla. Journal of Avian Biology 28: 353-356.

McCurdy, D.G. and Herman, T.B. 1997. Putative anting behaviour in wood turtles. Herpetological Review 12: 128-129.


 
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