English name: Research group Functional Morphology
Parent institute: Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie (UA), more
Address:
Campus Drie Eiken
Universiteitsplein 1
2610 Wilrijk
Belgium
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Tel.: +32-(0)3-820 22 59
Fax: +32-(0)3-820 22 71
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Type: Scientific
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1 Director: Head of the department 2 Marine scientist: Works in this research group and acts as (co-)author in at least one marine publication in the last 5 years. 3 Specialized personnel: Provides administrative or technical support to marine scientific research.
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| Abstract: |
The research group Functional Morphology of the University of Antwerp studies the evolution of the morphology and function of vertebrate musculoskeletal systems by combining comparative and experimental methods together with ecological and behavioural aspects. The group describes the shape of structural elements as well as their relationship (functional and mechanical) with each other and the environment.
In the marine field, the research group studies suction feeding in fishes |
| Publications (11) |
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 Bennion, R.F.; MacLaren, J.A.; Coombs, E.J.; Marx, F.G.; Lambert, O.; Fischer, V. (2023). Convergence and constraint in the cranial evolution of mosasaurid reptiles and early cetaceans. Paleobiology 49(2): 215-231. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pab.2022.27, more- Fischer, V.; Bennion, R.F.; Foffa, D.; MacLaren, J.A.; McCurry, M.R.; Melstrom, K.M.; Bardet, N. (2022). Ecological signal in the size and shape of marine amniote teeth. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 289(1982): 20221214. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1214, more
- MacLaren, J.A.; Bennion, R.F.; Bardet, N.; Fischer, V. (2022). Global ecomorphological restructuring of dominant marine reptiles prior to the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 289(1975): 20220585. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0585, more
- Ashraf, I.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Verma, S. (2021). Burst-and-coast swimming is not always energetically beneficial in fish (Hemigrammus bleheri). Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 16(1): 016002. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1088/1748-3190/abb521, more
- Van Moorleghem, C.; de la Peña, E. (2016). Aphid herbivory as a potential driver of primary succession in coastal dunes. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 10(2): 89-100. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11829-016-9421-4, more
- Bertucci, F.; Ruppe, L; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Compère, P.; Parmentier, E. (2014). New insights into the role of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus in the sound-producing mechanism of Haemulon flavolineatum (Haemulidae). J. Exp. Biol. 217(21): 3862-3869. dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.109025, more
- Longrie, N.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Vandewalle, P.; Mauguit, Q.; Parmentier, E. (2009). Potential mechanism of sound production in Oreochromis niloticus (Cichlidae). J. Exp. Biol. 212(21): 3395-3402. dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.032946, more
- De Schepper, N.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; Adriaens, D. (2008). Morphology of the jaw system in trichiurids: trade-offs between mouth closing and biting performance. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152(4): 717-736. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00348.x, more
- Van Wassenbergh, S.; Strother, J.A.; Flammang, B.E.; Ferry-Graham, L.A.; Aerts, P. (2008). Extremely fast prey capture in pipefish is powered by elastic recoil. J. R. Soc. Interface 5(20): 285-296. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2007.1124, more
- Parmentier, E.; Colleye, O.; Fine, M.L.; Frédérich, B.; Vandewalle, P.; Herrel, A. (2007). Sound production in the clownfish Amphiprion clarkii. Science (Wash.) 316(5827): 1006. dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1139753, more
- Van Gorp, M. (2022). Importance of the keels of boxfishes for passive stability during swimming, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 9-10, more
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| Projects (4) |
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- Ecomorphology of the trophic apparatus in catfishes (siluriformes), more
- Functional consequences and ecological implications of extreme morphological specialisation: design and function of the feeding apparatus in seahorses and pipefishes (Syngnathidae), more
- Specialisaties bij extreme kopmorfologie: een gedetailleerde functioneel morfologische studie over de voedselopname bij zeepaarden en zeenaalden (Syngnathidae)., more
- The effect of size on the movements of the jaw system during feeding in catfish: a high-speed cineradiographic study, more
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