Publications of Kari L. Lavalli

  1. Lavalli, K.L. and D.E. Barshaw. (1986) Burrows protect postlarval lobsters Homarus americanus from predation by the non-burrowing cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus but not from the burrowing mud crab Neopanope texani. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 32: 13-16.
  2. Barshaw, D.E. and K.L. Lavalli. (1988) Predation upon postlarval lobsters Homarus americanus by cunners Tautogolabrus adspersus and mud crabs Neopanope sayi on three different substrates: eelgrass, mud, and rock. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 48: 119-123.
  3. Lavalli, K.L. and D.E. Barshaw. (1989) Post-larval American lobsters (Homarus americanus) living in burrows may be suspension feeding. Mar. Behav. & Physiol. 15: 255-264.
  4. Lavalli, K.L. (1991) Survival of early juvenile American lobsters (Homarus americanus) during their first season on diets of mesoplankton, microplankton, and frozen brine shrimp. Fishery Bulletin 89: 61-68.
  5. Lavalli, K.L. and G.C. Trager. (1991) Suspension feeding by early juvenile American lobsters. The Lobster Newsletter 4(2): 3-5.
  6. Lavalli, K.L. (1992) The Feeding Mechanisms of Post-Larval and Early Juvenile American Lobsters (Homarus americanus Milne Edwards, 1837), Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, MA: 237 pps.
  7. Lavalli, K.L. and J.R. Factor. (1992) Functional morphology of the mouthparts of juvenile lobsters, Homarus americanus (Decapoda: Nephropidae), and comparison with the larval stages. J. Crust. Biol. 12(3): 467-510.
  8. Lavalli, K.L. and J.R. Factor. (1995) The feeding appendages, Chapter 14. In: The Biology of the Lobster, Homarus americanus, (Jan Robert Factor, ed.), Academic Press, NY. pp. 349-393.
  9. Lawton, P. and K.L. Lavalli. (1995) Postlarval, juvenile, and adult ecology, Chapter 4. In: The Biology of the Lobster, Homarus americanus, (Jan Robert Factor, ed.), Academic Press, NY. pp. 47-88.
  10. Lavalli, K.L. and P. Lawton. (1996) Historical review of lobster life history terminology and proposed modifications to current schemes. Crustaceana 69(5): 594-609.
  11. Lavalli, K. (1997) Lobsters: And Not Just on the Plate, Teva Advarim ("The Nature of Things") Vol. 20 (Feb-Mar): 108-131, in Hebrew.
  12. Lavalli, K.L. and D.F. Cowan. (1998) Is there reasonable evidence to suggest that the new Massachusetts Water Resources Authority sewage outfall may have a negative impact on lobsters? Technical Report for the Outfall Monitoring Task Force, New England Aquarium/MWRA, Boston, MA, 20 pps. (Appendix of MWRA ENQUAD Report 98-13)
  13. Spanier, E. and K.L. Lavalli. (1998) Natural history of Scyllarides latus (Crustacea, Decapoda): a review of the contemporary biological knowledge of the Mediterranean slipper lobster. (Nat. Hist. 32(6), 1769-1786.
  14. Lavalli, K.L. and R. Kropp. (1998) Determination of benthic juvenile lobster density at future outfall site, Massachusetts Bay, Summer 1998: Proposed Study Design. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Report, 26 pps.
  15. Lincoln, D. and K.L. Lavalli. (1998) Lobsters on the edge: Essential lobster habitats in New England. Report submitted to the New England Fisheries Management Council and NMFS in accordance with the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996 requirements for overfished species. 64 pps.
  16. Steneck, R.S., R.A. Wahle, and K.L. Lavalli. (1998) Essential habitats for lobsters: An essay for management considerations. Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association Newsletter, October. 3 pps.
  17. Lavalli, K.L. and R. Kropp. (1998) Abundance of juvenile lobsters at the new outfall site: Comparisons with inshore abundances and discussion of potential outfall impacts on lobster populations. MWRA ENQUAD Report 98-14, 31 pps.
  18. Nicosia, F.W. and K.L. Lavalli. (1999) Homarid lobster hatcheries: Their history and role in research, management, and aquaculture. Mar. Fish. Rev. 61(2): 1-56.
  19. Spanier, E., O. Goffman, D. Kerem, and K. Lavalli. (2000) Injury of an Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) by a stingray spine. Aquatic Mammals 26(3): 196-201.
  20. Herrnkind, W.F., M.J. Childress, and K.L. Lavalli. (2001) Defense coordination and other benefits among exposed spiny lobsters: Inferences from mass migratory and mesocosm studies of group size and behavior. Mar. Freshwater Res. 52: 1113-1124.
  21. Lavalli, K.L. and E. Spanier. (2001) Does gregarious behavior function as an anti-predator mechanism in Mediterranean slipper lobster, Scyllarides latus? Mar. Freshwater Res. 52: 1133-1143.
  22. Lavalli, K.L. (2001) Arthropods. In: Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life (Hoagstrong, C.W., ed.), pg. 75-78. Salem Press, Pasadena, CA.
  23. Lavalli, K.L. (2001) Groups. In: Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life (Hoagstrong, C.W., ed.), pg. 698-703. Salem Press, Pasadena, CA.
  24. Lavalli, K.L. (2001) Herds. In: Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life (Hoagstrong, C.W., ed.), pg. 750-753. Salem Press, Pasadena, CA.
  25. Lavalli, K.L. (2001) Packs. In: Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life (Hoagstrong, C.W., ed.), pg. 1187-1190. Salem Press, Pasadena, CA.
  26. Horne, F., S.F. Tarsitano, and K.L. Lavalli. (2002) Carbonic anhydrase in mineralization of crayfish cuticle. Crustaceana 75(9): 1067-1081.
  27. Lavalli, K.L. (2003) Ask the Lobster Doc: Shell disease and lobsters. Commercial Fisheries News, January 2003, pg. 14A.
  28. Lavalli, K.L. (2003) Ask the Lobster Doc: Bacteria at work in shell disease. Commercial Fisheries News February 2003, pg. 2B.
  29. Barshaw, D.E., K.L. Lavalli, and E. Spanier. The response of three morphological types of lobsters (clawed, spiny, slipper) to predation. (in press: Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.)
  30. Tarsitano, S.F., K.L. Lavalli, F. Horne, and E. Spanier. The constructional properties of the exoskeleton of homarid, scyllarid, and palinurid lobsters. (in review: Hydrobiologia).
  31. Weisbaum, D. and K.L. Lavalli. Description and distribution of antennular setae of Scyllarid lobsters (Scyllarides aequinoctialis, S. latus, and S. nodifer) with comments on their possible function. (submitted: Invertebrate Biology)
  32. Lavalli, K.L. and K. Brayer. Daily shelter use by laboratory-reared and wild juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus, under predation risk from cunners, Tautogolabrus adspersus (submitted: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences).
  33. Malcom, C., and K.L. Lavalli. Description of the Setae on the Pereiopods of the Mediterranean Slipper Lobster, Scyllarides latus, the Ridged Slipper Lobster, S. nodifer, and the Spanish Slipper Lobster, S. aequinoctialis. (submitted: J. Crust. Biol.)

Abstracts

  1. Barshaw, D.E. and K.L. Lavalli. (1986) A comparison of predation on post-larval American lobsters by cunners and mud crabs on three different substrates: eelgrass, mud, and rocks. Amer. Zool. 26(4): 61A and Biol. Bull. 171(2): 477-478 and Abstracts of the Northeastern Regional Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, p. 11.
  2. Lavalli, K.L. and D.E. Barshaw. (1986) The ability of post-larval American lobsters to remove plankton from the water column. Amer. Zool. 26(4): 90A and Biol. Bull. 171(2): 482 and Abstracts of the Northeastern Regional Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, p. 17.
  3. Lavalli, K.L. (1988) Food capture in American lobsters. Amer. Zool. 28(4): 154A.
  4. Lavalli, K.L. (1989) Capture of planktonic organisms by early juvenile American lobsters (Stage V and VI), Homarus americanus. Abstracts of the Northeast Regional Animal Behavior Meetings, Brown University, November 10-12, p. 15.
  5. Lavalli, K.L. (1990) Feeding behavior of post-larval and early juvenile American lobsters: morphological and burrow-related aspects. Amer. Zool. 30(4): 110A.
  6. Lavalli, K.L. (1991) Suspension feeding by early juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus. J. Shellfish. Res. 10(1): 286.
  7. Lavalli, K.L. (1991) Feeding behavior of post-larval and early juvenile American lobsters. Abstracts of the 19th Marine Benthic Ecology Meetings, Williamsburg, VA, March 7-10, p. 39.
  8. Lavalli, K.L. and K. Brayer (1992) Size-specific shelter usage by juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus, under predation risk. Abstracts of the 20th Marine Benthic Ecology Meetings, Newport, RI, March 26-29, p. 36.
  9. Lavalli, K.L. (1992) Suspension feeding by early juvenile American lobsters. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Crustacea, Paris, France, August 30-September 5, p. 83-84.
  10. Lavalli, K.L., K. Brayer, and J.L. Ayers (1993) Use of shelter by juvenile lobsters, Homarus americanus, under predation risk: responses of naive (laboratory) versus experienced (wild) lobsters. Abstracts of the Fourth International Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Sanriku, Japan, July 25-31, Abstract #233.
  11. Lavalli, K.L., K. Brayer, and J.L. Ayers (1994) Shelter use by juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus, under predation risk. Abstracts of the 21st Marine Benthic Ecology Meetings, Mystic, CT, March 17-20, p. 50.
  12. Lavalli, K. and J. Ayers (1994) Development of stomatogastric mediated motor programs in the American lobster. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 20: p. 1596.
  13. Barshaw, D.E., K.L. Lavalli, M. Bianchini, S. Ragonese, and E. Spanier (1996) Offense versus defense: The antipredator strategies of slipper lobsters compared with spiny and clawed lobsters. In: "Preservation of our World in the Wake of Change," 6th International Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences & 8th Regional Conference of the International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations, Jerusalem, Israel, 30 June-4 July.
  14. Goffman, O., M. Roditi, O. Barnea, K. Lavalli, D. Kerem (1996) Observations of cetaceans in the Gulfs of Eilat and Suez. Israel Journal of Zoology 43(1): 101.
  15. Barshaw, D., Spanier, E., and K. Lavalli (1996) Is defense the best offense? Israel Journal of Zoology 43(1): 95-96.
  16. Goffman, O., D. Kerem, K.L. Lavalli, M. Roditi, and E. Spanier (1996) Successful herding of wild dolphins, Tursiop truncatus, out of Haifa Port, Israel via an acoustical wall. International Marine Animal Trainer's Association, 24th Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 3-8 November 1996.
  17. Goffman, O., M. Roditi, O. Barnea, K. Lavalli, and D. Kerem. (1997) Observations of cetaceans in the Gulfs of Eilat and Suez. Israel Journal of Zoology 43(1): 101.
  18. Goffman, O, K.L. Lavalli, D. Kerem, and E. Spanier (1999) Consequences of swimming with a lone female bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus) in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba, Red Sea. Wild Dolphin Swim Program Workshop of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Marine Mammalogists, Maui, Hawaii, 28 November 1999.
  19. Lavalli, K.L., R.K. Kropp, and K.E. Keay. (1999) Juvenile lobsters at new outfall site: Comparison with an inshore population and discussion of potential outfall impacts on lobster populations. Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel (OMSAP) Technical Workshop, 22-23 September 1999, JFK Bldg, Conference Center, Boston, MA.
  20. Horne, F., S. Tarsitano, K. Lavalli, D. Smith, and J. Pevehouse. (2000) Mineral deposition in shells. Abstracts of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, 9-11 March 2000, abstract #35, pg. 43.
  21. Horne, F., S. Tarsitano, K. Lavalli, D. Smith, and J. Pevehouse. (2000) Invertebrate shell mineralization: a mechanism. Abstracts of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, 9-11 March 2000, abstract #40, pg. 45.
  22. Lavalli, K.L., W.F. Herrnkind, and M. Childress. (2000) Group defense in Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus. Abstracts of the 29th Annual Marine Benthic Ecology Meetings, UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC , 9-11 March 2000, pg. 85.
  23. Herrnkind, W.F., K. Lavalli, and M. Childress. (2000) Group defense against a piscine predator by exposed spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Abstracts of the 29th Annual Marine Benthic Ecology Meetings, UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC , 9-11 March 2000, pg. 69.
  24. Tarsitano, S.F., K.L. Lavalli, and F.R. Horne. (2000) Mineralization and the biomechanical properties of the crustacean skeleton. Abstracts of the 29th Annual Marine Benthic Ecology Meetings, UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC , 9-11 March 2000, pg. 130.
  25. Horne, F.R., S. Tarsitano, and K. Lavalli. (2000) The vinegaroon and life in the desert. Abstracts of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists (SWAN), University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 20-22 April 2000, abstract #20.
  26. Lavalli, K.L., W.F. Herrnkind, and M. Childress. (2000) Group defense in Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus. Abstracts of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Key West, FL, 10-15 September 2000, pg. 54.
  27. Herrnkind, W.F., K.L. Lavalli, and M.J. Childress. (2000) Group defense against a piscine predator by exposed spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Abstracts of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Key West, FL, 10-15 September 2000, pg. 46.
  28. Spanier, E. and K.L. Lavalli. (2000) Does gregarious behavior function as an antipredator mechanism in the Mediterranean slipper lobster, Scyllarides latus, and is the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, a predator of this lobster? Abstracts of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Key West, FL , 10-15 September 2000, pg. 71.
  29. Tarsitano, S.F. and K.L. Lavalli. (2000) The constructional principles of the lobster exoskeleton. Abstracts of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Key West, FL, 10-15 September 2000, pg. 74.
  30. Horne, F., S. Tarsitano, and K.L. Lavalli. (2000) The role of carbonic anhydrase in the mineralization of the lobster exoskeleton. Abstracts of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Key West, FL, 10-15 September 2000, pg. 90.
  31. Tarsitano, S., K.L. Lavalli, and E. Spanier. (2000) Life under a lobster carapace: Tubular structures found. Abstracts of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Key West, FL, 10-15 September 2000, pg. 99.
  32. Lavalli, K.L., W.F. Herrnkind, and M. Childress. (2001) Group defense in Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus: Dilution, confusion, and group defense effects. Abstracts of the 104th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 2-3 March 2001, abstract #82, pg. 49.
  33. Malcom, C., K. Lavalli, D. Weisbaum, S. Tarsitano, and E. Spanier. (2001) Functional morphology of the setae of slipper lobster, Scyllarides latus, pereiopods. Abstracts of the 104th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 2-3 March 2001, abstract #85, pg. 50.
  34. Evans, A.C., K.L. Lavalli, and W.F. Herrnkind. (2001) Group defense in Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus: Geometry of group sizes under attack by piscine predators. Abstracts of the 104th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 2-3 March 2001, abstract #93, pg. 52.
  35. Lavalli, K.L., D. Cleveland, W. Herrnkind, and M. Childress. (2001) Attack strategies of grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, pitted against solitary Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus. Abstracts of the 30th Annual Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 15-18 March 2001, pg. 106.
  36. Tarsitano, S.F., K.L. Lavalli, C. Plummer, F. Horne, and E. Spanier. (2001) Biomechanical aspects of the lobster carapace. Abstracts of the 30th Annual Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 15-18 March 2001, pg. 164.
  37. Evans, A., K.L. Lavalli, W. Herrnkind, and M. Childress. (2001) Group defense in Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus: Geometry of group sizes under attack by piscine predators. Abstracts of the 30th Annual Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 15-18 March 2001, pg. 106.
  38. Lavalli, K.L., W.F. Herrnkind, M. Childress, and A. Evans. (2002) Behavior of grouped spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, under attack by piscine predators, Balistes capriscus. 31st Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, Florida State University, Orlando, FL, 21-24 March 2002.
  39. Tarsitano, S.F., K.L. Lavalli, F. Horne, and D. Rodriguez. (2002) Spiny lobsters: A model for horn development in ceratopsian dinosaurs. 31st Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, Florida State University, Orlando, FL, 21-24 March 2002.
  40. Weisbaum, D. and K. Lavalli. (2002) Functional morphology of antennular setae of scyllarid lobsters. 31st Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, Florida State University, Orlando, FL, 21-24 March 2002.
  41. Malcom, C., K.L. Lavalli, and E. Spanier. (2002) Functional morphology of the pereiopod setae of slipper lobsters (Scyllarides latus, S. aequinoctialis, and S. nodifer). 8th Colloquium Crustacea Decapoda Mediterranea, Ionian University, Corfu Island, Greece, 2-6 September 2002.
  42. Tarsitano, S.F., K.L. Lavalli, F. Horne, and E. Spanier. (2002) Biomechanical aspects of the lobster carapace. 8th Colloquium Crustacea Decapoda Mediterranea, Ionian University, Corfu Island, Greece, 2-6 September 2002, pg. 96, abstract #133.
  43. Lavalli, K.L., W.F. Herrnkind, M. Childress, A. Evans, and F. Horne. (2003) Attack by piscine predators, Balistes capriscus. 106th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX, 27 February - 1March 2003, pg. 41, abstract #P5.

Manuscripts in Preparation

  1. Lavalli, K.L., R.K. Kropp, and K. Keay. Anticipated effects of the discharge of secondary effluent on lobster fisheries in Massachusetts Bay: Perception and reality. (under revision for Environmental Monitoring)
  2. Lavalli, K.L., S. Gentry, and E. Frazee. Suspension feeding in post-larval and early juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus: Current production and capture techniques. (in prep. for Marine Biology).
  3. Lavalli, K.L. and J. Idoine. The cod-lobster relationship revisited. (in prep. for Fishery Bulletin)
  4. Tarsitano, S.F., K.L. Lavalli, and L. Martin. What the spines of gregarious spiny lobsters can tell us about Triceratops. (in prep. for Nature).
  5. Cleveland, D. and K.L. Lavalli. Factors influencing the establishment of grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) hierarchies. (in prep. for Copeia).
  6. Weisbaum, D. and K.L. Lavalli. Historical review of crustacean setal terminology and proposed modifications to current schemes. (in prep. for Journal of Crustacean Biology)
  7. Lavalli, K.L., K. Allemand, D. Cleveland, D. Weisbaum, R. Stephens, K. Talbert, and A. Evans. Are responses to predators context sensitive? (in prep. for Oecologia).
  8. Foster, E., K.L. Lavalli, J. Boal, and J. Forsythe. Sexual behavior in the Indonesian cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis. (in prep for Ethology)
  9. Goffman, O., K.L. Lavalli, E. Spanier, and D. Kerem. Changes in the aggression level of a solitary, sociable female dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in Sinai, Egypt. (under revision for Aquatic Mammals)
  10. Goffman, O., J. Ingerson, D. Kerem, K. Lavalli, and E. Spanier. Interactive behavior of a social, solitary Indian-Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) with humans in The Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. (in prep. for Aquatic Mammals)
  11. Lavalli, K.L. and J.L. Ayers. Development of the stomatogastric system of larval and postlarval American lobsters, Homarus americanus: Redescription of the morphology of the cardiac sac and pyloric stomach and kinematics of cardiac sac, gastric mill, and pyloric stomach. (in prep. for J. Neurobiol.)

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