Jeffrey S. Levinton

Selected Publications of Jeffrey S. Levinton

Levinton, J. S., B. Allen. 2005. The paradox of the weakening combatant. Tradeoff between closing force and gripping speed in a sexually selected combat structure. Functional Ecology 19: 159-165.
Levinton, J. S., Waldman, J. (eds.) 2006. The Hudson River Ecosystem. Cambridge University Press, New York.
Levinton, J. S., L. Dubb, and G. A. Wray. 2004. Simulations of evolutionary radiations and their application to understanding the probability of a Cambrian explosion. Journal of Paleontology, in press.
Kelaher, B., Levinton J.S., Oomen, J., Allen, B., Wong, W. H. 2003. Environmental restoration or ecological disturbance: Changes in benthos following the clean up of a severely metal-polluted cove in the Hudson River Estuary. In Press, Estuaries.
Levinton, J.S., L. Suatoni, R. Junkins, W. Wallace, B. Kelaher, and B. Allen. 2003.. Rapid loss of genetically-based resistance to metals after the cleanup of a Superfund site. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 9889-9891
Wong, W. H., Levinton, J.S., Twining, B.S., Fisher, N.S., Kelaher, B.P., Alt, A.K. 2003. Assimilation of carbon from a rotifer by the mussels, Mytilus edulis and Perna viridis: A potential food web link between zooplankton and benthic suspension feeders. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 253: 175-182.
Kelaher, B., Levinton, J. S., Hoch, J. M. 2003. Foraging by the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), modulates spatial variation in benthic community structure. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 292:139-157.
Wong, W. H., J. S. Levinton, B. Twining, and N. S. Fisher. 2003. Assimilation of micro- and mesozooplankton by zebra mussels: A demonstration of the food web link between zooplankton and benthic suspension feeders. Limnology and Oceanography, 48:308-312.
Levinton, J. S., J. E. Ward, and S. E. Shumway. 2002. Feeding responses of the bivalves Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus trossulus to chemical composition of fresh and aged kelp detritus. Marine Biology, 141:367-376.
Levinton, J. S. 2001. Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution. 2nd ed. Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
Levinton, J. S.. 2001. Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology. 2nd ed. Oxford Univ. Press, New York.
Levinton, J. S., J. E. Ward, S. E. Shumway, and S. Baker. 2001. Feeding processes of bivalves: connecting the gut to the ecosystem. In J. Y. Aller, S. A. Woodin and R. Aller (eds.), Organism-sediment Interactions, pp. 385-400. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia SC.
Nilsson, P., J. S. Levinton, J. Kurdziel. 2000. Migration of a marine oligochaete: induction of dispersal and microhabitat choice. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 207: 89-96.
Baker, S., J.S. Levinton, J.E. Ward. 2000. Particle transport in the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas). Biol. Bull. 199:116-125.