JAMES G. MORIN

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. Hastings, J.W. and J.G. Morin, 1969. Calcium-triggered light emission in Renilla. A unitary biochemical scheme for coelenterate bioluminescence. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 37: 493-498.

2. Morin, J.G. and J.W. Hastings, 1971. Biochemistry of the bioluminescence of colonial hydroids and other coelenterates. J. Cell. Physiol. 77: 305-311.

3. Morin, J.G. and J.W. Hastings, 1971. Energy transfer in a bioluminescent system. J. Cell. Physiol. 77: 313-318.

4. Hastings, J.W. and J.G. Morin, 1971. Kinetics of calcium-triggered luminescence of aequorin and other photoproteins. In: Contractility of Muscle Cells and Related Processes, edited by R.J. Podolsky, (Prentice-  Hall, Inc., 1971), pp. 99-104.

5. Morin, J.G. and I.M. Cooke, 1971. Behavioural physiology of the colonial hydroid Obelia. I. Spontaneous movements and correlated electrical activity. J. Exp. Biol. 54: 689-706.

6. Morin, J.G. and I.M. Cooke, 1971. Behavioural physiology of the colonial hydroid Obelia. II. Stimulus-initiated electrical activity and bio- luminescence. J. Exp. Biol. 54: 707-721.

7. Morin, J.G. and I.M. Cooke, 1971. Behavioural physiology of the colonial hydroid Obelia. III. Characteristics of the bioluminescent system. J. Exp. Biol. 54: 723-735.

8. Cormier, M.J., K. Hori, Y.D. Karkhanis, J.M. Anderson, J.E. Wampler, J.G. Morin and J.W. Hastings, 1973. Evidence for similar biochemical requirements for bioluminescence among the coelenterates. J. Cell. Physiol. 81: 291-298.

9. Wampler, J.E., Y.D. Karkhanis, J.G. Morin and M.J. Cormier, 1973. Similarities in the bioluminescence from the Pennatulacea. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 314: 104-109.

10. Morin, J.G., 1974. Coelenterate bioluminescence. In: Coelenterate Biology: Reviews and New Perspectives, edited by L. Muscatine and H. Lenhoff (Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1974), pp. 397-438.

11. Morin, J.G. and G.T. Reynolds, 1974. The cellular origin of biolumines- cence in the colonial hydroid Obelia. Biol. Bull. 147: 397-410.

12. Morin, J.G., A. Harrington, K. Nealson, N. Krieger, T.O. Baldwin and J.W. Hastings, 1975. Light for all reasons: Versatility in the behavioral repertoire of the flashlight fish. Science 190: 74-76.

13. Morin, J.G., 1976. Probable functions of bioluminescence in the Pennatulacea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). In: Coelenterate Ecology and Behavior, edited by G.O. Mackie (Plenum Press, New York, 1976), pp. 629-638.

14. Brehm, P. and J.G. Morin, 1977. Localization and characterization of luminescent cells in Ophiopsila california and Amphipholis squamata. Biol. Bull. 152: 12-25.

15. Ruby, E.G. and J.G. Morin, 1978. Specificity of symbiosis between deep- sea fishes and psychrotropic luminous bacteria. Deep Sea Res. 25: 161-167.

16. Herring, P.J. and J.G. Morin, 1978. 9. Bioluminescence in Fishes. In: Bioluminescence in Action, edited by P.J. Herring (Academic Press, Inc., New York) pp. 273-329.

17. Ruby, E.G. and J.G. Morin, 1979. Luminous enteric bacteria of marine fishes: a study of their distribution, densities and dispersion. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 38: 406-411.

18. Morin, J.G. and A. Harrington, 1979. California Marine Waters Area of Special Biological Significance Reconnaissance Survey Report, Mugu Lagoon to Latigo Point (Ventura and Los Angeles Counties). State Water Resources Control Board Water Quality Monitoring Report 79-5. 224 pp.

19. Morin, J.G., 1981. Bioluminescent patterns in shallow tropical marine fishes. in: Proceedings: Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium. (E. Gomez, ed.), Vol.2, pp.569-574.

20. Peterson, J.A., J.A. Benson, M. Ngai, J.G. Morin and C. Ow, 1982. Scaling in tensile "skeletons": structures with scale-independent length dimensions. Science 217: 1267-1270.

21. Ernst, W.G. and J.G. Morin (Editors), 1982. The Environment of the Deep Sea; Rubey Volume II. (Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), 371pp.

22. Morin, J.G., 1983. Coastal Bioluminescence: Patterns and Functions. Bull. Mar. Sci. 33: 787-817.

23. Peterson, J.A., J.A. Benson, J.G. Morin and M.J. McFall-Ngai, 1984. Scaling in tensile "skeletons": scale dependent length of the Achilles tendon in mammals. J. Zool., London 202: 361-372.

24. Morin, J.G., J.E. Kastendiek, A. Harrington and N. Davis, 1985. Organization and patterns of interaction in a subtidal sand community on an exposed coast. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 27: 163-185.

25. Cohen, A.C. and J.G. Morin, 1986. Three new luminescent ostracodes of the genus Vargula (Myodocopida, Cypridinidae) from the San Blas region of Panama. Contributions in Science, No. 373, pp. 1-23, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

26. Morin, J.G., 1986. "Firefleas" of the sea: luminescent signaling in marine ostracode crustaceans. Florida Entomol. 69: 105-121.

27. Morin, J.G., J.E. Kastendiek, A. Harrington, and N. Davis, 1988. Organisms of a subtidal sand community in southern California. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 87: 1-11.

28. Morin, J.G., 1988. Piscivorous behavior and activity patterns in the tropical ophiuroid Ophiarachna incrassata (Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatidae). In: Echinoderm Biology (R. Burke et al., eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 401-407.

29. Morin, J.G. and A.C. Cohen, 1988. Two new ostracodes of the genus Vargula from the San Blas region of Panama. J. Crust. Biol. 8: 620-638.

30. Cohen, A.C. and J.G. Morin, 1989. Six new luminescent ostracodes of the genus Vargula (Myodocopida, Cypridinidae) from the San Blas region of Panama. J. Crust. Biol. 9: 297-340.

31. Cohen, A.C. and J.G. Morin, 1990. Patterns of Reproduction in Ostracodes; a Review. J. Crust. Biol. 10: 184-211.

32. Cohen, A.C. and J.G. Morin, 1990. Morphological relationships of bioluminescent Caribbean species of Vargula (Myodocopa). In: Ostracoda and Global Events (R. Whatley and C. Maybury, eds.) Chapman and Hall, pp. 381-400.

33. Morin, J.G. and A.C. Cohen, 1991. Bioluminescent Displays, Courtship, and Reproduction in Ostracodes. In: Crustacean Sexual Biology (R. Bauer and J. Martin, eds.), Columbia Univ. Press, pp. 1-16.

34. Hastings, J.W. and J.G. Morin, 1991. Bioluminescence. In: Neural and Integrative Animal Physiology [Comparative Animal Physiology](C.L. Prosser, ed.), Wiley-Liss, Inc., chapter 3, pp.131-170.

35. McFall-Ngai, M. and J.G. Morin, 1991. Camouflage by disruptive illumination in leiognathids, a family of shallow-water, bioluminescent fishes. J. Exp. Biol. 156:119-137.

36. Cohen, A.C. and J.G. Morin, 1993. The cypridinid copulatory limb and a new genus Kornickeria (Ostracoda:Myodocopida) and 4 new species of bioluminescent ostracodes from the Caribbean. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 108: 23-84.

37. Cohen, A.C. and J.G. Morin, 1995. Sex and ostracods. Trends Ecol. Evol. 10: 246 (Correspondence).

38. Cohen, A.C. and J.G. Morin, 1997. External Anatomy of the Female Genital (Eighth) Limbs and the Setose Openings in Myodocopid Ostracodes (Cypridinidae). Acta Zool. 78: 85-96.

39. Hastings, J.W. and J.G. Morin, 1998. Photons for reporting molecular events: Green Fluorescent Protein and four luciferase systems. In: Green Fluorescent Protein: Properties, Applications, and Protocols, (M Chalfie and S. Kain, eds.), pp. 17-41.

40. Morin, J.G. 1998. Living Light from Cnidarians. Wings 21(2): 14-17.

 

LIST OF PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

1. Case, J.F. and J.G. Morin, 1966. Glutamate suppression of neuroeffector processes in a coelenterate. Amer. Zool. 6: 525. Abstract.

2. Hastings, J.W. and J.G. Morin, 1968. Calcium activated bioluminescent proteins from ctenophores (Mnemiopsis) and colonial hydroids (Obelia). Biol. Bull. 135: 422. Abstract.

3. Morin, J.G., G.T. Reynolds and J.W. Hastings, 1968. Excitatory physiology and localization of bioluminescence in Obelia. Biol. Bull. 135: 429-430. Abstract.

4. Hastings, J.W. and J.G. Morin, 1969. Comparative biochemistry of calciumactivated photoproteins from the ctenophore, Mnemiopsis and the coelenterates Aequorea, Obelia, Pelagia and Renilla. Biol. Bull. 137: 402. Abstract.

5. Morin, J.G. and G.T. Reynolds, 1969. Fluorescence and time distribution of photon emission of bioluminescent photocytes in Obelia geniculata. Biol. Bull, 137: 410. Abstract.

6. Morin, J.G. and G.T. Reynolds, 1970. Luminescence and related fluores- cence in coelenterates. Biol. Bull. 139: 430-431. Abstract.

7. Morin, J.G. and G.T. Reynolds, 1970. Repetitive flashing of luminescence in hydroids. Amer. Zool. 10: 505-506. Abstract.

8. Morin, J.G. and G.T. Reynolds, 1972. Spectral and kinetic characteris- tics of bioluminescence in Pelagia noctiluca and other coelenterates. Biol. Bull. 143: 470-471. Abstract.

9. Brehm, P., J.G. Morin and G.T. Reynolds, 1973. Bioluminescent characteristics of the Ophiuroid, Ophiopsila californica. Biol. Bull. 145: 426. Abstract.

10. Shorey, J. and J.G. Morin, 1974. Quantification of light produced from hydrozoan photocytes. Biol. Bull. 147: 499. Abstract.

11. Herrera, A.A., J.W. Hastings and J.G. Morin, 1974. Bioluminescence in cellfree extracts of the scale worm Harmothoe (Annelida: Polynoidae). Biol. Bull. 147: 480-481. Abstract.

12. Morin, J.G. and A. Harrington, 1974. Nocturnal activity of Photoblepharon palpebratus, a luminescent reef fish from Eilat, Israel. Amer. Soc. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 54th Annual Mtg. (Ichtyol. Abstr.) 54: 26-27. Abstract.

13. Morin, J.G., 1975. Coelenterate bioluminescence. Calcium activated photoproteins and energy transfer in bioluminescence. Biophys. J. 15 (2):2a. Abstract.

14. Robison, B.H., E.G. Ruby and J.G. Morin, 1977. Luminous bacteria associated with the gut contents of midwater fishes. Western Soc. of Naturalists. 58th Annual Mtg. 58: 55. Abstract.

15. Morin, J.G., 1979. The role of light emission duration on the function of bioluminescence. The Pacific Science Association, XIV Pacific Science Congress 14: 45. Abstract.

16. Morin, J.G., 1979. Bioluminescence in the hundred-fathom codling, Physiculus rastrelliger (Gadiformes, Moridae). Western Soc. of Naturalists. 60th Annual Mtg. 60: 40-41. Abstract.

17. Morin, J.G. and E. L. Bermingham, 1980. Bioluminescent patterns in a tropical ostracod. Amer. Zool. 20:851. Abstract.

18. Peterson, J.A., S. Benson, J. Morin and M. Ngai, 1980. Scaling of the Achilles tendon in mammals. Amer. Zool. 20: 896. Abstract.

19. Morin, J.G., 1981. Bioluminescence among tropical marine fishes. Fourth International Coral Reef Symp., Manila, Philippines, pp.43-44. Abstract.

20. Morin, J.G., 1982. Multiple communication functions in luminescent marine organisms. in: Biocommunication: New Discoveries and Ideas. AAAS Symposium Washington D.C. 148th Natl. Mtg. 148:36. Abstract.

21. Morin, J. G. 1990. Shedding light on shedding light: functions of bioluminescence in marine organisms. Vith International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, Abst 85, Cambridge, England. Abstract.

22. Morin, J. G. and A. C. Cohen, 1992. Evolution of luminescent courtship signals in cypridinid ostracodes from the Caribbean. Meeting of the Crustacean Society, Charleston, S.C. Abstract.

23. Cohen, A. C. and J. G. Morin, 1992. Phylogeny of bioluminescent signaling ostracodes (Cypridinidae) based on cladistic analysis of the morphological characters. Meeting of the Crustacean Society, Charleston, S.C. Abstract.

24. Morin, J. G. and A. C. Cohen, 1993. Evolution of signalling and communication systems in luminescent ostracodes. Bioluminescence Symposium, p. Sp 22, Maui, Hawai'i. Abstract.

25. Morin, J. G. and A. C. Cohen, 1993. Molecular systematics of luminescent cypridinid ostracodes. Bioluminescence Symposium, p. Po 25, Maui, Hawai'i. Abstract.

26. Morin, J. G. 1993. Temporal and spatial variations in luminescent signals from individual cypridinid ostracodes. Amer. Zool. 33 (5): [#326] 81A. Abstract.

27. Torres, E., J. G. Morin and A. C. Cohen, 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of luminescent ostracodes based on comparisons of molecular, morphological and behavioral data. Amer. Zool. 33 (5): [322] 80A. Abstract.

28. Morin, J. G. 1994. Biotic light in the dim and dark: occurrence, distributions and functions. Western Soc. Naturalists, Monterey, California. Abstract.

 

PAPERS PUBLISHED FROM DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN THE MORIN LAB (ABSTRACTS OMITTED)

1. Kastendiek, J., 1976. Behavior of the sea pansy Renilla kollikeri (Coelenterata, Pennatulacea) and its influence on the distribution and biological interaction of the species. Biol. Bull., Woods Hole 151: 518-537.

2. Timko, P.L., 1976. Sand dollars as suspension feeders: a new description of feeding in Dendraster excentricus. Biol. Bull., Woods Hole 151: 247-259.

3. Brehm, P., 1977. Electrophysiology and luminescence of an ophiuroid radial nerve. J. Exp. Biol. 71: 213-227.

4. O'Neill (=Timko), P.L., 1978. Hydrodynamic analysis of feeding in sand dollars. Oecologia, Berlin 34: 157-174.

5. Herrera, A.A., 1979. Electrophysiology of bioluminescent excitable epithelial cells in a polynoid polychaete worm. J. Comp. Physiol. 129: 67-68.

6. Timko, P.L., 1979. Larviphagy and oophagy in benthic invertebrates: a demonstration for Dendraster excentricus (Echinoidea). In: Reproductive ecology of marine invertebrates (S.E. Stancyk, ed) U. So. Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., pp.91-98.

7. Kastendiek, J., 1982. Factors determining the distribution of the sea pansy, Renilla kollikeri, in a subtidal sand-bottom habitat. Oecologia, Berlin 52: 340-347.

8. McFall-Ngai, M.J. and P. V. Dunlap, 1983. Three new modes of luminescence in the leiognathid fish Gazza minuta: discrete projected luminescence, ventral body flash and buccal luminescence. Mar. Biol. 73: 227-237.

9. McFall-Ngai, M. J., 1983. Adaptations for reflection of bioluminescent light in the gas bladder of Leiognathus equulus (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). J. Exp. Zool. 227: 23-33.

10. Fukasawa, S., P. Dunlap, Y. Benno and T. Mitsuoka, 1984. A modification of Haneda's medium for the growth of luminous bacteria. Microbiol. and Immunol. 28: 117-121.

11. McFall-Ngai, M. J. and P. V. Dunlap, 1984. External and internal sexual dimorphism in leiognathid fishes: morphological correlates of sex-specific bioluminescent signalling. J. Morph. 182: 71-83.

12. Dunlap, P. V., 1984. Physiological and morphological state of the symbiotic bacteria from light organs of ponyfish. Biol. Bull. 167: 410-425.

13. Dunlap, P. V. and M. J. McFall-Ngai, 1984. Leiognathus elongatus (Perciformes: Leiognathidae): two distinct species based on morphological and light organ characters. Copeia 1984: 884-892.

14. Dunlap, P. V., 1985. Osmotic control of luminescence and growth in Photobacterium leiognathi from ponyfish light organs. Arch. Microbiol. 141: 44-50.

15. Grober, M.S., 1988. Brittle-star bioluminescence functions as an aposematic signal to deter crustacean predators. Anim. Behav. 36: 493-501.

16. Grober, M.S., 1988. Responses of tropical reef fauna to brittle-star luminescence. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 115: 157-168.

17. Basch, L., 1988. Bioluminescent anti-predator defense in a subtidal ophiuroid. In: Echinoderm Biology (R. Burke et al., eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 503-515.

18. Grober, M.S., 1989. Bioluminescent aposematism: a reply to Guilford and Cuthill. Anim. Behav. 37: 341-343.

19. Grober, M. S., 1989. Starlight on the reef. Natural Hist. 1989(10):72+.

20. Grober, M. S., 1990. Luminescent flash avoidance in the nocturnal crab Portunus xantusii. I. The effects of luminescence and mechanical stimulation on heart rate. J. Exp. Biol. 148:415-426.

21. Grober, M. S., 1990. Luminescent flash avoidance in the nocturnal crab Portunus xantusii. II. Cardiac and visual responses to variations in simulated luminescent flashes. J. Exp. Biol. 148:427-448.

22. Huvard, A. L., 1990. The ultrastructure of the compound eye of two species of marine ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Cypridinidae). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 71:217-223.

23. Huvard, A.L., 1990. Ultrastructural study of the naupliar eye of the ostracode Vargula graminicola (Crustacea: Ostracoda). Zoomorphology 110:47-51.

24. Grober, M.S., 1990. Aposematism and bioluminescence in coastal marine communities. In: Adaptive Coloration in Invertebrates (M. Wicksten, ed.), pp. 77-87.

25. Huvard, A.L.,1993. Ultrastructure of the light organ and immunocytochemical localization of luciferase in luminescent marine ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cypridinidae) J. Morphology 218(2):181-193.

26. Huvard, A.L., 1993. Analysis of visual pigment absorbance and luminescence emission spectra in marine ostracodes (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Comp.Biochem.Physiol. A-Comp. Physiol.104(2):333-338.



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