(PDFs available on request)
Rivers, T. J. and J. G. Morin. 2012. The relative cost of using luminescence for sex and defense: light budgets in cypridinid ostracods. Journal of Experimental Biology (in press).
Morin, J. G. and A. C. Cohen. 2010. It’s all about sex: Bioluminescent courtship displays, morphological variation and sexual selection in two new genera of Caribbean ostracods. Journal of Crustacean Biology 30 (1):56-67.
Cohen, A. C. and J. G. Morin. 2010. Two new bioluminescent Ostracod genera, Enewton and Photeros (Myodocopida, Cypridinidae), and three new species from Jamaica. Journal of Crustacean Biology 30 (1): 1-55.
Morin, J. G. 2010. Our Invisible Close Relatives. American Paleontologist 18 (4): 23-25.
Rivers, T. J. and J. G. Morin. 2009. Plasticity of alternative mating tactics of a marine bioluminescent ostracod. Animal Behavior 78: 723-734.
Gerrish, G. A., J. G. Morin, T. J. Rivers and Z. Patrawala. 2009. Darkness as an ecological resource: the role of light in partitioning the nocturnal niche. Oecologia 160: 525-536.
Gerrish, G. A. and J. G. Morin. 2008. Life cycle of a bioluminescent marine ostracode, Vargula annecohenae (Cypridinidae, Myodocopida). Journal of Crustacean Biology 28 (4): 669-674.
Rivers, T. J. and J. G. Morin. 2008. Complex sexual courtship displays by luminescent male marine ostracods. Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (14): 2252-2262.
Torres, E. and J. G. Morin. 2007. Vargula annecohenae, a new species of bioluminescent ostracode (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae) from Belize. Journal of Crustacean Biology 27(4): 649-659.
Morin, J. G. Bioluminescence. 2007. In: M. Denny and S. Gaines (eds.), Encyclopedia of Tide Pools and Rocky Shores, pp. 87-91.
Cohen, A. C. and J. G. Morin. 2003. Sexual morphology, reproduction and the evolution of bioluminescence in Ostracoda. In: Paleontological Society Papers 9:37-70 [Chapter 4].
Hastings, J. W. and J. G. Morin. 1998. Photons for reporting molecular events: Green Fluorescent Protein and four luciferase systems. In: M. Chalfie and S. Kain (eds.), Green fluorescent protein: Properties, applications, and protocols, pp. 17-41.
Morin, J. G. 1998. Living light from Cnidarians. Wings 21(2):14-17.
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 Zoologica 78:85-96.
Cohen, A. C. and J. G. Morin. 1995. Sex and ostracods. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10:246 (Correspondence).
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. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 108:23-84.
Hastings, J. W. and J. G. Morin. 1991. Bioluminescence. In: C. L. Prosser (ed.), Neural and integrative animal physiology [comparative animal physiology]. Wiley-Liss, Inc., chapter 3, pp.131-170.
McFall-Ngai, M. and J. G. Morin. 1991. Camouflage by disruptive illumination in leiognathids, a family of shallow-water, bioluminescent fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 156:119-137.
Morin, J. G. and A. C. Cohen. 1991. Bioluminescent displays, courtship, and reproduction in Ostracodes. In: R. Bauer and J. Martin (eds.), Crustacean sexual biology. Columbia University Press, pp. 1-16.
Cohen, A. C. and J. G. Morin. 1990. Morphological relationships of bioluminescent Caribbean species of Vargula (Myodocopa). In: R. Whatley and C. Maybury (eds.), Ostracoda and global events. Chapman and Hall, pp. 381-400.
Cohen, A. C. and J. G. Morin. 1990. Patterns of Reproduction in Ostracodes; A Review. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10:184-211.
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. Journal of Crustacean Biology 9:297-340.
Morin, J. G. 1988. Piscivorous behavior and activity patterns in the tropical ophiuroid Ophiarachna incrassata (Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatidae). In: R. Burke et al. (eds.), Echinoderm biology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 401-407.
Morin, J. G. and A. C. Cohen. 1988. Two new ostracodes of the genus Vargula from the San Blas region of Panama. Journal of Crustacean Biology 8:620-638.
Morin, J. G., J. E. Kastendiek, A. Harrington, and N. Davis. 1988. Organisms of a subtidal sand community in southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 87:1-11.
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.
Morin, J. G. 1986. "Firefleas" of the sea: Luminescent signaling in marine ostracode crustaceans. Morin, J. G. Florida Entomologist 69:105-121.
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. Marine Ecology Progress Series 27:163-185.
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. Journal of Zoology, London 202:361-372.
Morin, J. G. 1983. Coastal bioluminescence: Patterns and functions. Bulletin of Marine Science 33:787-817.
Ernst, W. G. and J. G. Morin (eds.). 1982. The environment of the deep sea; Rubey Volume II. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 371 pp.
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.
Morin, J. G. Bioluminescent patterns in shallow tropical marine fishes. 1981. In: E. Gomez (ed.), Proceedings: Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, Vol. 2, pp. 569-574.
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.
Ruby, E. G. and J. G. Morin. 1979. Luminous enteric bacteria of marine fishes: A study of their distribution, densities and dispersion. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 38:406-411.
Herring, P. J. and J. G. Morin. 1978. Bioluminescence in Fishes. In: P. J. Herring (ed.), Bioluminescence in action. Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 273-329.
Ruby, E. G. and J. G. Morin. 1978. Specificity of symbiosis between deep-sea fishes and psychrotropic luminous bacteria. Deep Sea Research 25:161-167.
Brehm, P. and J. G. Morin. 1977. Localization and characterization of luminescent cells in Ophiopsila california and Amphipholis squamata. Biological Bulletin 152:12-25.
Morin, J. G. 1976. Probable functions of bioluminescence in the Pennatulacea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). In: G. O. Mackie (ed.), Coelenterate ecology and behavior. Plenum Press, New York, 1976, pp. 629-638.
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.
Morin, J. G. and G. T. Reynolds. 1975. The cellular origin of bioluminescence in the colonial hydroid Obelia. Biological Bulletin 147:397-410.
Morin, J. G. 1974. Coelenterate bioluminescence. In: L. Muscatine and H. Lenhoff (eds.), Coelenterate biology: Reviews and new perspectives. Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1974, pp. 397-438.
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. Journal of Cellular Physiology 81:291-298.
Wampler, J. E., Y. D. Karkhanis, J. G. Morin, and M. J. Cormier. 1973. Similarities in the bioluminescence from the Pennatulacea. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 314:104-109.
Hastings, J. W. and J. G. Morin. 1971. Calcium-triggered light emission in Renilla. A unitary biochemical scheme for coelenterate bioluminescence. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 37:493-498.
Hastings, J. W. and J. G. Morin. 1971. Kinetics of calcium-triggered luminescence of aequorin and other photoproteins. In: R. J. Podolsky (ed.), Contractility of muscle cells and related processes. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971, pp. 99-104.
Morin, J. G. and I. M. Cooke. 1971. Behavioural physiology of the colonial hydroid Obelia. I. Spontaneous movements and correlated electrical activity. Journal of Experimental Biology 54:689-706.
Morin, J. G. and I. M. Cooke. 1971. Behavioural physiology of the colonial hydroid Obelia. II. Stimulus-initiated electrical activity and bioluminescence. Journal of Experimental Biology 54:707-721.
Morin, J. G. and I. M. Cooke. 1971. Behavioural physiology of the colonial hydroid Obelia. III. Characteristics of the bioluminescent system. Journal of Experimental Biology 54:723-735.
Morin, J. G. and J. W. Hastings. 1971. Biochemistry of the bioluminescence of colonial hydroids and other coelenterates. Journal of Cellular Physiology 77:305-311.
Morin, J. G. and J. W. Hastings. 1971. Energy transfer in a bioluminescent system. Journal of Cellular Physiology 77:313-318.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS RESULTING FROM WORK DONE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JAMES G. MORIN:
1993 Huvard, A. L. Analysis of visual pigment absorbance and luminescence emission spectra in marine ostracodes (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Comparative Physiology 104(2):333-338.
Huvard, A. L. Ultrastructure of the light organ and immunocytochemical localization of luciferase in luminescent marine ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cypridinidae). Journal of Morphology 218(2):181-193.
1990 Grober, M. S. Aposematism and bioluminescence in coastal marine communities. In: M. Wicksten (ed.), Adaptive coloration in invertebrates, pp. 77-87.
Grober, M. S. Luminescent flash avoidance in the nocturnal crab Portunus xantusii. I. The effects of luminescence and mechanical stimulation on heart rate. Journal of Experimental Biology 148:415-426.
Grober, M. S. Luminescent flash avoidance in the nocturnal crab Portunus xantusii. II. Cardiac and visual responses to variations in simulated luminescent flashes. Journal of Experimental Biology 148:427-448.
Huvard, A. L. Ultrastructural study of the naupliar eye of the ostracode Vargula graminicola (Crustacea: Ostracoda). Zoomorphology 110:47-51.
Huvard, A. L. The ultrastructure of the compound eye of two species of marine ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Cypridinidae). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 71:217-223.
1989 Grober, M. S. Bioluminescent aposematism: A reply to Guilford and Cuthill. Animal Behaviour 37:341-343.
* Grober, M. S. Starlight on the reef. Natural History 1989(10):72+.
1988 Basch, L. Bioluminescent anti-predator defense in a subtidal ophiuroid. In: R. Burke et al. (eds.), Echinoderm biology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 503-515.
Grober, M. S. Brittle-star bioluminescence functions as an aposematic signal to deter crustacean predators. Animal Behaviour 36:493-501.
Grober, M. S. Responses of tropical reef fauna to brittle-star luminescence. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 115:157-168.
1985 Dunlap, P. V. Osmotic control of luminescence and growth in Photobacterium leiognathi from ponyfish light organs. Archives of Microbiology 141:44-50.
1984 Dunlap, P. V. Physiological and morphological state of the symbiotic bacteria from light organs of ponyfish. Biological Bulletin 167:410-425.
Dunlap, P. V. and M. J. McFall-Ngai. Leiognathus elongatus (Perciformes: Leiognathidae): Two distinct species based on morphological and light organ characters. Copeia 1984:884-892.
Fukasawa, S., P. Dunlap, Y. Benno, and T. Mitsuoka. A modification of Haneda's medium for the growth of luminous bacteria. Microbiology and Immunology 28:117-121.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. and P. V. Dunlap. External and internal sexual dimorphism in leiognathid fishes: Morphological correlates of sex-specific bioluminescent signalling. Journal of Morphology 182:71-83.
1983 McFall-Ngai, M. J. Adaptations for reflection of bioluminescent light in the gas bladder of Leiognathus equulus (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 227:23-33.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. and P. V. Dunlap. Three new modes of luminescence in the leiognathid fish Gazza minuta: Discrete projected luminescence, ventral body flash and buccal luminescence. Marine Biology 73:227-237.
1982 Kastendiek, J. Factors determining the distribution of the sea pansy, Renilla kollikeri, in a subtidal sand-bottom habitat. Oecologia, Berlin 52:340-347.
1979 Herrera, A. A. Electrophysiology of bioluminescent excitable epithelial cells in a polynoid polychaete worm. Journal of Comparative Physiology 129:67-68.
Timko, P. L. Larviphagy and oophagy in benthic invertebrates: A demonstration for Dendraster excentricus (Echinoidea). In: S. E. Stancyk (ed.), Reproductive ecology of marine invertebrates. University of Southern Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., pp. 91-98.
1978 O'Neill (=Timko), P. L. Hydrodynamic analysis of feeding in sand dollars. Oecologia, Berlin 34:157-174.
1977 Brehm, P. Electrophysiology and luminescence of an ophiuroid radial nerve. Journal of Experimental Biology 71:213-227.
1976 Kastendiek, J. Behavior of the sea pansy Renilla kollikeri (Coelenterata, Pennatulacea) and its influence on the distribution and biological interaction of the species. Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 151:518-537.
Timko, P. L. Sand dollars as suspension feeders: A new description of feeding in Dendraster excentricus. Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 151:247-259.