Older Publications

Santagata S and Ruiz GM (2007) Characterization of source invertebrate populations and assessing salinity toxicity as a barrier to prevent transfers of high risk species to the Great Lakes in ballast tanks. NOBOB-B: Identifying, Verifying, and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices for NOBOB Vessels. Santagata S and Ruiz G (2007)

C. D. Bishop, D. F. Erezyilmaz, T. Flatt, C. D. Georgiou, M. G. Hadfield, A. Heyland , J. Hodin, M. W. Jacobs, S. A. Maslakova, A. Pires, A. M. Reitzel, S. Santagata, K. Tanaka, and J. H. Youson (2006). What is metamorphosis? Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 655-661. Integrative and Comparative Biology

Santagata, S. (2004) A waterborne behavioral cue for the actinotroch larvae of Phoronis pallida (Phoronida) produced by Upogebia pugettensis (Decapoda: Thalassinidea). Biological Bulletin 207:103-115. Larval Settlement.pdf

Santagata, S. (2004). The Larval Development of Phoronis pallida (Phoronida): Implications for Morphological Convergence and Divergence among Larval Body Plans. Journal of Morphology 259:346-357. Pallida_development.pdf

Santagata, S. (2002). Structure and Metamorphic Remodeling of the Larval Nervous System and Musculature of Phoronis pallida (Phoronida). Evolution & Development 4(1):1-15. Metamorphosis.pdf

Santagata, S., and Zimmer, R., L. (2002). Comparison of the Neuromuscular Systems among Actinotroch Larvae: Systematic and Evolutionary Implications. Evolution & Development 4(1):15-30. Larval Neuromuscular Systems.pdf

Santagata S. and R.L. Zimmer (2000). Comparing cell patterns of coronate bryozoan larvae with fluorescent probes. Proceedings of the 11th International Bryozoology Association Conference. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Republic of Panama, A. Herrera Cubilla and J.B.C. Jackson, editors. p. 365-375. Santagata and Zimmer 2000.pdf

Santagata S. and W.C. Banta (1996b). The origin of brooding in the Cheilostomata: Interpretive morphology of Scrupocellaria ferox. Invertebrate Biology 115(2): 170-180. Santagata and Banta 1996a.pdf

Santagata S. and W.C. Banta (1996a). A checklist of the cheilostome Bryozoa found at Chuuck, Micronesia. Micronesia 29(2): 305-312.

Banta W.C., Santagata S., and F. Perez (1995). A setigerous collar in Membranipora chesapeakensis n.sp. (Bryozoa) - Implications for the evolution of cheilostomes from ctenostomes. Invertebrate Biology 114 (1): 83-88. JSTOR File