All Publications | Most Recent Publications
Watson, W. H. l980. Limulus gill cleaning behavior. J. Comp. Physiol. l4l: 67-75. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. l980. Long-term patterns of gill cleaning, swimming, and ventilation in Limulus. J. Comp. Physiol. l4l:77-85.
Wyse, G. A., D. Sanes, and W. H. Watson. l980. Central neural motor programs underlying short-and long-term patterns of Limulus respiratory activity.J. Comp. Physiol. l4l:86-95.
Benson, J., G. Augustine, and W. H. Watson. l98l. The neuropeptide proctolin acts directly on Limulus cardiac muscle to increase the amplitude of contractions. Brain Research 2l3:449-454. [download pdf]
Sasner, J. J., M. Ikawa, T. Foxall, and W. H. Watson. l98l. Studies on Aphantoxin from Aphanizomenon flos-aquae in New Hampshire. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Water Environment: Algal Toxins and Health. p. 389-405. [download pdf]
Augustine, G. A., W. H. Watson, R. Fetterer, and E. O'Connor. l982. Amine modulation of the neurogenic Limulus heart. J. Neurobiol. l3:6l-74. [download pdf]
O'Connor, E., W. H. Watson, and G. A. Wyse. l982. Identification and localization of catecholamines in the nervous system of Limulus polyphemus. J. Neurobiol. l3:49-60. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. and G. A. Augustine. l982. Peptide and amine modulation of the Limulus heart: A simple neural network and its target tissue.Peptides 3:485-492. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H., G. Augustine, J. A. Benson, and R. E. Sullivan. l983. Proctolin and an endogenous proctolin-like peptide enhance the contractility ofLimulus heart. J. Exp. Biol. l03:55-73.
Watson, W. H., J. R. Groome, T. L. O'Donohue, B. M. Chronwall, and J. Bishop. l984. Presence and distribution of immunoreactive and bioactive FMRFamide-like peptides in the nervous system of the horseshoe crab,Limulus polyphemus. Peptides 5:585-592.
O'Donohue, T. L., J. Bishop, B. Chronwall, J. R. Groome, and W. H. Watson, III. l984. Characterization and distribution of FMRFamide immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system. Peptides 5:563-568. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. and T. Hoshi. l985. Proctolin induces rhythmic contractions and spikes in Limulus heart muscle. Amer. J. Physiol. 249:490-495. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H., T. Hoshi, J. Colburne, and G. J. Augustine. l985. Neurohormonal modulation of the Limulus heart: Amine actions on neuromuscular transmission and cardiac muscle. J. Exp. Biol. ll8:7l-84. [download pdf]
Royce-Malmgren, C. and W. H. Watson, III. l987. An interactive video/computer tracking system for quantification of locomotor behavior. J. Chem.Ecol. 13: 1029-1044. [download pdf]
Royce-Malmgren, C. and W. H. Watson, III. l987. Modification of olfactory-related behavior in juvenile salmon by changes in pH. J. Chem.Ecol. 13: 533-546. [download pdf]
Groome, J. R. and W. H. Watson, III. 1987. Mechanism for amine modulation of the neurogenic Limulus heart: Evidence for involvement of cAMP. J. Neurobiol. 18: 417-431. [download pdf]
Tillinghast, E.K., R. I. Huxtable, W. H. Watson III., and M.A. Townley. 1987. Evidence for the presence of GABAamide on the web of orb-weaving spiders. J. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (B) 88:457-460. [download pdf]
Prior, D. J. and W. H. Watson, III. 1988. The molluscan neuropeptide, SCPB, increases the responsiveness of the feeding motor program of Limax maximus. J. Neurobiol. 19:87-105. [download pdf]
Freadman, M.A. and W.H. Watson III. 1989. Gills as possible accessory circulatory pumps in Limulus polyphemus. Biol. Bull.177: 386-395. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R. and W.H. Watson III. 1989. Second messenger systems underlying amine and peptide actions on cardiac muscle in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. J. Exp. Biol. 145: 419-437. [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. and J.R. Groome. 1989. Modulation of the Limulus heart. Amer. Zool. 29: 1287-1304. [download pdf]
Groom, J. R., Tillinghast, E. K, Townley, M.A, Vetrovs, A. and W. H. Watson III. 1990 Identification of proctolin in the central nervous system of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Peptides 11: 205-211. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R. and W.H. Watson III. 1990. Involvement of Cyclic AMP in multiple, excitatory actions of biogenic amines on the cardiac ganglion of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus J. Exp. Biol. 152: 313-331. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R., M. DeTschaschell, W.H. Watson III. 1992. Peptidergic regulation of the Limulus midgut. J. Comp. Physiol. 170: 631-643.
Watson, W.H. and J. Trimarchi. 1992. A quantitative description of Melibe feeding behavior and its modification by prey density. Marine Behaviour and Physiology 19: 183-194. [download pdf]
Trimarchi, J. and W.H. Watson. 1992. The role of the Melibe buccal ganglia in feeding behavior. Marine Behaviour and Physiology 19: 195-209. [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. III and A.O.D. Willows. 1992. Homologous peptidergic neurons in the buccal ganglia of diverse nudibranch mollusks. J. Neurobiol. 23: 173-186. [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. III. and C.M. Chester. 1993. The influence of olfactory and tactile stimuli on the feeding behavior of Melibe leonina (Gould, 1852) (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea). The Veliger 36(4): 311-316. [download pdf]
Jury, S., M.T. Kinnison, W.H. Howell, and W.H. Watson III. 1994b. The effects of reduced salinity on lobster metabolism; implications for estuarine populations. J.Exp. Marine Biol. and Ecol.176: 167-185. [download pdf]
Jury, S., M.T. Kinnison, W.H. Howell, and W.H. Watson III. 1994a. The behavior of lobsters in response to reduced salinity. J.Exp. Marine Biol. and Ecol. 180: 23-37. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R., M.A. Townley and W.H. Watson III. 1994. Excitatory actions of FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) on the neurogenic Limulus heart. Biol. Bull. 186: 309-318. [download pdf]
Jury, S.H., W.H. Howell, and W.H. Watson III. 1995. Lobster movements in response to a hurricane. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 119: 305-310. [download pdf]
Crossin, G., S.H. Jury, and W.H. Watson III. (1998) Behavioral thermoregulation in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. J. exp. Biol. 201: 365-74. [download pdf]
Howell, W.H., W.H. Watson III., and S.H. Jury. 1999. Skewed sex ratio in an estuarine lobster (Homarus americanus) population. J. of Shellfish Research 18: 193-201.
Watson, W.H. III, A. Vetrovs and W.H. Howell. Lobster movements in an estuary. Marine Biology 134: 65-75 (1999) [download pdf]
Jury, S.H. and W.H. Watson III. Thermosensitivity of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Biol. Bull. 199: 267-264 (2000). [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. III, J.M. Newcomb and K.A. Lawrence. 2001. Neuroethology of Melibe leonina swimming behavior. Amer. Zool. (In Press).
Jury, S.H., H. Howell, D.F. O'Grady and W.H. Watson III. 2001. Lobster trap video: in situ video surveillance of the behavior of Homarus americanus in and around traps. Mar. Freshwater. Res. 52:1125-32 [download pdf]
O'Grady, D.F., S.H. Jury and W.H. Watson III. 2001. Use of a treadmill to study the relationship between walking, ventilation and heart rate in the lobster Homarus americanus. Mar. Freshwater Res. 52: 1387-94.
Dufort, C.G., S. H. Jury, J. M. Newcomb, D. F. O'Grady, III and W. H. Watson, III. 2001. Detection of salinity by the lobster, Homarus americanus. Biol. Bull. 201: 424-34.
W.H. Watson III, K.D. Lawrence and J.M. Newcomb. 2001. Neuroethology of Melibe leonina swimming behavior. American Zoologist 41(4): 1026-1035
Most Recent Publications
Newcomb, J. M and W. H. Watson III. 2001. Identifiable nitrergic neurons in the central nervous system of the Nudibranch Melibe leonina localized with NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity. J. of Comp. Neurology 437: 70-78 [download pdf]
Newcomb, J. M and W. H. Watson III 2001. Modulation of swimming in the gastropod Melibe leonina by nitric oxide. J. of Exp. Biol. 205: 397-403 [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. III, J. M. Newcomb and S. Thompson. 2002. Neural correlates of swimming behavior in Melibe leonina. Biol. Bull. 203: 152-160
Little, S. A. and W. H. Watson III. 2003. A comparison of the size at maturity of female American lobsters between an estuarine population and a nearby coastal population. J. Shellfish Res. 22: 857-864 [download pdf]
Chabot, C. C., Kent, J. and W. H. Watson III. 2004. Circatidal and circadian rhythms of locomotion in Limulus polyphemus. Biol. Bull 207: 72-75. [download pdf]
Jury, S. H., C. C. Chabot and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Daily and circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. JEMBE 47: 606-612.
Thompson, S. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Central pattern generator for swimming in Melibe J. Exp. Biol. 208:1347-1361 [download pdf]
Newcomb, J. M., K. D. Lawrence and W. H. Watson III. 2005. The influence of light on locomotion in the gastropod Melibe leonina. Marine and Freshwater Behav. and Physiol. 37: 253-269.
Henninger, H. P. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Mechanisms underlying the production of carapace vibrations and associated waterborne sounds in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. J. Exp. Biol., in press
Little, S. A. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Differences in the size at maturity of female American lobstesr, Homarus americanus, captured throughout the range of the offshore fishery. J. Crust. Biol., in press
Henninger, H. P. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Sound Detection in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. J.Exp. Biol., submitted
Golet, W. J., Scopel, D. and W. H. Watson III 2005. Are lobsters nocturnal? Local movements of lobsters (Homarus americanus) in there natural habitat., in prep
Publications
Watson, W. H. and G. A. Wyse. l978. The coordination of heart and gill rhythms in Limulus. J. Comp. Physiol. l24:267-275. [download pdf]Watson, W. H. l980. Limulus gill cleaning behavior. J. Comp. Physiol. l4l: 67-75. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. l980. Long-term patterns of gill cleaning, swimming, and ventilation in Limulus. J. Comp. Physiol. l4l:77-85.
Wyse, G. A., D. Sanes, and W. H. Watson. l980. Central neural motor programs underlying short-and long-term patterns of Limulus respiratory activity.J. Comp. Physiol. l4l:86-95.
Benson, J., G. Augustine, and W. H. Watson. l98l. The neuropeptide proctolin acts directly on Limulus cardiac muscle to increase the amplitude of contractions. Brain Research 2l3:449-454. [download pdf]
Sasner, J. J., M. Ikawa, T. Foxall, and W. H. Watson. l98l. Studies on Aphantoxin from Aphanizomenon flos-aquae in New Hampshire. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Water Environment: Algal Toxins and Health. p. 389-405. [download pdf]
Augustine, G. A., W. H. Watson, R. Fetterer, and E. O'Connor. l982. Amine modulation of the neurogenic Limulus heart. J. Neurobiol. l3:6l-74. [download pdf]
O'Connor, E., W. H. Watson, and G. A. Wyse. l982. Identification and localization of catecholamines in the nervous system of Limulus polyphemus. J. Neurobiol. l3:49-60. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. and G. A. Augustine. l982. Peptide and amine modulation of the Limulus heart: A simple neural network and its target tissue.Peptides 3:485-492. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H., G. Augustine, J. A. Benson, and R. E. Sullivan. l983. Proctolin and an endogenous proctolin-like peptide enhance the contractility ofLimulus heart. J. Exp. Biol. l03:55-73.
Watson, W. H., J. R. Groome, T. L. O'Donohue, B. M. Chronwall, and J. Bishop. l984. Presence and distribution of immunoreactive and bioactive FMRFamide-like peptides in the nervous system of the horseshoe crab,Limulus polyphemus. Peptides 5:585-592.
O'Donohue, T. L., J. Bishop, B. Chronwall, J. R. Groome, and W. H. Watson, III. l984. Characterization and distribution of FMRFamide immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system. Peptides 5:563-568. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. and T. Hoshi. l985. Proctolin induces rhythmic contractions and spikes in Limulus heart muscle. Amer. J. Physiol. 249:490-495. [download pdf]
Watson, W. H., T. Hoshi, J. Colburne, and G. J. Augustine. l985. Neurohormonal modulation of the Limulus heart: Amine actions on neuromuscular transmission and cardiac muscle. J. Exp. Biol. ll8:7l-84. [download pdf]
Royce-Malmgren, C. and W. H. Watson, III. l987. An interactive video/computer tracking system for quantification of locomotor behavior. J. Chem.Ecol. 13: 1029-1044. [download pdf]
Royce-Malmgren, C. and W. H. Watson, III. l987. Modification of olfactory-related behavior in juvenile salmon by changes in pH. J. Chem.Ecol. 13: 533-546. [download pdf]
Groome, J. R. and W. H. Watson, III. 1987. Mechanism for amine modulation of the neurogenic Limulus heart: Evidence for involvement of cAMP. J. Neurobiol. 18: 417-431. [download pdf]
Tillinghast, E.K., R. I. Huxtable, W. H. Watson III., and M.A. Townley. 1987. Evidence for the presence of GABAamide on the web of orb-weaving spiders. J. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (B) 88:457-460. [download pdf]
Prior, D. J. and W. H. Watson, III. 1988. The molluscan neuropeptide, SCPB, increases the responsiveness of the feeding motor program of Limax maximus. J. Neurobiol. 19:87-105. [download pdf]
Freadman, M.A. and W.H. Watson III. 1989. Gills as possible accessory circulatory pumps in Limulus polyphemus. Biol. Bull.177: 386-395. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R. and W.H. Watson III. 1989. Second messenger systems underlying amine and peptide actions on cardiac muscle in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. J. Exp. Biol. 145: 419-437. [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. and J.R. Groome. 1989. Modulation of the Limulus heart. Amer. Zool. 29: 1287-1304. [download pdf]
Groom, J. R., Tillinghast, E. K, Townley, M.A, Vetrovs, A. and W. H. Watson III. 1990 Identification of proctolin in the central nervous system of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Peptides 11: 205-211. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R. and W.H. Watson III. 1990. Involvement of Cyclic AMP in multiple, excitatory actions of biogenic amines on the cardiac ganglion of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus J. Exp. Biol. 152: 313-331. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R., M. DeTschaschell, W.H. Watson III. 1992. Peptidergic regulation of the Limulus midgut. J. Comp. Physiol. 170: 631-643.
Watson, W.H. and J. Trimarchi. 1992. A quantitative description of Melibe feeding behavior and its modification by prey density. Marine Behaviour and Physiology 19: 183-194. [download pdf]
Trimarchi, J. and W.H. Watson. 1992. The role of the Melibe buccal ganglia in feeding behavior. Marine Behaviour and Physiology 19: 195-209. [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. III and A.O.D. Willows. 1992. Homologous peptidergic neurons in the buccal ganglia of diverse nudibranch mollusks. J. Neurobiol. 23: 173-186. [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. III. and C.M. Chester. 1993. The influence of olfactory and tactile stimuli on the feeding behavior of Melibe leonina (Gould, 1852) (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea). The Veliger 36(4): 311-316. [download pdf]
Jury, S., M.T. Kinnison, W.H. Howell, and W.H. Watson III. 1994b. The effects of reduced salinity on lobster metabolism; implications for estuarine populations. J.Exp. Marine Biol. and Ecol.176: 167-185. [download pdf]
Jury, S., M.T. Kinnison, W.H. Howell, and W.H. Watson III. 1994a. The behavior of lobsters in response to reduced salinity. J.Exp. Marine Biol. and Ecol. 180: 23-37. [download pdf]
Groome, J.R., M.A. Townley and W.H. Watson III. 1994. Excitatory actions of FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) on the neurogenic Limulus heart. Biol. Bull. 186: 309-318. [download pdf]
Jury, S.H., W.H. Howell, and W.H. Watson III. 1995. Lobster movements in response to a hurricane. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 119: 305-310. [download pdf]
Crossin, G., S.H. Jury, and W.H. Watson III. (1998) Behavioral thermoregulation in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. J. exp. Biol. 201: 365-74. [download pdf]
Howell, W.H., W.H. Watson III., and S.H. Jury. 1999. Skewed sex ratio in an estuarine lobster (Homarus americanus) population. J. of Shellfish Research 18: 193-201.
Watson, W.H. III, A. Vetrovs and W.H. Howell. Lobster movements in an estuary. Marine Biology 134: 65-75 (1999) [download pdf]
Jury, S.H. and W.H. Watson III. Thermosensitivity of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Biol. Bull. 199: 267-264 (2000). [download pdf]
Watson, W.H. III, J.M. Newcomb and K.A. Lawrence. 2001. Neuroethology of Melibe leonina swimming behavior. Amer. Zool. (In Press).
Jury, S.H., H. Howell, D.F. O'Grady and W.H. Watson III. 2001. Lobster trap video: in situ video surveillance of the behavior of Homarus americanus in and around traps. Mar. Freshwater. Res. 52:1125-32 [download pdf]
O'Grady, D.F., S.H. Jury and W.H. Watson III. 2001. Use of a treadmill to study the relationship between walking, ventilation and heart rate in the lobster Homarus americanus. Mar. Freshwater Res. 52: 1387-94.
Dufort, C.G., S. H. Jury, J. M. Newcomb, D. F. O'Grady, III and W. H. Watson, III. 2001. Detection of salinity by the lobster, Homarus americanus. Biol. Bull. 201: 424-34.
W.H. Watson III, K.D. Lawrence and J.M. Newcomb. 2001. Neuroethology of Melibe leonina swimming behavior. American Zoologist 41(4): 1026-1035
Most Recent Publications
Newcomb, J. M and W. H. Watson III. 2001. Identifiable nitrergic neurons in the central nervous system of the Nudibranch Melibe leonina localized with NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity. J. of Comp. Neurology 437: 70-78 [download pdf]
Newcomb, J. M and W. H. Watson III 2001. Modulation of swimming in the gastropod Melibe leonina by nitric oxide. J. of Exp. Biol. 205: 397-403 [download pdf]
Watson, W. H. III, J. M. Newcomb and S. Thompson. 2002. Neural correlates of swimming behavior in Melibe leonina. Biol. Bull. 203: 152-160
Little, S. A. and W. H. Watson III. 2003. A comparison of the size at maturity of female American lobsters between an estuarine population and a nearby coastal population. J. Shellfish Res. 22: 857-864 [download pdf]
Chabot, C. C., Kent, J. and W. H. Watson III. 2004. Circatidal and circadian rhythms of locomotion in Limulus polyphemus. Biol. Bull 207: 72-75. [download pdf]
Jury, S. H., C. C. Chabot and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Daily and circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. JEMBE 47: 606-612.
Thompson, S. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Central pattern generator for swimming in Melibe J. Exp. Biol. 208:1347-1361 [download pdf]
Newcomb, J. M., K. D. Lawrence and W. H. Watson III. 2005. The influence of light on locomotion in the gastropod Melibe leonina. Marine and Freshwater Behav. and Physiol. 37: 253-269.
Henninger, H. P. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Mechanisms underlying the production of carapace vibrations and associated waterborne sounds in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. J. Exp. Biol., in press
Little, S. A. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Differences in the size at maturity of female American lobstesr, Homarus americanus, captured throughout the range of the offshore fishery. J. Crust. Biol., in press
Henninger, H. P. and W. H. Watson III. 2005. Sound Detection in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. J.Exp. Biol., submitted
Golet, W. J., Scopel, D. and W. H. Watson III 2005. Are lobsters nocturnal? Local movements of lobsters (Homarus americanus) in there natural habitat., in prep