Sternes, P.C. & Jambura, P.L. & Türtscher, J. & Kriwet, J. & Siversson, M. & Feichtinger, I. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Summers, A.P. & Maisey, J.G. & Tomita, T. & Moyer, J.K. & Higham, T.E. & da Silva, J.P.C.B. & Bornatowski, H. & Long, D.J. & Perez, V.J. & Collareta, A. & Underwood, C. & Ward, D.J. & Vullo, R. & González-Barba, G. & Maisch, H.M. & Griffiths, M.L. & Becker, M.A. & Wood, J.J. & Shimada, K. (2024)
White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae). Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(1), Article a4
DOI: 10.26879/1345

Hall, K.C. & Elcock, J.N. & Hoff, G.R. & Stevenson, D.E. & Summers, A.P. & Donatelli, C.M. (2022)
Interspecific Differences in the Flow Regimes and Drag of North Pacific Skate Egg Cases. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62(3), 805–816
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac108

Herbert, A.M. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. & Wilga, C.D. (2022)
Biomechanics of the jaws of spotted ratfish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(16), Article jeb243748
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243748

Leigh, S.C. & Summers, A.P. & Hoffmann, S.L. & German, D.P. (2021)
Shark spiral intestines may operate as Tesla valves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 288(1955), Article 20211359
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1359

Rutledge, K.M. & Summers, A.P. & Kolmann, M.A. (2019)
Killing them softly: Ontogeny of jaw mechanics and stiffness in mollusk-feeding freshwater stingrays. Journal of Morphology, 280(6), 796–808
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20984

Hall, K.C. & Hundt, P.J. & Swenson, J.D. & Summers, A.P. & Crow, K.D. (2018)
The evolution of underwater flight: The redistribution of pectoral fin rays, in manta rays and their relatives (Myliobatidae). Journal of Morphology, 279(8), 1155–1170
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20837

Boggett, S. & Stiles, J.-L. & Summers, A.P. & Fudge, D.S. (2017)
Flaccid skin protects hagfishes from shark bites. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14, Article 20170765
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0765

Kolmann, M.A. & Summers, A.P. (2016)
Biomaterials: Sharks shift their spine into high gear. Nature, 540, 532–533
DOI: 10.1038/nature21102

Corn, K.A. & Farina, S.C. & Brash, J. & Summers, A.P. (2016)
Modelling tooth–prey interactions in sharks: the importance of dynamic testing. Royal Society Open Science, 3(8), Article 160141
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160141

Kolmann, M.A. & Welch, K.C. & Summers, A.P. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2016)
Always chew your food: freshwater stingrays use mastication to process tough insect prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 283(1838), Article 20161392
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1392

Kolmann, M.A. & Lomax, J.I. & Crofts, S.B. & Summers, A.P. (2015)
The effect of jaw curvature on crushing performance in durophagous stingrays [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 55: E286

Balaban, J.P. & Summers, A.P. & Wilga, C.A. (2015)
Mechanical properties of the hyomandibula in four shark species. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 323(1), 1–9
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1888

Kolmann, M.A. & Crofts, S.B. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2015)
Morphology does not predict performance: jaw curvature and prey crushing in durophagous stingrays. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(24), 3941–3949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.127340

Peterson, A.N. & Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Summers, A.P. (2014)
Fluid flow in filter feeding rays: Size XL [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 54(IS Suppl. 1): E330

Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Summers, A.P. (2014)
Filter-feeding models predict feeding selectivity and movement in elasmobranch fishes [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 54(IS Suppl. 1): E158

Porter, M.E. & Diaz, C. & Sturm, J.J. & Grotmol, S. & Summers, A.P. & Long, J.H. (2014)
Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks. Zoology, 117(1), 19–27
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.10.007

Liu, X.X. & Dean, M.N. & Youssefpour, H. & Summers, A.P. & Earthman, J.C. (2014)
Stress relaxation behavior of tessellated cartilage from the jaws of blue sharks. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 29, 68–80
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.08.014

Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Summers, A.P. (2014)
Comparison of the Structure and Composition of the Branchial Filters in Suspension Feeding Elasmobranchs. The Anatomical Record, 297(4), 701–715
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22850

Bizzarro, J.J. & Broms, K.M. & Logsdon, M.G. & Ebert, D.A. & Yoklavich, M.M. & Kuhnz, L.A. & Summers, A.P. (2014)
Spatial Segregation in Eastern North Pacific Skate Assemblages. PLoS ONE, 9(10), Article e109907
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109907

Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Summers, A.P. (2013)
A filtration mechanism for large vertebrate suspension feeders: fluid flow and filter anatomy in the devil rays (Mantas and Mobulas) [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 53(Suppl. 1): E160

Balaban, J.B. & Summers, A.P. & Wilga, C.A.D. (2013)
Mechanical Properties of a Shark Jaw Support Structure [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 53(Suppl. 1): E9

Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Kleinteich, T. & Summers, A.P. (2013)
The filter pads and filtration mechanisms of the devil rays: Variation at macro and microscopic scales. Journal of Morphology, 274(9), 1026–1043
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20160

Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Kleinteich, T. & Summers, A.P. (2012)
Exploring the filter morphology and filtration mechanics in Mobulidae [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 52(Suppl. 1): E305
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics079

Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. & Ferry, L.A. (2012)
Very low pressures drive ventilatory flow in chimaeroid fishes. Journal of Morphology, 273(5), 461–479
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.11035

Macesic, L.J. & Summers, A.P. (2012)
Flexural stiffness and composition of the batoid propterygium as predictors of punting ability. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 2003–2012
DOI: 10.1242/​jeb.061598

Misty Paig-Tran, E.W. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Strother, J.A. & Summers, A.P. (2011)
Bottles as models: predicting the effects of varying swimming speed and morphology on size selectivity and filtering efficiency in fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214(10), 1643–1654
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.048702

Dean, M.N. & Socha, J.J. & Hall, B.K. & Summers, A.P. (2010)
Canaliculi in the tessellated skeleton of cartilaginous fishes. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 26(2), 263–267
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01417.x

Liu, X. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. & Earthman, J.C. (2010)
Composite model of the shark's skeleton in bending: a novel architecture for biomimetic design of functional compression bias. Materials Science and Engineering C, Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, 30(8), 1077–1084
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2010.05.006

Goo, B.Y. & Dean, M.N. & Huber, D.R. & Summers, A.P. (2010)
Jaw morphology and structure in lamniform sharks [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 50(suppl. 1): e234
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq107

Gerry, S.P. & Summers, A.P. & Wilga, C.D. & Dean, M.N. (2010)
Pairwise modulation of jaw muscle activity in two species of elasmobranchs. Journal of Zoology, 281(4), 282–292
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00703.x

Dean, M.N. & Mull, C.G. & Gorb, S.N. & Summers, A.P. (2009)
Ontogeny of the tessellated skeleton: insight from the skeletal growth of the round stingray Urobatis halleri. Journal of Anatomy, 215(3), 227–372
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01116.x

Tricas, T.C. & Kajiura, S.M. & Summers, A.P. (2009)
Response of the hammerhead shark olfactory epithelium to amino acid stimuli. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 195(1), 947–954
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0470-3

Dean, M.N. & Claeson, K.M. & Summers, A.P. (2009)
Micromorphology and mechanics of the tessellated skeleton of cartilaginous fishes [Abstract]. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 153(2, Supplement 1), S68–S69
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.019

Dean, M.N. & Gorb, S.N. & Summers, A.P. (2008)
A cryoSEM Method for Preservation and Visualization of Calcified Shark Cartilage (And Other Stubborn Heterogeneous Skeletal Tissues). Microscopy Today, 16(6), 48–50

Huber, D.R. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. (2008)
Correction for Huber et al., Hard prey, soft jaws and the ontogeny of feeding mechanics in the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 5(29), 1509–1510
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.3000

Motta, P.J. & Hueter, R.E. & Tricas, T.C. & Summers, A.P. & Huber, D.R. & Lowry, D. & Mara, K.R. & Matott, M.P. & Whitenack, L.B. & Wintzer, A.P. (2008)
Functional Morphology of the Feeding Apparatus, Feeding Constraints, and Suction Performance in the Nurse Shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Morphology, 269(9), 1041–1055
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10626

Wroe, S. & Huber, D.R. & Lowry, M. & Mchenry, C. & Moreno, K. & Clausen, P. & Ferrara, T.L. & Cunningham, E. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. (2008)
Three-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: How hard can a great white bite? Journal of Zoology, 276, 336–342

Huber, D.R. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. (2008)
Hard prey, soft jaws, and the ontogeny of feeding mechanics in the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 5(25), 941–952
DOI: 10.1098/​rsif.2007.1325

Dean, M.N. & Azizi, E. & Summers, A.P. (2007)
Uniform strain in broad muscles: active and passive effects of the twisted tendon of the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210(19), 3395–3406
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.007062

Dean, M.N. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Summers, A.P. (2007)
The evolution of cranial design, diet and feeding mechanisms in batoid fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 47: 70–81
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm034

Porter, M.E. & Koob, T.J. & Summers, A.P. (2007)
The contribution of mineral to the material properties of vertebral cartilage from the smooth-hound shark Mustelus californicus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210(19), 3319–3327
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.006189

Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. (2006)
Mineralized Cartilage in the skeleton of chondrichthyan fishes. Zoology, 109(2), 164–168
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.03.002

Porter, M.E. & Beltrán, J.L. & Koob, T.J. & Summers, A.P. (2006)
Material properties and biochemical composition of mineralized vertebral cartilage in seven elasmobranch species (Chondrichthyes). Journal of Experimental Biology, 209(15), 2920–2928
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02325

Dean, M.N. & Chiou, W.-A. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Morphology and Ultrastructure of Prismatic Calcified Cartilage. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 11(Suppl. S02), 1196–1197
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927605507888

Dean, M.N. & Wilga, C.D. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Eating without hands or tongue - specialization, elaboration and the evolution of preyprocessing mechanisms in cartilaginous fishes. Biology Letters, 1(3), 357–361
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0319

Kajiura, S.M. & Forni, J.B. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Olfactory Morphology of Carcharhinid and Sphyrnid Sharks: Does the Cephalofoil Confer a Sensory Advantage? Journal of Morphology, 264(3), 253–263
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10208

Kajiura, S.M. & Tyminski, J.P. & Forni, J.B. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
The sexually dimorphic cephalofoil of bonnethead sharks, Sphyrna tiburo. Biological Bulletin, 209, 1–5

Beltán, J.L. & Porter, M.E. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
What makes and breaks cartilaginous jaws: The biomechanics and biochemistry of shark jaw cartilage [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Uniform strain in broad muscles: A new twist on tendons [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Huber, D.R. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
The crushing bite of the water bunny Hydrolagus colliei [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Kajiura, S.M. & Tricas, T.C. & Forni, J.B. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Olfaction in sphyrnid sharks [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Kasbati, S.L. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Sharks: The skinny [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Porter, M.E. & Dean, M.N. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
A hole in the head: Spiracle morphology and importance during exercise [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Summers, A.P. & Koob, T.J. (2005)
Hot and cold skeletons - the effect of temperature on the properties of cartilage [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Williams, A.T. & Kajiura, S.M. & Forni, J.B. & Summers, A.P. & Koob, T.J. (2005)
Sexually dimorphic skate snouts [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida

Schaefer, J.T. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Batoid wing skeletal structure: novel morphologies, mechanical implications, and phylogenetic patterns. Journal of Morphology, 264(3), 298–313
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10331

Summers, A.P. & Ketcham, R.A. & Rowe, T. (2004)
Structure and Function of the Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci) Cranium Through Ontogeny: Development of a Hard Prey Specialis. Journal of Morphology, 260(1), 1–12
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10141

Motta, P.J. & Hueter, R.E. & Tricas, T.C. & Summers, A.P. & Lowry, D. & Matott, M.P. & Whitenack, L.B. & Wintzer, A.P. (2004)
A sucker is born every time: A story of suction prey capture in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 20th Annual Meeting, Norman, Oklahoma

Kajiura, S.M. & Forni, J.B. & Summers, A.P. (2003)
Maneuvering in juvenile carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks: the role of the hammerhead shark cephalofoil. Zoology, 106(1), 19–28
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00086

Summers, A.P. & Koob-Emunds, M.M. & Kajiura, S.M. & Koob, T.J. (2003)
A novel fibrocartilaginous tendon from an elasmobranch fish (Rhinoptera bonasus). Cell and Tissue Research, 312(2), 221–227
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0714-4

Kajiura, S.M. & Tyminski, J.P. & Forni, J.B. & Summers, A.P. (2003)
The sexually dimorphic cephalofoil of bonnethead sharks [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 19th Annual Meeting, Manaus, Brazil

Porter, M.E. & Summers, A.P. (2003)
Like a rock: structural properties of the shark vertebral column [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 19th Annual Meeting, Manaus, Brazil

Summers, A.P. & Drucker, E.G. & Martinez, G. (2003)
Under pressure to swim fast: shark myotomal pressure increases with increasing swimming speed [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 19th Annual Meeting, Manaus, Brazil

Motta, P.J. & Hueter, R.E. & Tricas, T.C. & Summers, A.P. (2002)
Kinematic analysis of suction feeding in the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum (Orectolobiformes, Ginglymostomidae). Copeia, 2002(1), 24–38

Summers, A.P. & Ferry-Graham, L.A. (2001)
Ventilatory modes and mechanics of the hedgehog skate (Leucoraja erinacea): testing the continuous flow model. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204(9), 1577–1587

Summers, A.P. (2000)
Stiffening the Stingray Skeleton. An Investigation of Durophagy in Myliobatid Stingrays (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea, Myliobatidae). Journal of Morphology, 243(2), 113–126
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200002)243:2<113::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-A

Summers, A.P. & Ferry Graham, L.A. (2000)
Respiratory mecahnics of the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea, determined by sonomicrometry [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 16th Annual Meeting, 14–20 June 2000, La Paz, Mexico

Leonard, J.B.K. & Summers, A.P. & Koob, T.J. (1999)
Metabolic Rate of Embryonic Little Skate, Raja erinacea (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea): The Cost of Active Pumping. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 283, 13–18

Summers, A.P. & Koob, T.J. & Brainerd, E.L. (1998)
Stingray jaws strut their stuff. Nature, 395, 450–451
DOI: 10.1038/26649

Motta, P.J. & Tricas, T.C. & Hueter, R.E. & Summers, A.P. (1997)
Feeding mechanism and functional morphology of the jaws of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 200(21), 2765– 2780

Koob, T.J. & Summers, A.P. (1996)
On the hydrodynamic properties of skate egg capsules [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 12th Annual Meeting, June 13–19,1996 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Motta, P.J. & Tricas, T.C. & Hueter, R.E. & Summers, A.P. (1995)
Feeding mechanisms of the lemon shark: Conservative motor and kinematic patterns [Abstract]. American Zoologist, 35(5), 103A

Motta, P.J. & Hueter, R.E. & Tricas, T.C. & Summers, A.P. & Wilga, C.A.D. (1994)
Feeding mechanics of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris: a morphological, kinematic, and electromyographic analysis [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 10th Annual Meeting, 2.–8. June 1994, University of Southern California, Los Angeles