Rivera-Vicente, A.C. & Sewell, J. & Tricas, T.C. (2011)
Electrosensitive Spatial Vectors in Elasmobranch Fishes: Implications for Source Localization. PLoS ONE, 6(1), Article e16008
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016008
McComb, D.M. & Tricas, T.C. & Kajiura, S.M. (2009)
Enhanced visual fields in hammerhead sharks. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(24), 4010–4018
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.032615
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
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
Tricas, T.C. (2008)
Commentary: Ampullary systems. Journal of Physiology, 102(4–6), 157–158
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.10.020
Camperi, M. & Tricas, T.C. & Brown, B.R. (2007)
From morphology to neural information: the electric sense of the skate. Public Library of Science, Computational Biology, 3: 1083–1096
Manire, C.A. & Rasmussen, L.E.L. & Maruska, K.P. & Tricas, T.C. (2007)
Sex, seasonal, and stress-related variations in elasmobranch corticosterone concentrations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 148(4), 926–935
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.017
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
Rivera-Vicente, A.C. & Tricas, T.C. (2005)
Functional subunit hypothesis in the Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna lewini [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida
Maruska, K.P. & Tricas, T.C. (2004)
Test of the mechanotactile hypothesis: neuromast morphology and response dynamics of mechanosensory lateral line primary afferents in the stingray. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(20), 3463–3476
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01140
Tricas, T.C. & Sisneros, J.A. (2004)
Ecological functions and adaptations of the elasmobranch electrosense. In G. von der Emde, J. Mogdans & B.G. Kapoor(eds.), The Senses of Fish: Adaptations for the Reception of Natural Stimuli, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi: 308–329
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
Bodznick, D. & Montgomery, J. & Tricas, T.C. (2003)
Electroreception: extracting behaviorally important signals from noise. In S.P. Collin & N.J. Marshall(eds.), Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments, Springer–Verlag, New York: 389–403
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-22628-6_20
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
Sisneros, J.S. & Tricas, T.C. (2002)
Ontogenetic changes in the response properties of the peripheral electrosensory system in the Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 59(39), 130–140
DOI: 10.1159/000064160
Sisneros, J.A. & Tricas, T.C. (2002)
Neuroethology and life history adaptations of the elasmobranch electric sense. Journal of Physiology, 96(5–6), 379–389
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(03)00016-0
Tricas, T.C. & Gruber, S.H. (2001)
The behavior and sensory biology of elasmobranch fishes: an anthology in memory of Donald Richard Nelson. Kluwer, Dordrecht, Reprinted from Environmental biology of fishes, Volume 60(1–3), 2001 with addition of species and subject index.
Tricas, T.C. (2001)
The neuroecology of the elasmobranch electrosensory world: why peripheral morphology shapes behavior. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 60(1–3), 77–92
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007684404669
Kajiura, S.M. & Sebastian, A.P. & Tricas, T.C. (2000)
Dermal bite wounds as indicators of reproductive seasonality and behaviour in the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 58(1), 23–31
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007667108362
Tricas, T.C. & Maruska, K.P. & Rasmussen, L.E.L. (2000)
Annual cycles of steroid hormone production, gonad development, and reproductive behavior in the Atlantic stingray. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 118(2), 209–225
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7466
Forlano, P.M. & Maruska, K.P. & Sower, S.A. & King, J.A. & Tricas, T.C. (2000)
Differential distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the stingray brain: functional and evolutionary considerations. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 118(2), 226–248
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7467
Sisneros, J.A. & Tricas, T.C. (2000)
Androgen-induced changes in the response dynamics of ampullary electrosensory primary afferent neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 20(22), 8586–8595
Tricas, T.C. (1999)
Shark Ecology. In Sharks(J. Stevens, ed.), 2nd ed., pp. 96–101, Weldons Pty., NSW
Maruska, K.P. & Tricas, T.C. (1998)
Morphology of the mechanosensory lateral line system in the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina: the mechanotactile hypothesis. Journal of Morphology, 238(1), 1–22
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199810)238:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-D
Sisneros, J.A. & Tricas, T.C. & Luer, C.A. (1998)
Response properties and biological function of the skate electrosensory system during ontogeny. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 183(1), 87–99
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050237
Tricas, T.C. & New, J.G. (1998)
Sensitivity and response dynamics of elasmobranch electrosensory primary afferent neurons to near threshold fields. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 182(1), 89–101
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050161
Tricas, T.C. & Deacon, K. & Last, P.R. & McCosker, J.E. & Walker, T.L. & Taylor, L. (1997)
Sharks and Rays. Time Life Publishing, Indiana, 288 p
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
Kajiura, S.M. & Tricas, T.C. (1996)
Seasonal dynamics of dental sexual dimorphism in the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina. Journal of Experimental Biology, 199(10), 2297–2306
Maruska, K.P. & Cowie, E.G. & Tricas, T.C. (1996)
Periodic gonadal activity and protracted mating in elasmobranch fishes. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 276(3), 219–232
Bradley, J.L. & Tricas, T.C. (1996)
Prey selection, habitat use, and daily ration of the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 12th Annual Meeting, June 13–19,1996 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Maruska, K.P. & Tricas, T.C. (1996)
Ecological morphology of the peripheral mechanosensory lateral line in the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 12th Annual Meeting, June 13–19,1996 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Sisneros, J.A. & Tricas, T.C. & Luer, C.A. (1996)
Response properties and function of the skate electrosensory system during ontogeny [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
Tricas, T.C. & Michael, S.W. & Sisneros, J.A. (1995)
Electrosensory optimization to conspecific phasic signals for mating. Neuroscience Letters, 202(1–2), 129–132
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
Tricas, T.C. & Sisneros, J.A. & Michael, S.W. (1994)
Electrically-mediated elasmobranch social behavior: siren song of the female stingray [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 10th Annual Meeting, 2.–8. June 1994, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Motta, P.J. & Hueter, R.E. & Tricas, T.C. (1991)
An electromyographic analysis of the biting mechanism of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris: Functional and evolutionary implications. Journal of Morphology, 210(1), 55–69
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1052100106
Tricas, T.C. (1985)
Feeding ethology of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 9, 81–91
Tricas, T.C. & Lefeuvre, E.M. (1985)
Mating in the reef white-tip shark Triaenodon obesus. Marine Biology, 84(3), 233–237
DOI: 10.1007/BF00392492
Tricas, T.C. & McCosker, J.E. (1984)
Predatory behavior of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with notes on its biology. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 43(14), 221–238
Tricas, T.C. (1982)
Bioelectric-mediated predation by swell sharks, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. Copeia, 1982(4), 948–952
Tricas, T.C. & Taylor, L.R. & Naftel, G. (1981)
Diel activity of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier, at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaiian Islands. Copeia, 1981(4), 904–908
Tricas, T.C. (1980)
Courtship and mating-related behaviors in myliobatid rays. Copeia, 1980(3), 553–556
Tricas, T.C. (1979)
Relationships of the blue shark, Prionace glauca, and its prey species near Santa Catalina Island, California. Fishery Bulletin, 77(1), 175–182
Tricas, T.C. (1977)
Food habits, movements, and seasonal abundance of the blue shark, Prionace glauca (Carcharhinidae), in southern California waters. Master's thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 79 pp.