McGaw, I.J., Curtis, D.L., Ede J. Wong, K. J. vanBreukelen, F. and Goss. G.C.

(In prep). Physiological responses of postprandial red rock crabs during

emersion

 

McGaw, I.J. (In prep.). Gastric processing and efficiency during hypoxic

exposure in the Dungeness crab Cancer magister.

 

McGaw, I.J. and Duff, S.D. (In review) Cardiovascular system of Anomuran crabs,

Genus Lopholithodes. Journal of Morphology

 

Reiber, C.L., McGaw, I.J. (In review). A rethinking of the "open" vs. "closed"

circulatory systems:  A reexamination of invertebrate circulatory systems in    

light of current findings. Journal of Experimental Biology.

                       

Curtis, D.L and McGaw, I.J. (2008). A year in the life of the Dungeness crab:

Methodology for determining the microhabitat conditions experienced by large

decapods in estuaries. Journal of Zoology. In press

 

McGaw, I.J. (2007). Gastric evacuation and motility during emersion in the red

rock crab Cancer productus. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and

Physiology. 40 (2): 117-131

 

Curtis, D.L. Jensen, E. K. and McGaw, I.J. (2007). Behavioural influences on the

physiological responses of the graceful crab, Cancer gracilis during    

hyposaline exposure. Biological Bulletin. 212: 222-231

           

McGaw, I.J. (2007). The interactive effects of exercise and feeding on oxygen

uptake, activity levels and gastric processing in graceful crab, Cancer

gracilis. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 80  (3):335-343

 

Bernatis, J.L., Gerstenberger, S and McGaw I.J. (2007). Behavioural responses of

Dungeness crabs, Cancer magister, during feeding and digestion in hypoxia.

Marine Biology. 150: 941-951

                      

McGaw I.J. (2007). Circulation: In Encyclopedia of the Rocky Intertidal. Eds

M.W. Denny and S.D. Gaines. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA. pp

133-136

 

McGaw, I.J. and Reiber, C.L. (2007). The functional anatomy of the circulatory

system. In: The blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Ed V. Kennedy and G. Cronin.

Pubs. - Maryland Sea Grant. pp 173-195

 

McGaw, I.J.. (2006). Feeding and digestion in low salinity in an osmoconforming

crab, Cancer gracilis. I Cardiovascular and respiratory responses. Journal of

Experimental Biology 209:3766-3776

 

McGaw, I.J. (2006). Feeding and digestion in low salinity in an osmoconforming

crab, Cancer gracilis. II Gastric motility and evacuation. Journal of

Experimental Biology. 209: 3777-3785

           

McGaw I.J. (2006). Cardiovascular and respiratory responses of blue crabs,

Callinectes sapidus, during limb autotomy. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour

and Physiology 39 (3): 131-141

 

McGaw, I.J. (2006). Epibionts of sympatric Cancer crabs in Barkley Sound,

British Columbia. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 26(1): 85-93

 

McGaw, I.J. (2006). Prioritization or summation of events? Physiological

responses of postprandial Dungeness crabs in low salinity. Physiological and

Biochemical Zoology. 79: 169-177

                                                                                 

Dudas, S.E., McGaw, I.J. and Dower, J.F. (2005). Selective crab predation on

native and introduced bivalves in British Columbia. Journal of Experimental

Marine Biology and Ecology. 325: 8-17

 

McGaw, I.J. (2005). Burying behaviour of two sympatric crab species, Cancer

magister and Cancer  productus. Scientia Marina. 69 (3): 375-381

 

McGaw, I.J. (2005). Does feeding limit cardiovascular modulation in the

Dungeness crab Cancer magister during hypoxia? Journal of Experimental Biology. 

208: 83-91        

 

McGaw, I.J. (2005). The decapod crustacean cardiovascular system: A case that is

neither open nor closed. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 11: 18-36

 

McGaw I.J. (2004). Ventilatory and cardiovascular modulation associated with

burying behaviour in two sympatric crab species Cancer magister and Cancer

productus. Journal of Experimental Marine   Biology and Ecology. 303: 47-63     

     

Payette A.L. and McGaw, I.J. (2003). Thermoregulatory behavior  in the crayfish,

Procambarus clarkii, in a burrow environment. Comparative Biochemistry and

Physiology. 136A: 539-556

 

McGaw, I.J. (2003). Behavioral thermoregulation in the amphibious purple shore

crab Hemigrapsus nudus. Biological Bulletin. 204: 38-49

 

McGaw, I.J. and McMahon, B.R. (2003). Balancing tissue perfusion demands:

Cardiovascular dynamics of Cancer magister during exposure to low salinity and

hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 295A: 57-70

 

McGaw, I.J. & Reiber, C.L. (2002). Cardiovascular system of the blue crab

Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Morphology. 251: 1-21 (Cover picture)

 

McGaw, I.J. (2001). Impacts of habitat complexity on physiology: Purple shore

crabs tolerate osmotic stress for shelter. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.

53 (6): 865-876

 

McGaw, I.J. & Reiber, C.L. (2000). Integrated physiological responses during

feeding and digestion in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Journal of

Experimental Biology.  203 (3): 359-368

 

McGaw, I.J. & McMahon, B.R. (1999). Actions of putative cardioinhibitory

substances on the in vivo decapod crustacean cardiovascular system.  Journal of

Crustacean Biology. 19(3): 435-449

 

McGaw, I.J., Reiber, C.L. & Guadagnoli, J.A. (1999). Behavioral physiology of

four crab species in low salinity. Biological Bulletin. 196: 163-176

 

McGaw, I.J. & Reiber, C.L. (1998). Circulatory modification in the blue crab,

Callinectes sapidus during exposure and acclimation to low salinity.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.  121A: 67-76

 

McGaw, I.J. & McMahon, B.R. (1998). Endogenous rhythms of haemolymph flow and

cardiac performance in the crab Cancer magister. Journal of Experimental

Marine Biology and Ecology. 224: 127-142

 

McGaw, I.J. & McMahon, B.R. (1996). Cardiovascular responses resulting from

variation in external salinity in the Dungeness crab Cancer magister.

Physiological Zoology  69: 1384-1401

 

McGaw, I.J., Wilkens, J.L., McMahon. B.R. & Airriess, C.N. (1995). Crustacean

cardioexcitatory peptides may inhibit the heart in vivo.  Journal of

Experimental Biology  198: 2547-2250

           

McGaw, I.J. & McMahon, B.R. (1995). The FMRFamide-related peptides F1 and F2

alter hemolymph distribution and cardiac output in the crab Cancer

magister. Biological Bulletin 188:186-196

 

McGaw, I.J., Airriess, C.N. & McMahon, B.R. (1994). Patterns of hemolymph flow

variation in decapod crustaceans. Marine Biology 121: 53-60

                       

Airriess, C.N., McMahon, B.R., McGaw, I.J. & Bourne, G.B. (1994). Application

and in situ calibration of a pulsed-Doppler flowmeter for blood flow

measurements in crustaceans. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K.

74: 455-458

 

McGaw, I.J., Airriess, C.N. & McMahon, B.R. (1994). Peptidergic modulation of 

cardiovascular dynamics in the Dungeness crab Cancer magister. Journal

of Comparative Physiology B  164: 103-111

 

McGaw, I.J. & Naylor, E. (1992). The effect of shelter on salinity preference

behaviour of the shore crab Carcinus maenas.  Marine Behaviour and

Physiology  21: 145-152

 

McGaw, I.J. & Naylor, E. (1992). Salinity preference of the shore crab Carcinus

maenas in relation to coloration during intermoult and to prior acclimation.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 155: 145-159

 

McGaw, I.J. & Naylor, E. (1992). Distribution and rhythmic locomotor patterns of

estuarine and open shore populations of Carcinus maenas.  Journal of the

Marine Biological Association, U.K. 72: 599-609

 

McGaw, I.J., Kaiser, M.J., Naylor, E. & Hughes, R.N. (1992). Intraspecific

morphological variation related to the moult-cycle in colour forms of the shore

crab Carcinus maenas.  Journal of Zoology  228: 351-359

           

Reid, D.G., Abello, P., McGaw, I.J., & Naylor, E. (1989). Phenotypic variation

in sympatric crab populations. In: Phenotypic responses and individuality in

aquatic ectotherms. Ed. J.C. Aldrich, Japaga, Ashford, Ireland. pp 88-95.