Elska B. Kaczmarek

Kaczmarek EB, Gartner SM, Westneat MW, Brainerd EL. 2022. Air breathing and suction feeding kinematics in the West African lungfish, Protopterus annectens. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62 (4), 865-877. doi: 10.1093/icb/icac109

Gartner SM, Whitlow KR, Laurence-Chasen JD, Kaczmarek EB, Granatosky MC, Ross CF, Westneat MW. 2022. Suction feeding of West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens): An XROMM analysis of jaw mechanics, cranial kinesis, and hyoid mobility. Biology Open, 11 (9): bio059447. doi: 10.1242/bio.059447

Li EY^*, Kaczmarek EB^*, Olsen AM, Brainerd EL, Camp AL. 2022. Royal knifefish generate powerful suction feeding through large neurocranial elevation and high epaxial muscle power. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (11): jeb244294. doi: 10.1242/jeb.244294

Kaczmarek EB, Gidmark NJ. 2020. The bite force-gape relationship as an avenue of biomechanical adaptation to trophic niche in two salmonid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223 (20): jeb223180. doi: 10.1242/jeb.223180

van Meer NMME, Weller HI, Manafzadeh AR, Kaczmarek EB, Scott BR, Gussekloo SWS, Wilga CD, Brainerd EL, Camp AL. 2019. Intra-oropharyngeal food transport and swallowing in white-spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum). Journal of Experimental Biology, 222 (20): jeb201426. doi: 10.1242/jeb.201426

Williams SA, Spear JK, Petrullo L, Goldstein DM, Lee AB, Peterson AL, Miano DA, Kaczmarek EB, Shattuck MR. 2019. Increased variation in numbers of presacral vertebrae in suspensory mammals. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 949-956. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0894-2.

Kaczmarek EB, Brainerd EL. Buoyancy control and air breathing in royal knifefish (Chitala blanci) and a new hypothesis for the early evolution of vertebrate air-breathing behaviors. in revision.

Mayerl CM, Capano JG, van Meer NMME, Weller HI, Kaczmarek EB, Chadam M, Blob RB, Brainerd EL, Wyneken J. Turtle girdles: Comparing the relationships between environment and behavior on forelimb function in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and river cooters (Pseudemys scripta). in review.

Kaczmarek EB^*, Phillips JR^*. Respiratory System. In Comparative Vertebrate and Human Anatomy: Ecology, Evolution, and Function. Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) Press. Invited peer-reviewed open access textbook chapter, in prep.