Selected Publications of George W. Barlow

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The following is a partial list of the articles and books I have published. I have chosen these to indicate the scope of my research and interests over the years, and with an eye to the more frequently cited publications.

4. Barlow, G.W. 1961. Social behavior of the desert pupfish, Cyprinodon macularius, in the field and in the aquarium. Amer. Midl. Natur. 65:339-359.

5. Barlow, G.W. 1961. Causes and significance of morphological variation in fishes. Syst. Zool. 10:105-117.

6. Barlow, G.W. 1961. Intra- and interspecific differences in rate of oxygen consumption in gobiid fishes of the genus Gillichthys Biol. Bull. 121:209-229.

7. Barlow, G.W. 1961. Gobies of the genus Gillichthys with comments on the sensory canals as a taxonomic tool. Copeia 1961:423-437.

12. Barlow, G.W. 1962. Ethology of the Asian teleost, Badis badis. IV. Sexual behavior. Copeia 1962:346-360.

27. Ward, J.A. & Barlow, G.W. 1967. The maturation and regulation of glancing off the parents by young orange chromides (Etroplus maculatus: Pisces: Cichlidae). Behaviour 29:1-56.

28. Barlow, G.W. 1967. Social behavior of a South American leaf fish, Polycentrus schomburgki, with an account of recurring pseudofemale behavior. Amer. Midl. Natur. 78:215-234.

33. Barlow, G.W. 1968. Ethological units of behavior. In: D. Ingle (ed.), The Central Nervous System and Fish Behavior. Chicago University Press, Chicago, pp. 217-237. (Reprinted as one of the 44 most important papers published during the period when the field of animal behavior was in its formative stage, from 1940-1970; see Houck and Drickamer, 1996, Foundations of Animal Behavior, University of Chicago Press).

37. Barlow, G.W., Liem, K.F. & Wickler, W. 1968. Badidae, a new fish family—The behavioral, osteological and developmental evidence. J. Zool. Lond. 156:415-447.

41. Barlow, G.W. & Green, R.F. 1970. The problems of appeasement and of sexual roles in the courtship behavior of the blackchin mouthbreeder, Tilapia melanotheron (Pisces: Cichlidae). Behaviour 46:84-114.

42. Barlow, G.W. 1970. A test of appeasement and arousal hypotheses of courtship behavior in a cichlid fish, Etroplus maculatus. Z. Tierpsychol. 27:779-806.

44. Courchesne, E. & Barlow, G.W. 1971. Effect of isolation on components of aggressive and other behavior in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis. Z. vergl. Physiol. 75:32-48.

45. Barlow, G.W. 1972. The attitude of fish eye-lines in relation to body shape and to stripes and bars. Copeia 1972:4-12.

51. Barlow, G.W. 1973. Competition between color morphs of the polychromatic Midas cichlid Cichlasoma citrinellum. Science 179:806-807.

52. Webber, R., Barlow, G.W. A.H. Brush 1973. Pigments of a color polymorphism in a cichlid fish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 44B:1127-1135.

53. Stamps, J.A. & Barlow, G.W. 1973. Variation and stereotypy in the displays of Anolis aeneus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Behaviour 47:67-94.

55. Noakes, D.L.G. & Barlow, G.W. 1973. Ontogeny of parent-contacting in young Cichlasoma citrinellum. Behaviour 46:221-255.

57. Barlow, G.W. 1974. Contrasts in social behavior between Central American cichlid fishes and coral-reef surgeon fishes. Amer. Zool. 14:9-34.

61. Barlow, G.W. 1974. Hexagonal territories. Anim. Behav. 22:876-878.

64. Barlow, G.W. 1974. Extraspecific imposition of social grouping among surgeonfishes (Pisces: Acanthuridae). J. Zool. Lond. 174:333-340.

65. Barlow, G.W. 1974. Derivation of threat display in the gray reef shark. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 3:71-81.

69. Barlow, G.W. 1975. On the sociobiology of some hermaphroditic serranid fishes, the hamlets, in Puerto Rico. Mar. Biol. 33:295-300.

70. Barlow, G.W., Bauer, D.H. & McKaye, K.R. 1975. A comparison of feeding, spacing, and aggression in color morphs of the Midas cichlid. I. Food continuously present. Behaviour 54:72-96

72. Barlow, G.W. 1976. The Midas cichlid in Nicaragua. In: T.B. Thorson (ed.), Investigations of the Ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan Lakes. School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, pp. 333-358

81. McKaye, K.R. & Barlow, G.W. 1976. Competition between color morphs of the Midas cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum, in Lake Jiloá, Nicaragua. In: T.B. Thorson (ed.), Investigations of the Ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan Lakes. School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, pp. 465-475

85. Barlow, G.W. 1977. Modal action patterns. In: T.A. Sebeok (ed.), How Animals Communicate. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, pp. 98-134.

90. Loiselle, P.V. & Barlow, G.W. 1978. Do fishes lek like birds? In: E.S. Reese & F.J. Lighter (eds.), Contrasts in Behavior. Wiley, New York, pp. 33-75.

94. Barlow, G.W. 1980. The development of sociobiology: A biologist's perspective. In: G.W. Barlow & J. Silverberg (eds.), Sociobiology: Beyond Nature/Nurture? A.A.A.S. Selected Symposium 35, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 3-24.

98. Barlow, G.W. 1981. Patterns of parental investment, dispersal and size among coral-reef fishes. Env. Biol. Fish. 6:65-85.

99. Barlow, G.W. 1981. Genetics and development of behavior, with special reference to patterned motor output. In: K. Immelmann, G.W. Barlow, L. Petrinovich & M. Main (eds.), Behavioral Development, The Bielefeld Interdisciplinary Project. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 191-251.

105. Barlow, G.W. 1983. Do gold Midas cichlid fish win fights because of their color, or because they lack normal coloration? A logistic solution. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 13:197-204.

114. Barlow, G.W. 1986. A comparison of monogamy among freshwater and coral-reef fishes. Proc. Second Intern. Conf. Indo-Pac. Fish. pp. 767-775.

117. Barlow, G.W. 1986. Mate choice in the monogamous and polychromatic Midas cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum. J. Fish. Biol. 29(a):123-133.

118. Barlow, G.W., Rogers, W. & Fraley, N. 1986. Do Midas cichlids win through prowess or daring? It depends. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 19:1-8.

120. Barlow, G.W. 1987. Spawning, eggs and larvae of the longnose filefish Oxymonacanthus longirostris, a monogamous coralivore. Env. Biol. Fish. 20:183-194.

125. Dickman, M.C., Schliwa, M. & Barlow, G.W. 1988. Melanophore death and disappearance produces color metamorphosis in the polychromatic Midas cichlid (Cichlasoma citrinellum). Cell Tiss. Res. 253:9-14.

127. Barlow, G.W. 1989. Has sociobiology killed ethology or revitalized it? Perspect. Ethol. 8:1-45.

130. Barlow, G.W., Francis, R.C. & Baumgartner, J.V. 1990. Do the colours of parents, companions and self influence assortative mating in the polychromatic Midas cichlid? Anim. Behav. 40:713-722.

131. Dickman, M.C., Annett, C. & Barlow, G.W. 1990. Unsuspected cryptic polymorphism in the polychromatic Midas cichlid. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 39:239-249.

132. Barlow, G.W. 1991. Nature-nurture and the debates surrounding ethology and sociobiology. Amer. Zool. 31:286-296.

133. Barlow, G.W. 1991. Mating systems among cichlid fishes. In: M.H.A. Keenleyside (ed.), Cichlid Fishes. Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution, pp. 173-190. Chapman & Hall, New York.

134. Rogers, W. & Barlow, G.W. 1991. Sex differences in mate choice in a monogamous biparental fish, the Midas cichlid (Cichlasoma citrinellum). Ethology 87:249-261.

141. Barlow, G.W. 1992. Mechanisms of mate choice in monogamy, pp. 26-29. In: P. Bateson & M. Gomendio (eds.), Behavioural Mechanisms in Evolutionary Perspective. Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones, Madrid.

142. Barlow, G.W. 1993. Fish behavioral ecology: Pros, cons and opportunities, pp. 7-27. In: F.A. Huntingford & P. Torricelli (eds.), Behavioural Ecology of Fishes, Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, Switzerland. (Mar. Behav. Physiol. 23:7-27)

143. Barlow, G.W. 1993. The puzzling paucity of feeding territories among freshwater fishes, pp. 155-174. In: F.A. Huntingford & P. Torricelli (eds.), Behavioural Ecology of Fishes, Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, Switzerland. (Mar. Behav. Physiol. 23:155-175)

144. Francis, R.C. & Barlow, G.W. 1993. Social control of primary sex differentiation in the Midas cichlid. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90:10673-10675.

147. Barlow, G.W. & Siri, P. 1994. Polychromatic Midas cichlids respond to dummy opponents: Color, contrast and context. Behaviour 130:77-112.

149. McKinney, W.T., Jr., Gardner, R., Jr., Barlow, G.W. & McGuire, M.T. 1994. Conceptual basis of animal models in psychiatry: A conference summary. Ethol. Sociobiol. 15:369-382.

153. Schütz, M. & Barlow, G.W. 1997. Young of the Midas cichlid get biologically active nonnutrients by eating mucus from the surface of their parents. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 16:11-18.

154. Barlow, G.W. & Siri, P. 1997. Does sexual selection account for the conspicuous head dimorphism in the Midas cichlid? Anim. Behav. 53:573-584.

155. Mojica, C.L., Meyer, A. & Barlow, G.W. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of species of the genus Brachyrhaphis (Poeciliidae) inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1997:298-305.

156. Barlow, G.W. 1998. Sexual-selection models for exaggerated traits are useful but constraining. Amer. Zool. 38:59-69.

157. Reavis, R.H. & Barlow, G.W. 1998. Why is the coral-reef fish Valenciennea strigata (Gobiidae) monogamous? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 43(4-5):229-237.

161. Barlow, G.W. 2000. Cichlid Fishes. Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution. Perseus Books, Cambridge, 334 pp.

163. Barlow, G.W. 2001. Parsing mouth brooding in cichlid fishes to illuminate the course of evolution. J. Aquaricult. Aquat. Sci. 9:66-78.