ZFIN Person: Webb, Jacqueline

Biography and Research Interest

BS Cornell University
PhD Boston University
Post-Doc UCSD (NIH-NRSA)
Post-Doc Cornell Vet School (NIH-NRSA)
Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island

Research Interests: Development and evolution of the mechanosensory lateral line system; Biology of fishes

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Coombs, S., J. Janssen and Webb JF. 1988. Diversity of lateral line systems: Phylogenetic and functional considerations, pp. 553-593. In: Atema, J., R.R. Fay, A.N. Popper, W.N. Tavolga (eds.) Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals. NY: Springer-Verlag.

Webb, JF 1989a. Gross morphology and evolution of the mechanoreceptive lateral line system in teleost fishes. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 33: 34-53.

Webb, JF 1989b. Neuromast morphology and lateral line trunk canal ontogeny in two species of cichlids: An SEM Study. J. Morphology. 202: 53-68.

Webb, JF 1989c. Developmental constraints and evolution of the lateral line system in teleost fishes, pp. 79-97, In: Coombs, S., P. Gorner and H. Munz (eds.). The Mechanosensory Lateral Line: Neurobiology and Evolution. NY: Springer-Verlag.

Webb, JF 1990a. Comparative morphology and evolution of the lateral line system in the Labridae (Perciformes: Labroidei). Copeia 1990(1): 137-146.

Webb, JF 1990b. Ontogeny and phylogeny of the trunk lateral line system in cichlid fishes. Journal of Zoology (London) 221: 405-418.

Webb, JF and R.G. Northcutt. 1991. Ciliated epithelium in non-teleost actinopterygian fishes. Acta Zoologica. (Stockh.) 72(2): 107-111.

Webb, JF and D.M. Noden. 1993. Ectodermal placodes: Contributions to the development of the vertebrate head. Amer. Zool. 33: 434-447.

Webb, JF and Northcutt, R.G. 1997. Morphology and distribution of pit organs and canal neuromasts in non-teleost bony fishes. Brain, Behav. Evolution 50: 139-151.

Wonsettler, A.L. and Webb, JF 1997. Morphology and development of the multiple lateral line canals on the trunk in two species of Hexagrammos (Scorpaeniformes: Hexagrammidae). J. Morphology. 233: 195-214.

Webb, JF 1998. Laterophysic Connection: A unique link between the swim bladder and the lateral-line system in Chaetodon (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). Copeia 1998(4): 1032-1036.

Webb, JF 1999. Diversity of Fish Larvae in Development and Evolution, pp. 109-158. In: (Hall, B.K., Wake, M.H., eds.) Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms. San Diego, Academic Press.

Webb, JF and Smith, W.L. 2000. The laterophysic connection in chaetodontid butterflyfish: Morphological variation and speculations on sensory function. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 355: 1125-1129.

Webb, JF 2000a. Mechanosensory Lateral Line: Functional Morphology and Neuroanatomy. In: (G. Ostrander, ed.), pp. 236-244. Handbook of Experimental Animals -The Laboratory Fish. London, Academic Press.

Webb, JF. 2000b. Mechanosensory Lateral Line: Microscopic Anatomy and Development. In: (G. Ostrander, ed.), pp. 463-470. Handbook of Experimental Animals - The Laboratory Fish. London, Academic Press.

Tarby, M.L. and Webb, JF 2003. Development of the supraorbital and mandibular lateral line canals in the cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus. J. Morphology. 254: 44-57.

Smith, W.L., Webb, J.F., and Blum, S.D. 2003. The evolution of the laterophysic connection with a revised phylogeny and taxonomy of butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae). Cladistics. 19: 287-306.

Webb, JF. and Shirey, J.E.* 2003. Post-embryonic development of the lateral line canals and neuromasts in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics (Zebrafish As Model System (Special Issue). 228: 370-385.

Streelman, JT, Webb, JF, Albertson, R.C. and Kocher, T.D. 2003. The cusp of evolution and development: A model of cichlid tooth shape diversity. Evolution and Development. 5(6): 600-608.

Webb, JF, Smith, WL, Ketten, DR. 2006. The laterophysic connection and swim bladder in butterflyfishes in the genus Chaetodon (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). J. Morphology. 267:1338-1355.

Webb, JF and Schilling TF. 2006. Zebrafish in Comparative Context: A Symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46: 569-576.

Schilling, TF and Webb JF. 2007. Considering the zebrafish in comparative context. Journal of Experimental Zoology Biol.; Molecular Development and Evolution. 308B: 1-8.

Webb, JF, Herman, JL, Woods, CF and Ketten, DR. 2010. The ears of butterflyfishes: "Hearing generalists"; on noisy coral reefs? J. Fish Biol. 77: 1434-1451.

Webb J.F. 2011. Lateral Line Structure. In: Farrell A.P., (ed.), Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment, Vol.1, pp. 336-346. San Diego: Academic Press.

Webb, JF, Walsh, RM, Casper, B and Mann, DA, Kelly, N, Cicchino, N. 2012. Ontogeny of the ear, hearing capabilities, and laterophysic connection in the Spotfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ocellatus). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 95: 275-290.

Schwalbe, MAB, Bassett DK and Webb JF. 2012. Feeding in the dark: Lateral line mediated feeding behavior in the peacock cichlid, Aulonocara stuartgranti. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 2060-2071.

Webb, JF. 2014a. Lateral line morphology and development and implications for the functional ontogeny of flow sensing of fishes. In: Bleckmann, H., Mogdans, J. and Coombs, S. (Eds.). Flow Sensing in Air and Water - Behavioural, Neural and Engineering Principles of Operation. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 247-270.

Webb, JF. 2014b. Morphological diversity, evolution and development of the mechanosensory lateral line system. In: Coombs S, Bleckmann H, Fay RR and Popper AN (Eds.). The Lateral Line System. NY: Springer-Verlag, pp. 17-72.

Webb, JF, Bird, NC, Carter, L, Dickson, J. 2014. Comparative development and evolution of two lateral line phenotypes in Lake Malawi cichlids. J. Morphol. 275(6): 678-692 (+ Cover Photo).

Bird, NC and Webb, JF. 2014. Heterochrony and modularity in the functional evolution of the lateral line system. EvoDevo 2014, 5:21. DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-5-21. Designated as "Highly Accessed"