Turingan, Ralph
Professor
Biological Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology
United States of America
Biography
B.S. University of the Philippines, Magna Cum Laude M.S. University of Rhode Island Ph.D. University of Puerto Rico
Research Interest
My research on the ecology and evolution of organismal design in vertebrates uses the fish-feeding system as a model with the goal of elucidating the roles of ecological and evolutionary processes in explaining organismal diversity.
Publications
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Carroll, A.M., P.C. Wainwright, S.H. Huskey, D.C. Collar and R.G. Turingan. 2004. Morphology predicts suction feeding performance in centrarchid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207: 38733881.
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Durie, C.J. and R.G. Turingan. 2004. The effects of opercular-linkage disruption on prey-capture kinematics in the teleost fish Sarotherodon melanotheron. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 301A: 642653.
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Turingan, R.G., J.L. Beck, J.M. Krebs and J.D. Licamele. 2005. Development of feeding mechanics in marine fish larvae and the swimming behavior of zooplankton prey: implications for rearing marine fishes. C.-S. Lee, P.J. O'Bryen, and N.M. Marcus (eds). In: Copepods in Aquaculture. Blackwell Publishing Professional, Ames, Iowa, USA.
