In memoriam: Melbourne Romaine Carriker 1915-2007

Journal of Shellfisheries Research, March, 2008 by Clement L. Counts, III, Robert S. Prezant, J. Evan Ward

Carriker, M. R., P. Person, R. Libbin & D. Van Zandt. 1972. Regeneration of the proboscis of muricid gastropods after amputation, with emphasis on the radula and cartilages. Biological Bulletin 143:317-331.

Carriker, M. R. & D. Van Zandt. 1972. Predatory behavior of a shell-boring muricid gastropod, In: H. E. Winn and J. Olla, eds., Behavior of marine animals: Current perspectives in research vol. 1: Invertebrates. Plenum Press, New York. pp. 157-244.

Carriker, M. R. & D. Van Zandt. 1972. Regeneration of the accessory boring organ of muricid gastropods after excision. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 91:455-466.

Carriker, M. R., D. Van Zandt & T. J. Grant. 1972. Mechanism of shell penetration by the boring muricid gastropod Urosalpinx cinerea. In: M. R.

Carriker, ed., A decade of whole organism biology, Systematics-Ecology Program, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. pp. 1618.

1973

Carriker, M. R. 1973. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. BioScience 23:607.

Carriker, M. R. & D. Van Zandt. 1973. Activity of the marine gastropod Urosalpinx cinerea in the absence of hibernation. Chesapeake Science 14:285-288.

Carriker, M. R. & H. H. Chauncey. 1973. Effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibition on shell penetration by the muricid gastropod Urosalpinx cinerea. Malaeologia 12:247-263.

Carriker, M. R. & D. Van Zandt. 1973. Temperature, salinity, and pH of running seawater in the Marine Biological Laboratory, 1962-1972. Systematics-Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 28 pp.

1974

Carriker, M. R., J. G. Schaadt & V. Peters. 1974. Analysis by slow-motion picture photography and scanning electron microscopy of radular function in Urosalpinx cinereafollyensis (Muricidae, Gastropoda)) during shell penetration. Marine Biology 25:63-76.

Zottoli, R. A. & M. R. Carriker. 1974. Burrow morphology, tube formation, and microarchitecture of shell dissolution by the spionid polychaete Polydora websteri. Marine Biology 27:307-316.

Zottoli, R. A. & M. R. Carriker. 1974. External release of protease by stationary burrow-dwelling polychaetes. Journal of Marine Research 32:331342.

1975

Carriker, M. R. 1975. Radular anomaly in Urosalpinx cinerea (Gastropoda: Muricidae). The Nautilus 89:91-94.

Carriker, M. R. 1975. Opening Comments. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Aquaculture Nutrition, Kent S. Price, ed., College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Newark. pp. 7-12.

1976

Carriker, M. R. 1976. Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States. Chesapeake Seience 17:311. [Review]

Price, Kent S., M. R. Carriker, C. E. Epifanio, R. F. Srna, G. D. Pruder, E. T. Bolton & K. P. Smith. 1976. Mariculture in controlled environment seawater systems--A review of research at the University of Delaware. FAO Technical Conference on Aquaculture, Kyoto Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. FAO- FIR:AQ/Conf/76/E.37.

1977

Carriker, M. R. 1977. The crucial role of systematics in assessing pollution effects on the biological utilization of estuaries. In: Estuarine Pollution Control and Assessment, Proceedings of a Conf held at Pensacola, Florida, February 11-13, 1975. PB-265 467, National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA 22161; EPA Report No 440/1-77-007B, March 1977, 2:487-506.