Publications
Kolmann, M.A., Huber, D.R., Motta, P.J., and Grubbs, F.D. (2015). Feeding biomechanics of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus, over ontogeny. Journal of Anatomy. 227 (3): 341-351. click for pdf
Huber, D., Jones, L.B., and Helminski, C. (2015). The importance of mathematical models to scientific discovery: A case study on the feeding mechanism of the goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara. The Australian Mathematics Teacher. 71 (3): 24-30. click for pdf
Jones, L., Huber, D., and Waggett, R. (2015). Geometric analysis of shark teeth. Dimensions in Mathematics. 35 (1): 16-22. click for pdf
Ferguson, A., Huber, D., Lajeunesse, M.J., and Motta, P. (2015). Feeding performance of king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. 323 (7): 399-413. click for pdf
Habegger, M.L., Motta, P.J., Dean, M., Huber, D., Dunlop, J., Mullins, G., Stokes, M.J., and Winters, D. (2015). Feeding biomechanics in billfish: Inferring the role of the rostrum during feeding in two billfish species. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 824-836. click for pdf
Huber, D. and Jones, L.B. (2015). Life on the edge: Water striders use geometry to master physics. Mathematics in School. March: 25-27. click for pdf
Kolmann, M.A., Huber, D.R., Dean, M.N., and Grubbs, F.D. (2014). Myological variability in a decoupled skeletal system: Batoid cranial anatomy. Journal of Morphology. 275 (8): 862-881. click for pdf
Jones, L., Huber, D., and Waggett, R. (2014). Otter versus pufferfish: The functional importance of geometry in nature. Dimensions in Mathematics. 34 (1): 21-24. click for pdf
Huber, D.R., Jones, L.B., and Waggett, R.J. (2014). Geometric analysis of stingray feeding behavior. Mathematics in School. January: 14-15. click for pdf
Huber, D.R., *Neveu, D.E., *Stinson, C.M., Anderson, P.A., and Berzins, I.K. (2013). Mechanical properties of sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus vertebrae in relation to spinal deformity. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 4256-4263. click for pdf
*Tate, E.E., Anderson, P.A., Huber, D.R., and Berzins, I.K. (2013). Correlations of swimming patterns with spinal deformities in the sandtiger shark, Carcharias taurus. International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 26: 75-82. click for pdf
Anderson, P.A., Huber, D.R., and Berzins, I.K. (2012). Correlations of capture, transport, and nutrition with vertebral deformities in captive sandtiger sharks, Carcharias taurus. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 43 (4): 750-758. click for pdf
Habegger, M.L, Motta, P.J, Huber, D.R., and Dean, M.N. (2012). Feeding biomechanics in bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) during ontogeny. Zoology. 115 (6): 354-364. click for pdf
Habegger, M.L, Motta, P.J, Huber, D.R. and Deban, S. (2011). Feeding biomechanics in the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) during ontogeny. Journal of Zoology. 283 (1): 63 – 72. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00745.x). click for pdf
Ferrara, T.L., Clausen, P., Huber, D.R., McHenry, C.R., Peddemors, V., and Wroe, S. (2011). Force versus speed: Mechanics of biting in great white and sandtiger sharks. Journal of Biomechanics. 44 (3): 430 – 435. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.09.028). click for pdf
Mara, K.R., Motta, P.J., and Huber, D.R. (2010). Bite force and performance in the durophagous bonnethead shark Sphyrna tiburo. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 313A (2): 95-105. click for pdf
*Kolmann, M.A. and Huber, D.R. (2009). Scaling of feeding biomechanics in the horn shark Heterodontus francisci: Ontogenetic constraints on durophagy. Zoology. 112: 351-361. click for pdf
Huber, D.R., Claes, J.M., Mallefet, J., and Herrel, A. (2009). Is extreme biting performance associated with extreme morphologies in sharks? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 82 (1): 20 - 28. (DOI: 10.1086/588177). click for pdf
Wroe, S., Huber, D., Lowry, M., McHenry, C., Moreno, K., Clausen, T.L. Ferrara, P., Cunningham, E., Dean, M., and Summers, A. (2008). How hard can a great white bite? Jaw mechanics in Carcharodon carcharias and the gigantic megatooth. Journal of Zoology. 276: 336-342 (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00494.x). click for pdf
Motta, P.J., Hueter, R.E., Tricas, T.C., Summers, A.P., Huber, D.R., Lowry, D., Mara, K.R., Matott, M.P., Whitenack, L.B., and Wintzer, A.P. (2008). Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus, feeding constraints, and suction performance of the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Morphology. 269: 1041-1055 (doi: 10.1002/jmor.10626). With cover. click for pdf
Huber, D.R., Dean, M.N., and Summers, A.P. (2008). Hard prey, soft jaws, and the ontogeny of feeding mechanics in the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei. Proceedings of the Royal Society Interface. 5: 941-952. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1325). click for pdf
Huber, D.R., *Weggelaar, C.L., and Motta, P.J. (2006). Scaling of bite force in the blacktip sharkCarcharhinus limbatus. Zoology. 109: 109-119. click for pdf
Dean, M., Huber, D., and Nance, H. (2005). Functional morphology of jaw trabeculation in the lesser electric ray Narcine brasiliensis. Journal of Morphology. 267 (10): 1137-1146. (doi: 10.1002/jmor.10302). With cover. click for pdf
Huber, D.R., Eason, T.G., Hueter, R.E., and Motta, P.J. (2005). Analysis of the bite force and mechanical design of the feeding mechanism of the durophagous horn shark Heterodontus francisci. Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 3553-3571. click for pdf
Lowry, D., Patel, A.N., Matott, M.P., Whitenack, L.B., Huber, D.R., Dean, M.N., and Motta, P.J. (2005). Aerial and aquatic feeding in the silver arawana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 73:453-462. click for pdf
Huber, D.R. and Motta, P.J. (2004). Comparative analysis of methods for determining bite force in the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 301A(1): 26-37. click for pdf
Oakley, T.H. and Huber, D.R. (2004). Differential expression of duplicated opsin genes in two eye-types of ostracod crustaceans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 59: 239-249. click for pdf
* Undergraduate researcher