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W. Bruce Saunders

Publications - W. B. Saunders

Books, Monographs and Special Publications:
1. 1989 Saunders, W.B., L.C. Hastie, and T. Paulis. Deep-water shrimp survey and feasibility study, Republic of Palau, Western Caroline Islands. Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation, Honolulu, Hawaii, 120 pp.
2. 1987 Saunders, W.B. and N.H. Landman, eds. Nautilus: The Biology and Paleobiology of a Living Fossil. Plenum Press, New York. 632 + xxviii pp, 270 figs.
3. 1982 Ramsbottom, W.H.C., Saunders, W.B. and B. Owens. Biostratigraphic Data for a Mid-Carboniferous Boundary. I.U.G.S. Subcomm. Carb. Stratig.,156 pp.
4. 1980 Manger, W.L. and W.B. Saunders. Lower Pennsylvanian (Morrowan) ammonoids from the North American Mid-Continent. Paleontol. Soc. Mem. 10, 56 pp.
5. 1973 Saunders,W.B. Upper Mississippian ammonoids from Arkansas and Oklahoma. Geol Soc. America, Special Paper 145, 110 pp.


Selected Articles:
6. 1999 Saunders, W.B., D.M. Work and S.V. Nikolaeva. Evolution of complexity in Paleozoic ammonoids. Science 286:760-763.
7. 1999 Saunders, W.B. and D.M. Work. The Cravenoceras-Glaphyrites dilemma: ammonoid sutures vs. shell shape in the Mid-Carboniferous. Pp.125-137, in Fossil Cephalopods: Recent Advances in Their Study. A.Yu Rozanov and A.A. Shevyrev, eds. Russian Academy of Sciences, Paleontological Institute. Moscow. 306pp.
8. 1998 Saunders, W.B. Superfamily Nautiloidea. in Fauna of Australia, Vol 5, Mollusca, pp. 494-498. Australian Bureau Flora and Fauna, Canberra.
9. 1997 Saunders, W.B., and D.M. Work. Evolution of shell and suture in Paleozoic Prolecanitida, the root-stock of Mesozoic ammonoids. Paleobiol. 23:301-325.
10. 1997 Ward, P. D., and W. B. Saunders. Allonautilus: a new genus of living nautiloid cephalopod and its bearing on phylogeny of the Nautilida. Jour. Paleontol. 71: 1054-1064
11. 1997 Daniel, T.L., Saunders, W.B, Ward., P.D., and B.S. Helmuth. Septal complexity in ammonoid cephalopods: a trade-off between strength and buoyancy regulation. Paleobiol. 23:470-481.
12. 1996 Saunders, W.B., and D.M. Work. Shell morphology and suture complexity in Upper Carboniferous ammonoids. Paleobiol. 22: 189-218.
13. 1996 Saunders, W. B., Shimansky, V.N., and Amitrov, O.V. Clarification of Nautilus praepompilius from the Upper Eocene of Kazhakstan. Jour. Paleontol., 70:609-611.
14. 1995 Saunders, W. B. The ammonoid suture problem: relationships between shell and septal thickness and sutural complexity in Paleozoic ammonoids. Paleobiol. 21:343-355.
15. 1995 Wray, C. G., Landman, N. H.,Saunders, W. B., and J. Bonacum. Genetic divergence and Geographic diversification in Nautilus. Paleobiol. 21: 220-228.
16. 1994 Saunders, W. B. and P. D. Ward. Nautilus is not a model for the function and behavior of ammonoids. Lethaia 27: 47-48.
17. 1993 Saunders, W. B., and W.H.C. Ramsbottom. Re-evaluation of two Early Pennsylvanian (Middle Namurian) ammonoids and their bearing on Mid-Carboniferous correlations. Jour. of Paleontol. 67:993-999.
18. 1992 Saunders, W.B. and L. C. Hastie. Remote camera and trapping survey of deep-water shrimps (Heterocarpus laevigatus and H. ensifer) and crabs (Chaceon granulatus) in Palau, W. Caroline Islands. Marine Fisheries Review 54:15-25.
19. 1992 Hastie, L. C., and W. B. Saunders. On the distribution and fishery potential of the Japanese Red Crab Chaceon granulatus in the Palauan Archipelago. Marine Fisheries Review 54:26-32.
20. 1991 Saunders, W.B., P.N. Bond, and R. L. Knight. Octopus predation on Nautilus: evidence from Papua New Guinea. Bulletin of Marine Science 49:280-287.
21. 1990 Saunders, W.B. Deep-water camera survey of Nautilus in the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea. National Geographic Research. 6:504-508.
22. 1990 Saunders,W.B. Searching for the "King Nautilus" in the Admiralty Islands, PNG. Explorer's Journal, 69:21-24,33.
23. 1989 Bond, P.N. and W.B. Saunders. Sublethal predation in Upper Mississippian ammonoids. Paleobiol. 15:429-437.
24. 1989 Saunders, W. B., P.N. Bond, L. Hastie and D. Itano. On the distribution of Nautilus pompilius and associated organisms in the Samoas, Fiji, and Tonga. The Nautilus. 103:99-104.
25. 1987 Saunders, W.B., L.E. Davis and R.L. Knight. Sympatric species of Nautilus (N. pompilius and N. scrobiculatus) in the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea. The Nautilus. 101:93-99.
26. 1987 Saunders, W.B. and P.D. Ward. The occurrence of living Nautilus (N. pompilius and N. stenomphalus) on the Great Barrier Reef. The Nautilus. 101:188-193.
27. 1987 Swan, A.R.H. and W.B. Saunders. Shape and function of mid-Carboniferous (Namurian) ammonoids. Paleobiol. 13:297-311.
28. 1987 Saunders, W. B. The species of living Nautilus. Chapter 3, in: Saunders, W.B. and N.H. Landman, eds. Nautilus: The Biology and Paleobiology of a Living Fossil. pp. 35-51, Plenum Press, New York and London.
29. 1987 Saunders, W.B., C. Spinosa and L.E. Davis. Predation on Nautilus. Ch. 12, ibid., 201-215.
30. 1987 Saunders, W.B. and P.D.Ward. Ecology and population characteristics of Nautilus. Ch. 9, ibid., 137-161.
31. 1987 Landman, N.H., W.B. Saunders, J.E. Winston and P.J. Harries. Incidence and kinds of epizoans on the shells of living Nautilus. Ch. 10, ibid., 164-178.
32. 1987 Woodruff, D.S., M. Mulvey, W.B. Saunders and P.D. Ward. Genetic variation and phylogeny in Nautilus. Ch. 5, ibid., 68-83.
33. 1987 Swan, A.R.H. and W.B. Saunders. Morphologic variation in Nautilus from Papua New Guinea. Ch. 6, ibid., 85-103.
34. 1987 Shapiro, E.A. and W.B. Saunders. Nautilus shell hydrostatics. Ch. 33, ibid., 522-545.
35. 1986 Saunders, W.B. and E.A. Shapiro. Calculation and simulation of ammonoid hydrostatics. Paleobiol. 12:65-80.
36. 1985 Saunders, W.B. and W.H.C. Ramsbottom. The mid-Carboniferous eustatic event. Geology. 14:208-212.
37. 1985 Ramsbottom, W.H.C. and W.B. Saunders. Evolution and evolutionary biostratigraphy of Carboniferous ammonoids. Jour. Paleontol. 59:123-139.
38. 1984 Saunders, W.B. and A.R.H. Swan. Morphology and morphologic diversity of mid-Carboniferous ammonoids. Paleobiol. 10:195-228.
39. 1984 Saunders, W.B. Nautilus growth and longevity: evidence from marked and recaptured animals. Science. 244:990-992.
40. 1984 Saunders, W.B. The role and status of Nautilus in its natural habitat: evidence from deep-water remote camera photosequences. Paleobiol. 10:469-486.
41. 1983 Woodruff, D.S., M. Mulvey, W.B. Saunders and M.P. Carpenter. Genetic variation in the cephalopod Nautilus belauensis. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 135:147-154.
42. 1983 Saunders, W.B. Natural rates of growth and longevity of Nautilus belauensis. Paleobiol. 9:280-288.
43. 1981 Saunders, W.B. A new species of Nautilus from Palau. Veliger. 24:1-7.
44. 1981 Saunders, W.B. The species of living Nautilus and their distribution. Veliger. 24:8-18.
45. 1979 Saunders, W.B. and E.S. Richardson, Jr. Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesean) Cephalopoda of the Mazon Creek fauna, northeastern Illinois. pp. 333-359, in: Mazon Creek Fossils, Academic Press, New York.
46. 1979 Saunders, W.B. and C. Spinosa. Nautilus movement and distribution in Palau, W. Caroline Islands. Science, 204:1199-1201.
47. 1979 Saunders, W.B., W.L. Manger and W.H.C. Ramsbottom. Donetzoceras, a mid-Carboniferous (Westphalian) index ammonoid. Jour. Paleontol. 53:1136-1144.
48. 1979 Saunders, W.B., W.H.C. Ramsbottom and W.L. Manger. Mesothemic cyclicity in the mid-Carboniferous of the Ozark shelf region? Geology, 7:293-296.
49. 1978 Saunders, W.B. and C. Spinosa. Sexual dimorphism in Nautilus from Palau, W. Caroline Islands. Paleobiol. 4:349-358.
50. 1978 Saunders, W. B., C. Spinosa, C. Teichert and R.C. Banks. The jaw apparatus of Nautilus and its paleontologic implications. Palaeontology, 29:129-141.
51. 1977 Saunders, W.B. and D.A. Wehman. Shell strength of Nautilus as a depth limiting factor. Paleobiol. 3:83-89).
52. 1974 Saunders, W. B., R.H. Mapes, F.M. Carpenter and W.C. Elsik. Fossiliferous amber from the Eocene (Claiborne) of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Geol. Soc. America Bull. 85:979-984.
53. 1971 Saunders, W.B. The Somoholitidae: Mississippian to Permian Ammonoidea. Jour. Paleontol. 45:100-118.
54. 1968 Quinn, J.H. and W.B. Saunders. The ammonoids Hudsonoceras and Baschkirites in the Morrowan Series of Arkansas. Jour. Paleontol. 42:397-402.