Frank Seebacher: Refereed publications
Journal
Articles
Franklin,
C. E., and Seebacher F. 2009. Thermal
plasticity and climate change (Letter). Science (accepted 8 January 2009)
Seebacher, F.,
and James, R. S. 2008. Plasticity of muscle function in a
thermoregulating ectotherm (Crocodylus
porosus): biomechanics and metabolism.
American Journal of Physiology
Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 294, 1024-1032.
Schwartz, T. S., Murray, S. A.,
and Seebacher, F. 2008. Novel reptilian uncoupling proteins: molecular evolution and
gene expression during cold acclimation.
Proceedings of the Royal Society
Schnell, A. K., and Seebacher
F. 2008. Can phenotypic plasticity facilitate the
geographic expansion of the tilapia Oreochromis
mossambicus? Physiological and
Biochemical Zoology 81, 733-742.
Walter,
Seebacher, F.,
Franklin, C. E. 2007. Redistribution of blood within the body is
important for thermoregulation in an ectothermic vertebrate (Crocodylus porosus). Journal
of Comparative Physiology B 177, 841-848.
Seebacher, F.,
Wilson, R. S. 2007. Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength
and experience in deciding aggressive encounters. Biology
Letters 3, 471-474.
Rogers, K. D., Thompson, M. B., Seebacher, F. 2007. Beneficial acclimation: sex specific thermal
acclimation of metabolic capacity in the striped marsh frog (Limnodynastes peronii). Journal
of Experimental Biology 210, 2932-2938.
Franklin, C. E., Davison, W., Seebacher, F. 2007. Antarctic fish
can compensate for rising temperatures: thermal acclimation of cardiac
performance in Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Journal
of Experimental Biology 210, 3068-3074.
Seebacher, F.,
and Murray, S. A. 2007. Transient receptor potential ion channels control
thermoregulatory behaviour in reptiles. PLoS One 2, e281.
Wilson, R. S., Angilletta, M. J., James, R. S., Navas C., Seebacher, F. 2007.
Dishonest signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar) during agonistic
encounters. American Naturalist 170, 284-292.
Glanville, E. J., and Seebacher,
F. 2006. Compensation for environmental change by
complementary shifts of thermal sensitivity and thermoregulatory behaviour in
an ectotherm. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4869-4877.
Seebacher, F., and Wilson, R. S. 2006. Fighting
fit: thermal plasticity of metabolic function and fighting success in the
crayfish Cherax destructor. Functional
Ecology 20, 1045-1053.
Sinclair, E. L. E., Thompson, M. B., Seebacher, F. 2006. Phenotypic flexibility in the metabolic
response of the limpet Cellana tramoserica to thermally different
microhabitats. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 335, 131-141.
Robert, K.A, Thompson, M.B., and Seebacher, F. 2006. Thermal
biology of a viviparous lizard with temperature-dependent sex
determination. Journal of Thermal Biology
31, 292-301.
Seebacher, F., Schwartz, T. S., and Thompson, M.
B. 2006.
Transition from ectothermy to endothermy: the development of metabolic
capacity in a bird (Gallus gallus). Proceedings
of the Royal Society
Angilletta, M. J. jr., Bennett, A.
F., Guderley, H., Navas, C. A., Seebacher, F., and Wilson, R. S.
(alphabetical listing) 2006.
Coadaptation: A Unifying Principle in Evolutionary Thermal Biology. Physiological
and Biochemical Zoology 79, 282-294.
Seebacher, F. 2005. A review of thermoregulation and physiological performance
in reptiles: what is the role of phenotypic flexibility? Journal
of Comparative Physiology B 175, 453-461.
Seebacher, F., and Franklin, C. E. 2005. Physiological mechanisms of thermoregulation in
reptiles: A review. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175, 533-541.
Seebacher, F., Davison, W., Lowe, C. J., and Franklin, C. E. 2005. A falsification of the thermal specialization
paradigm: compensation for elevated temperatures in Antarctic fish. Biology
Letters 1, 151-154.
Seebacher, F.,
Lowe, C. J., Seebacher,
F., and Davison, W. 2005. Thermal sensitivity of heart rate and
insensitivity of blood pressure in the Antarctic notothenioid fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Journal
of Comparative Physiology B 175, 97-105.
Seebacher, F., and Franklin, C. E. 2004.
Cardiovascular mechanisms during thermoregulation in reptiles. International Congress Series 1275,
242-249.
Seebacher, F., and Franklin, C. E. 2004. Integration of autonomic and local
mechanisms in regulating cardiovascular responses to heating and cooling in a
reptile (Crocodylus porosus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174,
205-210.
Goudkamp,
J.E., Seebacher, F., Ahern, M., and
Franklin, C. E. 2004. Physiological thermoregulation in a
crustacean? Heart rate hysteresis in the freshwater crayfish Cherax destructor. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 138, 399-403.
Seebacher, F., and Shine, R. 2004. Evaluating
thermoregulation in reptiles: the fallacy of the inappropriately applied
method. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77, 688-695.
Seebacher, F., Sparrow, J., and Thompson, M.
B. 2004.
Turtles (Chelodina longicollis)
regulate muscle metabolic enzyme activity in response to seasonal variation in body
temperature. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174, 205-210.
Rogers, K., Seebacher,
F., and Thompson, M. B. 2004. Biochemical acclimation of metabolic enzymes
in response to lowered temperatures in tadpoles of Limnodynastes peronii?
Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology A 137, 731-738.
Seebacher, F. and Franklin, C. E. 2003.
Prostaglandins are important in thermoregulation of a lizard (Pogona vitticeps). Proceedings
of the Royal Society
Seebacher, F., Elsey, R. M. and Trosclair, P. L.
III. 2003. Body temperature null-distributions in large
reptiles: seasonal thermoregulation in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Physiological
and Biochemical Zoology 76, 348-359.
Seebacher, F., Elsworth, P. G. and Franklin, C.
E. 2003.
Ontogenetic changes of swimming kinetics in a semi-aquatic reptile (Crocodylus porosus). Australian
Journal of Zoology 51, 15-24.
Iglesias,
S., Thompson, M. B. and Seebacher, F. 2003.
Energetic cost of a meal in a frequently feeding lizard. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology A 135, 377-382.
Seebacher, F., Guderley, H., Elsey, R. M. and
Trosclair, P. L. III. 2003. Seasonal acclimatisation of muscle metabolic
enzymes in a reptile (Alligator
mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 206,
1193-1200.
Franklin, C. E. and Seebacher,
F. 2003. The effect of heat transfer mode on heart
rate responses and hysteresis during heating and cooling in the estuarine
crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Journal
of Experimental Biology 206, 1143-1151.
Wroe, S., Myers, T., Seebacher, F., Kear, B., Gillespie, A.,
Crowther, M. and
Elsworth, P. G., Seebacher,
F. and Franklin, C. E. 2003. Aerobic swimming performance in crocodiles (Crocodylus
porosus): effects of body size and temperature. Journal of Herpetology, 37, 363-368.
Seebacher, F. 2003. Dinosaur body temperatures: the occurrence of
endothermy and ectothermy. Paleobiology 29, 105-122.
Robert,
K. A., Thompson, M. B., and Seebacher,
F. 2003. Facultative sex allocation in the viviparous
lizard Eulamprus tympanum, a species with temperature dependent sex
determination. Australian Journal of
Zoology 51, 367-370.
Seebacher, F. and Alford, R. A. 2002.
Shelter site microhabitats determine body temperatures and dehydration
rates of a terrestrial amphibian (Bufo marinus). Journal of Herpetology 36, 69-75.
Seebacher, F. and Franklin, C. E.
2001. Control of heart rate during
thermoregulation in the heliothermic lizard, Pogona barbata: importance
of cholinergic and adrenergic mechanisms.
Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 4361-4366.
Seebacher, F. 2001. A new method to
calculate allometric length-mass relationships of dinosaurs. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 21, 51-60.
Seebacher, F. and Grigg, G. C. 2001. Changes in heart rate are important for
thermoregulation in the varanid lizard, Varanus varius. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171, 395-400.
Seebacher, F. 2000. Heat transfer in a microvascular network: the
effect of heart rate on heating and cooling in reptiles (Pogona barbata
and Varanus varius). Journal of theoretical Biology
203, 97-109.
Franklin, C. E., Seebacher,
F., Grigg, G. C. and Axelsson, M. 2000. At the heart of the crocodilian
matter. Science
289, 1687.
Seebacher, F. 1999. Behavioural postures
and the rate of body temperature change in wild freshwater crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
72, 57-63.
Seebacher, F., Grigg, G. C. and Beard, L. A. 1999. Crocodiles as
dinosaurs: behavioural thermoregulation in very large ectotherms leads to high
and stable body temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 202,
77-86.
Seebacher, F. and Alford, R. A. 1999. Movement and habitat use of
a terrestrial amphibian (Bufo marinus) on a tropical island:
seasonal variation and environmental correlates. Journal of Herpetology 33,
208-214.
Grigg,
G. C. and Seebacher, F. 1999. Field test of a paradigm: hysteresis of
heart rate in thermoregulation by a free-ranging lizard (Pogona barbata).
Proceedings of the Royal Society
Grigg,
G. C., Seebacher, F., Beard, L. A. and Morris, D. 1998. Thermal
relations of very large crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus,
free-ranging in a naturalistic situation. Proceedings of the Royal
Society
Seebacher, F. &
Grigg, G. C. 1997. Patterns of body temperature in wild freshwater crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni:
thermoregulation versus thermoconformity, seasonal acclimatisation, and the
effect of social interactions. Copeia 1997,
549-557.
Book
Chapters
Grigg,
G. C. and Seebacher, F. 2001. Crocodilian thermal relations. In Crocodile
Biology and Evolution, pp. 297-309, Grigg, G. C., Seebacher, F. and
Franklin, C. E. (eds.). Surrey Beatty,
Seebacher, F. and Grigg, G. C. 2001. Social interactions
compromise thermoregulation in crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni
and Crocodylus porosus. In Crocodile Biology and
Evolution, pp. 310-316, Grigg, G. C., Seebacher, F. and Franklin, C.
E. (eds.). Surrey Beatty,
Other
Seebacher,
F., Smith, J., and
Franklin, C. E. 2005. Cardiovascular responses to alfaxalone
anaesthesia in the crocodile, Crocodylus
porosus. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 24(1), 14-15 (IUCN Species
Survival Commission).
Seebacher, F. 2000. Crocodiles as dinosaurs. Nature