Publication List See the exciting work our lab is up to. If you want the pdf of a particular publication, don't hesitate to get in touch!   ZoMBiE Lab members are emboldened   Adapted from: 7. Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Collin SP. 2015. Not all sharks are “swimming noses”: Variation in olfactory bulb size in cartilaginous fishes. Brain Structure and Function. 220: 1127-1143 SCHOLARLY BOOKS Carrier JC, Simpfendorfer C, Heithaus M, and Yopak KE (eds). 2022. Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Edition 3. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9780367861179 in [link] Yopak KE (ed). 2012. The Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Karger Workshop. Karger Publishing Company: Brain Behavior and Evolution. 94 pp. ISBN 978-3-318-02216-2. [link]   SCHOLARLY BOOK CHAPTERS Yopak KE (2022) Advances in Chondrichthyan Neuroanatomy. In: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Edition 3. Carrier JC, Simpfendorfer C, Heithaus M, and Yopak KE (eds). New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9780367861179 [link] Yopak KE, Peele EE. 2021. Whale Shark Sensory Biology and Neuroanatomy. In:  Saving Earth’s Largest Fish: The Biology and Conservation of Whale Sharks. A Dove and S Pierce (eds). Taylor & Francis/CRC Press. ISBN 9781138571297 [link] Rowat D, Robinson DP, Dove ADM, Araujo G, Clauss TM, Coco C, Dearden P, Grace M, Green J, Hearn A, Holmberg J, Hoopes L, Matsumoto R, McClain C, Meekan M, Murakumo K, Norman B, Nozu R, Pardo S, Peele E, Peñaherrera-Palma C, Perry C, Prebble C, Reynolds S, Román M, Rohner C, Sato K, Schmidt J, Schreiber C, Sequeira A, Womersley F, Yanagisawa M, Yopak K, Ziegler J, Pierce SJ. (2021) Thirteen outstanding questions in whale shark biology and conservation. In:  Whale Sharks: Biology, Ecology, & Conservation. A Dove, S Pierce (eds). CRC Press. ISBN 9781138571297 [link] Yopak KE, Pakan J, Wylie D. 2020. The Cerebellum of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates. In  Evolutionary Neuroscience, 2nd edition. JH. Kaas (ed) Elsevier. Ch 10, pp. 247-262. Hardcover ISBN: 9780128205846 eBook ISBN: 9780128206065 [link] Yopak KE, Carrier J, Summers A. 2018. Imaging Technologies in the Field and Laboratory. In:  Shark Research: Emerging Technologies and Applications for the Field and Laboratory Heithaus M, Simpfendorpher C, Carrier J (eds). Taylor & Francis/CRC Press. Ch 9, pp. 157-176. ISBN: 9781138032927   [link] Gutteridge T, Yopak KE, Schluessel V. 2018. Sharks - Elasmobranch Cognition. In  Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition: A Comparative Guide. Bueno-Guerra N, Amici F (eds). Cambridge University Press. Ch 16, pp. 354-380. ISBN 978-1-108-42032-7 [link] Moore BA, Tyrrell LP, Kamilar JM, Collin SP, Dominy NJ, Hall MI, Heesy CP, Iwaniuk I, Johnsen S, Lisney TJ, Loew ER, Moritz G, Nava SS, Warrant E, Yopak KE, and Fernández-Juricic E. 2017. Structure and Function of Regional Specialization in the Vertebrate Retina. In  Evolution of Nervous Systems, 2nd Edition, Vol I. JH. Kaas (ed) pp. 351-372. Elsevier Publishers. [link] Yopak KE, Pakan J, Wylie D. 2017. The Cerebellum of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates. In  Evolution of Nervous Systems, 2nd Edition, Vol I. JH. Kaas (ed). pp. 373-385 JElsevier. [link] Collin SP, Kempster R, Yopak KE. 2015. Sensing the Environment. In  Fish Physiology: Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes. Vol 34A. RE Shadwick, AP Farrell, CJ Brauner, (volume eds). AP Farrell, CJ Brauner (series eds). New York: Elsevier. pp. 19-99. ISBN 978-0-12-801289-5 [link] Kajiura SM, Cornett AD, and Yopak KE. 2010. Sensory adaptations to the environment: Electroreceptors as a case study. In  Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives: Vol II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation. JC Carrier, JA Musick, MR Heithaus (eds). New York: CRC Press. pp. 393-431. ISBN-10: 1420080474, ISBN-13: 978-1420080476 [link] SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES Chapuis L, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2023. From the morphospace to the soundscape: new tools to explore the diversity and functional morphology of fish inner ears. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Special issue: Fish Bioacoustics. accepted Sauer D, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2023. Interspecific variation in the inner ear maculae of sharks. Integrative Organismal Biology. in press Sauer D, Radford C, Mull C, Yopak KE. 2023. Quantitative assessment of inner ear variation in elasmobranchs. Scientific Reports. 13:11939 [link] Thomas P, Peele E, Yopak KE, Brown C, Huveneers C, Gervais, CR, Kinsey S. 2023. Intraspecific variation in muscle growth of two distinct populations of Port Jackson sharks under projected end-of-century temperatures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 283: 111467 [link] Thomas PA, Peele EE, Wheeler C, Yopak KE, Rummer J, Mandelman J, Kinsey S. 2023. Effects of projected end-of-century temperature on the muscle development of neonate epaulette sharks, Hemiscyllium ocellatum. Marine Biology. 170:71 [link] Rheinsmith S, Quinn T, Dittman, A, Yopak KE. 2023. Ontogenetic shifts in the olfactory system of the sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. J Morphol. 284: e21539 [link] Sauer D, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2022. Ontogenetic development of inner ear hair cell organization in the New Zealand carpet shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum). Front Ecol Evol. 10:1034891. [link] Sauer D, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2022. Ontogenetic development of all four inner ear maculae in school sharks (Galeorhinus galeus). Hearing Research. 424: 108600 Cover Story [link] Wong S, Bigman JS, Yopak KE, Dulvy NK. 2021. The scaling of gill surface area and brain size between two populations of blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus). J Fish Biol. 99: 990-998 [link] Rowlands CW, McLellan WA, Rommel SA, Costidis AM, Yopak KE, Koopman HN, Glandon HL, Pabst DA. 2021. Comparative morphology of the spinal cord and associated vasculature in shallow versus deep diving cetaceans. J Morphol. 2021: 1-17 [link] Camilieri-Asch V, Caddy H, Hubbard A, Rigby P, Doyle B, Shaw JA, Mehnert A, Partridge JC, Yopak KE, Collin SP. 2021. Multimodal imaging and analysis of the neuroanatomical and functional organisation of primary olfactory inputs in C. punctatum. Front Neuroanat. 14:560534 [link] Laforest K, Peele E, Yopak KE. 2020. Ontogenetic shifts in brain size and brain organization in the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Brain Behav Evol 95:162-180 [link] Camilieri-Asch V, Yopak KE, Rea A, Partridge JC, Mitchell JD, Collin SP. 2020. Convergence of olfactory inputs within the central nervous system of a cartilaginous and a bony fish: an anatomical indicator for olfactory sensitivity. Brain Behav Evol. 95:139-161 [link] Camilieri-Asch V, Shaw JA, Yopak KE, Partridge JC, Collin SP. 2020. Volumetric analysis and morphological assessment of the ascending olfactory pathway in an elasmobranch and a teleost using diceCT. Brain Struct Func. 225:2347-2375 [link] Camilieri-Asch V, Shaw JA, Mehnert A, Yopak KE, Partridge JC, Collin SP. 2020. diceCT: an emerging tool to visualise the nervous system of fishes. eNeuro. 7(3): 1-23 [link] Mull C, Yopak KE, Dulvy N. 2020. Maternal investment, ecological lifestyle, & brain evolution in sharks, rays, and chimaeras. American Naturalist. 195(6): 1056-1069 [link] Tsuboi M, van der Bijl W, Kopperud BT, Johannes Erritzøe J, Voje KL, Kotrschal A, Yopak KE, Collin SP, Iwaniuk I, Kolm N. 2019. Reply to Froese and Froese "Comparisons of static brain–body allometries across vertebrates must distinguish between indeterminate and determinate growth." Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3: 1405–1406 [link]  Yopak KE, McMeans B, Mull C, Feindel K, Kovacs K, Lydersen C, Fisk A, Collin SP. 2019. Comparative brain morphology of the Greenland and Pacific sleeper sharks and its Functional Implications. Scientific Reports. 9:10022 [link] Chapuis L, Collin SP, Yopak KE, McCauley RM, Kempster RM, Ryan LA, Schmidt C, Kerr CC, Gennari E, Egeberg CA,Hart NS. 2019. The Effect of Underwater Sounds on Shark Behaviour. Scientific Reports. 9: 6924 [link] Egeberg CA, Kempster RM, Hart NS, Ryan L, Chapuis L, Kerr CC, Schmidt C, Gennari E, Yopak KE,Collin SP. 2019. Not all electric shark deterrents are made equal: Effects of a commercially available electric anklet deterrent on white shark behaviour. PLoS One. 14 (3): e0212851 [link] Tsuboi M, van der BijlW, Kopperud BT, Johannes Erritzøe J, Voje KL, Kotrschal A, Yopak KE, Collin SP, Iwaniuk I, Kolm N. 2018. Decoupling of brain size and body size facilitated the exceptional encephalization of mammals and birds. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2: 1492-1500  [link] Ryan LA, Chapuis, L, Hemmi JM, Collin SP, McCauley, R, Yopak KE, Gennari E, Huveneers C, Kempster RM, Kerr CC, Schmidt C, Egeberg CA, Hart N. 2017. Effects of auditory and visual stimuli on shark feeding behaviour: the disco effect. Marine Biology. 165:11 [link] Lisney TJ, Yopak KE, Camilieri-Asch V, Collin SP. 2017. Ontogenetic shifts in brain organization in the blue-spotted stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae). Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 89 (2): 68-83 DOI:10.1159/000455223 [link] Salas CA, Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Hart NP, Potter IC, Collin SP. 2017. The central nervous system of jawless vertebrates: Encephalization in lampreys and hagfishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 89 (1): 33–47 DOI:10.1159/ Cover Story  [link] Kempster RM, Egeberg CA, Hart NS, Ryan L, Chapuis L, Kerr C, Schmidt C, Huveneers C, Genari E, Yopak KE, Meeuwig J, and Collin SP. 2016. How close is too close? The effect of non-lethal electric fields on white shark behavior. PLoS One. 11 (7), e0157717  [link] Yopak KE, Galinsky VL, Berquist R, Frank LR. 2016. Quantitative classification of cerebellar foliation in cartilaginous fishes (Class: Chondrichthyes) using 3D shape analysis and its implications for evolutionary biology. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 87: 252-264 Cover Story. [link] Salas C, Yopak KE, Warrington RE, Hart NS, Potter I, Collin SP. 2015. Ontogenetic shifts in brain scaling reflect behavioral changes in the life cycle of the pouched lamprey Geotria australis. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Special Issue: “From ecology to brain development: Bridging separate evolutionary paradigms”. (eds. F Aboitiz, ML Concha, C Gonzalez-Billault and J Mpodozis). 9: 251 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00251 [link] Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Collin SP. 2015. Not all sharks are “swimming noses”: Variation in olfactory bulb size in cartilaginous fishes. Brain Structure and Function. 220: 1127-1143 [link] Yopak KE, Heel K, Goh G, Northcutt RLG, Collin SP. 2014. Is bigger always better? Developing quantitative measures of cognitive ability in early vertebrates. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 84: 74 [link] Salas, CA, Yopak, KE, Hart NS, Nazari H, Dominguez-Dominguez O, Gill HS, Potter IA, Collin S.P. 2014. Brain scaling and allometric variation of sensory brain regions in lampreys (Petromyzontiformes). Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 84: 72 [link] Moore BA, Kamilar JM, Collin SP, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Dominy NJ, Hall MI, Heesy CP, Johnsen S, Lisney TJ, Loew ER, Moritz G, Nava SS, Warrant E, Yopak KE, and Fernández-Juricic E. 2012. A novel method for comparative analysis of retinal specialization traits from topographic maps. Journal of Vision. 12: 1-24 [link] Yopak KE and Lisney TJ. 2012. Allometric scaling of the optic tectum in cartilaginous fishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 80: 108-126. Cover Story  [link] Montgomery JC, Bodznick D, and Yopak KE. 2012. The cerebellum and cerebellum-like structures of cartilaginous fishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 80: 152-165. Cover Story Yopak KE. 2012. The nervous system of cartilaginous fishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution Special Issue. 80: 77-79 [link] Yopak KE. 2012. Neuroecology of cartilaginous fishes: The functional implications of brain scaling. Journal of Fish Biology, Special Issue “The Current Status of Elasmobranchs: Biology, Fisheries, and Conservation”. 80: 1968-2023 [link] Berquist RM, Gledhill K, Peterson MW, Doan AH, Baxter G, Yopak KE, Kang N, Walker HJ, Hastings PA, and Frank LR. 2012. The Digital Fish Library: Digitizing, databasing, and documenting the morphological diversity of fishes with MRI. PLoS One. 7: e34499. [link] Mull C, Yopak KE, and Dulvy N. 2011. Does more maternal investment mean a larger brain? Evolutionary relationships between reproductive mode and brain size in chondrichthyans. Marine and Freshwater Research. 62: 567-575 [link] Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Darlington RB, Collin SP, Montgomery JC, and Finlay BL. 2010. A conserved pattern of brain scaling from sharks to primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 107: 12946-12951. [link] Yopak KE, Ainsley S, Ebert DA, and Frank LR. 2010. Exploring adaptive evolution in the brains of bathyal skates (Family: Rajidae): Phylogenetic and ecological perspectives. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 75: 316 [link]  Yopak KE and Frank LR. 2009. Brain size and brain organization of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, using magnetic resonance imaging. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 74(2): 121-142. Cover Story  [link] Lisney TJ, Yopak KE, Montgomery JC, and Collin SP. 2008. Variation in brain organization and cerebellar foliation in chondrichthyans: Batoids. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 72: 262-282. Cover Story  [link] Yopak KE and Montgomery JC. 2008 Brain organization and specialization in deep-sea chondrichthyans. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 71: 287-304 [link] Yopak KE, Frank LR, and Montgomery JC. 2007. Variation in cerebellar foliation in cartilaginous fishes: Ecological and behavioral considerations. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 70: 210 [link] Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Collin SP, and Montgomery JC. 2007. Variation in brain organization and cerebellar foliation in chondrichthyans: Sharks and holocephalans. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 69: 280-300. Cover Story  [link] Kozlowski C, Yopak K, Voigt R, and Atema J. 2001. Initial study on the effects of signal intermittency on the odor plume tracking behavior of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Biological Bulletin. 201: 274-276. [link]

Publication List

See the exciting work our lab is up to. If you want the pdf of a particular publication, don't hesitate to get in touch!

 

ZoMBiE Lab members are emboldened

 

Adapted from: 7. Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Collin SP. 2015. Not all sharks are “swimming noses”: Variation in olfactory bulb size in cartilaginous fishes. Brain Structure and Function. 220: 1127-1143

SCHOLARLY BOOKS

  • Carrier JC, Simpfendorfer C, Heithaus M, and Yopak KE (eds). 2022. Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Edition 3. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9780367861179 in [link]
  • Yopak KE (ed). 2012. The Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Karger Workshop. Karger Publishing Company: Brain Behavior and Evolution. 94 pp. ISBN 978-3-318-02216-2. [link]

 

SCHOLARLY BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Yopak KE (2022) Advances in Chondrichthyan Neuroanatomy. In: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Edition 3. Carrier JC, Simpfendorfer C, Heithaus M, and Yopak KE (eds). New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9780367861179 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Peele EE. 2021. Whale Shark Sensory Biology and Neuroanatomy. In:  Saving Earth’s Largest Fish: The Biology and Conservation of Whale Sharks. A Dove and S Pierce (eds). Taylor & Francis/CRC Press. ISBN 9781138571297 [link]
  • Rowat D, Robinson DP, Dove ADM, Araujo G, Clauss TM, Coco C, Dearden P, Grace M, Green J, Hearn A, Holmberg J, Hoopes L, Matsumoto R, McClain C, Meekan M, Murakumo K, Norman B, Nozu R, Pardo S, Peele E, Peñaherrera-Palma C, Perry C, Prebble C, Reynolds S, Román M, Rohner C, Sato K, Schmidt J, Schreiber C, Sequeira A, Womersley F, Yanagisawa M, Yopak K, Ziegler J, Pierce SJ. (2021) Thirteen outstanding questions in whale shark biology and conservation. In:  Whale Sharks: Biology, Ecology, & Conservation. A Dove, S Pierce (eds). CRC Press. ISBN 9781138571297 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Pakan J, Wylie D. 2020. The Cerebellum of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates. In  Evolutionary Neuroscience, 2nd edition. JH. Kaas (ed) Elsevier. Ch 10, pp. 247-262. Hardcover ISBN: 9780128205846 eBook ISBN: 9780128206065 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Carrier J, Summers A. 2018. Imaging Technologies in the Field and Laboratory. In:  Shark Research: Emerging Technologies and Applications for the Field and Laboratory Heithaus M, Simpfendorpher C, Carrier J (eds). Taylor & Francis/CRC Press. Ch 9, pp. 157-176. ISBN: 9781138032927   [link]
  • Gutteridge T, Yopak KE, Schluessel V. 2018. Sharks - Elasmobranch Cognition. In  Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition: A Comparative Guide.
    Bueno-Guerra N, Amici F (eds). Cambridge University Press. Ch 16, pp. 354-380. ISBN 978-1-108-42032-7 [link]
  • Moore BA, Tyrrell LP, Kamilar JM, Collin SP, Dominy NJ, Hall MI, Heesy CP, Iwaniuk I, Johnsen S, Lisney TJ, Loew ER, Moritz G, Nava SS, Warrant E, Yopak KE, and Fernández-Juricic E. 2017. Structure and Function of Regional Specialization in the Vertebrate Retina. In  Evolution of Nervous Systems, 2nd Edition, Vol I. JH. Kaas (ed) pp. 351-372. Elsevier Publishers. [link]
  • Yopak KE, Pakan J, Wylie D. 2017. The Cerebellum of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates. In  Evolution of Nervous Systems, 2nd Edition, Vol I. JH. Kaas (ed). pp. 373-385 JElsevier. [link]
  • Collin SP, Kempster R, Yopak KE. 2015. Sensing the Environment. In  Fish Physiology: Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes. Vol 34A. RE Shadwick, AP Farrell, CJ Brauner, (volume eds). AP Farrell, CJ Brauner (series eds). New York: Elsevier. pp. 19-99. ISBN 978-0-12-801289-5 [link]
  • Kajiura SM, Cornett AD, and Yopak KE. 2010. Sensory adaptations to the environment: Electroreceptors as a case study. In  Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives: Vol II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation. JC Carrier, JA Musick, MR Heithaus (eds). New York: CRC Press. pp. 393-431. ISBN-10: 1420080474, ISBN-13: 978-1420080476 [link]

SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Chapuis L, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2023. From the morphospace to the soundscape: new tools to explore the diversity and functional morphology of fish inner ears. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Special issue: Fish Bioacoustics. accepted
  • Sauer D, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2023. Interspecific variation in the inner ear maculae of sharks. Integrative Organismal Biology. in press
  • Sauer D, Radford C, Mull C, Yopak KE. 2023. Quantitative assessment of inner ear variation in elasmobranchs. Scientific Reports. 13:11939 [link]
  • Thomas P, Peele E, Yopak KE, Brown C, Huveneers C, Gervais, CR, Kinsey S. 2023. Intraspecific variation in muscle growth of two distinct populations of Port Jackson sharks under projected end-of-century temperatures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 283: 111467 [link]
  • Thomas PA, Peele EE, Wheeler C, Yopak KE, Rummer J, Mandelman J, Kinsey S. 2023. Effects of projected end-of-century temperature on the muscle development of neonate epaulette sharks, Hemiscyllium ocellatum. Marine Biology. 170:71 [link]
  • Rheinsmith S, Quinn T, Dittman, A, Yopak KE. 2023. Ontogenetic shifts in the olfactory system of the sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. J Morphol. 284: e21539 [link]
  • Sauer D, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2022. Ontogenetic development of inner ear hair cell organization in the New Zealand carpet shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum). Front Ecol Evol. 10:1034891. [link]
  • Sauer D, Yopak KE, Radford C. 2022. Ontogenetic development of all four inner ear maculae in school sharks (Galeorhinus galeus). Hearing Research. 424: 108600 Cover Story [link]
  • Wong S, Bigman JS, Yopak KE, Dulvy NK. 2021. The scaling of gill surface area and brain size between two populations of blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus). J Fish Biol. 99: 990-998 [link]
  • Rowlands CW, McLellan WA, Rommel SA, Costidis AM, Yopak KE, Koopman HN, Glandon HL, Pabst DA. 2021. Comparative morphology of the spinal cord and associated vasculature in shallow versus deep diving cetaceans. J Morphol. 2021: 1-17 [link]
  • Camilieri-Asch V, Caddy H, Hubbard A, Rigby P, Doyle B, Shaw JA, Mehnert A, Partridge JC, Yopak KE, Collin SP. 2021. Multimodal imaging and analysis of the neuroanatomical and functional organisation of primary olfactory inputs in C. punctatum. Front Neuroanat. 14:560534 [link]
  • Laforest K, Peele E, Yopak KE. 2020. Ontogenetic shifts in brain size and brain organization in the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Brain Behav Evol 95:162-180 [link]
  • Camilieri-Asch V, Yopak KE, Rea A, Partridge JC, Mitchell JD, Collin SP. 2020. Convergence of olfactory inputs within the central nervous system of a cartilaginous and a bony fish: an anatomical indicator for olfactory sensitivity. Brain Behav Evol. 95:139-161 [link]
  • Camilieri-Asch V, Shaw JA, Yopak KE, Partridge JC, Collin SP. 2020. Volumetric analysis and morphological assessment of the ascending olfactory pathway in an elasmobranch and a teleost using diceCT. Brain Struct Func. 225:2347-2375 [link]
  • Camilieri-Asch V, Shaw JA, Mehnert A, Yopak KE, Partridge JC, Collin SP. 2020. diceCT: an emerging tool to visualise the nervous system of fishes. eNeuro. 7(3): 1-23 [link]
  • Mull C, Yopak KE, Dulvy N. 2020. Maternal investment, ecological lifestyle, & brain evolution in sharks, rays, and chimaeras. American Naturalist. 195(6): 1056-1069 [link]
  • Tsuboi M, van der Bijl W, Kopperud BT, Johannes Erritzøe J, Voje KL, Kotrschal A, Yopak KE, Collin SP, Iwaniuk I, Kolm N. 2019. Reply to Froese and Froese "Comparisons of static brain–body allometries across vertebrates must distinguish between indeterminate and determinate growth." Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3: 1405–1406 [link] 
  • Yopak KE, McMeans B, Mull C, Feindel K, Kovacs K, Lydersen C, Fisk A, Collin SP. 2019. Comparative brain morphology of the Greenland and Pacific sleeper sharks and its Functional Implications. Scientific Reports. 9:10022 [link]
  • Chapuis L, Collin SP, Yopak KE, McCauley RM, Kempster RM, Ryan LA, Schmidt C, Kerr CC, Gennari E, Egeberg CA,Hart NS. 2019. The Effect of Underwater Sounds on Shark Behaviour. Scientific Reports. 9: 6924 [link]
  • Egeberg CA, Kempster RM, Hart NS, Ryan L, Chapuis L, Kerr CC, Schmidt C, Gennari E, Yopak KE,Collin SP. 2019. Not all electric shark deterrents are made equal: Effects of a commercially available electric anklet deterrent on white shark behaviour. PLoS One. 14 (3): e0212851 [link]
  • Tsuboi M, van der BijlW, Kopperud BT, Johannes Erritzøe J, Voje KL, Kotrschal A, Yopak KE, Collin SP, Iwaniuk I, Kolm N. 2018. Decoupling of brain size and body size facilitated the exceptional encephalization of mammals and birds. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2: 1492-1500  [link]
  • Ryan LA, Chapuis, L, Hemmi JM, Collin SP, McCauley, R, Yopak KE, Gennari E, Huveneers C, Kempster RM, Kerr CC, Schmidt C, Egeberg CA, Hart N. 2017. Effects of auditory and visual stimuli on shark feeding behaviour: the disco effect. Marine Biology. 165:11 [link]
  • Lisney TJ, Yopak KE, Camilieri-Asch V, Collin SP. 2017. Ontogenetic shifts in brain organization in the blue-spotted stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae). Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 89 (2): 68-83 DOI:10.1159/000455223 [link]
  • Salas CA, Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Hart NP, Potter IC, Collin SP. 2017. The central nervous system of jawless vertebrates: Encephalization in lampreys and hagfishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 89 (1): 33–47 DOI:10.1159/ Cover Story  [link]
  • Kempster RM, Egeberg CA, Hart NS, Ryan L, Chapuis L, Kerr C, Schmidt C, Huveneers C, Genari E, Yopak KE, Meeuwig J, and Collin SP. 2016. How close is too close? The effect of non-lethal electric fields on white shark behavior. PLoS One. 11 (7), e0157717  [link]
  • Yopak KE, Galinsky VL, Berquist R, Frank LR. 2016. Quantitative classification of cerebellar foliation in cartilaginous fishes (Class: Chondrichthyes) using 3D shape analysis and its implications for evolutionary biology. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 87: 252-264 Cover Story. [link]
  • Salas C, Yopak KE, Warrington RE, Hart NS, Potter I, Collin SP. 2015. Ontogenetic shifts in brain scaling reflect behavioral changes in the life cycle of the pouched lamprey Geotria australis. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Special Issue: “From ecology to brain development: Bridging separate evolutionary paradigms”. (eds. F Aboitiz, ML Concha, C Gonzalez-Billault and J Mpodozis). 9: 251 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00251 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Collin SP. 2015. Not all sharks are “swimming noses”: Variation in olfactory bulb size in cartilaginous fishes. Brain Structure and Function. 220: 1127-1143 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Heel K, Goh G, Northcutt RLG, Collin SP. 2014. Is bigger always better? Developing quantitative measures of cognitive ability in early vertebrates. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 84: 74 [link]
  • Salas, CA, Yopak, KE, Hart NS, Nazari H, Dominguez-Dominguez O, Gill HS, Potter IA, Collin S.P. 2014. Brain scaling and allometric variation of sensory brain regions in lampreys (Petromyzontiformes). Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 84: 72 [link]
  • Moore BA, Kamilar JM, Collin SP, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Dominy NJ, Hall MI, Heesy CP, Johnsen S, Lisney TJ, Loew ER, Moritz G, Nava SS, Warrant E, Yopak KE, and Fernández-Juricic E. 2012. A novel method for comparative analysis of retinal specialization traits from topographic maps. Journal of Vision. 12: 1-24 [link]
  • Yopak KE and Lisney TJ. 2012. Allometric scaling of the optic tectum in cartilaginous fishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 80: 108-126. Cover Story  [link]
  • Montgomery JC, Bodznick D, and Yopak KE. 2012. The cerebellum and cerebellum-like structures of cartilaginous fishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 80: 152-165. Cover Story
  • Yopak KE. 2012. The nervous system of cartilaginous fishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution Special Issue. 80: 77-79 [link]
  • Yopak KE. 2012. Neuroecology of cartilaginous fishes: The functional implications of brain scaling. Journal of Fish Biology, Special Issue “The Current Status of Elasmobranchs: Biology, Fisheries, and Conservation”. 80: 1968-2023 [link]
  • Berquist RM, Gledhill K, Peterson MW, Doan AH, Baxter G, Yopak KE, Kang N, Walker HJ, Hastings PA, and Frank LR. 2012. The Digital Fish Library: Digitizing, databasing, and documenting the morphological diversity of fishes with MRI. PLoS One. 7: e34499. [link]
  • Mull C, Yopak KE, and Dulvy N. 2011. Does more maternal investment mean a larger brain? Evolutionary relationships between reproductive mode and brain size in chondrichthyans. Marine and Freshwater Research. 62: 567-575 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Darlington RB, Collin SP, Montgomery JC, and Finlay BL. 2010. A conserved pattern of brain scaling from sharks to primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 107: 12946-12951. [link]
  • Yopak KE, Ainsley S, Ebert DA, and Frank LR. 2010. Exploring adaptive evolution in the brains of bathyal skates (Family: Rajidae): Phylogenetic and ecological perspectives. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 75: 316 [link] 
  • Yopak KE and Frank LR. 2009. Brain size and brain organization of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, using magnetic resonance imaging. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 74(2): 121-142. Cover Story  [link]
  • Lisney TJ, Yopak KE, Montgomery JC, and Collin SP. 2008. Variation in brain organization and cerebellar foliation in chondrichthyans: Batoids. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 72: 262-282. Cover Story  [link]
  • Yopak KE and Montgomery JC. 2008 Brain organization and specialization in deep-sea chondrichthyans. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 71: 287-304 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Frank LR, and Montgomery JC. 2007. Variation in cerebellar foliation in cartilaginous fishes: Ecological and behavioral considerations. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 70: 210 [link]
  • Yopak KE, Lisney TJ, Collin SP, and Montgomery JC. 2007. Variation in brain organization and cerebellar foliation in chondrichthyans: Sharks and holocephalans. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 69: 280-300. Cover Story  [link]
  • Kozlowski C, Yopak K, Voigt R, and Atema J. 2001. Initial study on the effects of signal intermittency on the odor plume tracking behavior of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Biological Bulletin. 201: 274-276. [link]