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Collin, R. 1995. Sex, size, and position: A test of models predicting the size at sex change in the protandrous gastropod Crepidula fornicata. American Naturalist. 146(6): 815-831. |
Voltzow, J. and R. Collin. 1995. Flow through mantle cavities revisited: Was sanitation key to fissurellid evolution? Invertebrate Biology. 114 (2): 145-151. |
| Collin, R. 1997. Ontogenetic changes in subtle skeletal asymmetries during development of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus Evolution. 51(3): 999-1005. |
Collin, R. 1997. Hydrophobic larval shells: another character for higher level systematics of gastropods. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63: 425-430. |
| Collin, R. 1997. Increasing effective malacological communication: A commentary on writing descriptions of molluscan development. The Veliger 40(3): 276-277. |
Collin, R. and C. M. Janis. 1997. Phylogenetic constraints on feeding adaptations: Why there were no suspension-feeding marine reptiles? E. Nichols and J. Calloway eds. Ancient Marine Reptiles. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology symposium on Mesozoic marine reptiles. Academic Press. |
Collin, R. and J. B. Wise. 1997. Morphology and development of Odostomia columbiana (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). Biological Bulletin. 192: 243-252. |
Collin, R. and J. Voltzow. 1998. Initiation, calcification, and form of larval "archaeogastropod" shells. Journal of Morphology. 235(1): 77-89. |
Collin, R. 2000. Phylogeny of the Crepidula plana (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidea) cryptic species complex in North America. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 78: 1500-1514. |
| Collin, R. 2000. The development of three Californian heterobranch mollusks from California, USA. The Nautilus. 114(3): 117-119. |
Collin, R. 2000. Development and anatomy of Nitidiscala tincta (Carpenter 1865) (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). The Veliger. 43(3): 302-312. |
Collin, R. 2000. Sex change, reproduction and development of Crepidula adunca and C. lingulata (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) The Veliger. 43: 24-33. |
Collin, R. 2001. The effects of mode of development on phylogeography and population structure of North Atlantic Crepidula (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae). Molecular Ecology. 10: 2249-2262. |
Collin, R. and M. deMaintenon. 2002. Integrative approaches to biogeography: Patterns and processes on land and in the sea. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42(5): 911-912. |
Chaparro, O., J. L. Carpentier, and R. Collin. 2002. Embryonic velar structure and function in sibling species of Crepidula with different modes of development. Biological Bulletin. 203: 80-86. |
Collin, R. 2002. Another last word on Crepidula convexa and a description of C. ustulatulina sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science. 70(1): 177-184. |
Collin, R. and Cipriani, R. 2003. Dollo’s Law and the re-evolution of shell coiling. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 270: 2551-2555. |
Collin, R. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships among calyptraeid gastropods and their implications for the biogeography of speciation. Systematic Biology. 52(5): 618-640. [cover] [Publisher's Award for Excellence in Systematic Research] |
Collin, R. 2003. The utility of morphological characters in gastropod phylogenetics: An example from the Calyptraeidae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 78: 541-593. |
| Collin, R. 2003. World-wide patterns of development in calyptraeid gastropods. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 247: 103-122. |
Collin, R. 2004. Development of Cerithiopsis gemmulosum from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 40 (2): 192-197. |
Collin, R. 2004. The loss of complex characters, phylogenetic effects, and the evolution of development in a family of marine gastropods. Evolution. 58 (7): 1488-1502. |
Collin, R. 2005. Ecological monitoring and biodiversity surveys at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Bocas Del Toro Research Station. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3): 367-373. |
*§Collin, R. M. C. Diaz, J. Norenburg, R. M. Rocha, J. A. Sanchez, A. Schulze, M. Schwartz, and A. Valdes. 2005. Photographic identification guide to some common invertebrates of Bocas del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3): 638-707. |
Cipriani, R. and R. Collin. 2005. Life-history invariants with bounded variables cannot be distinguished from data generated by random processes using standard analyses. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 18(6): 1613-1618. |
Collin, R. 2005. Crepidula badisparsa sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(2): 269-276. |
| Collin, R. 2005. Crepidula badisparsa sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(2): 269-276. |
| *Collin, R., M. McLellan, K. Gruber, and C. Bailey-Jourdain. 2005. Effects of conspecific associations on size at sex change in three species of calyptraeid gastropods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 293:89-97 |
Collin, R. 2005. Development, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Bostrycapulus (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae), an ancient cryptic radiation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 75-101. |
| *Chaparro, O.R., C.L. Saldivia, S.V. Pereda, C.J. Segura, Y.A. Montiel, and R. Collin. 2005. The reproductive cycle and development of Crepipatella fecunda (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from Southern Chile. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 85: 157-161. |
*§Collin, R., M. Wonham, and K. R. Barr. 2006. Crepidula convexa Say 1822 (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae) in Washington State, USA. American Malacological Bulletin. 21: 113-116 |
| Collin, R. 2006. Sex ratio, life history invariants, and patterns of sex change in a family of protandrous gastropods. Evolution 60: 735-745. |
| Collin, R. Chaparro, O. R., Winkler, F. and D. Veliz. 2007. Molecular phylogenetic and embryological evidence that feeding larvae have been reacquired in a marine gastropod. Biological Bulletin 212: 83-92. [cover photo] |
*§Baeza, J. A., J. M. Reitz, and R. Collin. 2007. Protandric simultaneous hermaphroditism and sex ratio in Lysmata nayaritensis Wicksten, 2000 (Decapoda: Caridea). Journal of Natural History. 41: 2843-2850. |
| Collin, R. 2008. Development of Tylodina fungina Gabb, 1865 (Gastropoda: Notaspidea) from the Pacific Coast of Panama. The Veliger. 50: 51-56. |
| §Miglietta, M. P., M. Rossi, and R. Collin. 2008. Hydromedusa blooms and upwelling events in the bay of Panama, Tropical East Pacific. Journal of Plankton Research. 30: 783-793. |
| §Collin, R. and M. Miglietta. 2008. Reversing opinions on Dollo's Law. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23(11): 602-609. |
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| *Li, C. and R. Collin. Imposex in one of the world’s busiest shipping zones. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science. |
| Collin, R and E. Rolan. Bostrycapulus heteropoma n. sp. and Bostrycapulus tegulicius (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from western Africa. The Veliger |
Collin, R., L. D’Croz, P. Gondola, J. B. Del Rosario, K . W. Kauffman. Climate and hydrological factors affecting variation in chlorophyll concentration and water clarity in the Bahia Almirante, Panama. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science. |
Non Peer Review Publications and Technical Reports |
Bocas del Toro Research Station, Biennial Report. Pp. 57. |
| Contributing author In Linton, D. And T. Fisher (Eds.) 2004. CARICOMP - Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program: 1993-2003. |
| Collin, R. 1999. Book Review: "Embryology: Constructing the Organism". American Zoologist 39(1): 187-188. |