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2013

• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Aerts, P. (2013). In search of the pitching momentum that enables some lizards to sustain bipedal running at constant speeds. J. R. Soc. Interface. 10, 20130241. full text (PDF)
  
• Heiss, E., Natchev, N., Gumpenberger, M., Weissenbacher, A. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2013). Biomechanics and hydrodynamics of prey capture in the Chinese giant salamander reveal a high-performance jaw-powered suction mechanism. J. R. Soc. Interface 10, 20121028. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Leysen, H., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2013) Mechanics of snout expansion in suction feeding seahorses: musculoskeletal force transmission. J. Exp. Biol. 216, 407-417. full text (PDF)  cover image(jpg)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. (2013). Kinematics of terrestrial capture of prey by the eel-catfish Channallabes apus.  Integr. Comp. Biol. full text (PDF)

2012

• Herrel, A., Van Wassenbergh, S. & Aerts, P. (June 2012) Biomechanical studies of food and diet selection. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester.  full text (PDF)

2011

• Van Wassenbergh, S., Roos, G., Aerts, P., Herrel, A. & Adriaens, D. (2011) Why the long face? A comparative study of feeding kinematics of two pipefish with different snout lengths.  J. Fish Biol. 78, 1786-1798 full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Roos, G. & Ferry, L. (2011) An adaptive explanation for the horse-like shape of seahorses. Nature Communications 2, 164. full text (PDF)  Supplementary Information  Nature Video (YouTube)
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & De Rechter, D. (2011) Piscivorous cyprinid fish modulates suction feeding kinematics to capture elusive prey. Zoology 114, 46-52. full text (PDF)
• Roos, G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P., Herrel, A. & Adriaens, D. (2011) Effects of snout dimensions on the hydrodynamics of suction feeding in juvenile and adult seahorses. J. Theor. Biol. 269, 307-317. full text (PDF)

2010

• Roos, G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2010). Snout allometry in seahorses: insights on optimisation of pivot feeding performance during ontogeny J. Exp. Biol. 213, 2184-2193. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Brecko, J., Aerts, P., Stouten, I., Vanheusden, G., Camps, A., Van Damme, R., & Herrel, A. (2010). Hydrodynamic constraints on prey-capture performance in forward-striking snakes. J. R. Soc. Interface 7, 773-785  full text (PDF)

2009

• Roos, G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Herrel, A. & Aerts, P. (2009). Kinematics of suction feeding in the seahorse Hippocampus reidi.J. Exp. Biol. 212, 3490-3498. full text (PDF)
• Longrie, N., Van Wassenbergh, S., Vandewalle, P., Maguit, Q. & Parmentier, E. (2009). Potential mechanism of sound production in Oreochromis niloticus (Chichlidae). J. Exp. Biol. 212, 3395-3402. full text (PDF)
• Van Gossum, H., Bots, J., Snijkers, T., Meyer, J., Van Wassenbergh, S., De Coen, W. & De Bruyn, L. (2009). Behaviour of damselfly larvae (Enallagma cyathigerum) (Insecta, Odonata) after long-term exposure to PFOS. Environ. Pollut. 157, 1332-1336.  full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Roos G., Genbrugge A., Leysen H., Aerts P., Adriaens D. & Herrel, A. (2009). Suction is kids play: extremely fast suction in newborn seahorses. Biology Letters 5, 200-203. full text (PDF)  supplementary material: details of methods (PDF), supplemental figure (JPG), video adult Hippocampus (MOV - 2 MB), video newborn Hippocampus (MOV - 0.5 MB).
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Aerts, P. (2009) Aquatic suction feeding dynamics: insights from computational modelling. J. R. Soc. Interface. 6, 149-158. full text (PDF)  methods (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Lieben, T., Herrel, A., Huysentruyt, F., Geerinckx, T., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2009) Kinematics of benthic suction feeding in Callichthyidae and Mochokidae, with functional implications for the evolution of food scraping in catfishes. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 116-125. full text (PDF)
• Roos, G., Leysen, H., Van Wassenbergh, S., Herrel, A., Jacobs, P., Dierick, M., Aerts, P. & Adriaens, D. (2009) Linking morphology and motion: a test of a four-bar mechanism in seahorses Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82, 7-19. full text (PDF)

2008

• Van Wassenbergh, S. & P. Aerts (2008) Rapid pivot feeding in pipefish: flow effects on prey and evaluation of simple dynamic modelling via computational fluid dynamics. J. R. Soc. Interface. 5: 1291-1301. full text (PDF)
• Herrel, A., Vincent, S.E., Alfaro, M.E., Van Wassenbergh, S., Vanhooydonck, B.& D.J. Irschick (2008) Morphological convergence as a consequence of extreme functional demands: examples from the feeding system of natricine snakes. J. Evol. Biol. 21: 1438-1448. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Strother, J. A., Flammang, B. E., Ferry-Graham, L. A. & Aerts, P. (2008) Extremely fast prey capture in pipefish is powered by elastic recoil. J. R. Soc. Interface 5, 285-296. full text (PDF)
• De Schepper N., Van Wassenbergh S. & D. Adriaens (2008) Morphology of the jaw system in trichiurids: trade-offs between mouth closing and biting performance. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152, 717-736. full text (PDF)

2007

• Wyckmans, M., Van Wassenbergh, S. Adriaens, D., Van Damme, R. & Herrel, A. (2007) Size-related changes in cranial morphology affect diet in the catfish Clariallabes longicauda. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 323-334. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., James, R.S. & Aerts, P. (2007) Scaling of contractile properties of catfish feeding muscles. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 1183-1193. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2007) No trade-off between biting and suction feeding performance in clariid catfishes. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 27-36. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2007) Interspecific variation in sternohyoideus muscle morphology in clariid catfishes: functional implications for suction feeding. J. Morphol. 268: 232-242. full text (PDF) supplementary material

2006

• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D., Huysentruyt, F., Devaere, S. & Aerts, P. (2006) A catfish that can strike its prey on land. Nature 440: 881. full text (PDF)  supplementary material
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2006) Modulation and variability of prey capture kinematics in clariid catfishes J. Exp. Zool. 305A: 559-569. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Aerts, P. & Herrel, A. (2006) Hydrodynamic modeling of aquatic suction performance and intra-oral pressures: limitations for comparative studies. J. R. Soc. Interface 3: 507-514. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Aerts P. & Herrel, A. (2006) Scaling of suction feeding performance in the catfish Clarias gariepinus. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 79: 43-56.  full text (PDF)

2005

• Herrel, A., Van Wassenbergh, S., Wouters, S., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2005). A functional morphological approach to the scaling of the feeding system in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. J. Exp. Biol 208, 2091-2102. full text (PDF)
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P. & Herrel, A. (2005). Scaling of suction-feeding kinematics and dynamics in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 2103-2114. full text (PDF)  cover image(gif)
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2005) A test of mouth-opening and hyoid-depression mechanisms during prey capture in a catfish. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 4627-4639. full text (PDF)
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Aerts, P., Adriaens, D., & Herrel, A. (2005) A dynamical model of mouth closing movements in clariid catfishes: the role of enlarged jaw adductors. J. Theor. Biol. 234: 49-65. full text (PDF)

2004

• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2004) Effects of jaw adductor hypertrophy on buccal expansions during feeding of airbreathing catfishes (Teleostei, Clariidae). Zoomorphology 123: 81-93. full text (PDF)