S.C. Mitchell and M. E. DeMont (2004). Modelling torque generation by the mero-carpopodite joint of the American lobster and the snow crab. Mar. Fresh. Behav. Physiol. 37(4), 235-251. (pdf)
Martec Limited, CEF Consultants Ltd, DRDC Atlantic, St. Francis Xavier University. Effects of Pipelines/Gathering Lines on Snow Crab and Lobster, December 2004, Environmental Studies Research Funds Report No. 150, Calgary. 61 p. (pdf)
H.Courtland, G.M. Wright, R.G. Root and M. E. DeMont (2003). Comparative equilibrium mechanical properties of bovine and lamprey cartilaginous tissues. J. exp. Biol. 206, 1397-1408. (pdf)
T.J. MacCormack and M.E. DeMont (2003). Regional differences in allometric growth in Atlantic Canadian lobsters (Homarus americanus). J. Crust. Biol. 23(2), 258-264. (Abstract)
S.C. Mitchell, S. M. Kennedy, P.J. Williams and M.E. DeMont (2003). Morphometrics and force generation of the chelae of a North American population of the invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas (L.). Can. J. Zool. 81: 203-215. (pdf)
S.C. Mitchell and M. E. DeMont. (2003). Analysis of the mero-carpopodite joint of the American lobster and snow crab. I. Apodeme surface area and muscle fibre pinnation angle. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83, 1239-1248. (pdf)
S.C. Mitchell and M. E. DeMont. (2003). Analysis of the mero-carpopodite joint of the American lobster and snow crab. II. Kinematics, morphometrics and moment arms. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83, 1249-1259. (pdf)
E.J. Anderson, W. Quinn, and M. E. DeMont (2001). Hydrodynamics of locomotion in the squid Loligo pealei. J. Fluid Mech. 436, 249-266. (pdf)
E.J. Anderson and M. E. DeMont (2000).The mechanics of locomotion in the squid Loligo pealei: Locomotory function and unsteady hydrodynamics of the jet and intramantle pressure. J. exp. Biol. 203, 2851-2863. (Abstract)
M. E. DeMont (1999). Learn from Nature's Competitive Swimmers. SportScience Vol 3(1) (full article)
P.S. MacGillivray, E.J. Anderson, G.M. Wright and M.E. DeMont (1999). Structure and mechanics of the squid mantle. J. Exp. Biol. 202, 683-695. (Abstract)
M. E. DeMont (1998). Applied Seafood. The Sunday Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia (May 31).
G.M. Wright, F.W. Keeley, M.E. DeMont (1998) Hagfish Cartilage, In: The Biology of Hagfishes, Jorgensen, J.M., et al. eds., Chapman & Hall, London. (in press)
E.J. Anderson, P.S. MacGillivray and M.E. DeMont (1997). Scallop shells exhibit optimization of riblet dimensions for drag reduction. Biological Bulletin 192, 341-344. (Abstract) (Related article: Tackling Turbulence with Supercomputers, Scientific American - January 1997)
J.-Y. Cheng and M.E. DeMont (1997). A predicted in vivo muscle force-velocity trajectory. Can. J. Zool. 75(3), 371-375. (Abstract)
C.J. McConnell, M.E. DeMont and G.M. Wright (1997). Microfibrils provide nonlinear elastic behaviour in the abdominal artery of the lobster, Homarus americanus. Journal of Physiology (London) 499(2), 513-526. (Abstract)
J.E.I. Hokkanen and M.E. DeMont (1997). Complex dynamics in the heart of the lobster Homarus americanus. Can. J. Zool. 75(5), 746-754. (Abstract)
M.E. DeMont, P.S. MacGillivray, I.G. Davison and C.J. McConnell (1997). Measuring how elastic arteries function. Amer. Biol. Teacher 59 (8). 513-517.
C.J. McConnell, J.B. Carmichael and M.E. DeMont (1997). Modelling blood flow in the aorta. Amer. Biol. Teacher 59 (9), 586-588.
M.E. DeMont (1996). Measuring how muscles function in levers. Amer. Biol. Teacher 58 (8), November/December. The Virtual Version
C.J. McConnell, G.M. Wright and M.E. DeMont (1996). The modulus of elasticity of lobster aorta microfibrils. Experientia 52(9), 918-921. (Abstract)
The following two papers were reviewed (News and Views) in Nature: Steven Vogel - Squirt Smugly, Scallop! (January 2, 1997).
J-Y. Cheng and M.E. DeMont (1996). Jet-propelled swimming in scallops: swimming mechanics and ontogenic scaling. Can. J. Zool. 74: 1734-1748. (Abstract)
J-Y. Cheng, I.G. Davison and M.E. DeMont (1996). Dynamics and energetics of scallop locomotion. J. Exp. Biol. 199, 1931-1946. (Abstract)
M.E. DeMont, C.J. McConnell and J.B. Carmichael (1996). Measuring the physical properties of silk from a spider's web. Amer. Biol. Teacher 58 (8), 475-477.
J-Y. Cheng and M.E. DeMont (1996). Hydrodynamics of scallop locomotion: Unsteady fluid forces on clapping valves. J. Fluid. Mech. 317: 73-90. (Abstract)
I.G. Davison, G.M. Wright and M.E. DeMont (1995). The structure and physical properties of invertebrate and primitive vertebrate arteries. J. Exp. Biol. 198: 2185-2196. (Abstract)
M.J. Melchin and M.E. DeMont (1995). Possible propulsion modes in the Graptoloidea: a new model for graptoloid locomotion. Paleobiology. 21(1): 110-120. (Abstract)
M.E. DeMont and G.W. Wright (1993). Elastic arteries in a primitive vertebrate: Mechanics of the lamprey ventral aorta. Experimentia. 49: 43-46. (Abstract)
W.M. Oxner, J. Quinn and M.E. DeMont (1993). A mathematical model of body kinematics in swimming tadpoles. Can. J. Zool. 71(2): 407-413 .(Abstract)
J.M. Gosline, C.C. Pollak, P.A. Guerette, A. Cheng, M.E. DeMont, M.W. Denny (1993). Elastomeric network models for the frame and visid silks from the orb web of the spider Araneus diadematus. in Silks: Biology, Structures, Properties and Genetics. D. Kaplan (editor). American Chemical Society.
M. Bowie, J. Layes and M.E. DeMont (1992). Damping in the hinge of the scallop Placopecten magellanicus. J. exp. Biol. 175: 311-315. (Short Communication).
J.E.I. Hokkanen and M.E. DeMont (1992). Heart dynamics and respiratory coupling in the lobster Homarus americanus. Phylogenetic models in functional coupling of the CNS and Heart, Karger, Switzerland.
M.E. DeMont (1992). Locomotion of Soft Bodied Animals, in Mechanics of Animal Locomotion. (R.McN. Alexander, Editor). In the series, Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, Springer.
M.E. DeMont and J.E.I. Hokkanen (1992). Hydrodynamics of Animal Movement, in Biomechanics Structures: A Practical Approach. (A. Biewener, Editor). Oxford University Press.
J.P. Bailey and M.E. DeMont (1991) The function of the wishbone. Can. J. Zool. 69: 2751-2758. (Abstract)
J.E.A. Bertram, B.K. Hall and M.E. DeMont (1990). Does diaphyseal periosteum restrict longitudinal growth of long bones? in: Fundamentals of Bone Growth: Methodology and Applications (A. D. Dixon and B.G. Sarnat, Editors), CRC Press, Inc.
Previous Publications of M. Edwin DeMont
M. E. DeMont and J. M. Gosline. (1988) Mechanics of jet propulsion in the hydromedusan jellyfish, Polyorchis penicillatus. I. Mechanical properties of the locomotor structure. J. Exp. Biol. 134: 331-332. (Abstract)
M. E. DeMont and J.M. Gosline. (1988). Mechanics of jet propulsion in the hydromedusan jellyfish, Polyorchis penicillatus. II. Energetics of the jet cycle J. Exp. Biol. 134: 333-345 (Abstract)
M. E. DeMont and J.M. Gosline. (1988). Mechanics of jet propulsion in the hydromedusan jellyfish, Polyorchis penicillatus. III. A natural resonating bell; the presence and importance of a resonant phenomenon in the locomotor structure. J. Exp. Biol. 134, 347-361. 1988. (Abstract)
J. M. Gosline, M. E. DeMont, and M. W. Denny. (1986). The structure and properties of spider silk. Endeavour, New Series, Vol. 10 (1), 37-43. (Abstract)
J. M. Gosline and M. E. DeMont. (1985). Jet-propelled swimming in squids. Scientific American 252(1), 96-103. (Abstract)
M.E. DeMont and R.K. O'Dor. (1984). The effects of activity, temperature and mass on the respiratory metabolism of the squid, Illex illecebrosus. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 64, 535-543. (Abstract)
J. M. Gosline, M. W. Denny & M. E. DeMont. (1984). Spider silk as rubber. Nature, Vol. 309, No. 5968, pp. 551-552. (Abstract)
J. M. Gosline, J. D. Steeves, A. D. Harman and M. E. DeMont. (1983). Patterns of circular and radial mantle muscle activity in respiration and jetting of the squid Loligo opalescens. J. Exp. Biol. 104, 97-109. (Abstract)