Richardson Hall 265 (973) 655-5108
Dean: College of Science and Mathematics
Courses Taught at Montclair State University
BIOL 436 Phylogenetic Zoology
BIOL 486/586 Selected Topics in Biology: Malacology
Publications
Prezant, R.S., E.J. Chapman and A. McDougal. 2006. In utero predator-induced responses in the viviparid snail Bellamya chinensis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(4): 600-608.
Prezant, R.S. 2006. Can we save the urban river? Pages 206-217, In: H. Feng, L. Yu and W. Solecki, eds., Urban Dimensions of Environmental Change: Science, Exposures, Policies and Technologies. Science Press and Science Press U.S.A.
Bieler, R., P. M. Mikkelsen & R. S. Prezant, 2005. Byssus-attachment by infaunal clams: Seagrass-nestling Venerupis in Esperance Bay, Western Australia (Bivalvia: Veneridae). Pages 177-197. In: F. E. Wells, D. I. Walker & G. A. Kendrick, eds., The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Prezant, R.S. and E. J. Chapman. 2004. Molluscs of the U.S. Military Academy Drainages (West Point, New York) and comparative regional biodiversity of gastropods. Northeast Naturalist. 11: 273 - 294.
Toll, R. B., R.S. Prezant and H.B. Rollins. 2003. A novel approach to retrieving hard clams in situ – metal detection. Journal of Shellfish Research 22(2): 501-503.
Prezant, R.S., R. Toll and H.B. Rollins. 2002. Marine macroinvertebrate diversity of St. Catherines Island, Georgia, U.S.A. American Museum Novitates No. 3367: 1-31.
Prezant,
R.S., C.L. Counts and E.J. Chapman. Mollusca of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia:
Additions to the fauna, range extensions, and gigantism. The Veliger 45: 337-355. (2002)
Prezant, R.S., R. Toll and H. Rollins. 2002. Marine macroinvertebrate diversity of St. Catherines Island, Georgia, U.S.A. American Museum Novitates No. 3367: 1-31.
Prezant, R.S. and C.L. Counts. 2002. Mollusca of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia: Additions to the fauna, range extensions, and gigantism. The Veliger 45: 337-355.
Cleveland, C., R.S. Prezant, H. B. Rollins, R. Toll and J. Wylie. 2001. Mass exhumation and deposition of Mulinia lateralis on an intertidal beach of St. Catherines Island. The Veliger 45: 65-70.
Keating,
S.T. and R.S. Prezant. 1998. Effects of stream chemistry on the distribution,
growth and colonization of diatoms on the freshwater limpet Ferrisia rivularis.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 13: 67-77.
Prezant,
R.S. (1998). Four invited chapters
for Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis, Part A, Fauna of Australia Volume 5. Australian Biological Resources Study,
Australian Government Publishing Service:
1. Class Bivalvia (Chapter 4).
Co-authors B. Morton and B. Wilson, pp.
195-234.
2. Palaeoheterodonta, Introduction (Chap. 7), pp. 289-294.
3. Heterodonta, Introduction (Chapter 8), pp. 301-307.
4. Anomalodesmata (Chap. 9), pp. 397-412, 415-430.
Hutchinson, P.J., H.B. Rollins and R.S. Prezant. 1993. Detection of xenophobic responses in the periostracum of Corbicula fluminea through laser-induced mass spectrometry. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology: 24: 258-267.
Hutchinson,
P.J., H.B. Rollins, A. Sharkey, R.S. Prezant, Y. Kim, and D.M. Hercules. 1993. A freshwater
bioprobe: periostracum of the
Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller)
combined with laser microprobe spectrometry. Environmental Pollution 78: 95-100.
Prezant,
R.S., M. Showers, R. Winstead and C. Cleveland. 1992.
Reproductive ecology of the Antarctic bivalve Lissarca
notorcadensis. American Malacological Bulletin
9(2): 173-186.
Tan
Tiu and R.S. Prezant. 1992. The role of environment on shell growth
dynamics of Corbicula
fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Malacological Review 25: 109-117.
Carriker,
M.R., C.G. Swann, R.S. Prezant and C.L.Counts. 1991. Chemical elements in the aragonitic
and calcitic microstructural groups of shell of the oyster Crassostrea
virginica: a proton probe study. Marine Biology: 109: 287-297.
Prezant,
R.S. 1990. Microstructural shell
and hinge ontogeny of the Antarctic bivalve Lissarca
notorcadensis Melvill and Standen. Journal of the Marine
Biological Association of the United Kingdom
780: 841-855.
Prezant,
R.S. 1990. Form, function, and
phylogeny of bivalve mucins.
IN: The Bivalvia. Proceedings of a Memorial Symposium in Honour of Sir Charles Maurice
Yonge, Edinburgh, 1986. B. Morton, ed. pp. 71-92.
Tan
Tiu, A. and R.S. Prezant. 1989.
Shell tubules in Corbicula fluminea
(Bivalvia Heterodonta): Functional morphology and
microstructure. The Nautilus 103: 36-39.
Tan
Tiu, A. and R.S. Prezant. 1989.
Seasonal variation of microstructure of inner structure of shell in Corbicula
fluminea (Bivalvia: Heterodonta). American Malacological Bulletin 7(1):
65-71.
Prezant,
R.S., A. Tan Tiu and K. Chalermwat. 1988.
Shell microstructure and color changes in stressed Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia:
Corbiculidae). The
Veliger 31: 236-243.
Tan
Tiu, A. and R.S. Prezant. 1987.
Shell microstructure responses of the Atlantic ribbed mussel
Geukensia demissa granosissima induced
by transplantation. American Malacological
Bulletin 5: 173-176.
Prezant,
R.S. and A. Tan Tiu. 1986. Spiral
crossed-lamellar shell growth in corbiculid bivalves. Transactions of the American
Microscopical Society 105: 338-347.
Prezant,
R.S. 1986. Entrainment of larval
oysters by hydraulic cutterhead dredges:
an introduction. American Malacological Bulletin, Special Edition No. 3: 1-4.
Brown,
B. and R.S. Prezant. 1986.
Occurrence of a digenetic trematode in a polychaete. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 48:
239-241.
Prezant,
R.S. 1985. Derivations of
arenophilic mantle glands in the Anomalodesmata. Malacologia 26:
273-275.
Prezant,
R.S. 1985. Molluscan mucins: a unifying thread. IN: Perspectives in Malacology, American Malacological
Bulletin Special Edition No. 1: 45-60.
Prezant,
R.S. and A. Tan Tiu. 1985. Comparative
shell microstructure of North American Corbicula (Bivalvia: Sphaeriacea). The
Veliger 27: 312-319.
Prezant,
R.S. and K. Chalermwat. 1984.
Flotation of the bivalve Corbicula fluminea as a means of dispersal. Science 225: 1491-1493.
Prezant,
R.S. 1984. Functional microstructure and mineralogy of the byssal complex of Anomia
simplex. American Malacological Bulletin 2:
41-50.
Prezant,
R.S. 1983. Auto-drilling in the
oyster drill Thais haemostoma
(Muricidae). The Nautilus 97:
81-84.
Prezant,
R.S. and M.R. Carriker. 1983.
Functional microstructure of the lithodesma of Mytilimeria
nuttalli (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata). The Veliger 25:
326-329.
Counts,
C.L. and R.S. Prezant. 1982. Shell microstructure of Corbicula
fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae). The Nautilus 96:
25-30.
Prezant,
R.S. 1981. Taxonomic re-evaluation
of the bivalve family Lyonsiidae. The
Nautilus 95: 58-72.
Prezant,
R.S. 1981. Comparative shell
ultrastructure of lyonsiid bivalves.
The Veliger 23: 289-299.
Prezant,
R.S. 1981. The arenophilic radial
mantle glands of the Lyonsiidae (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata)
with notes on lyonsiid evolution. Malacologia 20:
267-289.
Carriker,
M.R., R.E. Palmer and R.S. Prezant. 1981.
Functional ultramorphology of the dissoconch
valves of the oyster Crassostrea virginica. Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association 70:
139-183.
Prezant,
R.S. 1980. An antipredator
mechanism of the polychaete Phyllodoce
mucosa with notes on similar mechanisms in
other potential prey. Fishery
Bulletin 77: 605-616.
Prezant,
R.S. 1979. The structure and
function of the radial mantle glands of Lyonsia hyalina Conrad (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata).
Journal of Zoology,
London 187: 505-516.
Prezant,
R.S. 1979. Shell spinules of the
bivalve Lyonsia hyalina. The Nautilus 92: 93- 95.