Matthews Lab

Comparative Respiratory Physiology

and Biomechanics

  1. Harrison, J.F. McKenzie, E., Talal, S., Socha, J.J., Westneat, M.W., Matthews, P.G.D. (2023) Air sacs are a key adaptive trait of the insect respiratory system. The Journal of Experimental Biology, doi: 10.1242/jeb.245712
  2. McKenzie, E.‡, Kwan, G., Tresguerres, M., Matthews, P.G.D. (2022) A pH-powered mechanochemical engine regulates the buoyancy of Chaoborus midge larvae. Current Biology 32, 927-933.e5
  3. Rowe, T.T.C.‡, Gutbrod, M.S., Matthews, P.G.D. (2022) Discontinuous gas exchange in Madagascan hissing cockroaches is not a consequence of hysteresis around a fixed PCO2 threshold. The Journal of Experimental Biology, doi: 10.1242/jeb.242860
  4. Straus, S.#, Gonzalez, A., Matthews, P.G.D., Avilés L. (2021) Economies of scale shape energetics of solitary and group living spiders and their webs. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13628
  5. Gefen, E. and Matthews, P. G. D. (2021). From chemoreception to regulation: filling the gaps in understanding how insects control gas exchange. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 48, 26-31
  6. Bergman, E.A.‡, Green, E.L.†, Matthews, P.G.D. (2021). The cibarial pump of the xylem-feeding froghopper Philaenus spumarius produces negative pressures exceeding 1 MPa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288, 20210731.
  7. Lee D.J.‡, Matthews P.G.D. (2021) How insects transition from water to air: Respiratory insights from dragonflies. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 253, 110859
  8. Damsgaard, C., Lauridsen, H., Harter, T.S., Kwan, G.T., Thomsen, J.S., Funder, A.M.D., Supuran, C.T., Tresguerres, M., Matthews, P.G.D., Brauner, C.J., (2020). A novel acidification mechanism for greatly enhanced oxygen supply to the fish retina. eLife 9, e58995.
  9. de Pennart, A.†, Matthews P.G.D. (2019) The bimodal gas exchange strategies of dragonfly nymphs across development. Journal of Insect Physiology, doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103982
  10. Lee D.J.‡, Matthews P.G.D. (2019) Quantifying the acid-base status of dragonflies across their transition from breathing water to breathing air. The Journal of Experimental Biology, doi: 10.1242/jeb.210294
  11. Sackville, M.#, Brauner, C.J., Matthews, P.G.D. (2019). Complete larval development of Rhionaeschna multicolor (Odonata: Aeshnidae) at 20°C under natural photoperiod. Notulae Odonatologicae (in press)
  12. *Beckett, K.I.S†, Robertson, A.B.‡, Matthews, P.G.D. (2018). Studies on gas exchange in the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius: the metabolic cost of feeding on, and living in, xylem sap. The Journal of Experimental Biology, doi: 10.1242/jeb.191973 (Editors’ Choice, InsideJEB Highlighted Article)
  13. Lee D.J.‡, Gutbrod M., Ferreras F.M., Matthews P.G.D. (2018) Changes in hemolymph total CO2 content during the water-to-air respiratory transition of amphibiotic dragonflies. The Journal of Experimental Biology doi: 10.1242/jeb.181438 (Editors’ Choice, InsideJEB Highlighted Article, Cover photo for this issue)
  14. Matthews P.G.D. (2017) The mechanisms underlying the production of discontinuous gas exchange cycles in insects. In Press. Journal of Comparative Physiology B
  15. Schimpf N.G., Terblanche J.S., Smit M.F., Matthews P.G.D. (2017) Respiration, thermogenesis, and thermoregulation of Victoria cruziana flowers. Aquatic Botany doi: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.11.014
  16. Harter T.S.#, Brauner C.J., Matthews P.G.D. (2017) A novel technique for the precise measurement of CO2 production rate in small aquatic organisms as validated on Aeshnid dragonfly nymphs. The Journal of Experimental Biology doi:10.1242/jeb.150235
  17. Matthews, P.G.D. (2016) Acid-base regulation in insect haemolymph. In: Weihrauch D, O’Donnell M (eds) Acid-base balance and nitrogen excretion in invertebrates: Mechanisms and strategies in various invertebrate groups with considerations of challenges caused by ocean acidification. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp 219-238. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39617-0
  18. Matthews P.G.D., Terblanche J.S. (2015) Evolution of the mechanisms underlying insect respiratory gas exchange.  Advances in Insect Physiology: Academic Press
  19. Halsey, L.G., Matthews, P.G.D., Rezende, E.L., Robson, A.A. (2015) The interactions between temperature and activity levels in driving metabolic rate: theory, with empirical validation from contrasting ectotherms. Oecologia doi: 10.1007/s00442-014-3190-5
  20. Seymour, R. S., Ito, K., Umekawa, Y., Matthews, P.G.D., Arg. Pirintsos, S. (2015) The oxygen supply to thermogenic flowers. Plant, Cell & Environment doi: 10.1111/pce.12454
  21. Bartrim, H., Matthews, P.G.D., Lemon, S., White, C.R. (2014) Oxygen-induced plasticity in tracheal morphology and discontinuous gas exchange cycles in cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea. Journal of Comparative Physiology B doi:10.1007/s00360-014-0862-8
  22. Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2014) Stomata actively regulate internal aeration in the sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera. Plant, Cell & Environment doi: 10.1111/pce.12163 (cover photo for this issue)
  23. *Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2013) Reversible brain inactivation induces discontinuous gas exchange in cockroaches. The Journal of Experimental Biology doi:10.1242/jeb.077479
  24. Trappett, A., Condon, C., White, C.R., Matthews, P.G.D. and Wilson, R.S. (2013) Extravagant ornaments of male threadfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri) are not costly for swimming. Functional Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12097
  25. Schimpf, N.G., Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2013) Discontinuous gas exchange expression is a heritable trait in speckled cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea. The Journal of Evolutionary Biology doi: 10.1111/jeb.12093
  26. *Seymour, R.S. and Matthews, P.G.D. (2013) Commentary: Physical gills in diving insects and spiders: theory and experiment. The Journal of Experimental Biology doi: 10.1242/jeb.070276 (cover photo for this issue)
  27. Merrit, L., Matthews P. G. D. and White C. R. (2013) Performance correlates of resting metabolic rate in garden skinks Lampropholis delicata. Journal of Comparative Physiology B doi:10.1007/s00360-012-0736-x
  28. Schimpf, N.G., Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2012) Standard metabolic rate is associated with gestation duration, but not clutch size, in speckled cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea. Biology Open doi: 10.1242/bio.20122683
  29. Wawrowski, A., Matthews, P.G.D., Gleixner, E., Vinogradov, S., Kiger, L., Marden, M.C., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2012) Characterization of the hemoglobin of the backswimmer Anisops deanei (Hemiptera). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.04.007
  30. Snelling, E.P., Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2012) Allometric scaling of discontinuous gas exchange patterns in the locust Locusta migratoria throughout ontogeny. The Journal of Experimental Biology doi:10.1242/jeb.072769
  31. Snelling, E.P., Seymour, R.S., Matthews, P.G.D. and White C.R. (2012) Maximum metabolic rate, relative lift, wingbeat frequency, and stroke amplitude during tethered-flight in the adult locust Locusta migratoria. The Journal of Experimental Biology doi:10.1242/jeb.069799
  32. Snelling, E.P., Seymour, R.S., Runciman, S., Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2012). Symmorphosis and the insect respiratory system: a comparison between flight and hopping muscle. The Journal of Experimental Biology doi: 10.1242/jeb.072975
  33. Matthews, P.G.D., Snelling, E.P., Seymour, R.S. and White, C.R. (2012). A test of the oxidative damage hypothesis for discontinuous gas exchange in the locust Locusta migratoria. Biology Letters doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0137
  34. Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2012). Discontinuous gas exchange, water loss and metabolism in Protaetia cretica (Cetoniinae, Scarabaeidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85, 174-182
  35. White, C.R., Kearney, M.R., Matthews, P.G.D., Kooijman, S.A.L.M. and Marshall, D.J. (2011). A manipulative test of competing theories for metabolic scaling. American Naturalist 178, 746-754.
  36. Schimpf, N.G., Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2011). Cockroaches that exchange respiratory gases discontinuously survive food and water restriction. Evolution doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01456.x.
  37. Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2011). Oxygen-binding properties of backswimmer (Notonectidae, Anisops) haemoglobin, determined in vivo. Journal of Insect Physiology 57, 1698-1706.
  38. *Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2011). Discontinuous gas exchange in insects: Is it all in their heads? The American Naturalist 177, 130-134.
  39. *Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2011). Regulation of gas exchange and haemolymph pH in the cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea. The Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 3062-3073.
  40. Snelling, E.P., Seymour, R.S., Matthews, P.G.D., Runciman, S. and White, C.R. (2011). Scaling of resting and maximum hopping metabolic rate throughout the life cycle of the locust Locusta migratoria. The Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 3218-3224.
  41. Snelling, E.P., Seymour, R.S., Runciman, S., Matthews, P.G.D. and White, C.R. (2011). Symmorphosis and the insect respiratory system: allometric variation. The Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 3225-3237.
  42. *Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2010). Compressible gas gills of diving insects: Measurements and models. Journal of Insect Physiology 56, 470-479.
  43. Schimpf, N. G., Matthews, P.G.D., Wilson, R.S. and White, C.R. (2009). Cockroaches breathe discontinuously to reduce respiratory water loss. Journal of Experimental Biology 212, 2773-2780.
  44. Lamprecht, I., Seymour, R., White, C., Matthews, P.G.D. and Wadsö, L. (2009). Discontinuous ventilation in the rhinoceros beetle Oryctes nasicornis. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 95, 743-747.
  45. Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2008). Haemoglobin as a buoyancy regulator and oxygen supply in the backswimmer (Notonectidae, Anisops). Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 3790-3799.
  46. White, C.R., Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2008). In situ measurement of calling metabolic rate in an Australian mole cricket, Gryllotalpa monanka. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 150, 217-221.
  47. Seymour, R.S. and Matthews, P.G.D. (2006). The role of thermogenesis in the pollination biology of the Amazon waterlily Victoria amazonica. Annals of Botany 98, 1129-1135. (cover photo for this issue)
  48. White, C.R., Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2006). Balancing the competing requirements of saltatorial and fossorial specialisation: burrowing costs in the spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 2103-2113.
  49. Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2006). Anatomy of the gas canal system of Nelumbo nucifera. Aquatic Botany 85, 147-154.
  50. *Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2006). Diving insects boost their buoyancy bubbles. Nature 441, 171-171.

 

*key publications, †/‡Undergraduate/Graduate student in Matthews lab,  #Visiting graduate student conducting research in the Matthews lab

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