[Bgsa] Dr. Carrier's Research

[Libby King]

Here is a little bit about Dr. Carrier's research:

Dr. Carrier's research is directed toward developing an understanding of 
the ways in which locomotion has influenced the evolution of 
vertebrates.  He has two main foci currently.  First he focuses on 
coupling of the locomotor and ventilatory systems and how that coupling 
may have direct consequences to their current activity and past 
evolution.  The second subject that Dr. Carrier studies is the postnatal 
ontogeny of locomotor function. Young animals must often maneuver in the 
same environment and face the same predators as do adults. Yet, they do 
this at a time when the tissues of their locomotor system are rapidly 
growing and differentiation. Dr. Carrier tries to identify those aspects 
of growth and development that limit locomotor performance, and 
conversely, to identify mechanisms that may circumvent these ontogenetic 
limitations on performance.  He has done much of this work on 
Jack-rabbits and California Gulls.