Newton Copp

Professor of Biology Emeritus

Email: ncopp@kecksci.claremont.edu
Website: https://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/ncopp

Educational Background

B.A., Occidental College
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Interests

Sensory control and motor output in defensive turning behavior of the crayfish, modulation of claw closure in the crayfish, aggregation behavior of ladybird beetles.

Selected Publications

1. Copp, N.H. and Tony Su. (2001). Modulation of claw-closing behavior in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii by extrinsic factors and biogenic amines. Can. J. Zool   79: 1906-1910.
2. Copp, N.H. and Susan Hodes. (2001). Asynchronous swimmeret beating during defense turns in the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii . J. Comp. Physiol. A   187: 737-745.
3. Copp, N.H. and M. Jamon . (2001). Kinematics of rotation in place during defense turning in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. J. Exp. Biol.   204: 471-486.
4. Copp, N.H. and M. Jamon . (2000). The defence response in crayfish: behaviour and kinematics. In: Biomechanics in Animal Behaviour. P. Domenici and R. W. Blake (eds) Bios Scientific Publishers: Oxford: 360.
5. Groome, J.R., Bogen, J.B., Chase, C.H., Copp, N.H., Jones, A.P., Lewis, R.S., Scott-Kakures, D. and Weekes, N.Y. (1999). An introductory course for a five college neuroscience program in Claremont. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr  25: 267.
6. Copp, N.H. and A. Zanella. (1993). Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Case Studies in Science and Technology.  The MIT Press 425.
7. Albano, A., W. Case, and N.H. Copp. (1990). Forces and Forms in Large Structures. Research Foundation, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NLA monographs.
8. Copp, N.H. and A. Zanella. (1990). The Electrification of Los Angeles: Engineering, Science, and History.  Research Foundation, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NLA monographs.
9. Copp, N. (1990). Clinics in the NLA Project at The Claremont Colleges. In The New Liberal Arts Program: A 1990 Report S. Goldberg (ed) SUNY Stony Brook.
10. Copp, N.H. (1989). Vaccines: An Introduction to Risk.  Research Foundation, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NLA monographs.
11.  Copp, N. and A. Zanella. (1989). Wind turbines. NLA NEWS.
12. Copp, N.H., and Debbie Watson. (1988). Visual control of turning responses to tactile stimuli in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. J. Comp. Physiol 163: 175-186.
13. Copp, N.H. . (1988). Pertussis vaccine: a decision problem. NLA NEWS   F: 4-11.
14. Copp, N.H. (1988). The New Liberal Arts. Profile 11: 19-23.
15. Copp, N.H. and A. Zanella. (1987). Biological effects of ionizing radiation: an introduction to models and estimation. NLA NEWS 4: 4-7.
16. Copp, N. and Sadava, D. (1987). Deception: Perspectives on Human and Non-Human Deceit. Book review in. Politics and the Life Sciences 6: 108-109.
17. Copp, N.H. (1986). Dominance hierarchies in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii and the question of learned individual recognition (Decapoda Astacidea). Crustaceana 51: 9-24.
18. Beingesser, Kelli. and Copp, N.H. (1985). Differential diurnal distribution of juvenile and adult crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and possible adaptive values of color differences between them. Crustaceana 49: 164-172.
19. Copp, N.H. and McKenzie, Tracey. (1984). Effects of light deprivation on development of photo-positive behavior in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J. Exp. Zool. 230: 219-228.
20. Copp, N.H. (1983). Temperature dependent behaviors and cluster formation by aggregating ladybird beetles. Anim. Behav. 31: 424-430.
21.  Copp, N.H. and Davenport, D. (1978). Agraulis and Passiflora, I. Behavior and sensory modalities. Biol. Bull. 155: 113-124.
22. Copp, N.H. and Davenport, D. (1978). Agraulis and Passiflora, I. Specificity. Biol. Bull. 155: 98-112.
23. Davenport, D. and Copp, N.H. (1973). Food plant specificity in the nymphalid butterfly Agraulis vanillae L. Amer. Zool. 13: 457.