Publications (1967 to date)

2008

  • Article "Suicide after hospitalization in the elderly: a population-based study of suicides in Northern Finland between 1988-2003.".
    Int. J. Geriatric Psychiatry, 23: 135-141
    (Karvonen K, Rasanen P, Hakko H, Timonen M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Sarkioja T, Koponen HJ)

  • Article "Polarized light and oviposition site selection in the yellow fever mosquito: No evidence for positive polarotaxis in Aedes aegypti".
    Vision Research, 48: 1449-1455
    (Bernath B, Horvath G, Gal J, Fekete G, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Clockwork Blue: On the evolution of non-image-forming retinal photoreceptors in marine and terrestrial vertebrates.".
    Naturwissenschaften 95: 273-279
    (Erren TC, Erren M, Lerchl A, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Daily variation of melatonin content in the optic lobes of the crab Neohelice granulata".
    Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A (Molec. Integr. Physiol.) 149: 162-166
    (Maciel FE, Geihs MA, Vargas MA, Cruz BP, Ramos BP, Vakkuri O, Meyer-Rochow VB, MaiaNery LE, Allodi S)

  • Article "The 2008 Hampyeong World Butterfly and Insect Exposition in South Korea: what can the visitor expect?".
    Entomol. Gazette 59: 40
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Fine structural description of the compound eye of the Madagascar 'hissing cockroach' Gromphadorhina portentosa (Dictyoptera; Blaberidae)".
    Insect Science 15: 179-192
    (Mishra M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review "Sarkított fénnzel a vikingek nyomában azészaki-sarkividéken: A polarimetrikus kíisérleti viszgálata (In English: Our investigations of polarized skylight near the North Pole – a possible navigation method of vikings)".
    Tezikai Szemle (4): 131-141
    (Horváth G, Barta A, Hegedüs R, Pomozi I, Subai B, Ǻkesson S, Meyer-Rochow VB, Wehner R)

  • Article "Sexual dimorphism in the compound eye of the moth Operophtera brumata (Lepidoptera; Geometridae)".
    Invertebrate Biology 127 (2): 201-216
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Lau TFS)

  • Article "Eyes of male and female Orgyia antiqua (Lepidoptera; Lymantriidae) react differently to an exposure with UV-A".
    Micron 39: 471-480
    (Mishra M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

2007

  • Article "Water uptake via two pairs of specialized legs in Ligia exotica".
    Biol. Bulletin (Woods Hole) 213: 196-203
    (Horiguchi H, Hironaka M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Hariyama T)

  • Article "Metabolic syndrome in connection with BMI in young Finnish male adults".
    Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 76: 404-409
    (Mikkola I, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S, Laakso M, Jokelainen J, Harkonen P, Meyer-Rochow VB, Juuti AK, Peitso A, Timonen M)

  • Article "Computational determination of the refractive index distribution in the crystalline cones of the compound eye of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba).".
    J. Theoret. Biol. 244: 318-325
    (Gal J, Miyazaki T, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Sex, timing, and depression among suicide victims with schizophrenia.".
    Compr. Psychiatry 48: 319-322
    (Karvonen K, Sammela HL, Rahikkala H, Hakko H, Sarkioja T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Rasanen P, Timonen M)

  • Article "Structure and function of the eversible glands of the aquatic firefly(Luciola leii) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae.".
    Chemoecology 17: 117-124
    (Fu X, Vencl FV, Ohba N, Meyer-Rochow VB, Lei C, Zhang Z)

  • Article "Sexual dimorphism in the compound eyes of Rhagophthalmus ohbai (Coleoptera; Rhagophthalmidae): II. Physiology and function of the eye of the male.".
    J. Asia-Pacific Entomol. 10: 27-31
    (Lau TFS, Ohba N, Arikawa N, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Imaging polarimetry of forest canopies: how the azimuth direction of the sun, occluded by vegetation, can be assessed from the polarization pattern of the sunlit foliage.".
    Applied Optics 46: 6019-6032
    (Hegedüs R, Barta A, Bernath B, Meyer-Rochow VB, Horvath G)

  • Article "Melanopsin in lower vertebrates: the race is on to show that it really is there".
    Neuroembryology and Aging 4: 112-114
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Refereed Letter to the Editor "Health clues from polar regions."
    Science 316: 540
    (Erren TC, Meyer-Rochow VB, Erren M)

  • Review "Glowworms: A review of Arachnocampa spp. and kin".
    Luminescence 22: 251-265
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "The 2008 Hampyeong World Butterfly and Insect Exposition in South Korea: What can the visitor expect?".
    Entomol. Meddr. 75: 153-154
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Mathematische Berechnungen zum Durchlassverhalten kleinster Poren in der Frustula einer Diatomee der Antarktis".
    Int. J. Phycol. Phycochem. 3: 101-106
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gal J)

  • Communication "Frog transparency led to discovery of melatonin".
    Nature 449 (7165): 972
    (Erren TC, Reiter RJ, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Sexual dimorphism and light/dark adaptation in the compound eyes of male and female Acentria ephemerella (Lepidoptera; Pyraloidea; Crambidae.".
    Europ. J. Entomol. 104: 459-470
    (Lau TFS, Gross EM, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "The compound eye of Orgyia antiqua (Lepidoptera; Lymantriidae): Sexual dimorphism and light/dark adaptational changes".
    Europ. Journal of Entomology, 104: 247 - 258
    (Lau TFS, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Structure and function of dark- and light-adapted as well as UV-exposed eyes of the food store pest Psyllipsocus ramburi Selys-Longchamps (Insecta; Psocoptera; Psyllipsocidae)."
    Journal of Insect Physiology 53: 157-169
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Mishra M)

  • Article "Rates and previous disease history in old-age suicide".
    Int. Journal Geriatric Psychiatry 22: 38-46
    (Koponen H, Viilo K, Hakko H, Timonen M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Sarkioja T, Räsänen P)

  • Article "Insulin resistance and depressive symptoms in young adult males: findings from Finnish military conscripts ".
    Psychosom. Med. 69: 723-728
    (Timonen M, Salmenkaita I, Jokelainen J, Laakso M, Härkönen P, Koskela P, Meyer-Rochow VB, Peitso A., Keinänen-Kuikaanniemi S)

  • Article "C-reactive protein levels and sleep disturbances: observations based on the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study.
    Psychosom. Med. 69: 756-761
    (Liukkonen T, Räsänen P, Ruokonen A, Laitinen J, Jokelainen J, Leinonen M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Timonen T)

  • Article "Hospital-treated physical illnesses and mortality: An 11-year follow-up study of long-stay psychiatric patients".
    Europ. Psychiatry 22: 211-218
    (Rasanen S, Meyer-Rochow VB, Moring J, Hakko H)

  • Book Chapter: "Electron microscopy in developing countries: What can be done to get these countries more involved?".
    In: MODERN RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TOPICS IN MICROSCOPY (Eds. A. Mendez-Vilas and J. Diaz), Formatex Publ., Spain, pp. 1022-1027
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

2006

  • Article "The eye of the freshwater prosobranch gastropod Viviparus viviparus: ultrastructure, electrophysiology and behaviour".
    Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 87: 13-24
    (Zhukov VV, Borissenko SL, Zieger MV, Vakoliuk IA, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Sexual dimorphism in the compound eye of Rhagophthalmus ohbai (Coleoptera; Rhagophthalmeidae): I. Morphology and ultrastructure".
    Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 9: 19-30
    (Lau TFS, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Spectral sensitivity of the eye of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chilopoda; Scutigeromorpha; Scutigeridae)".
    Applied Entomology and Zoology 41: 117-122
    Meyer-Rochow VB, Muller CHG, Lindstrom M)

  • Article "Biological monitoring of solar UV-radiation at 17 sites in Asia, Europe and South America from 1999 to 2004".
    Photochem. Photobiol. 82: 689-694
    (Munakata N + 18 authors, including Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Late pregnancy blood pressure in nulliparas and subsequent abnormal glucose tolerance".
    Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 71: 220-224
    (Saramies J, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S, Koiranen M, Jokelainen J, Meyer-Rochow VB, Timonen M)

  • Refereed Letter "A Polar Biology publication that prevailed: forces at work when penguins poo".
    Polar Biology 29: 541-542
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gal J)

  • Article "Fine structural description of the lateral ocellus of Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock, 1902 (Chilopoda; Craterostigmomorpha) and phylogenetic considerations".
    J. Morphology 267: 850-865
    (Muller CHG, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Fine structural organization of the lateral ocelli in two species of Scolopendra (Chilopoda; PLeurostigmophora): an evolutionary evaluation".
    Zoomorphology 125: 13-26
    (Muller CHG, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "The association between C-reactive protein levels and depression: Results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study".
    Biol. Psychiatry 60: 825-830
    (Liukkonen T, Silvenoinen-Kassinen S, Jokelainen J, Rasanen P, Leinonen M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Timonen M)

  • Article "Eye structure of the phyllosoma larva of the rock lobster Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875): How does it differ from that of the adult?".
    Invert. Reprod. Dev. 47: 213-222
    (Mishra M, Jeffs A, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Fine structure of the compound eye of the fungus beetle Neotriplax lewisi (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Erotylidae)".
    Invertebrate Biol. 125: 265-278
    (Mishra M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Reflex-bleeding in the firefly Pyrocoelia pectoralis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Morphological basis and possible function".
    Coleopterists Bulletin 60: 207-215
    (Fu X, Ohba N, Meyer-Rochow VB, Wang Y, Lei C)

  • Article "Depressive symptoms and insulin resistance in young adult males: Results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort".
    Molec. Psychiatry 10: 929-933
    (Timonen M, Rajala U, Jokelainen J, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S, Meyer-Rochow VB, Rasanen P)

  • Article "Eye ultrastructure in the pollen-feeding beetle Xanthochroa luteipennis (Coleoptera; Cucujiformia; Oedemeridae)".
    Journal of Electron Microscopy 55: 289-300
    (Mishra M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Autumn peak in shooting suicides of children and adolescents from northern Finland".
    Neuropsychobiol. 54: 140-146
    (Lahti A, Räsänen P, Karvonen K, Sarkioja T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Hakko, H)

2005

  • Article "An ultrastructural study of the eye of Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni , a collembolan from Antarctica".
    Polar Biol. 28: 111-118
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA, Gal J)

  • Article "Insulin resistance and depression: cross sectional study".
    British Medical Journal 330: 17-18
    (Timonen M, Laasko M, Jokelainen J, Rajala U, Meyer-Rochow VB, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S)

  • Book Chapter: "Finland".
    In: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ARCTIC (Ed. M.Nuttall), Routledge Publ., New York, pp 620-626
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Five additional Chapters: "Hibernation"; "Mammoth"; "Noctilucent Cloud Formation"; "Snow House"; "Ultraviolet-B Radiation".
    In: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ARCTIC (Ed. M.Nuttall), Routledge Publ., New York, pp 862-863; 1239-1240; 1437-1438; 1924-1925; 2090-2092, respectively
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book Chapter: "Luminescent behaviour in the New Zealand glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa (Insecta; Diptera; Mycetophilidae)".
    In: BIOLUMINESCENCE & CHEMILUMINESCENCE (Eds. A.Tsuji, M.Matsumoto, M. Maedo, L.J. Kricka, P.E. Stanley), World Scientific Publ., Singapore, pp. 23-26
    (Ohba N, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Lifetime prevalences of physical diseases and mental disorders in young suicide victims".
    Psychosomatic Medicine 67: 241-245
    (Viilo KM,Timonen MJ, Hakko HH, Sarkioja T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Räsänen PK).

  • Article "Alcohol-related suicides in victims with a history of hospital-treated depression".
    American Journal on Addictions 14: 455-463
    (Hakko H, Koponen P, Viilo K, Sarkioja T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Räsänen P, Timonen M)

  • Article "Psychophysical study of the visual sun location of cloudy and twilight skies inspired by Viking navigation".
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A22: 1023-1034
    (Barta A, Horvath G, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Photoreceptor cell types in the retina of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) have cone characteristics".
    Micron 36: 423-428
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Wohlfahrt S, Ahnelt PK)

  • Article "Avoidable mortality among long-stay psychiatric patients".
    Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 59: 103-109
    (Räsänen S, Hakko H, Viilo K, Meyer-Rochow VB, Moring J)

2004

  • Book Chapter: "Adaptation Eyes".
    In: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAVES AND KARST (Ed. J.Gunn), Fitzroy Dearborn Publ., New York, London, pp 4-5
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Ref. Letter to the Editor: "Human expansion: the roles of castaways and cultural practices".
    Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 63
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Restoration of morphological and functional integrity in the regenerating eye of the giant African land snail Achatina fulica ".
    Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 85: 1-14
    (Bobkova J, Tartakovskaya O, Borrissenko S, Zhukov V, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book Chapter: "Fish and folk".
    In: THE SENSES OF FISH - Adaptations for the Reception of Natural Stimuli (Eds. Emde G von der, Mogdans J, Kapoor BG) Narosa Publ., New Delhi, pp v-ix
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book Chapter: "Im Dunkeln ist gut Funkeln: Wenn Tiere das Licht anmachen".
    In: TIERISCHE KOMMUNIKATION (Eds. J.Kallinich, G.Spengler), Museumsstiftung Post & Telekommunikation, Edition Braus, pp 88 - 99
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Variations in the retinal designs of pulmonate snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda): squaring phylogenetic background and ecophysiological needs (I)".
    Invertebrate Biology 123 (2): 101-115
    (Bobkova MV, Gal J, Zhukov VV, Shepeleva IP, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Fixed focal-length optics in pulmonate snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda): squaring phylogenetic background and ecophysiological needs (II)".
    Invertebrate Biology 123 (2): 116-127
    (Gal J, Bobkova MV, Zhukov VV, Shepeleva IP, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "UV-reflectivity of parafocal eyespot elements on butterfly wings in normal and abnormal specimens".
    Entomologica Fennica 15: 34-40
    (Yang M, Pyörnilä A, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Dimensional limits for arthropod eyes with superposition optics".
    Vision Research 44: 2213 - 2223
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gal J)

  • Article "Fine-structural details of the photoreceptor membranes of the ocellus of the scale-insect parasite Centrodora sp. (Hymenoptera; Aphenelidae): A case of gene transfer between host and parasite?".
    Biocell 28 (2): 151-154
    (Yang M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Postembryonic photoreceptor development and dark/light adaptation in the spittle bug Philaenus spumarius (L.) (Homoptera, Cercopidae)".
    Arthropod Structure & Development 33: 405 - 417
    (Keskinen E, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Not just an empty cavity: the inter-rhabdomal space in the Jamaican cave fly Neoditomyia farri (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)".
    Zool. Sci. 21: 719-722
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Yang M)

  • Book Chapter: "Traditional food insects and spiders in several ethnic groups of Northeast India, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand".
    In: ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MINILIVESTOCK - rodents, frogs, snails and insects for sustainable development (Ed. Maurizio G. Paoletti), Science Publishers, Inc., USA, pp 385 - 409 + 1 colour plate
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article "Survival time after last hospitalization among suicide victims in northern Finland".
    Psychiatr Serv. 55(7): 821-3
    (Lantto I, Viilo K, Hakko H, Sarkioja T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Räsänen P, Timonen M)

  • Article "Psykiatristen pitkäaikaispotilaiden ylikuolleisuus - haaste somaattiselle hoidolle".
    Duodecim 120(2): 179-180
    (Räsänen S, Hakko H, Viilo K, Meyer-Rochow VB, Moring J)

  • Article "Post-embryonic photoreceptor development in the fishlouse Argulus coregoni Thorell,1865 (Crustacea; Branchiura".
    Acta Parsitol. 49 (3): 336-347
    (Keskinen E, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book Chapter: "Spring snow lowers human melatonin".
    In: Circumpolar Health 2003- Proc. Int. Congr. Circumpol. Hlth, Nuuk Sept 10-14, 2003 (63 Suppl. 2: 161-164)
    (Leppäluoto J, Sikkilä K, Meyer-Rochow VB, Hassi J)

2003

  • Article: "Atopy and Depression: Results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study".
    Molecular Psychiatry 8: 738-744
    (Timonen, M, Jokelainen J, Hakko H, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Meyer-Rochow VB, Räsänen P)

  • Article: "Suicides in persons suffering from rheumatoid arthritis".
    Rheumatology 42: 287-291
    (Timonen M, Viilo K, Hakko H, Särkioja T, Ylikulju M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Väisänen E, Räsänen P)

  • Article: "Excess mortality among long-stay psychiatric patients in northern Finland".
    Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 38: 297-304
    (Räsänen S, Hakko H, Viilo K, Meyer-Rochow VB, Moring J)

  • Book Chapter: "Eyes and vision in the torrentfish Cheimarrichthys fosteri ".
    In: Fish Adaptations (eds. BG. Kapoor, AL Val);
    Chapter 15, pp 337 - 381; Science Publishers: Enfield (USA) and Plymouth (UK)
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Coddington PE)

  • Article: "Imaging polarimetry of the rainbow".
    Applied Optics 42: 397-405
    (Barta A, Horvath G, Bernath B, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "“First immunocytochemical study of the echinoderm smooth muscle: the Antarctic cushionstar Odontaster validus Kohler (Echinodermata, Asteroidea)E
    Protoplasma 220: 227-232
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Fraile B, Paniagua R, Royuela M)

  • Article: "Presence of atopy in first-degree relatives as a predictor of a female proband's depression: Results from the Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort".
    J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 111: 1249-1254
    (Timonen M, Jokelainen J, Herva A, Zitting P, Meyer-Rochow VB, Räsänen P)

  • Article: "Hitherto undescribed interommatidial exocrine glands in Chilopoda".
    African Invertebrates 44: 185-197
    (Müller CHG, Rosenberg J, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Post-embryonic photoreceptor development and dark-light adaptation in the stick insect Carausius morosus ".
    Appl. Entomol. Zool. 38: 281-291
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Keskinen E)

  • Article: "Description of intracerebral ocelli in two species of North American crayfish: Orconectes limosus and Pacifastus leniusculus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Astacidea).
    Invertebrate Biology 122: 158-165
    (Bobkova M, Greve P, Meyer-Rochow VB, Martin G)

  • Book review: "Insects on the move".
    Entomol. Fennica 14: 62-63
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book review: "Palm trees and their insects".
    Entomol. Fennica 14: 189-190
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Guanine-type retinal tapetum in the eye of the Pacific pomfret Brama japonica (Perciformes, Bramidae)".
    Ichthyological Res., 50: 245-250
    (Takei S, Momose O, Nakamura I, Meyer-Rochow VB, Somiya H)

  • Article: "Low melatonin secretion associates with albedo in circumpolar environments".
    J Pineal Res., 35: 158-162
    (Leppäluoto J, Sikkilä K, Meyer-Rochow VB, Hassi J)

  • Article: "Ultrastructural study of rat retina exposed to UV-B and UV-C radiation".
    Micron, 34: 395-404
    (Campos de Oliveira Miguel N, Meyer-Rochow VB, Allodi S)

  • Article: "The compound eye of Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda: Notostigmophora): an ultrastructural re-investigation that adds support to the Mandibulata-concept".
    Zoomorphology 122: 191-209
    (Müller CHG, Rosenberg J, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Pressures produced when penguins poo: a study of avian defaecation".
    Polar Biology 27: 56-58
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gal J)

2002

  • Article: "Selective photoreceptor damage in four species of insects induced by experimental exposures to UV-irradiation".
    Micron 33: 23-31
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Kashiwagi T, Eguchi E)

  • Article: "First cytological description of intracerebral ocelli in an amphipod: the extraretinal photoreceptors of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda)".
    Invertebrate Biology 121, 73-78
    (Frelon-Raimond M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Ugolini A, Martin G)

  • Article: "“Ultrastructural investigations of testes and spermiogenesis in two species of halacarid mites (Halacaridae, Actinedida, Actinotrichia): Thalassarachna basteri from the Baltic Sea and Halacarellus thomasi from McMurdo Sound (Antarctica)E
    Arthrop. Struct. Dev. 30,315-328
    (Alberti G, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Refereed Letter to the Editor: "Head and abdominal melatonin content in summer and winter bees".
    J. Pineal Res. 32, 275-276
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Vakkuri O)

  • Article: "Fine structure of the lateral eyes in the tiny marine Antarctic mite Halacarellus thomasi : an ultrastructural study".
    Polar Biol. 25, 512-516
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Bobkova MV)

  • Article: "Calponin, caldesmon, and chromatophores Ethe smooth muscle connection".
    Microsc. Res. Techn. 58, 504-513
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Royuela M)

  • Article: "Is Troglocaris anophthalmus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) blind, eyeless, or both?".
    Mem. Biospeol. (J. Subterranean Biology), 28, 149-156
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gottstein S, Lindström M)

  • Sci. Note: "Honeybee heads weigh less in winter than in summer: a possible explanation".
    Ethol., Ecol., Evol., 14: 69-71
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Vakkuri O)

  • Article: "Postembryonic eye growth in the seashore isopod Ligia exotica (Crustacea, Isopoda)".
    Biol. Bull. (Woods Hole), 202, 223-231
    (Keskinen E, Takaku Y, Meyer-Rochow VB, Hariyama T)

  • Book review: "Entomological terminology explained".
    Entomol. Fenn. 13, 63-64
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ultrastructural study of first and second order neurons in the visual system of the crab Ucides cordatus following exposure to ultraviolet radiation".
    Micron, 33, 627 - 637
    (Campos de Oliveira Miguel N, Meyer-Rochow VB, Allodi S)

  • Article: "Retinal topography of ganglion cells and putative UV-sensitive cones in two Antarctic fishes: Pagothenia borchgrevinki and Trematomus bernacchii (Nototheniidae)".
    Zool Sci, 19: 1223 - 1229
    (Miyazaki T, Iwami T, Somiya H, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Microanatomical characteristics of marginal ommatidia in three different size-classes of the semi-terrestrial isopod Ligia exotica (Crustacea; Isopoda)".
    Biocell, 26: 357 - 367
    (Keskinen E, Takaku Y, Meyer-Rochow VB, Hariyama T)

2001

  • Brief Review: "Light of my life - messages in the dark".
    Biologist 48 (4): 163-167
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Diurnal changes of retinula cell sensitivities and receptive fields (2-dimensional angular sensitivity functions) in the apposition eyes of Ligia exotica ."
    J. Exp. Biol. 204:239-248
    (T Hariyama, VB Meyer-Rochow, T Kawauchi, YTakaku, Y Tsukahara)

  • Article: "Measurement of the reflection-polarization pattern of the flat water surface under a clear sky at sunset".
    Remote Sensing Environment. 76: 103-111
    (Gal J, Horvath G, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "Fish chromatophores as sensors of environmental stimuli".
    In Sensory Biology of Jawed Fishes ENew insights (Ed. BG Kapoor & T.J. Hara); Oxford and IBH Publ & M/s Science Publ., New Hampshire, pp. 317-334
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "The crustacean eye: Dark/light adaptation, polarization sensitivity, flicker fusion frequency & photoreceptor damage".
    Zool. Sci. 18:1175-97
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Anatomical and ultrastructural comparisons between the eyes of two species of aquatic, pulmonate gastropods: the bioluminescent Latia neritoides (Gray, 1850) and the non-luminescent Ancylus fluviatilis (Müller, 1774)".
    N. Zld. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 35: 739-750
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Bobkova MV)

  • Article: "Some ecological and ethological observations on Hendea myersi cavernicola (Chelicerata; Arachnida; Opiliones), a seeing troglobite".
    Natura Croatica, 10: 133-141
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Liddle A)

  • Note: "Sea cucumbers with ‘hidden cargo'".
    Trop. Fish Hobbyist 49 (10): 80-81
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Effects of light and darkness on cell deaths in damaged retinal ganglion cells of the carp retina".
    Acta Neurobiol. Experimentalis 61: 85 - 91
    (Dezawa M, Mo X, Oshitari T, Takano M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Sawada H, Eguchi E)

  • Book Chapter: "Antarctica: Caves and cave-like habitats".
    In Encyclopedia Biospeologica III, pp. 2227-2234 (Ed. Chr. Juberthie, V. Decu); Moulis (France),
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Povara I, Mitofan H)

  • Article: "Smooth muscle proteins as intracellular components of the chromatophores of the Antarctic fishes Pagothenia borchgrevinki and Trematomus bernacchii (Nototheniidae)."
    Protoplasma, 218: 24-30
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Royuela M, Fraile B, Paniagua R)

  • Article: "Photoreception in fishlice (Branchiura): The eyes of Argulus foliaceus Linné 1758 and A. coregoni Thorell 1865".
    Acta Parasitologica 46: 321-331
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Au D, Keskinen E)

  • Article: "Physiology of colour vision in human beings and some other vertebrates".
    Trans. Zool. Soc. East INdia, 5: 28-30
    (Varman AR, Kharbuli B, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Polarization patterns of the summer sky and its neutral points measured by full-sky imaging polarimetry in Finnish Lapland north of the arctic circle".
    Proc. Roy. Soc., London A 457: 1385-
    (Gal J, Horvath G, Meyer-Rochow VB, Wehner R)

2000

  • Discussion paper: "Not a tool for the rich alone: Developing countries also need EM".
    Micron, 31:113-115
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "Lebende Laternen, sichtbare Signale: doch manches was die Biolumineszenz betrifft liegt noch im Dunkel"
    Biospektrum 6: 220-224
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Refereed letter: Brood parasitism: ducks can be cuckoos, too!"
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 15: p. 26
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Refereed letter: "Visual membrane vulnerability: the fatty acid connection".
    Trends in Neurosciences, 23:13-14
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: Morphological comparisons of compound eyes in Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) related to the beetles' daily activity maxima and phylogenetic positions".
    J. Agric. Sci. 45(1):15-61
    (Gokan N & Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Post-embryonic development of the lateral eye of Cloeon sp. (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) as revealed by scanning electron microscopy".
    Entomol. Fennica 11:89-96
    (Gupta S & A, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Light activation of phospholipsae A2 in the photoreceptor of the crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii )".
    Acta Neurobiol. Experimentalis 60:9-16
    (Kashiwagi T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Nishimura K, Eguchi E)

  • Article: "Risks, especially for the eye, emanating from the rise of solar UV-radiation in the Arctic and Antarctic regions".
    Int. J. Circumpolar Health 59:38-51
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book review: "Warfare with odours".
    Entomol. Fennica, 11: 185-186
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Refereed letter: "The eye: monophyletic, polyphyletic, or perhaps biphyletic?"
    Trends in Genetics 16(6):244-245
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Mental concept of 'worm/bug' amongst Japanese and English subjects as revealed through an analysis of commonly used idioms in everyday language!.
    J. Finnish Anthropol. Soc. 25(1):29-40
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Okui K, Henshall K, Brooks DL)

  • Article: "Pineal photoreceptor: Conductor or player in the biorhythm orchestra?"
    Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, D 584: 30-34
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Polaros pillantas a teljes egboltra".
    Elet es Tudomany(=Life and Science) 55: 1003, 1005-1006/i>
    (Gal J, Horvath G, Haiman O, Meyer-Rochow VB, Fraile B, Paniagua R)

  • Article: "Muscle cells in the tiny marine Antarctic mite Halacarellus thomasi : an ultrastructural and immunocytochemical study".
    Polar Biol., 23: 759-765
    (Royuela M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Fraile B, Paniagua R)

  • Article: "Effects of photic & thermal stress on distal and proximal rhabdoms in the crayfish eye: Are visual membranes of the 8th cell more resilient than the others?".
    Protoplasma, 210: 156-163
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Kashiwigi T, Eguchi E)

1999

  • Review Chapter in Book: Springer Verlag ATLAS OF ARTHROPOD SENSORY RECEPTORS (eds. Eguchi E, Tominaga Y)
    "Compound Eye: Circadian Rhythmicity, Illumination, and Obscurity"
    Springer, Tokyo, Berlin, New York. Pp 97-125
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review Chapter also in: Springer Verlag ATLAS OF ARTHROPOD SENSORY RECEPTORS (eds. Eguchi E, Tominaga Y)
    "Compound eyes in polar regions, caves, and the deep-sea" Springer, Tokyo, Berlin, New York. Pp 125-142
    (Meyer-Rochow VB & Nilsson H)

  • Review: "Coming to grips with a slippery issue: Human waste disposal in cold climates"
    Int. J. Circumpolar Health 58:57-62
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book review: "Insects in and out"
    Entomologica fennica 10(2): 113-114
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Immunocytochemical observations on muscle cell proteins in the Antarctic mussel shrimp Acetabulastoma (Crustacea; Ostracoda).
    Invertebrate Biol., 118(2): 184-189
    (Royuela M, Fraile B, Paniagua R, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Fluorescent compounds in the eyes of some mammals".
    Adv. Radiation Biol. & Peace (UPZS Suppl. 2: 85-89)
    (Varman AR, Deb MK, Meyer-Rochow VB, Blum MS, Sharan RN, Kharbuli Dey B, Hajong SR, Sentimenla A)

  • Article: "Photoreceptor ultrastructure in the Antarctic mussel shrimp Acetabulastoma (Crustacea; Ostracoda), a parasite of Glyptonotus antarcticus (Crustacea; Isopoda), .
    Polar Biol. 21: 166-170
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Cuticular microstructures of abdominal tergites and sternites of Cloeon sp. (Ephemeroptera; Baetidae) during post-embryonic development".
    Entomologica Fennica 10(1): 51-59
    (Gupta S & G, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Immunocytochemical observations on pineal organ and retina of the Antarctic teleosts Pagothenia borchgrevinski and Trematomus bernacchii."
    J. Neurocytol. 28: 121-126
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Morita Y, Tamotsu S)

  • Article: "The molluscan radula as a source of information about metal uptake from the environment".
    Mém. de Biospéologie, 26:1-5
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, West S)

  • Article: "Eye phospholipids and fatty acids from taxonomically-related Finnish and Japanese crayfish of similar habitats, but separated by 25 degrees of latitude.
    Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B123: 47-52
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Kashiwagi T, Nishimura K, Eguchi E)

  • Viewpoint: "Inuit or Eskimo: politically correct terminology in scientific writing."
    Eur. J. Sci. Ed., 25: 57-58
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Geheimnisvolles Leuchten: Wie, wann und warum Tiere das Licht anmachen"
    Natur & Museum, 129: 178-185
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book Review: "Chemical methodology in entomology and ecology."
    Entomologica Fennica, 10:61-62
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1998

  • Refereed Letter to Editor: Microcosms in Antarctic Ice
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13:201
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ultrastructure of muscle cells in Acetabulastoma sp., a mussel shrimp from the Ross Sea (Antarctica)"
    Polar Biol. 20:77-85
    (Royuela M, Meyer-Rochow VB, Fraile B & Paniagua R)

  • Article: Compound eye ultrastructures of 6 species of ecologically diverse stag beetles.
    Appl. Entomol. Zool. 33:157-169
    (Gokan N, Meyer-Rochow VB, Nakazawa A, Iida K)

  • Refereed Letter to editor: "Vertebrate taste bud development: are salamanders the model?"
    Trends in Neurosciences 21, 337-338
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Editorial: "Ethnic identity, food, and health" .
    Int. J. Circumpolar Health 57:2-3
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Short Communication: "Possible natural circaseptan rhythm in the beach beetle Chaerodes trachyscelides White" .
    Acta Neurobiol. Exp. ,
    (Meyer-Rochow VB & Brown PJ)

  • Article: "Going underground in Jamaica: The fascinating world of caves" .
    Naturens Verden, 8:297-303 (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stringer IAN)

1997

  • Review: "Use of insects as human food in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and North-East India: Cross-cultural considerations and cautious conclusions" .
    Ecol. Food Nutr., 36: 159-185
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Changkija S)

  • Letter to Editor: "Diversity in hunter-gatherer foraging" .
    Trends in Ecol. & Evolution, 12:\tab 229-230
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Light-induced photoreceptor sensitivity loss and recovery at 4ºC and 14ºC in Mysis relicta Loven (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Pojoviken Bay (Finland)" .
    Int. J. Limnology, 33: 45-51
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Lindström M)

  • Article: "Fatty acid composition and ultrastructure of photoreceptive membranes in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii under conditions of thermal and photic stress" .
    J. comp. Physiol. B 167: 1-8
    (Kashiwagi T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Nishimura K, Eguchi E)

  • Article: "Absolute and spectral sensitivities in dark- and light-adapted Pagothenia borchgrevinki , an Antarctic nototheniid fish" .
    Physiol. & Behaviour, 61: 159-164
    (Morita Y, Meyer-Rochow VB, Uchida K)

  • Article: "Thermally-induced changes in the metabolism of the eye of the crayfish Paranephrops planifrons : Respiration and substrate utilization at three distinct temperatures" .
    Physiol. & Behav., 61:615-619
    (Taylor PR, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief review: "Durchsichtige Tiere - transparente Gewebe"
    Nat. & Museum. 127: 121-127
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Compound eye fine structure in Paralomis multispina , an anomuran halfcrab from 1200 m depth (Crustacea; Decapoda; Anomura)" .
    Biol. Bulletin (Woods Hole), 192: 300-308
    (Eguchi E, Dezawa M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "UV-colours in Pieris napi from northern and southern Finland: Arctic females are the brightest!"
    Naturwissenschaften, 84: 165-168
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Järvilehto M)

  • Article: "Flight activity of insects within a Jamaican cave: in search of the zeitgeber" .
    Invertebrate Biol., 116: 348-354
    (Stringer IAN, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Cytological postmortem changes in highly specialized cells subjected to different causes of necrosis."
    Cytologia, 62: 41-46
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Järvilehto M)

  • Refereed Letter to Editor: "An honorary non-flying mammal pollinator."
    Trends in Ecol. & Evolution 12: 277
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stringer IAN)

  • Refereed Letter to Editor: "Animal electricity as part of the 'one great whole'" .
    Trends in Neurosciences, 20 (12): 559
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Letter to Editor: "Glass Menagerie" .
    New Scient. 156 No. 2108: 101
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Abstract: "'The Nervous Conference' - congress simulation as a new learning experience for biology students" .
    Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 23: 282
    (Järvilehto M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Letter to Editor: "Knee-deep in frogs" .
    New Scient. 156 Nr.2104), 59
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Paper: "Selective UV-induced damage to short wavelength receptor cells in Papilio xuthus " .
    Protoplasma, 200:112-115
    (Wakakuwa, Meyer-Rochow VB, Dezawa M, Eguchi E)

  • Abstract: "Intracellular recordings from Glyptonotus antarcticus photoreceptors" .
    33rd Int. Congr. Physiol. Sci. St.Petersbg.,p P071.01
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Laughlin SB)

1996

  • Abstract: "Northern butterflies are the brightest: the UV-sensitivity as a factor for visual ecology."
    Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 22: 1146
    (Järvilehto M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "Electron microscopy in extreme environments and under challenging conditions: examples from the tropics and Antarctica" .
    Acta Universitatis Ouluensis A286: 35-41
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ultraviolet colours in nordic butterflies."
    Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, A 286:\tab 110-115
    (Järvilehto M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Cell death under the electron microscope - ultrastructural details of dying photoreceptors" .
    Acta Universitatis Ouluensis A286: 149-153
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Harjula R, Järvilehto M)

  • Article: "Do whip scorpions have photoreceptors or aphrodisiacs in their legs?" .
    Acta Universitatis Ouluensis A286: 154-160
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Moro SD, Harjula R)

  • Sci. Note: "An eye for the extreme: Photoreceptor fine-structure in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica (Diptera: Chironomidae)" .
    Appl. Entomol. Zool., 31: 631-634
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA)

  • Article: "Does age matter in studying the crustacean eye?"
    J. comp. Physiol., B 166: 319-324
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA)

  • Article: "Review of larval and postlarval eye ultrastructure in the lamprey (Cyclostomata) with special emphasis on Geotria australis (Gray)" .
    Microsc. Res. Tech., 35: 431-443
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stewart D)

  • Note: "A novel approach in AIDS-research: use of the anthropological connection" .
    J. Finn. Anthropol. Soc. Vol. 21: 33-34
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The distribution of flying insects in relation to predacious web-spinning larvae of Neoditomyia farri (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in a Jamaican cave" .
    Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., 89: 849-857
    (Stringer IAN, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Developmental arrest or retardation in the larval eye of Geotria australis (Agnatha; Cyclostomata): a comparison with the situation in Proteus anguinus (Amphibia; Caudata)" .
    Mém. Biospéol., 23: 233-238
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stewart D, Järvilehto M)

  • Article: "1995-update of morphological abnormalities in wild populations of the Japanese newt Cynops pyrrhogaster Boie (Urodela; Salamandridae)" .
    Acta Hydrobiol., 38:19-24
    (Fukui A, Asashima M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

1995

  • Article: "An old, but largely ignored food source: insects" .
    Proc. Jam. Soc. Sci. Tech. 6: 183-189
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Food taboos" .
    Proc. Jam. Soc. Sci. Tech. 6: 200-208
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Moro SD)

  • Book: "Commonwealth Junior Quiz Book" .
    Commonwealth Trust, Kingston, pp. 60
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Intracerebral ocelli in the giant Antarctic slater Glyptonotus antarcticus (Crustacea; Isopoda; Valvifera)" .
    J. Crust. Biol. 15: 228-236
    (Martin G, Jaros PP, Chaigneau J, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "Electron microscopy in Jamaica - applications and techniques" .
    W.I. Medical Journal 44: 44-50
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA)

  • Photo Rep.: "Life hidden in the dark" .
    Kagaku Asahi 55: 72-73 and 94-96
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ommatidial structure of the adult stonefly Oyamia lugubris (McLachlan) (Plecoptera: Perlidae)" .
    Jpn. J. Ent. 63: 503-514
    (Nagashima T, Meyer-Rochow VB)

1994

  • Article: "The eye of the New Zealand freshwater crab Halicarcinus lacustris , and some ecophysiological predictions based on eye anatomy" .
    J. Roy. Soc. N. Z.. 24: 133-142
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA)

  • Article: "Cytochemical and histological details of muscle fibres in the southern smelt Retropinna retropinna (Pisces; Galaxioidei)" .
    Zool. Sci. 11: 55-62
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Ishihara Y, Ingram J)

  • Article: "Caudal spinal cord ultrastructure in an Antarctic fish ( Pagothenia borchgrevinki Boulenger 1902)" .
    Biocell 18: 105-119
    (Alibardi L, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "Light-induced damage to photoreceptors of spiny lobsters and other crustaceans" .
    Crustaceana 67: 97-111
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Scanning electron microscopy of supporting cell crystals in the larval pineal organ of the southern lamprey Geotria australis (Gray)" .
    Zool. Anzeiger 232: 217-221
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stewart D)

  • Res. Note: "Male and female eyes of the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica (Diptera: Chironomidae) - a scanning electron microscopic study" .
    Appl. Ent. Zool. 29: 439-442
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA)

  • Article: "Thoughts on photoreceptor evolution in the lamprey pineal complex based on interspecific ultrastructural comparisons" .
    Jam. J. Sci. Tech. 4: 50-54
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stewart D)

  • Article: "Tidal rhythm and the role of vision in shelter-seeking behaviour of the half-crab Petrolisthes elongatus (Crustacea; Anomura)" .
    J. Roy. Soc. N. Zld. 24: 423-428
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Meha WP)

  • Article: "Attraction of flying insects to light of different wavelengths in a Jamaican cave" .
    Mém. Biospéleol. 21: 133-139
    (Stringer IAN, Meyer-Rochow VB)

1993

  • Article: "Cephalic structures in the Antarctic nemertine Parborlasia corrugatus - are they really eyes?" .
    Tissue & Cell 25: 151-157
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA)

  • Article: "Red/white muscle distribution and fibre growth dynamics in the southern smelt Retropinna retropinna " .
    Proc. Roy. Soc. London 252, 85-92
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Ingram J)

  • Article: "Rhythmicity of chromophore turnover of visual pigment in the Antarctic amphipod Orchomene plebs (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" .
    J. Comp. Physiol. A 173, 615-619
    (Hariyama T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Terakita A)

  • Res. Note: "Spectral responses, including a UV-sensitive cell type, in the eye of the isopod Ligia exotica " .
    Naturwissenschaften 80: 233-235
    (Hariyama T, Tsukahara Y, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Measurements of pulling forces as a simple and novel behavioural method in sensory-motor research of invertebrates tested under different ambient light levels."
    Annls. Appl. Inform. Sci. 18, 179-185
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Hariyama T)

  • Article: "Photomechanical responses in the eye of the Jamaican freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegmann)" .
    Res. Crustacea 21, 33-45
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA, Haley M)

  • Brief review: "Ein Reptil mit uraltem Stammbaum: die neuseeländische Brueckenechse" .
    Natur & Museum 123, 89-94
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ultrastructure of the compound eye of the footspinner Oligotoma japonica Okajima (Insecta; Embioptera): Winged males" .
    Biocell 17, 39-59
    (Nagashima T, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief review: "Fishing in the dark: the unusual habits of a Jamaican fly" .
    Jamaican Nat. 3, 17-18
    (Stringer IAN, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "A system of regular ridges instead of nipples on a compound eye that has to operate near the diffraction limit."
    Vision Research 33, 2645-2647
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stringer IAN)

1992

  • Article: "Observations on an accidental case of raw sewage pollution in Antarctica" .
    Zbl. f. Hyg. (Intern. J. Hyg. Envir. Med.) 192: 554-558)
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "How to obtain clues from the otoliths of an adult fish about the aquatic environment it has been in as a larva" .
    Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 103 A, 333-335
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Cook I, Hendy CH)

  • Article: "A light- and electron microscopical study of the pineal complex of the ammocoete larva of the southern lamprey Geotria australis " .
    Micr. Electr. Biol. Cell. 16, 69-86
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Steward D)

  • Article: "Aspects of integumentary ultrastructure in the Antarctic Parborlasia corrugatus (nemertini; Lineidae) with special emphasis on ciliary abnormalities" .
    Jam. J. Sci. Tech. 3, 22-29
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Reid WA)

  • Photo-report: "Aquatic numismatics" .
    Tropic. Fish Hobbyist 41, 154-159
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Crystals in supporting cells of pineal organ in larval lamprey not likely to be pure guanine" .
    Micr. Electr. Biol. Cell. 16, 87-88
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stewart D)

1991

  • Article: "Morphological and anatomical observations on the hairy eyes of males and females of the marine amphipod Dulichia porrecta (Crustacea; Amphipoda; Podoceridae)" .
    Boll. Zool. 58, 59-69
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Stephan H, Moro SD)

  • Sci. Note: "Salt-induced, low-temperature setting of Antarctic fish muscle proteins" .
    J. Food Sci. 50: 251-252
    (Torley PJ, Ingram J, Young OA, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Rev.: "See-through animals: the enigma of transparency" .
    (In Japanese) Kagaku Asahi 51: 39-44
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Exposure to bright light has little effect on eye sensitivity and ultrastructure of Saduria entomon (Crustacea; Isopoda; Valvifera)" .
    Zool. Sci. 8: 653-663
    (Lindström M, Fortelius W, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Nephroblastoma in the clawed frog Xenopus laevis " .
    J. Exp. Animal Sci. 34, 225-228
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Asashima M, Moro SD)

  • Chapter in Book: "The water-soluble organic matrix in the egg shells of the extinct moa and the extant rhea". In: Mechanisms & phylogeny of mineralization in biological systems (Eds. Suga S, Nakahara H)
    Springer Verlag, pp. 63-67
    (Somiya H, Meyer-Rochow VB, Samata T)

  • Article: "Visual predation by tuatara ( Sphenodon punctatus ) on the beach beetle ( Chaerodes trachyscelides ) as a selective force in the production of distinct colour morphs".
    Tuatara 31, 1-8
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Teh KL)

  • Article: "Differences in ultraviolet wing patterns in the New Zealand lycaenid butterflies Lycaena salustius , L. rauparaha , and L. feredayi as a likely isolating mechanism" .
    J. Roy. Soc. NZ 21, 169-177
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "A discussion of the use of morphometrical methods in density measurements of cell organelles in the eyes of crayfish" .
    Annls. Appl. Inform. Sci. 16, 133-159
    (Taylor PR, Meyer-Rochow VB)

1990

  • Article: "ERG-determined spectral and absolute sensitivities in relation to eye size in the half crab Petrolisthes elongatus " .
    Exp. Biol. 48: 319-328
    (Ziedins I, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Growth patterns in the eye of Petrolisthes elongatus " .
    Exp. Biol. 48: 329-340
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Towers D, Ziedins I)

  • Article: "Dermal and epidermal chromatophores of the Antarctic teleost Trematomus bernacchii " .
    Pigment Cell Res. 3: 33-37
    (Obika M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Fine structure of regenerating caudal spinal cord in adult tuatara ( Sphenodon punctatus )" .
    J. Hirnforschg. (=J. Brain Res. Neurobiol.) 33: 613-621
    (Alibardi L, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Res. Note: "A case of abnormal eye enlargement in the Antarctic fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki (Pisces, Teleostei, Notothenioidei)" .
    N. Zld. Antarctic Rec. 10: 28-31
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Book: "The New Zealand Glowworm" .
    Waitomo Caves Museum Soc., Waitomo, NZ
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Retinal organization in the native New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi , L. hamiltoni , and L. hochstetteri (Amphibia; Anura; Leiopelmatidae)" .
    J. Roy. Soc. NZ 20, 349-366
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Pehlemann FW)

  • Article: "The eye of the dung beetle Onthophagus posticus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" .
    N.Z. Entomol. 13, 7-15
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gokan N)

  • Sci. Note: "Sound production in Synaptonecta issa (Heteroptera, Corixidae)" .
    Appl. Entomol. Zool. 25, 328-331
    (Jansson A, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ultrastructural survey of the spinal cord of young tuatara ( Sphenodon punctatus ) with emphasis on glia" .
    N.Z. J. Zool. 17, 73-85
    (Alibardi L, Meyer-Rochow VB)

1989

  • Article: "Growth-related biometrical and biochemical studies of the compound eye of the crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus " .
    Zool. Sci. 6: 241-250
    (Eguchi E, Arikawa K, Ishibashi S, Suzuki T, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Short Story: Fool Play . N. Zld. Jewish Chronicle (NOv. Lit. Suppl.), 1-3

  • Article: "Farben und Farbwechsel im Tierreich" .
    Selecta 31: 1704-1707
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Asashima M, Sakaguchi A)

  • Article: "A re-investigation and re-interpretation of the cumacean photoreceptor" .
    Zool. Scripta 18: 283-288 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Webbed feet in mature female axolotl ( Siredon mexicanum )" .
    Amphibia-Reptilia 10, 89-92
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Neoplasia of the stomach in wild Japanese firebelly newts Cynops pyrrhogaster (Urodela, Salamandridae)" .
    Amphibia-Reptilia 10, 189-192
    (Asashima M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Carcinoma in the axolotl Siredon (=Ambystoma) mexicanum " .
    Zool. Anzeiger 223, 26-32
    (Asashima M, Koyama H, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Comparative fine structure of the axial skeleton inside the regenerated tail of some lizard species and the tuatara" .
    Gegenbaurs Morphol. Jahrb. 135, 705-716
    (Alibardi L, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Glial cells in the regenerated tails of lizards and the tuatara" .
    N.Zld. J. Zool. 17, 73-85
    (Alibardi L, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Short story: "Grandfather's nights" .
    N.Zld. Jewish Chronicle (Dec. Lit. Suppl.), pp. 2-3
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Photo Rep.: "The face of Albania" (In Japanese) .
    Sekai Shu-ho, Dec. 5th, pp.3-7
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1988

  • Article: "Electrophysiological and histological observations on the eye of adult female Diastylis rathkei (Crustacea, Cumacea)" .
    Biol. Bull. (Woods Hole) 175: 144-153
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Lindström M)

  • Article: "Recovery from light-induced sensitivity loss in the eye of the crustacean Mysis relicta - a study of ERG-determined V/logI relationships and morphology at 4 and 14 degrees C" .
    Zool. Sci. 5: 743-757
    (Lindström M, Nilsson H, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Functional aspects and eye organization of black and white colour morphs of the New Zealand beach beetle Chaerodes trachyscelides (Tenebrionidae)" .
    J. Insect Physiol. 34: 983-995
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gokan N)

  • Article: "Biology of Latia neritoides Gray 1850 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata); the only light-producing freshwater snail in the world" .
    Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol. 73: 21-45
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Moore S)

  • Brief Rev.: "Maanmainiot ötökat" (Insects in human culture) .
    Tiede 2000 (4), 58-61
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The eye of the tenebrionid beetle Lepispilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera) and some ecophysiological predictions based on eye anatomy" .
    N.Zld. Nat. Sci. 15, 79-89
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gokan N)

  • Sci. Note: "Spatial distribution and behaviour in bilaterally-blinded juveniles of the rock lobster Panulirus longipes " .
    Res. Crustacea 17, 1-6
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Observations on the behaviour of young tuatara Sphenodon punctatus in conditions of total darkness" .
    Tuatara 30, 36-38
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ultrastructure of the neural component of the regenerating spinal cord in the tails of three species of New Zealand lizards ( Leiolopisma nigriplantare , Lampropholis delicata , and Hoplodactylus maculatum )" .
    N. Zld. J. Zool. 15, 535-550
    (Alibardi L, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Naturally-occurring morphological abnormalities in wild populations of the Japanese newt Cynops pyrrhogaster " .
    Zool. Anzeiger 221, 70-80
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Asashima M)

  • Article: "Observations on habitat and reproduction in the pulmonate basommatophoran gastropod Latia neritoides Gray 1850, the only bioluminescent freshwater mollusc in the world" .
    Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 23, 2189-2192
    (Moore S, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Papilloma in Hynobius lichenatus (Amphibia, Urodela)" .
    Z. mikr.-anat. Forsch. 102, 756-760
    (Asashima M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "A theoretical analysis of geometrical ray optics in arthropod eyes with coaxial lens systems" .
    J. Yokoh. City Univ. (Nat. Sci. ser.) 3, 1-19
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1987

  • Article: "Structure and function of the eyes of two species of opilionids ( Megalopsalis tumida : Palpatores, and Hendea myersi cavernicola : Laniatores) from New Zealand glowworm caves" .
    Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 233, 293-319
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Liddle A)

  • Res. Note: "Near infra-red sensitivity of the eye of the crustacean Mysis relicta " .
    Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 147: 747-752
    (Lindström M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Abstract: "Electron microscope observations on the structure of the pineal organ of the Antarctic nototheniid teleost fish, Pagothenia borchgrevinki " .
    In: Functional Morphology of Neuroendocrine Systems (Eds. Scharrer B, Korf HW, Hartwig HG), Springer Verlag, p.159
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Vigh-Teichmann I, Vigh B)

  • Article: "An electron microscope study of the eye of the cave mysid Heteromysoides cotti from the island of Lanzarote (Canary Isl.)" .
    Stygol. 3, 24-34
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Juberthie-Jupeau L)

  • Review: "Tumours in amphibia" .
    Zool. Sci. 4, 411-425
    (Asashima M., Oinuma T, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Fine structure of the compound eyes of male and female Asian garden beetles Haladera castanea Arrow (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" .
    Appl. Ent. Zool. 22, 385-369
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Gokan N)

  • Article: "Ultrastructure of the compound eyes of Serica takagii Sawada and S. nigrovariata (Lewis) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) ".
    J. Agric. Sci. Tokyo 32, 10-28
    (Gokan N. Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Aspects of the functional anatomy of the eyes of the whipscorpion Thelyphonus caudatus (Chelicerata: Arachnida) and a discussion of their putative performance as photoreceptors" .
    J. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 17, 325-341
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Fine structure of the compound eye of the skin beetle Trox mitis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" .
    Kontchu 55, 587-600
    (Gokan N, Meyer-Rochow VB, Nagashima T)

  • Article: "Das Auge des stutzschwänzigen Tiefseeaales Cyema atrum " .
    Mikrokosmos 76, 296-300
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1986

  • Article: "A study of visual pigments in the two Antarctic crustaceans Orchomene plebs (Amphipoda) and Glyptonotus antarcticus (Isopoda)" .
    Comp Biochem. Physiol. 83 B, 75-79
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Suzuki T)

  • Brief Review: "Wie schutzen sich Tiere vor dem Kaltetod?" .
    Selecta 28, 499-502
    (Meyer-Rochow)

  • Article: "Ultrastructure of microtubules in dermal melanophores and spinal nerve of the Antarctic Pagothenia borchgrevinki " .
    Cell Tissue Res. 244, 339-343
    (Obika M, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Diurnal changes in structure and function of the compound eye of Ligia exotica (Isopoda)" .
    J. Exp. Biol. 123: 1-26
    (Hariyama T, Meyer-Rochow VB, Eguchi E)

  • Article: "Luminescent copeods of the genus Metridia with special reference to the Antarctic M. gerlachei " .
    N. Z. Antarctic Rec. 7: 1-8
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Morphology of the eye of the giant deep-sea isopod Bathynomus giganteus " .
    J. Morph. 189: 145-156
    (Chamberlain SC, Meyer-Rochow VB, Dossert WP)

  • Article: "Ultrastructural observations and pH-measurements on red and white muscle from Antarctic fish" .
    Polar Biol. 6: 241-246
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Devine C)

  • Article: "Do disintegrating microvilli in the eye of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii contribute to the synthesis of screening pigment granules?" .
    Z. mikrosk.-anat. Forsch. 100, 39-55
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Eguchi E)

  • Article: "A study of the extra-extremity in a five-legged Rana temporaria frog" .
    Zool. Anzeiger 217, 1-13
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Koebke J)

  • Sci. Note: "Comments on changes in the ultrastructure of rhabdom microvilli in eyes of invertebrates" .
    Biol. Cell 57, 283-284
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1985

  • Article: "A study of unusual intracellular organelles and ultrastructural organization of the eye of Gammarus oceanicus , fixed in the midnight sun of the Spitzbergen (Svalbard) summer" .
    Biomed. J. 6: 353-367
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Conclusions about visual structure and function in insect eyes" .
    Kagaku Asahi 45 (7): 11-12 & 129-132 (in Japanese)
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Letter to the Editor: "Paläo-Physiologie: Krebs als asexuelle Fortpflanzung" .
    Selecta 27 (24) 2308-2309
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Die Sehorgane von Insekten und Krebstieren: Vielfältig und komplex - Facettenaugen" .
    Selecta 27 (39), 3512-3514
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Fische, die als Parasiten leben" .
    Selecta 27 (47): 4209-4212
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The effects of temperature and light on particles associated with crayfish visual membrane: a freeze-fracture analysis and electrophysiological study" .
    J. Neurocytol. 13: 935-959
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Eguchi E)

  • Sci. Note: "Further observations on gum emperor moth caterpillars feeding on the foliage of birch trees" .
    The Weta 8: 58-62
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Ward D)

  • Brief Review: "Schmetterlinge sehen's anders" .
    Kosmos 81 (3): 66-71
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Eguchi E)

1984

  • Article: "An open rhabdom in a decapod photoreceptor: structure and possible function of the eye of Typhlatya " .
    Biol. Cell 49: 278-282
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Juberthie-Jupeau L)

  • Article: "Physiologie - warum unterkühlte Tiere Überleben können" .
    Selecta 26: 1116-1120
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "A comparative study of spectral sensitivity curves in three diurnal and eight nocturnal species of Japanese fireflies" .
    J. Insect Physiol. 30: 607-612
    (Eguchi E, Nemoto A, Meyer-Rochow VB, Ohba N)

  • Treatise: "The eye of Jasus edwardsii : electrophysiology, histology, and visual behaviour" .
    Zoologica 45 (134), 1-85
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Tiang KM)

  • Article: "Fine-structure of the compound eye of the buprestid beetle Curis caloptera (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)" .
    Z. mikrosk.-anat. Forsch. 98: 17-35
    (Gokan N, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Thoughts on the possible function and origin of bioluminescence in the New Zealand glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), based on electrophysiological recordings of spectral responses from the eyes of male adults" .
    N.Zld. Entomologist 8: 111-119
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Eguchi E)

  • Photo Report: "Papua Niugini's Kiriwina People" .
    Kagaku Asahi 44 (6): 92-93 (in Japanese)
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1983

  • Article: "Ultraviolet photography of 43 species of Lepidoptera representing ten families" .
    Annot. Zool. Japon. 56: 10-18
    (Eguchi E, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: " 'Fluegelfarben wie sie die Falter sehen' - a study of UV- and other colour patterns in Lepidoptera" .
    Annot. Zool. Japon. 56: 85-99
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Eguchi E)

  • Article: "Trophospongium-like structures in an insect eye: Response of retinula cells of Papilio xuthus (Lepidoptera) to irradiation with ultraviolet light" .
    Cell Tissue Res. 231: 519-526
    (Eguchi E, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Ultrastructure du rhabdome de Procambarus clarkii immédiatement et vingt heures après l'exposition à la lumière ultraviolette (350 nm) et verte (570 nm) d'un contenu photonique égal" .
    Biol. Cell 48: 185-190
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Eguchi E)

  • Article: "Electrophysiological and histological studies on the eye of the freshwater crayfish Paranephrops planifrons " .
    Zool. Jahrbuch Physiol. 87: 477-489
    (Eccles F, Tiang KM, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Report: "Muskeln - wie funktionieren sie?" .
    Mikrokosmos 72: 380-382 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Physiologie - Vom Wunder Winterschlaf lernen" .
    Selecta 25: 1116-1120
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1982

  • Brief Report: "Phonoreception in the Western rock lobster Panulirus longipes " .
    Behav. Neural Biol. 34: 331-336
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Penrose J, Oldfield BP, Bailey W)

  • Article: "Histological observations on the eyes of the two luminescent fishes Photoblepharon palpebratus (Boddaert) and Anomalops katoptron (Blkr.)" .
    Zool. Anzeiger 209: 65-72
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Baburina V, Smirnov V)

  • Article: "The structure of the eggshell of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus " .
    J. Morphol. 174: 197-205
    (Packard MJ, Hirsch KF, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Bosavi People" .
    Minzokugaku (J. of Ethnology) 22: 52-58 (in Japanese)
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Life under solid ice" .
    Kagaku Asahi 42: 16-19
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Eischalen unter dem Elektronenmikroskop" .
    Kosmos 78: 26-31
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Retinal organization of the eyes of three nototheniid fishes from the Ross Sea (Antarctica)" .
    Gegenbaurs Morphol. Jahrb. 128: 762-777
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Klyne MA)

  • Article: "Comparison between temperature-induced changes and effects caused by dark/light adaptation in the eyes of two species of Antarctic crustaceans" .
    Cell Tissue Res. 221: 625-632
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Tiang KM)

  • Brief Rev.: "Marine life in Antarctica" .
    Hemisphere 26: 48-52
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Insects and anthropology" .
    Insectarium 19: 174-178 (in Japanese)
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article"The divided eye of the isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus : effects of unilateral dark adaptation and temperature elevation" .
    Proc. Roy. Soc. London B 215: 433-450
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1981

  • Article: "Fish tongue surface fine structure and ecological considerations" .
    Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 71: 413-426
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The eye of Orchomene sp. cf. O. rossi - an amphipod living under the Ross Ice Shelf (Antarctica)" .
    Proc. Roy. Soc. London B 212, 93-111
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Leben unter eisigem Panzer" .
    Kosmos 77 (5): 40-46
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Electrophysiology and histology of the eye of the bumblebee Bombus hortorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae)" .
    J. Roy. Soc. N. Zld. 11: 123-153
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Gum emperor moth caterpillars not only feed on gumtree leaves: a possible threat to the foliage of introduced deciduous trees" .
    The Weta 4: 17
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Ward D)

  • Sci. Note: "Note on the cuticular morphology in the terrestrial amphipod Orchestia sp." .
    Zool. Anzeiger 207: 74-77
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Report: "Klima und Sprachentwicklung" .
    Naturwissenschaftl. Rundschau 35: 203-205
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Electrophysiological studies of the insect compound eye" .
    N. Zld. Entomolgist 7: 296-304
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Note: "Seeing lobsters are correctly treated" .
    Catch '81 (4): 17-21
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Tiang KM)

  • Report: "Ein Biologe besucht China I/II/III" .
    Selecta 23: 182-184, 258-260, 345-346
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1980

  • Sci. Note: "The attachment mechanism of the waterflea Simocephalus " .
    Microscopy 33: 551-553
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: " Glyptonotus antarcticus Eights, 1852 var. obtusus, a new variety of the giant Antarctic isopod" .
    Crustaceana 38: 94-97 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Fatty acid analysis of lens and retina of two Antarctic fish and of the head and body of the Antarctic amphipod Orchomene plebs " .
    Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 65: 395-399
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Pyle CA)

  • Article: "Surface structures in Glyptonotus antarcticus - a marine isopod from the Ross Sea" .
    Zoomorphology 94: 290-219
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Eye colour and spectral sensitivity in the Antarctic amphipod Orchomene plebs " .
    N. Zld. Antarctic Rec. 3: 25-29
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Abstract: "Distribution of immunoreactive luteinizing releasing hormone (LRH) in the fly Calliphora " .
    In: Congress Vol. 28th Internatl. Congr. Physiol., Budapest, p. 764
    (Selane H, Leppäluoto, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Electrophysiologically determined spectral efficiency of the eye and median ocellus in Bombus hortorum tarhakimalainen" .
    J. Comp. Physiol. 139: 261-266
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1979

  • Sci. Note: "Leben unter extremen Bedingungen - Antarktische Algen in Asche, Schnee und 4000 m Höhe" .
    Mikrokosmos 67, 21-22
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Thompson K)

  • Article: "Kleinstlebewesen in extremen Biotopen - zum 'Tümpeln' in die Antarktis" .
    Mikrokosmos 67: 34-39
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The optical geometry of euphausiid eyes" .
    J. Comp. Physiol. A 130: 49-62
    (Land MF, Barton F, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Visual behaviour and the structure of dark- and light-adapted larval and adult eyes of the New Zealand glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa (Mycetophilidae, Diptera)" .
    J. Insect Physiol. 25: 601-613
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Waldvogel H)

  • Article: "The effects of light and temperature on the structural organization of the eye of the Antarctic amphipod Orchomene plebs (Crustacea)" .
    Proc. Roy. Soc. London B 206: 353-368
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Tiang KM)

  • Review: "The diverse uses of insects in traditional societies" .
    Ethnomedicine 3/4, 387-400
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Stomach and gut contents of Carapus mourlani from starfish and holothurian" .
    Ann. Zool. Fenn. 16: 287-290
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1978

  • Article: "The eyes of mesopelagic crustaceans II: Streetsia challengeri (Amphipoda)" .
    Cell Tissue Res. 186: 337-350
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The eyes of mesopelagic crustaceans III: Thysanopoda tricuspidata (Euphausiaceae)" .
    Cell Tissue Res. 195: 59-80
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Walsh S)

  • Article: "Skin papillae as possible electroreceptors in the deep-sea eel Cyema atrum (Cyemidae: Anguilloidea)" .
    Marine Biol. 46: 277-282
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "A rapidly self-regenerating photosensitive system in the eyes of Antarctic crustaceans living under the sea ice: a hypothesis" .
    N. Zld. Antarctic Rec. 1: 3-8
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Visual behaviour, eyes, and retina of the parasitic fish Carapus mourlani " .
    Biol. Bull. (Woods Hole) 155: 576-585
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Tiang KM)

  • Report: "Ein Biologe erkundet die Antarktis" .
    Selecta 20: 3691-3694 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Retina and dioptric apparatus of the dung beetle ( Euoniticellus africanus ; Scarabaeidae)" .
    J. Insect Physiol. 24: 165-179
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1977

  • Article: "Structure and function of the unusual compound eye of Sericesthis geminata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" .
    N. Zld. J. Zool. 4: 21-34 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Crustacean eyes and polarization sensitivity" .
    Vision Res. 17: 1239-1240
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Nässel JR)

  • Article: "The eyes of mesopelagic crustaceans I: Gennadas sp. (Penaeidae)" .
    Cell Tissue Res. 184: 87-103
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Walsh S)

  • Brief Review: "The use of insects as human food" .
    Food & Nutr. 33: 151-153
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Zähne - eine vergleichend-anatomische Studie" .
    Mikrokosmos 66: 301-304
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Comparison between 15 Carapus mourlani in a single holothurian and 19 C. mourlani from starfish" .
    Copeia (3), 582-584
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1976

  • Res. Note: "Loss of bioluminescence in Anomalops katoptron due to starvation" .
    Experientia 32: 1175-1176
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Sound production by the Western rock lobster Panulirus longipes " .
    J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 23: 191-210
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Penrose JD)

  • Res. Report: "A tri-directional microvillus orientation in the monocellular distal rhabdom of a nocturnal beetle" .
    Cytobiol. 13: 476-481
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Fleischfressende Mikropilze - mit Fussangeln und Leim auf Beutefang" .
    Mikrokosmos 65: 54-56
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Some observations on spawning and fecundity in the luminescent fish Photoblepharon palpebratus " .
    Mar. Biol. 37: 325-328
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Das Phänomen der Biolumineszenz: Womit und warum Tiere leuchten" .
    Selecta 18: 972-974
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Chapter in Book: "Bei australischen Ureinwohnern" .
    In: Ensslin 'Jugendkalender', pp. 163-174
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1975

  • Photo Report: "Schweinefest im neuguineischen Hochland" .
    Kurz & Gut 9: 39-41
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Australische Ureinwohner heute" .
    Deutsche Apotheker Ztg. 115: 714-716
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Comment: "Can insects help to ease the problem of world food shortage?" .
    Search 6: 261-262
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Larval and adult eye of the Western rock lobster Panulirus longipes " .
    Cell Tissue Res. 162: 439-457
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Short article: "Axonal wiring and polarization sensitivity in eye of the rock lobster" .
    Nature 254: 522-524
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "2. Local taxonomy and terminology for some terrestrial arthropods in five different ethnic groups of Papua New Guinea and Central Australia" .
    J. Roy. Soc. W. Austr. 58: 15-30
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The eye of Anoplognathus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" .
    Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 188: 1-30
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Horridge GA)

  • Chapter in Book: "The dioptric system in beetle compound eyes". Pp 299-313 .
    In: The compound eye (ed. GA Horridge), Oxford University Press
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Chapter in Book: "Two calculations on optically non-homogeneous lenses in the dioptric apparatus of the insect compound eye". Pp 314-320 .
    In: The compound eye (ed. GA Horridge), Oxford University Press
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Meggitt S)

1974

  • Article: "Fine structural changes in dark-light adaptation in relation to unit studies of an insect compound eye with a crustacean-like rhabdom" .
    J. Insect Physiol. 20: 573-589
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Structure and function of the larval eye of the sawfly Perga sp. (Pergidae, Hymenoptera)" .
    J. Insect Physiol. 20: 1565-1591
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Leptocephali and other transparent fish larvae from the South-eastern Atlantic Ocean" .
    Zool. Anzeiger 192: 240-251
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "Das Leben der Trobriand-Insulaner" .
    Selecta 16: 57-60, 132-136, 214-218, 295-299
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Short Comm.: "Sound and sound emission apparatus in puerulus and postpuerulus of the western rock lobster Panulirus longipes " .
    J. Exp. Zool. 189: 283-289
    (Meyer-Rochow VB, Penrose JD)

  • Letter to the Editor: "Wie schädlich sind Kuechenschaben?" .
    Selecta 16: 4114-4116
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1973

  • Abstract: "Behaviour and structure of larval sense organs in a deep-sea fish ( Cataetyx memorabilis )" .
    F.A.O. Fisheries Circular Nr 317 Int. Symp. Early Life History of Fish
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Obituary: "Porträt: Amalie Dietrich" .
    Selecta 15: 1174
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Note: "Ernährung - Insekten gefällig?" .
    Selecta 15: 1396
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Report: "Bei Menschenfressern zu Besuch" .
    Selecta 15: 3415-3419 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Edible insects in three different ethnic groups of Papua and New Guinea" .
    Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 26: 673-677
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The dioptric system of the eye of Cybister" .
    Proc. Roy. Soc. London B 183: 159-179
    (Meyer-Rochow)

1972

  • Sci. Note: "Beobachtungen an der Meeresküstenspinne Desidiopsis racovitzai Fage 1909 auf Rab (Adria)" .
    Biol. Vestnik 20: 79-80
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Pelagic sciaenid eggs and early larval stages from off Lüderitz Bay" .
    Vie et Milieu 23 A: 11-19
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Review: "Eskimos - Geschichte und Umwelt" .
    Selecta 14: 864-866, 957-960, 1053-1056, 1162-1166, 1240-1244
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "A note on some parasites of Merluccius capensis (Pisces) and their zoogeographical significance" .
    Afr. J. Trop. Hydrobiol. Fish. 2: 82-84
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Kommunikation bei koloniebildenden Blattwespen- und Käferlarven" .
    Z. Tierpsychol. 30: 451-455
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The larval eye of the deep-sea fish Cataetyx memorabilis (Teleostei; Ophidiidae)" .
    Z. Morph. Tiere 72: 331-340
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The lateral line organ of the larvae of the deep-sea fish Cataetyx memorabilis , Ophidiidae: an SEM and light microscopic study" .
    Marine Biol. 12: 272-276
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "'Nashi' - die Apfelbirne (Pyrus serotina Rehder)" .
    Mitt. Obstbauversuchsanst. Jork 26: 496-501
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Eine interessante Spinne unser Heimat: die Wasserspinne" .
    Bunte Tierwelt 8: A1-A2
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "An intracellular microsporidian parasite from the compound eye of Creophilus erythrocephalus (Staphylinidae: Coleoptera)" .
    Z. Parasitenkde. 38: 174-182
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "The eyes of Creophilus erythrocephalus and Sartallus signatus - a light-, interference-, scanning electron-, and transmission electron microscope study" .
    Z. Zellforschg. 133: 59-85
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1971

  • Short Article: "Endemische Tiefseeorganismen vor Südafrikas Küste" .
    Namib & Meer 2: 59-63
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "A crustacean-like organization of insect rhabdoms" .
  • Brief Review: "Ein Fisch der keiner ist: der Tintenfisch" .
    Bunte Tierwelt 7: 86-87
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Brief Review: "Fleischfressende Pflanzen" .
    Selecta 13: 841-844 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Fixierung von Insektenaugen mit Hilfe eines Netzmittels - das Dorsalauge von Atalophlebia costalis " .
    Mikrokosmos 60: 348-352
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Observations on stridulating Australian beetles (Hydrophilidae, Cerambycidae, Passalidae, Dynastinae) using scanning electron microscopical and electrophysiological techniques" .
    Forma et Functio 4: 362-339
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1970

  • Article: " Cataetyx memorabilis n. sp., ein neuer Tiefsee-Ophidiidae aus dem südöstlichen Atlantik" .
    Abh. Verh. Naturwiss. Ver. Hambg. NF 14: 37-53
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: " Pemphigus spirothecae - Erzeugerin der Spirallockengalle" .
    Math. Naturwiss. Unterr. 23: 292-292
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Neuseeländisches Obst auf europäischen Markten - die Kiwi Frucht" .
    Praxis d. Naturwiss. 10: 141-148
    (Ruppolt W, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Letter to Editor: "Zum Thema Schulzoo" .
    Zool. Zen. Anz. 66: 382 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1969

  • Article: "Chimaeren - seltsame Fische der Ozeantiefen" .
    Natur u. Museum 99: 163-167
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Sci. Note: "Parasit oder Symbiont? -Der Borstenwurm Chaetogaster limnaei , ein Bewohner der Tellerschnecke" .
    Mikrokosmos 58: 210-212 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Short Article: "Beobachtungen an Tellerschnecken" .
    Aquaria 16: 67-72
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1968

  • Article: "Mikroskopie auf Hoher See - Seefischeier im Lebendpräparat" .
    Mikrokosmos 57: 265-268
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Kaulquappen und ihre Zähne" .
    Natur u. Museum 98: 385-390
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Note: "Beitrag zur Geschlechtsumwandlung" .
    Aquaria 15: 135-136 (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Short Article: "Rana grayi - Souvenir aus Napoleon's Garten" .
    D. Aqua. Terr. Z. 21: 229-235
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article: "Coffein-Darstellung als Schulversuch" .
    Praxis Naturwiss. 18: 157-160
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

1962-1967

  • Article 1967 : "Fische auf See" .
    D. Aqua. Terr. Z. 20: 348-350
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article 1965 : "Haltung und Zucht des Axolotl, Siredon mexicanum " .
    D. Aqua. Terr. Z. 18: 215-218
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article 1965 : "Erfahrungen mit Landaxolotln" .
    D. Aqua. Terr. Z. 18: 375-377
    (Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article 1963 : "Axolotl-Metamorphose" .
    Math. Naturwiss.Unterr. 16: 88-89
    (Ruppolt W, Meyer-Rochow VB)

  • Article 1962 : "Vom Ei zur Axolotllarve" .
    Mikrokosmos 51, 313-315
    (Ruppolt W, Meyer-Rochow VB)