Publications

Papers

    2019

  1. Klompmaker, A. A., Kelley, P. H., Chattopadhyay, D., Clements, J. C., Huntley, J. W., Kowalewski, M., 2019: Predation in the marine fossil record: Studies, data, recognition, environmental factors, and behavior. Earth-Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.02.020
  2. Chattopadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, D., 2019: Absence of general rules governing molluscan body-size response to climatic fluctuation during the Cenozoic. Historical Biology. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1563894
  3. 2017

  4. Sarkar, D., Bhattacharjee, M., Chattopadhyay, D., 2017: Influence of regional environment in guiding the spatial distribution of marine bivalves along Indian coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315417001837
  5. Nawrot, R., Albano, P., Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., 2017: Climate change and body size shift in Mediterranean bivalve assemblages: unexpected role of biological invasions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. Vol-248, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0357
  6. Chattopadhyay, D., 2017: Predation to climate change: what does a fossil shell tell us?, Current Science, Vol-112, p. 1489-1493 (Invited article)
  7. 2016

  8. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Dominici, S., Sawyer, J. A., 2016: Patterns of drilling predation in relation to stratigraphy, locality and sieve size: Insights from the Eocene molluscan fauna of the Paris Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-459, p. 86-98
  9. 2015

  10. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Tomasovych, A., 2015: How effective are ecological traits against drilling predation? Insights from Recent bivalve assemblages of the northern Red Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-440, p. 659-670
  11. Nawrot, R., Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., 2015: What guides invasion success? Ecological correlates of arrival, establishment and spread of Red Sea bivalves in the Mediterranean Sea. Diversity and Distributions. Vol-21, p. 1075-1086
  12. Das, S., Chattopadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, D., 2015: The effect of hunger on drilling behaviour of Natica tigrina: An experimental assessment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-429, p. 57-61
  13. 2014

  14. Chattopadhyay, D., Sarkar, D., Dutta, S., Prasanjit, S. R., 2014: What controls cannibalism in drilling gastropods: A case study on Natica tigrina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-410, p. 126-133
  15. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Tomasovych, A. 2014: Effects of a high-risk environment on edge-drilling behavior: Inference from Recent bivalves from the Red Sea. Paleobiology. Vol-40, p. 34-49
  16. 2013

  17. Chattopadhyay, D., Rathie, A., Miller, D., Baumiller, T. K. 2013: Hydrodynamic effects of drill holes on post-mortem transportation of bivalve shells and its taphonomic implications. Palaios. Vol-28, p. 875-884
  18. Chattopadhyay, D., Rathie, A., Das, A., 2013: The effect of morphology on post-mortem transportation of bivalve and its taphonomic implications. Palaios. Vol-28, p. 203-209
  19. Chattopadhyay, D., Dutta, S., 2013: Prey selection by drilling predators: A case study from Miocene of Kutch, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-374, p. 187-196
  20. 2012

  21. Bardhan, S., Chattopadhyay, D., Mondal, S., Das, S., Mallick, S., Roy, A., Chanda, P. 2012: Record of intense predatory drilling from Upper Jurassic bivalves of Kutch, India: Implications for the history of biotic interaction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 317-318, p. 153-161
  22. 2011

  23. Chattopadhyay, D. 2011: First evidence of predatory drilling from Upper Cretaceous Eutaw formation (Santonian), Georgia. Southeastern Geology.Vol-48, No.1, p.37-44
  24. Before 2011

  25. Chattopadhyay, D. & Baumiller, T. K. 2010: Effect of durophagy on drilling predation: A case study of Cenozoic molluscs from North America. Historical Biology. Vol-22, No.4, p.367-379
  26. Chattopadhyay, D. & Baumiller, T. K. 2009: An experimental assessment of penetration, excavation and consumption rates of the muricid gastropod, Nucella lamellosa. Journal of Shellfish Research. Vol-28, No. 4, p. 1-7
  27. Casey, M. & Chattopadhyay, D. 2008: Clumping behavior: an anti-predatory strategy against drilling predation, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol-367, No. 2, p. 124-129.
  28. Chattopadhyay, D. & Baumiller, T. K. 2007: Drilling under threat: An experimental assessment of the drilling behavior of Nucella lamellosa in the presence of a predator. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol-352, No. 1, p. 257-266
  29. Chattopadhyay, D. 2004: New record of a coral-mollusca reefal community from the Early Tertiary of Kutch, Gujarat. Indian Minerals, Vol-58, No. 3 & 4, p. 169-182.
  30. Bardhan, S. & Chattopadhyay, D. 2003: The mesozoic marine revolution: an overview of a biological "Arms race". Indian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol-30, No.1-4, p.1-28

Books

  • Chattopadhyay, D., 2009: Predation in molluscs: A multi-taxon approach using neontological and paleontological data, 161p, ProQuest, MI
  • Book Chapter

  • Chattopadhyay, D., 2011: Mussels: Their common enemies and adaptive defenses. In L. E. McGevin (Ed.) Mussels: Anatomy, habitat and Environmental impact. Chapter-23, pp. 503-520, Nova Science Publishers Inc., NY
  • Abstracts

    1. Kella, V. G. S., Chattopadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, D., 2018: Drilling predation in extreme size class: Insight from Early Miocene micromolluscan assemblage of Kerala, India. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-321951
    2. Chattopadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, D., 2017: Substrate relationship guided molluscan body-size response to climatic fluctuation during the past 66Ma. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6. doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-295934
    3. Bhattacharjee, M., Chattopadhyay, D., Som, B., Sankar, A., 2017: Reliability of death assemblages in predicting depositional processes: Insights from a modern tropical siliciclastic marine setting, 8th international meeting on taphonomy and fossilization, abstract volume
    4. Sarkar, D., Chattopadhyay, D., Bhattacharjee, M., 2016: LBG or local environment: What guides the distribution of marine bivalves of Indian coasts? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 48, No.7, p. 75
    5. Dutta, S., Chattopadhyay, D., 2016: Diversity and community structure of marine bivalves in relation to climatic fluctuation: Insights from a tropical setting. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 48, No.7, p. 162
    6. Nawrot, R., Zuschin, M., Chattopadhyay, D., 2015: Plio-Pleistocene extinctions, lessepsian invasion and the future of the Mediterranean bivalve fauna. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 47, No.7, p. 493
    7. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Tomasovych, A., 2015: How effective are ecological innovations against drilling predation- Insight from Recent bivalve assemblage of the northern Red Sea. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 47, No.7, p. 69
    8. Chattopadhyay, D., Dutta, S., Das, S., Chattopadhyay, D., 2014: Effect of climatic shift on biodiversity of bivalves: A case study from Lower Miocene of Kutch. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No.7, p. 218
    9. Das, S., Chattopadhyay, D., 2014: Effect of Hunger on drilling predation by naticid gastropods. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No.7, p. 133
    10. Chattopadhyay, D., Sarkar, D., Prasanjit, S. R., 2013: What triggers cannibalism in drilling gastropods: A case study on Natica tigrina. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No.7, p. 329
    11. Chattopadhyay, D., Bala, T., 2013: Effect of lithification on drilling pattern: An experimental approach. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No.7, p. 126
    12. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Tomasovych, A., 2012: Edge drilling in Recent Bivalves from Red Sea: Ecological vs. environmental attributes. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No.7, p. 369
    13. Chattopadhyay, D., Dutta, S., 2012: A case of specific prey selection by drilling predators from Miocene of Kutch, India. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No.7, p. 271
    14. Nawrot, R., Chattopadhyay, D. and Zuschin, M., 2012. The role of body size in marine invasion through the Suez Canal: implications for the fossil record, Centenary Meeting of the Palantologische Gesellschaft, Programme, Abstracts, and Filed Guides. Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin. Terra Nostra, 2012/3: 127-128
    15. Chattopadhyay, D., Rathie A., Das A., Saha P.P., Dutta S., 2011: Hydrodynamic effects of morphology on bivalve shell transport and its taphonomic implication. Jahrestagung der Palaontologischen Gesellschaft - Abstract Volume, 32: 2-3
    16. Chattopadhyay, D., Sarkar, D., Bardhan, S., Mallick, S. and Das, S. 2011: A record of drilling predation and other biotic traces from larger benthic foraminifera of Eocene strata of Kutch, Western India. Jahrestagung der Palaontologischen Gesellschaft - Abstract Volume, 32: 48
    17. Chattopadhyay, D., 2010: Keys for effective two-way communication in large introductory Natural Science classes. STEM conference, Vol. 41, No.7, p. 390
    18. Chattopadhyay, D. & Baumiller, T. K., 2009: Penetration and consumption rates in drilling gastropods: a cost-benefit approach evaluating feeding strategies. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No.7, p. 390
    19. Chattopadhyay, D., 2009: Cenozoic history of drilling predation: A multi-taxon approach. North American Paleontological Conference, Cincinnati, USA, Vol. 3, p.17
    20. Chattopadhyay, D. & Baumiller, T. K., 2008: Effect of durophagy on drilling predation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 8, p. 208
    21. Chattopadhyay, D. & Baumiller, T. K., 2008: An experimental assessment of penetration, excavation and consumption rates of the muricid gastropod Nucella lamellosa . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 8, p. 479
    22. Chattopadhyay, D. & Baumiller, T. K., 2007: Drilling under threat: An experimental assessment of the drilling behavior of Nucella lamellosa in the presence of a predator. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 169
    23. Casey, M. & Chattopadhyay, D., 2007: Clumping behavior: an anti-predatory strategy against drilling predation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 6, p. 403
    24. Chattopadhyay, D., Miller, D. J. & Baumiller, T. K., 2006. Hydrodynamic effects of drillholes on post-mortem transport of bivalve shells. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 442
    25. Chattopadhyay, D., Sarkar, K. & Bardhan, S., 2004. Mollusc-Barnacle Association in Eastern Coast of India-A microhabitat in the making. National Symposium on Application of Marine Geosciences, NIO, Goa, pp 10-12.

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