Some publications based on research done in the Koehl lab by past and present students and postdocs

Postdocs

Barbara Best

  • Loudon, C., B.A. Best, and M.A.R. Koehl (1994) When does motion relative to neighboring surfaces alter the flow through arrays of hairs? J. Exp. Biol. 193: 233-254

Angela Cheer

  • Cheer, A.Y.L. and M.A.R. Koehl (1987) Paddles and rakes: Fluid flow through bristled appendages of small organisms. J. theor. Biol. 129: 17-39
  • Cheer, A.Y.L. and M.A.R. Koehl (1987) Fluid flow through filtering appendages of insects. IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Medicine and Biology 4: 185-199

Richard Emlet

  • Emlet, R. B. (1990) Flow fields around ciliated larvae: effects of natural and artificial tethers. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 63: 211-225
  • Emlet, R. B. (1988) Crystallographic axes of echinoid genital plates reflect larval form: some phylogenetic implications. Pp. 299-310 in C.R.C. Paul and A.B. Smith (eds.) Echinoderm Phylogeny and Evolutionary Biology, Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Barbara Gartner

  • Gartner, B. L. (1994) Root biomechanics and whole-plant allocation patterns: responses of tomato plants to stem flexure. Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 1647-1654

Joel Kingsolver

  • Daniel, T.L. and J.G. Kingsolver (1983) Feeding strategy and the mechanics of blood sucking insects. Journal of Theoretical Biology 105: 661-677
  • Kingsolver, J.G. and T.L. Daniel (1983) Mechanical determinants of nectar feeding strategy in hummingbirds - energetics, tongue morphology, and licking behavior. Oecologia 60: 214-226
  • Kingsolver, J.G. and M.A.R. Koehl (1985) Aerodynamics, thermoregulation, and the evolution of insect wings: defferential scaling and evolutionary change. Evolution 39: 488-504.
  • Kingsolver, J.G. and M.A.R. Koehl (1989) Selective factors in the evolution of insect wings: Response to Kukalova-Peck. Can. J. Zool. 67: 785-787.
  • Kingsolver, J.G. and M.A.R. Koehl (1994) Selective factors in the evolution of insect wings. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 39: 425-451.

Catherine Loudon

  • Loudon, C., B.A. Best, and M.A.R. Koehl. (1994) When does motion relative to neighboring surfaces alter the flow through arrays of hairs? J. Exp. Biol. 193: 233-254
  • Loudon, C. and M.A.R. Koehl. (2000) Sniffing by a silkworm moth: Wing fanning enhances air penetration through and pheromone interception by antennae. J. Exp. Biol. 203: 2977-2990

Kristina Mead

  • Mead, K.S. (1998) The biomechanics of odorant access to aesthetascs in the grass shrimp Palaemonetes vulgaris. Biol. Bull. 195: 184-185
  • Mead, K.S., M.A.R. Koehl, and M.J. O'Donnell (1999) Stomatopod sniffing: the scaling of chemosensory sensillae and flicking behavior with body size. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 241: 235-261
  • Mead, K.S. and M.A.R. Koehl (2000) Stomatopod antennule design: the asymmetry, sampling efficiency, and ontogeny of olfactory flicking. J. Exp. Biol. 203: 3795-3808
  • Stacey, M., K.S. Mead, and M.A.R. Koehl (2002) Molecule capture by olfactory antennules: Mantis shrimp. J. Math. Biol. 44: 1-30
  • Mead, K.S. and T.M. Weatherby (2002) The morphology of stomatopod chemosensory sensilla facilitates fluid sampling. Inv. Biol. 121: 148-157
  • Mead, K.S. (2002) From odor molecules to plume tracing: an interdisciplining, multilevel approach to olfaction in stomatopods. Integ. and Comp. Biol. 42: 258-264
  • Mead, K. S. (2002) Using lobster noses to inspire robot sensor design. Trends in Biotechnology 20: 276-277 (DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(02)01979-0)
  • Mead, K.S., M.B. Wiley, M.A.R. Koehl, and J.R. Koseff (2003) Fine-scale patterns of odor encounter by the antennules of mantis shrimp tracking turbulent plumes in wave-affected and unidirectional flow. J. Exp. Biol. 206: 181-193

Steve Moore

  • Moore, S.W., R.E. Keller, and M.A.R. Koehl (1995) The dorsal involuting marginal zone stiffens anisotropically during its convergent extension in the gastrula of Xenopus laevis. Development 121: 3131-3140

Matthew Reidenbach

  • Koehl, M. A. R., J. A. Strother, M. A. Reidenbach, J. R. Koseff and M. G. Hadfield. (2007) Individual-based model of larval transport to coral reefs in turbulent, wave-driven flow: behavioral responses to dissolved settlement inducer. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 335: 1-18
  • Koehl, M.A.R. and M.A. Reidenbach. (2007) Swimming by microscopic organisms in ambient water flow. Exp. Fluids 43: 755-768

Jeff Shimeta

  • Shimeta, J. (1996) Particle-size selection by Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in suspension feeding and in deposit feedings: Influences of ontogeny and flow speed. Mar. Biol. 126: 479-488
  • Shimeta, J. and M.A.R. Koehl. (1997) Mechanisms of particle selection by tentaculate suspension feeders during encounter, retention, and handling. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 209: 47-73

Grad Students

Clifford Baron

  • Baron, C.J. (1990) What functional morphology cannot explain: a model of sea urchin growth and a discussion of the role of morphogenetic explanations in evolutionary biology. In: E.C. Dudley [ed.] The Unity of Evolutionary Biology (Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology). Portland, Oregon, Dioscorides Press: 471-488
  • Baron, C.J. (1987) Do Stress Distributions Explain Patterns of Growth in Sea Urchins: A Finite Element Analysis. Journal of Biomechanics 20: 887

Lance Davidson

  • Davidson, L.A., G.F. Oster, R.E. Keller, and M.A.R. Koehl (1999) Measurements of mechanical properties of the blastula wall reveal which hypothesized mechanisms of primary invagination are physically plausible in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Developmental Biology 209: 221-238
  • Davidson, L.A., M.A.R. Koehl, R. Keller, and G.F. Oster (1995) How do sea urchins gastrulate? Distinguishing between mechanisms of primary invagination using biomechanics. Development 121: 2005-2018

Tamira Elul

  • Elul, T., M.A.R. Koehl, and R. Keller (1997) Cellular mechanism underlying neural convergent extension in Xenopus laevis Embryos. Developmental Biology 191: 243-258
  • Elul, T.M., and R.E. Keller (1999) Patterns in morphogenic behaviors driving neural convergent extension in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology 210: 236
  • Elul, T.M. and R.E. Keller (2000) Monopolar protrusive activity: a new morphogenic cell behavior in the neural plate dependent on vertical interactions with the mesoderm in Xenopus. Developmental Biology 224: 3-19

Mark Fonseca

  • Fonseca, M.S. (1996) Scale dependence in the study of seagrass systems. In: Kuo, J., R.C. Phillips, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman (eds.) Seagrass Biology: Proceedings of an International Workshop. Jan. 25-29, Rottnest Island, W. Australia, Australia. Faculty of Sciences, Univ. of W. Australia. 95-104
  • Fonseca, M.S. (1996) The role of seagrasses in nearshore sedimentary processes: a review. In: Roman, C. and Nordstrom, K. (eds.) Estuarine Shores: Hydrological, Geomorphological and Ecological Interactions. New York, Wiley: 261-286
  • Fonseca, M.S., P.E. Whitfield, N.M. Kelly, and S.S. Bell (2002) Modeling seagrass landscape pattern and associated ecological attributes. Ecological Applications 12: 218-237
  • Fonseca, M.S. (2006) Flow in seagrass canopies: the influence of patch width. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 67: 1-9
  • Fonseca, M.S., Koehl, M.A.R., Kopp, B.S. Biomechanical factors contributing to self-organization in seagrass landscapes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. (In press)

Tom Hunter

  • Hunter, T. and S. Vogel. (1986) Spinning embryos enhance diffusion through gelatinous egg masses. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 96: 303-308
  • Hunter, T. (1989) Suspension feeding in oscillating flow: The effect of colony morphology and flow regime on plankton capture by the hydroid Obellia longissima. Biol. Bull. 176: 41-49

Amy Johnson

  • Johnson, A.S. (1988) Hydrodynamic study of the functional morphology of the benthic suspension feeder Phoronopsis viridis (Phoronida). Mar. Biol. 100: 117-126
  • Johnson, A.S. (1990) Flow around phoronids: Consequences of a neighbor to suspension feeders. Limnol. Oceanogr. 35: 1395-1401
  • Johnson, A.S. (1993) Sag-mediated tension in terebellid tentacles exposed to flow. Biol. Bull. 185: 10-19
  • Johnson, A.S. and M.A.R. Koehl. (1994) Maintenance of dynamic strain similarity and environmental stress factor in different flow habitats: thallus allometry and material properties of a giant kelp. J. Exp. Biol. 195: 381-410

Marlene Martinez

  • Martinez, M.M. (1996) Issues for aquatic pedestrian locomotion. Am. Zool. 36: 619-627
  • Martinez, M.M., R.J. Full, and M.A.R. Koehl (1998) Underwater punting by an intertidal crab: A novel gait revealed by the kinematics of pedestrian locomotion in air versus water. J. Exp. Biol. 201: 2609-2623
  • Martinez, M.M. (2001) Running in the surf: Hydrodynamics of the shore crab Grapsus tenuicrustatus. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 3097-3112
  • Lau, W.Y. and M.M. Martinez (2003) Getting a grip on the intertidal: Flow microhabitat and substratum type determine the dislodgement of the crab Pachygrapsus crassipes (Randall) on rocky shores and in estuaries. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 295: 3097-3112

Mike McCay

  • McCay, M.G. (2001) Aerodynamic stability and maneuverability of the gliding frog Polypedates dennysi. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 2817-2826
  • McCay, M.G. (2003) Winds under the rain forest canopy: The aerodynamic environment of gliding tree frogs. Biotropica 35: 94-102.

Matthew McHenry

  • Crenshaw, H.C., C.N. Ciampaglio and M.J. McHenry (2000) Analysis of the three-dimensional trajectories of organisms: Estimates of velocity, curvature, and torsion from positional information. J. Exp. Biol. 203:961-982
  • McHenry, M.J. (2001) Mechanisms of helical swimming: asymmetries in the morphology, movement and mechanics of larvae of the ascidian Distaplia occidentalis. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 2959-2973
  • McHenry, M.J. and J.A. Strother (2003) The kinematics of phototaxis in larvae of the ascidian Aplidium constellatum. Mar. Biol. 142: 173-184
  • McHenry, M.J., E. Azizi and J.A. Strother (2003) The hydrodynamics of locomotion at intermediate Reynolds numbers: Undulatory swimming in ascidian larvae (Botrylloides sp.). J. Exp. Biol. 206 : 327-343
  • McHenry, M.J. and J. Jed (2003) The scaling of hydrodynamics and swimming performance in jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). J. Exp. Biol. 206: 4125-4137.
  • McHenry, M.J. (2005). Swimming in ascidian larvae: morphology, behavior, performance and biomechanics. Can. J. Zool. 83: 62-74.
  • McHenry, M.J. and S.N. Patek (2005) The evolution of body shape and swimming performance in ascidian larvae. Evolution 58: 1209-1224.

Beth Okamura

  • Okamura, B. (1984) The effects of ambient flow velocity, colony size, and upstream colonies on the feeding success of Bryozoa. I. Bugula stolonifera Ryland, an arborescent species. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 83: 179-193
  • Okamura, B. (1985) The effects of ambient flow velocity, colony size, and upstream colonies on the feeding success of Bryozoa. II. Conopeum reticulum (Linnaeus), an encrusting species. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 89: 69-80
  • Okamura, B. (1986) Formation and disruption of aggregations of Mytilus edulis in the fouling community of San Francisco Bay, California. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 30: 275-282
  • Okamura, B. (1986) Group living and the effects of spatial position in aggregations of Mytilus edulis. Oecologia 69: 341-347

Dean Pentcheff

  • Pentcheff, N.D. (1991) Resistance to crushing from wave-bourne debris in the barnicle Balanus glandula. Marine Biology (Berlin) 110: 399-408

Kimberly Quillin

  • Quillin, K.J. (1998) Ontogenetic scaling of hydrostatic skeletons: Geometric, static stress and dynamic stress scaling of the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. J. Exp. Biol. 201: 1871-1883
  • Quillin, K.J. (1999) Kinematic scaling of locomotion by hydrostatic animals: Ontogenetic peristaltic crawling by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. J. Exp. Biol. 202: 661-674
  • Quillin, K.J. (2000) Ontogenetic scaling of burrowing forces in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. J. Exp. Biol. 203: 2757-2770
  • Koehl, M.A.R., K.J. Quillin, and C. Pell. (2000) Mechanical design of embryonic notochords. Am. Zool. 40: 28-41

Hannah Stewart

  • Stewart, H. L. (2004) Hydrodynamic consequences of maintaining an upright posture by different magnitudes of stiffness and buoyancy in the tropical alga Turbinaria ornata. Journal of Marine Systems 49: 157-167.
  • Stewart, H. L. (2006) Ontogenetic changes in tissue strength, buoyancy and reproductive investment in the tropical rafting macroalga Turbinaria ornata. Journal of Phycology 42: 43-50.
  • Stewart, H. L. (2006) Hydrodynamic consequences of flexural stiffness and buoyancy for seaweeds: a study using physical models. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 2170-2181.
  • Stewart, H. L. (2006) Morphological variation and phenotypic plasticity in buoyancy in response to flow in the macroalga Turbinaria ornata. Marine Biology 149: 721-730.
  • Stewart, H. L., C. E. Payri and M. A. R. Koehl. (2007) The role of buoyancy in mitigating reduced light interception for macroalgae in aggregations. Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology 343: 11-20.

Florence Thomas

  • Thomas, F.I.M. (1994) Physical properties of gametes in three sea urchin species. J. Exp. Biol. 194: 263-284
  • Thomas, F.I.M. (1994) Morphology and orientation of tube extensions in aggregations of the polychaete annelid Phragmatopoma californica. Mar. Biol. 119: 525-534
  • Thomas, F.I.M. (1994) Transport and mixing of gametes in three free-spawning polychaete annelids, Phragmatopoma californica (Fewkes), Sabellaria cementarium (Moore), and Schizobranchia insignis (Bush). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 179: 11-27

Michelangelo von Dassow

  • von Dassow, M. (2005) Effects of ambient flow and injury on the morphology of a fluid transport system in a bryozoan. Biol. Bull. 208: 47-59
  • von Dassow, M. (2005) Flow and conduit formation in the external fluid-transport system of a suspension feeder. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 2931-2938
  • von Dassow, M. (2006) Function-dependent development in a colonial animal. Biol. Bull. 211: 76-82

Bryce Wolcott

  • Koehl, M. A. R. and B. D. Wolcott (2004) Can function at the organismal level explain ecological patterns? Ecology 85: 1808-1810
  • Wolcott, B. D. (2007) Mechanical size limitation and life-history strategy of an intertidal seaweed. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 338: 1-10

Suzanne Worcester

  • Worcester, S.E. (1996) The scaling of the size and stiffness of primary flight feathers. Journal of Zoology (London) 239: 609-624
  • Worcester, S.E. (1995) Effects of eelgrass beds on advection and turbulent mixing in low current and low shoot density environments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 126: 223-232
  • Worcester, S.E. (1994) Adult rafting versus larval swimming: Dispersal and recruitment of a botryllid ascidian on eelgrass. Marine Biology (Berlin) 121: 309-317

Undergraduates

Jeff Goldman

  • Goldman, J.A. and M.A.R. Koehl (2001) Fluid dynamic design of lobster olfactory organs: High speed kinematic analysis of antennule flicking by Panulirus argus. Chem. Senses 26: 385-398.

Winnie Lau

  • Lau, W.Y. and M.M. Martinez (2003) Getting a grip on the intertidal: Flow microhabitat and substratum type determine the dislodgement of the crab Pachygrapsus crassipes (Randall) on rocky shores and in estuaries. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 295: 3097-3112

Julie Quan

  • Wolgemuth, C. W., Y. Inclan, J. Quan, G. Oster and M. A. R. Koehl (2005) How to make a spiral bacterium. Physical Biology 2: 189-199.

Jim Strother

  • McHenry, M.J. and J.A. Strother (2003) The kinematics of phototaxis in larvae of the ascidian Aplidium constellatum. Mar. Biol. 142: 173-184
  • McHenry, M.J., E. Azizi and J.A. Strother (2003) The hydrodynamics of locomotion at intermediate Reynolds numbers: Undulatory swimming in ascidian larvae (Botrylloides sp.). J. Exp. Biol. 206 : 327-343
  • Koehl, M. A. R., J. A. Strother, M. A. Reidenbach, J. R. Koseff and M. G. Hadfield. (2007) Individual-based model of larval transport to coral reefs in turbulent, wave-driven flow: behavioral responses to dissolved settlement inducer. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 335: 1-18