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. doi:10.1016/s0022-5193(87)80201-1
  • Cheer, A. Y. L. and M. A. R. Koehl (1987) Fluid flow through filtering appendages of insects. Math. Med. Biol. 4: 185-199. doi:10.1093/imammb/4.3.185

Kelly Dorgan

  • Dorgan, K. M. (2010) Environmental constraints on the mechanics of crawling and burrowing using hydrostatic skeletons. J. Exp. Mech. (special issue on locomotion). 50: 1373-1281. doi: 10.1007/s11340-010-9399-2
  • Che, J. and K. M. Dorgan (2010) It's tough to be small: Dependence of burrowing kinematics on body size. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 1241-1250. doi:10.1242/jeb.038661.
  • Che, J. and K. M. Dorgan (2010) Mechanics and kinematics of backward burrowing by the polychaete, Cirriformia moorei. J. Exp. Biol. 213 : 4272-4277. doi:10.1242/jeb.049320
  • Murphy, E. A. K. and K. M. Dorgan (2011) Burrow extension with a proboscis: Mechanics of burrowing by the glycerid, Hemipodus simplex. J. Exp. Biol. 214: 1017-1027. doi:10.1242/jeb.051227
  • Dorgan, K. M., S. Lefebvre, J. H. Stillman, and M. A. R. Koehl (2011) Energetics of burrowing by the cirratulid polychaete, Cirriformia moorei. J. Exp. Biol. 214: 2202-2214. doi:10.1242/jeb.054700

Richard Emlet

  • Emlet, R. B. (1988) Crystallographic axes of echinoid genital plates reflect larval form: Some phylogenetic implications. pp. 299-310. In: Paul, C. R. C. and A. B. Smith [eds.], Echinoderm Phylogeny and Evolutionary Biology. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  • Emlet, R. B. (1990) Flow fields around ciliated larvae: Effects of natural and artificial tethers. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 63: 211-225. doi:10.3354/meps063211

Barbara Gartner

  • Gartner, B. L. (1994) Root biomechanics and whole-plant allocation patterns: responses of tomato plants to stem flexure. J. Exp. Biol. 45: 1647-1654.
  • Gartner, B. L. (1995) Wind-shelters as safe sites for establishment of Lupinus arboreus, a coastal species. Madrono 42: 1-12.

Tom Hata

  • Koehl, M. A. R., E. Perotti, D. Sischo, T. Hata, M.G. Hadfield (2022) Effects of currents, waves, and biofilms on motion and surface contacts of tubeworm larvae swimming above or below surfaces. Marine Ecology Progress Series 686: 107–126. doi.org/10.3354/meps14001.
  • Chin, N.E., T.C. Wu, J.M. O'Toole, K. Xu, T. Hata, and M. A. R. Koehl (2023) Formation of multicellular colonies by choanoflagellates increases susceptibility to capture by amoeboid predators. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70, e12961. doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12961

Joel Kingsolver

  • Daniel, T. L. and J. G. Kingsolver (1983) Feeding strategy and the mechanics of blood sucking insects. J. Theor. Biol. 105: 661-677. doi:10.1016/0022-5193(83)90226-6
  • 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. doi:10.1007/bf00379523
  • Kingsolver, J. G. and M. A. R. Koehl (1985) Aerodynamics, thermoregulation, and the evolution of insect wings: differential scaling and evolutionary change. Evolution 39: 488-504. doi:10.2307/2408648
  • 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. doi:10.1139/z89-114
  • Kingsolver, J. G. and M. A. R. Koehl (1994) Selective factors in the evolution of insect wings. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 39: 425-451. doi:annurev.ento.39.1.425

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. doi:10.2307/1542828
  • 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. doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(99)00087-8
  • 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. doi:10.1007/s002850100111
  • Mead, K. S. and T. M. Weatherby (2002) The morphology of stomatopod chemosensory sensilla facilitates fluid sampling. Inv. Biol. 121: 148-157. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00055.x
  • Mead, K. S. (2002) From odor molecules to plume tracing: An interdisciplining, multilevel approach to olfaction in stomatopods. Integ. Comp. Biol. 42: 258-264. doi:10.1093/icb/42.2.258
  • Mead, K. S. (2002) Using lobster noses to inspire robot sensor design. Trends Biotechnol. 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. doi:10.1242/jeb.00063

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.

Dan Nicolau

  • Nicolau, D. V. Jr, J. P. Armitage, and P. K. Maini (2009) Directional persistence and the optimality of run-and-tumble chemotaxis. Comput. Biol. Chem. 33: 269-274. doi:10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2009.06.003
  • Nicolau, D. V. Jr, G. Kith, and A. Oshmyansky (2010) Evidence for a Simple Linear Relationship Between MRSA Rates and Handwashing Compliance. J. Hosp. Infect. 75: 140-141. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2009.11.015

Rachel Pepper

  • Roper, M., M. J. Dayel, R. E. Pepper, and M. A. R. Koehl (2013) Cooperatively generated stresslet flows supply fresh fluid to multicellular choanoflagellate colonies. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110: 228104. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.228104
  • Pepper, R., J. S. Jaffe, E. Variano, and M. A. R. Koehl (2015) Zooplankton in flowing water near benthic communities encounter rapidly fluctuating velocity gradients and accelerations. Mar. Biol. 162: 1939-1954. doi:10.1007/s00227-015-2713-x
  • Pepper, R. E., E. E. Riley, M. Baron, T. Hurot, L. T. Nielsen, M. A. R. Koehl, T. Kiørboe, A. Andersen (2021) The effect of external flow on the feeding currents of sessile microorganisms. J. Roy. Soc. Interface. 18: 20200953. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0953

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. doi:10.3354/meps335001
  • Koehl, M. A. R. and M. A. Reidenbach (2007) Swimming by microscopic organisms in ambient water flow. Exp. Fluids 43: 755-768. doi:10.1007/s00348-007-0371-6
  • Reidenbach, M. A., N. T. George, and M. A. R. Koehl (2008) Antennule morphology and flicking kinematics facilitate odor sampling by the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. J. Exp. Biol. 211: 2849-2858. doi:10.1242/jeb.016394
  • Reidenbach, M. A., J. R. Koseff, and M. A. R. Koehl (2009) Hydrodynamic forces on larvae affect their settlement on coral reefs in turbulent, wave driven flow. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 318-330. doi:10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0318
  • Koehl, M. A. R. and M. A. Reidenbach (2010) Swimming by microscopic organisms in ambient water flow. pp.117-130. In: G. Taylor, M. Triantafyllou, and C. Tropea [eds.], Animal Locomotion. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-11633-9_11
  • Reidenbach, M.A. and M.A.R. Koehl (2011) The spatial and temporal patterns of odors sampled by lobsters and crabs in a turbulent plume. J. Exp. Biol. 214: 3138-3153. doi:10.1242/jeb.057547
  • Waldrop L. D., M. A. Reidenbach, and M. A. R. Koehl (2015) Flexibility of crab chemosensory hairs enables flicking antennules to sniff. Biol. Bull. 229: 185-198.

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. doi:10.1007/bf00354630
  • 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. doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(96)02684-6

Grad Students

Clifford Baron

  • Baron, C. J. (1987) Do Stress Distributions Explain Patterns of Growth in Sea Urchins: A Finite Element Analysis. J. Biomech. 20: 887. doi:10.1016/0021-9290(87)90148-5
  • 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. pp. 471-488. In: E.C. Dudley [ed.], The Unity of Evolutionary Biology (Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology). Dioscorides Press, OR.

Nicholas Burnett

  • Burnett, N. P., K. A. Villarta, and G. A. Williams (2014) Rasping patterns of the high-shore limpet Cellana grata. J. Molluscan Stud. 80: 456-459. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu022
  • Burnett, N. P., and M. A. R. Koehl (2017) Pneumatocysts provide buoyancy with minimal effect on drag for kelp in wave-driven flow. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 497: 1-10.
  • Burnett, N. P. and M. A. R. Koehl. (2018) Knots and tangles weaken kelp fronds while increasing drag forces and epifauna on the kelp. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 508: 13 - 20.
  • Burnett, N.P and M.A.R. Koehl (2019) Growth rate and herbivore damage produce seasonal changes in the mechanical properties of the wave-swept kelp, Egregia menziesii. J. Exp. Biol. 222: doi:10.1242/jeb.190595
  • Burnett, N. P.and Koehl, M. A. R. (2020) Thallus pruning does not enhance survival or growth of a wave-swept kelp. Marine Biology 167: 52. doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-3663-5
  • Burnett, N. P. and M.A.R. Koehl (2021) Age affects the strain-rate dependence of mechanical properties of kelp tissues. American Journal of Botany 108: 769-776. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1662
  • Burnett, N. P. and M. A. R. Koehl (2022) Ecological biomechanics of damage to macroalgae. Frontiers in Plant Science 13:981904. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.981904

Sofia Chang

  • Muijres, F.T., S.W. Chang, W.G. vanVeen, J. Spitzen, B.T. Biemans, M. A. R. Koehl, R. Dudley (2017) Escaping blood-fed malaria mosquitoes minimize tactile detection without compromising on take-off speed. J. Exp. Biol. 220: 3751-3762. doi:10.1242/jeb.163402

Lance Davidson

  • 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.
  • 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. Dev. Biol. 209: 221-238. doi:10.1006/dbio.1999.9249

Tamira Elul

  • Elul, T., M. A. R. Koehl, and R. Keller (1997) Cellular mechanism underlying neural convergent extension in Xenopus laevis embryos. Dev. Biol. 191: 243-258. doi:10.1006/dbio.1997.8711
  • Elul, T. M., and R. E. Keller (1999) Patterns in morphogenic behaviors driving neural convergent extension in Xenopus laevis. Dev. Biol. 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. Dev. Biol. 224: 3-19. doi:10.1006/dbio.2000.9746

Mark Fonseca

  • Fonseca, M. S. (1996) Scale dependence in the study of seagrass systems. pp. 95-104. In: Kuo, J., R.C. Phillips, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman (eds.) Seagrass Biology: Proceedings of an International Workshop. Rottnest Island, W. Australia, 25-29 Jan. 1996. Faculty of Sciences, University of Western Australia.
  • Fonseca, M. S. (1996) The role of seagrasses in nearshore sedimentary processes: A review. pp. 261-286. In: Roman, C. and Nordstrom, K. (eds.) Estuarine Shores: Hydrological, Geomorphological and Ecological Interactions. Wiley, NY.
  • Fonseca, M. S., P. E. Whitfield, N. M. Kelly, and S .S. Bell (2002) Modeling seagrass landscape pattern and associated ecological attributes. Ecol. Appl. 12: 218-237. doi:10.2307/3061148
  • Fonseca, M.S. (2006) Flow in seagrass canopies: the influence of patch width. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 67: 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2005.09.018
  • Fonseca, M. S., M. A. R. Koehl, and B. S. Kopp (2007) Biomechanical factors contributing to self-organization in seagrass landscapes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 340: 227-246. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.09.015
  • Fonseca, M.S, J.W. Fourqurean, M.A.R. Koehl. (2019) Effect of seagrass on current speed: Importance of flexibility versus shoot density. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 376. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00376

Tom Hunter

  • Hunter, T. and S. Vogel (1986) Spinning embryos enhance diffusion through gelatinous egg masses. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 96: 303-308. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(86)90209-1
  • 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. doi:10.2307/1541887

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. doi:10.1007/bf00392961
  • Johnson, A. S. (1990) Flow around phoronids: Consequences of a neighbor to suspension feeders. Limnol. Oceanogr. 35: 1395-1401. doi:10.4319/lo.1990.35.6.1395
  • Dudgeon, S. R. and A. S. Johnson (1992) Thick vs. thin: thallus morphology and tissue mechanics influence differential drag and dislogement of two co-dominant seaweeds. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 165: 23-43. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(92)90287-k
  • Johnson, A. S. (1993) Sag-mediated tension in terebellid tentacles exposed to flow. Biol. Bull. 185: 10-19. doi:10.2307/1542126
  • 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. doi:10.1093/icb/36.6.619
  • 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. doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(03)00276-4

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. doi:10.1646/0006-3606(2003)035[0094:wutrfc]2.0.co;2

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. doi:10.1007/s00227-002-0929-z
  • 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. doi:10.1242/jeb.00069
  • McHenry, M. J. and J. Jed (2003) The ontogenetic scaling of hydrodynamics and swimming performance in jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). J. Exp. Biol. 206: 4125-4137. doi:10.1242/jeb.00649
  • McHenry, M. J. (2005) The morphology, behavior, and biomechanics of swimming in ascidian larvae. Can. J. Zool. 83: 62-74. doi:10.1139/z04-157
  • McHenry, M. J. and S. N. Patek (2005) The evolution of body shape and swimming performance in ascidian larvae. Evolution 58: 1209-1224. doi:10.1139/Z04-157

Yonatan Munk

  • Munk, Y. (2008) Kinematics of Swimming Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A: Mol. Integr. Physiol. 150: 131-135. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.003
  • Yanoviak, S. P., Y. Munk, M. Kaspari, and R. Dudley (2010) Aerial manoeuvrability in wingless gliding ants (Cephalotes atratus). Proc. R. Soc. 277: 2199-2204. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0170
  • Yanoviak, S. P., Y. Munk, and R. Dudley (2011) Evolution and Ecology of Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Ants. Integr. Comp. Biol. 51: 944-956. doi:10.1093/icb/icr006
  • Munk, Y., S. P. Yanoviak, M. A. R. Koehl, and R. Dudley (2015) The descent of ant: field-measured performance of gliding ants. J. Exp. Bio. 218: 1393-1401. doi: 10.1242/jeb.106914
  • Socha, J. J, F. Jafari, Y. Munk, and G. Byrnes (2015) How animals glide: from trajectory to morphology. Can. J. Zool. 93: 901-924. doi:10.1139/cjz-2014-0013

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. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(84)90044-3
  • 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. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(85)90082-6
  • 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. doi:10.3354/meps030275
  • Okamura, B. (1986) Group living and the effects of spatial position in aggregations of Mytilus edulis. Oecologia 69: 341-347. doi:10.1007/bf00377054

Dean Pentcheff

  • Pentcheff, N. D. (1991) Resistance to crushing from wave-bourne debris in the barnicle Balanus glandula. Mar. Biol. (Berlin) 110: 399-408. doi:10.1007/BF01344359

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. A. Pell (2000) Mechanical design of fiber-wound hydraulic skeletons: the stiffening and straightening of embryonic notochords. Amer. Zool. 40: 28-41. doi:10.1093/icb/40.1.28

Eve Robinson

  • Robinson, H. E., Finelli, C. M., and Koehl, M. A. R. (2013) Interactions between benthic predators and zooplankton prey are affected by turbulent waves. Integr. Comp. Biol. 53: 810-820. doi:10.1093/icb/ict092

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. J. Marine Syst. 49: 157-167. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.05.007
  • Stewart, H. L. (2006) Ontogenetic changes in tissue strength, buoyancy and reproductive investment in the tropical rafting macroalga Turbinaria ornata. J. Phycol. 42: 43-50. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00184.x
  • Stewart, H. L. (2006) Hydrodynamic consequences of flexural stiffness and buoyancy for seaweeds: A study using physical models. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 2170-2181. doi:10.1242/jeb.02254
  • Stewart, H. L. (2006) Morphological variation and phenotypic plasticity in buoyancy in response to flow in the macroalga Turbinaria ornata. Mar. Biol. 149: 721-730. doi:10.1007/s00227-005-0186-z
  • 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. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 343: 11-20. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.031

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. doi:10.1007/bf00354314
  • 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. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(94)90014-0

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. doi:10.2307/3593100
  • von Dassow, M. (2005) Flow and conduit formation in the external fluid-transport system of a suspension feeder. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 2931-2938. doi:10.1242/jeb.01738
  • von Dassow, M. (2006) Function-dependent development in a colonial animal. Biol. Bull. 211: 76-82. doi:10.2307/4134580

Lindsay Waldrop

  • Waldrop, L. D. (2013) Ontogenetic scaling of the olfactory antennae and flicking behavior of the shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis. Chem. Senses 38: 541-550. doi:10.1093/chemse/bjt024
  • Waldrop, L. D., R. M. Bantay, and Q. V. Nguyen (2014) Scaling of olfactory antennae of the terrestrial hermit crabs Coenobita rugosus and Coenobita perlatus during ontogeny. PeerJ 2: e535. doi:10.7717/peerj.535
  • Waldrop, L. D., M. Hann, A. K. Henry, A. Kim, A. Punjabi, M. A. R. Koehl (2015) Ontogenetic changes in the olfactory antennules of the shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis, maintain sniffing function during growth. J. Roy. Soc. Interface. 12:20141077. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.1077.
  • Waldrop, L. D., M. Hann, A. Henry, A. Kim, A. Punjabi, and M. A. R. Koehl (2010) Discrete odor sampling by the Oregon shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis, during ontogeny. Integr. Comp. Biol. 50: E184.
  • Waldrop, L. D., M. A. Reidenbach, and M. A. R. Koehl (2015) Flexibility of crab chemosensory hairs enables flicking antennules to sniff. Biol. Bull. 229: 185-198.
  • Waldrop, L. D. and M. A. R and Koehl (2016) Do terrestrial hermit crabs sniff? Air flow and odorant capture by flicking antennules. J. R. Soc. Interface 13: 20150850. doi:10.1098/rsif.2015.0850

Bryce Wolcott

  • Wolcott B. D. and B. Gaylord (2002) Flow induced energetic bounds to growth in an intertidal sea anemone. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 245: 101-109. doi:10.3354/meps245101
  • Koehl, M. A. R. and B. D. Wolcott (2004) Can function at the organismal level explain ecological patterns? Ecology 85: 1808-1810. doi:10.1890/03-0756
  • Wolcott, B. D. (2007) Mechanical size limitation and life-history strategy of an intertidal seaweed. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 338: 1-10. doi:10.3354/meps338001

Suzanne Worcester

  • Worcester, S. E. (1994) Adult rafting versus larval swimming: Dispersal and recruitment of a botryllid ascidian on eelgrass. Mar. Biol. (Berlin) 121: 309-317. doi:10.1007/bf00346739
  • 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. doi:10.3354/meps126223
  • Worcester, S. E. (1996) The scaling of the size and stiffness of primary flight feathers. J. Zool. (London) 239: 609-624. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05947.x

Undergraduates

Manny Azizi

  • 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. doi:10.1242/jeb.00069

James Che

  • Che, J. and K. M. Dorgan (2010) It's tough to be small: Dependence of burrowing kinematics on body size. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 1241-1250. doi:10.1242/jeb.038661
  • Che, J. and K. M. Dorgan (2010) Mechanics and kinematics of backward burrowing by the polychaete, Cirriformia moorei. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 4272-4277. doi:10.1242/jeb.049320

Nicole Chin

  • Chin, N.E., T.C. Wu, J.M. O'Toole, K. Xu, T. Hata, and M. A. R. Koehl (2023) Formation of multicellular colonies by choanoflagellates increases susceptibility to capture by amoeboid predators. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70, e12961. doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12961

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. doi:10.1093/chemse/26.4.385

Noama Iftekhar

  • Kumler, W.E., J. Jorge, P.M. Kim, N. Iftekhara, M. A. R. Koehl (2020) Does formation of multicellular colonies by choanoflagellates affect their susceptibility to capture by passive protozoan predators? Eukaryotic Microbiology 67: 555-565. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12808

Justin Jorge

  • Kumler, W.E., J. Jorge, P.M. Kim, N. Iftekhara, M. A. R. Koehl (2020) Does formation of multicellular colonies by choanoflagellates affect their susceptibility to capture by passive protozoan predators? Eukaryotic Microbiology 67: 555-565. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12808

William Kumler

  • Kumler, W.E., J. Jorge, P.M. Kim, N. Iftekhara, M. A. R. Koehl (2020) Does formation of multicellular colonies by choanoflagellates affect their susceptibility to capture by passive protozoan predators? Eukaryotic Microbiology 67: 555-565. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12808

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. doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(03)00276-4

Elizabeth Murphy

  • Murphy, E. A. K. and K. M. Dorgan. (2011) Burrow extension with a proboscis: Mechanics of burrowing by the glycerid, Hemipodus simplex. J. Exp. Biol. 214: 1017-1027. doi:10.1242/jeb.051227

Julie Quan

  • Wolgemuth, C. W., Y. Inclan, J. Quan, G. Oster, and M. A. R. Koehl (2005) How to make a spiral bacterium. Phys. Biol. 2: 189-199. doi:10.1088/1478-3975/2/3/006.

Tiffany Wu

  • Chin, N.E., T.C. Wu, J.M. O'Toole, K. Xu, T. Hata, and M. A. R. Koehl (2023) Formation of multicellular colonies by choanoflagellates increases susceptibility to capture by amoeboid predators. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70, e12961. doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12961

Kevin Xu

  • Chin, N.E., T.C. Wu, J.M. O'Toole, K. Xu, T. Hata, and M. A. R. Koehl (2023) Formation of multicellular colonies by choanoflagellates increases susceptibility to capture by amoeboid predators. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70, e12961. doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12961

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. doi:10.1007/s00227-002-0929-z
  • 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. doi:10.1242/jeb.00069
  • Long, J. H., A. C. Lammert, C. A. Pell, M. Kemp, J. Strother, H. C. Crenshaw, and M. J. McHenry. (2004) A navigational primitive: biorobotic implementation of cycloptic helical klinotaxis in planar motion. IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 29: 795-806. doi:10.1109/joe.2004.833233
  • 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. doi:10.3354/meps335001