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2025

Irvine, T., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., Sutherland, K. R., Corrales-Ugalde, M., Townsend, J. P., & Colin, S. P. (2025). Ctenophores are a highly impactful predatory guild in open oceanic ecosystems. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.029

Damian-Serrano, A., Walton, K. A., Bishop-Perdue, A., Bagoye, S., Du Clos, K. T., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., & Sutherland, K. R. (2024). Colonial Architecture Modulates the Speed and Efficiency of Multi-Jet Swimming in Salp Colonies. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.18.590155

Muir, E. J., Gemmell, B. J., & Kramer, A. M. (2025). Captive rearing reduces the sensitivity of acartia tonsa copepods to predator cues. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 584, 152091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2025.152091

Child, T., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., Sutherland, K. R., & Colin, S. P. (2024). High prey capture efficiencies of oceanic epipelagic lobate and cestid ctenophores. Journal of Plankton Research, 47(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae044

Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., & Costello, J. H. (2025). Movement ecology of gelatinous zooplankton: Approaches, challenges and Future Directions. Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(Suppl_1). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247987

2024

Tack, N. B., Oliveira Santos, S., Gemmell, B. J., & Wilhelmus, M. M. (2024). Ups and downs: Copepods reverse the near-body flow to cruise in the water column. Marine Biology, 171(11). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04531-1

Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., & Costello, J. H. (2024). Hydromechanical properties of metachronal swimming in Polychaetes. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70999-y

Irvine, T., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., Sutherland, K. R., & Colin, S. P. (2024). Impactful Feeding Ecology of a Predatory Guild of Oceanic Jellies. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.19.608650

Wainwright, D. K., Lauder, G. V., & Gemmell, B. J. (2024). Hydrodynamic function of the slimy and scaly surfaces of teleost fishes. Integrative And Comparative Biology, 64(2), 480–495. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae066

Sutherland, K. R., Damian-Serrano, A., Du Clos, K. T., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., & Costello, J. H. (2024). Spinning and corkscrewing of oceanic macroplankton revealed through in situ imaging. Science Advances, 10(20). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adm9511

Du Clos, K. T., & Gemmell, B. J. (2024). Does the settling column method underestimate phytoplankton sinking speeds? Royal Society Open Science, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231455

Costello, J H, Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B. J., Dabiri, J. O., & Kanso, E. A. (2024). Turning kinematics of the SCYPHOMEDUSA Aurelia aurita. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 19(2), 026005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ad1db8

Tack, N. B., Du Clos, K. T., & Gemmell, B. J. (2024). Fish can use coordinated fin motions to recapture their own Vortex wake energy. Royal Society Open Science, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231265

2023

Hiebert, T. C., Gemmell, B. J., von Dassow, G., Conley, K. R., & Sutherland, K. R. (2023). The hydrodynamics and kinematics of the appendicularian tail underpin peristaltic pumping. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 20(208). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0404

Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B. J., Dabiri, J. O., & Kanso, E. A. (2023). A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the Animal Kingdom. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(11). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245346

Durieux, D. M., Scrogham, G. D., Fender, C., Lewis, D. B., Deban, S. M., & Gemmell, B. J. (2023). Benthic jellyfish act as suction pumps to facilitate release of interstitial porewater. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30101-4

Potter, B., Corrales-Ugalde, M., Townsend, J. P., Colin, S. P., Sutherland, K. R., Costello, J. H., Collins, R., & Gemmell, B. J. (2023). Quantifying the feeding behavior and trophic impact of a widespread oceanic ctenophore. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27955-z

2022

Du Clos, K. T., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Dabiri, J. O., & Sutherland, K. R. (2022). Distributed propulsion enables fast and efficient swimming modes in physonect siphonophores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(49). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2202494119

Cordeiro, M., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., Sutherland, K. R., & Colin, S. P. (2022). Oceanic lobate ctenophores possess feeding mechanics similar to the impactful coastal species mnemiopsis leidyi. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(12), 2706–2717. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12232

Tack, N. B., & Gemmell, B. J. (2022). A tale of two fish tails: Does a forked tail really perform better than a truncate tail when cruising? Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(22). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244967

Durieux, D. M., & Gemmell, B. J. (2022). Aggregation and Defence. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.25.513673

Colin, S.P., Gemmell, B.J., Costello, J.H., & Sutherland, K.R.R. In situ high-speed brightfield imaging for studies of aquatic organisms. Protocolsio, (). Retrieved from https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10354278. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.kxygxz4ykv8j/v2

2021

Byron, M. L., Murphy, D. W., Katija, K., Hoover, A. P., Daniels, J., Garayev, K., Takagi, D., Kanso, E., Gemmell, B. J., Ruszczyk, M., & Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Metachronal motion across scales: Current challenges and Future Directions. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(5), 1674–1688. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab105

Fies, J., Gemmell, B. J., Fogerson, S. M., Costello, J. H., Morgan, J. R., Tytell, E. D., & Colin, S. P. 2021. Swimming kinematics and performance of spinal transected lampreys with different levels of axon regeneration. Journal of Experimental Biology.

Durieux, D. M., Du Clos, K. T., Lewis, D. B., & Gemmell, B. J. 2021. Benthic jellyfish dominate water mixing in mangrove ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(30). doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025715118

Gemmell, B. J., Dabiri, J. O., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Townsend, J. P., & Sutherland, K. R. 2021. Cool your jets: biological jet propulsion in marine invertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(12), jeb222083. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.222083

Xu, N. W., Townsend, J. P., Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B. J., & Dabiri, J. O. 2021. Developing Biohybrid Robotic Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) for Free-swimming Tests in the Laboratory and in the Field. Bio-protocol, 11(7), e3974-e3974. doi: https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3974

Hoover, A. P., Xu, N. W., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Dabiri, J. O., & Miller, L. A. 2021. Neuromechanical wave resonance in jellyfish swimming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(11). doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020025118

Tack, N. B., Du Clos, K. T., & Gemmell, B. J. 2021. Anguilliform Locomotion across a Natural Range of Swimming Speeds. Fluids, 6(3), 127. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6030127

Du Clos, K. T., Karp‐Boss, L., & Gemmell, B. J. 2021. Diatoms rapidly alter sinking behavior in response to changing nutrient concentrations. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(3), 892-900. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11649

Gemmell, B. J., Du Clos, K. T., Colin, S. P., Sutherland, K. R., & Costello, J. H. 2021. The most efficient metazoan swimmer creates a ‘virtual wall’ to enhance performance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1942), 20202494. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2494

Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Dabiri, J. O., Gemmell, B. J., Lucas, K. N., & Sutherland, K. R. 2021. The hydrodynamics of jellyfish swimming. Annual Review of Marine Science, 13, 375-396. doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-031120-091442

2020

Xu, N. W., Townsend, J. P., Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B. J., & Dabiri, J. O. 2020. Field testing of biohybrid robotic jellyfish to demonstrate enhanced swimming speeds. Biomimetics, 5(4), 64. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics5040064

Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Sutherland, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Dabiri, J. O., & Du Clos, K. T. 2020. The role of suction thrust in the metachronal paddles of swimming invertebrates. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74745-y

Garcia, S. M., Du Clos, K. T., Hawkins, O. H., & Gemmell, B. J. 2020. Sublethal effects of crude oil and chemical dispersants on multiple life history stages of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(10), 808. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8100808

Goebel, W. L. H., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., & Sutherland, K. R. (2020). Scaling of ctenes and consequences for swimming performance in the ctenophore Pleurobrachia bachei. Invertebrate Biology, 139(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12297

Dabiri, J. O., Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B. J., Lucas, K. N., Leftwich, M. C., & Costello, J. H. 2020. Jellyfish and fish solve the challenges of turning dynamics similarly to achieve high maneuverability. Fluids, 5(3), 106. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5030106

Nguyen, K. H., Gemmell, B. J., & Rohr, J. R. 2020. Effects of temperature and viscosity on miracidial and cercarial movement of Schistosoma mansoni: ramifications for disease transmission. International journal for parasitology, 50(2), 153-159. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.12.003

2019

Du Clos, K. T., Dabiri, J. O., Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Morgan, J. R., Fogerson, S. M., & Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Thrust generation during steady swimming and acceleration from rest in anguilliform swimmers. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(22), jeb212464. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.212464

Sutherland, K.R., Gemmell, B.J., Colin, S.P., Costello, J.H. 2019. Maneuvering performance in the colonial siphonophore, Nanomia bijuga. Biomimetics, 4(3), 62. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics4030062

Costello, J.H., Colin, S.P., Gemmell, B.J., Dabiri, J.O. 2019. Hydrodynamics of vortex generation during bell contraction by the hydromedusa Eutonina indicans (Romanes, 1876). Biomimetics, 4(3), 44. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics4030044

Du Clos, K. T., Karp-Boss, L.,Villareal, T. A., Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Coscinodiscus wailesii mutes unsteady sinking in dark conditions. Biol. Lett.15(3), 20180816. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0816

Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Sutherland, K. R. 2019. A ctenophore (comb jelly) employs vortex rebound dynamics and outperforms other gelatinous swimmers. R. Soc.open sci., 6(3), 181615. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.18161

Sutherland, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H. 2019. Propulsive design principles in a multi-jet siphonophore. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(6), jeb198242. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/465245

2018

Du Clos, K. T., Lang, A., Devey, S., Motta, P. J., Habegger, M. L., Gemmell, B. J. 2018. Passive bristling of mako shark scales in reversing flows. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15(147), 20180473. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.20180473

Gemmell, B. J., Bacosa, H. P., Dickey, B. O., Gemmell, C. G., Alqasemi, L. R., Buskey, E. J. 2018. Rapid alterations to marine microbiota communities following an oil spill. Ecotoxicology, 27(5), 505-516. doi: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7M043RM

Conley, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Bouquet, J.-M., Thompson, E. M., Sutherland, K. R. 2018. A self-cleaning biological filter: How appendicularians mechanically control particle adhesion and removal. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(2), 927-938. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10680

Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H. 2018. Widespread utilization of passive energy recapture in swimming medusae. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(1), jeb168575. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.168575

Jaspers, C., Costello, J. H., Sutherland, K. R., Gemmell, B., Lucas, K. N., Tackett, J., Dodge, K., Colin, S. P. 2018. Resilience in moving water: Effects of turbulence on the predatory impact of the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis Ieidyi. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(1), 445-458. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10642

2016

Gemmell, B. J., Fogerson, S. M., Costello, J. H., Morgan, J. R., Dabiri, J. O., Colin, S. P. 2016. How the bending kinematics of swimming lampreys build negative pressure fields for suction thrust. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219: 3884-3895; doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.144642

Gemmell, B. J., Oh, G., Villareal, T. Buskey, E. J. 2016. Dynamic sinking behavior in marine phytoplankton: rapid changes in buoyancy may aid in nutrient uptake. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1126

Sutherland, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H. 2016. Prey capture by the cosmopolitan hydromedusae, Obelia spp., in the viscous regime. Limnology and Oceanography. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10390

2015

Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., & Dabiri, J. O. 2015. Suction-based propulsion as a basis for efficient animal swimming. Nature communications, 6 (8790). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9790

Kim, S. J., Hasanyan, J., Gemmell, B. J., Lee, S., & Jung, S. 2015. Dynamic criteria of plankton jumping out of water. J. R. Soc. Interface. 12 (111), 20150582. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0582

Lucas, K. N., Thornycroft, P. J., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., & Lauder, G. V. 2015. Effects of non-uniform stiffness on the swimming performance of a passively-flexing, fish-like foil model. Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 10 (5), 056019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/10/5/056019

Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B. J., Dabiri, J. O., Sutherland, K., 2015. Multi-jet propulsion organized by clonal development in a colonial siphonophore. Nature Comm. 6 (8158). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9158

Adhikari, D., Gemmell, B. J., Hallberg, M. P., Longmire, E. K., & Buskey, E. J. 2015. Simultaneous measurement of 3D zooplankton trajectories and surrounding fluid velocity field in complex flows. J. Exp. Biol. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.121707

Gemmell, B. J., Jiang, H., Strickler. J. R and Buskey E. J. 2015. A tail of the ciliate tail: investigation into this subcellular structure. Proc. R. Soc. B. 282 (1812). doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0770

Gemmell, B. J., Troolin, D., Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Satterlie, R. A. 2015. Control of Vortex Rings for Maneuverability. J. R. Soc. Interface. 12 (108). doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0389

2014

Colin, S. P., *MacPherson, R., Gemmell, B. J., Costello, J. H., Sutherland, K., Jaspers, C. 2014. Elevating the impact: Sensory-scanning foraging strategy by the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. Limnol. Oceanogr. 60 (1): 100–109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10007

Gemmell, B. J., Jiang, H., Buskey, E. J. 2014. A new approach to micro-scale particle image velocimetry (μPIV) for quantifying flows around free-swimming zooplankton. J. Plankton Res. 36 (5). doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu067

Gemmell, B. J., Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P. 2014. Vortex enhancement mechanisms that contribute to energetically efficient propulsion. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 7 (1). e29014 doi: https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.29014

*Lucas, K. N., *Johnson, N., *Cathcart, E., *Tirrell, G., Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B. J., John O. Dabiri, J. O., Priya, S., Costello, J. H. 2014. Bending rules for animal propulsion. Nature Comm. 5 (3293). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4293

Gemmell, B. J., Adhikari, D., Longmire, E. K. 2014. Volumetric quantification of flow reveals fish’s use of hydrodynamic stealth to capture evasive prey. J. R. Soc. Interface. 11 (90). doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0880.

2013

Gemmell, B. J., Sheng, J., Buskey, E. J. 2013. Morphology of seahorse head hydrodynamically aids in capture of evasive prey. Nature Comm. 4 (2840). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3840.

Dabiri, J. O., Bose S., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H. 2013. An algorithm to estimate unsteady and quasi-steady pressure fields from velocity field measurements. J. Exp. Biol. 217. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.092767.

Gemmell, B. J., Costello, J. H., Colin, S. P., Stewart, C. J., Dabiri, J. O., Tafti, D., Priya, S. 2013. Passive energy recapture in jellyfish contributes to propulsive advantage over other metazoans. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1306983110.

Gemmell, B. J., Sheng, J. and Buskey, E. J. 2013. A compensatory escape mechanism at low Reynolds number. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 110 (10): 4661-4666. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1212148110.

2012

Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H, Dabiri, J. O., Villanueva, A., Blottman, J. B., Gemmell, B. J., Priya, S. 2012. Biomimetic and live medusae reveal the mechanistic advantages of a flexible bell margin. PLoS ONE. 7 (11): e48909. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048909

Gemmell, B. J., Jiang, H., Strickler, J. R., Buskey, E. J. 2012. Plankton reach new heights in effort to avoid predators. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279 (1739): 2786-2792. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0163

2011

Gemmell, B. J. and Buskey E. J. 2011. The transition from nauplius to copepodite: susceptibility of developing copepods to fish predators. J. Plankton Res. 33 (11): 1773-1777. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr066

2009

Munguia, P., Ojanguren, A.F., Evans, A.N., Gemmell, B.J., Ryckman, L., Cook, C., Hensgen, G. 2009. Is facilitations a true species interaction? The Open Ecology Journal. 2, 83-85. doi: https://doi.org/10.2174/18742130

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Selected Conference Proceedings:

Du Clos, K., Karp-Boss, L., Gemmell, B., Wheeler, G. L., & Keys, M. 2024. Modeling Diatom Density Changes Associated with Unsteady Sinking. In 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Gemmell, B., Colin, S., Costello, J., & Buskey, E. J. 2024. Exploring mechanisms for high-speed swimming in the box jellyfish, Alatina alata. In 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Rodgers, J., Amini, L., McGuire, C., Costello, J., Colin, S., & Gemmell, B. 2024. Fast-Start Maneuvering Performance in Reef Fishes using In Situ, 3D High Speed video. In 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Leftwich, M., Costello, J., Kanso, E., Colin, S., Gemmell, B., & Borruso, S. 2024,. The bigger you are, the slower you go. In 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Colin, S., Hope, R., Huntley, C., Costello, J., Katija, K., Daniels, J., ... & Sutherland, K. 2024. Swimming kinematics and hydrodynamics of prayiid siphonophores. In 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Irvine, T., Gemmell, B., Costello, J., Sutherland, K., & Colin, S. 2024. Trends in Feeding Habits of Epipelagic Ctenophores using a Non-Intrusive In Situ Observational Approach. In 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Wainwright, D., Lauder, G., & Gemmell, B. 2024. The slimy & scaly surfaces of teleost fishes: hydrodynamic function. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 64, pp. S537-S537). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Webster, D. R., & Gemmell, B. 2018. Ecological Fluid Mechanics: Interactions among organisms and their fluid environment II. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting. https://www.agu.confex.com/agu/os18/meetingapp.cgi/Session/37871

Scriven, V., Katija, K., Daniels, J., & Gemmell, B. 2023. Predatory Impact Assessment of the Oceanic Ctenophore; Bolinopsis Infundibulum, in Monterey Bay, California. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 62, pp. S282-S282). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Costello, J., Colin, S., Gemmell, B., Dabiri, J., & Kanso, E. 2023. Turning kinematics of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 63, pp. S95-S95). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Gemmell, B., Colin, S., & Costello, J. 2023,. Hydromechanical Properties of Metachronal Swimming in Polychaetes. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 63, pp. S157-S157). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Grossweiner, A., Townsend, J., Gemmell, B., Colin, S., Costello, J., & Sutherland, K. 2023. Morphometric and kinematic variability underpin swimming performance among three ctenophore orders. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 63, pp. S176-S177). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Colin, S., Katija, K., Daniels, J., Costello, J., Strock, S., Sutherland, K., & Gemmell, B. 2023. Behavioral time-series and swimming kinematics of mesopelagic siphonophore jellyfish. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 63, pp. S90-S90). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Sutherland, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Dabiri, J. O., & DuClos, K. 2021. The role of suction thrust in the metachronal paddles of swimming invertebrates. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 61, pp. E154-E154). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Gemmell, B. J., Hawkins, O., Colin, S., Sutherland, K., & Costello, J. 2021. Propulsion and predation in a uniquely shaped oceanic ctenophore. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 61, pp. E305-E305). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Potter, B., Corrales-Ugalde, M., Townsend, J. P., Colin, S. P., Sutherland, K. R., Costello, J. H., & Gemmell, B. J. 2021. Ubiquitous yet inconspicuous: quantifying trophic impact of a widespread oceanic comb jelly (Ctenophore). In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 61, pp. E1228-E1229). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Webster, D. 2020, February. Ecological Fluid Mechanics-Interactions among Organisms and their Fluid Environment. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Leftwich, M., Lederer, E., Dabiri, J., Gemmell, B., Colin, S., & Costello, J. 2020,. A Proposed Fluid Mechanical Basis for Anterior Propulsor Placement. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Sutherland, K., Gemmell, B., Colin, S., & Costello, J. 2020. Hydrodynamics of Swimming and Maneuvering with Multiple Jets by a Colonial Siphonophore. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Costello, J., Dabiri, J., Colin, S., Gemmell, B., Lucas, K., & Leftwich, M. 2020. Primitive and modern swimmers solve the challenges of turning similarly to achieve high maneuverability. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Du Clos, K., Karp-Boss, L., Villareal, T. A., & Gemmell, B. 2020. Dynamic Unsteady Sinking Behavior in Marine Diatoms: Rapid Responses to Changing Nutrient Conditions. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Tack, N. B., Du Clos, K., Gemmell, B., & Bhutta, A. 2020. What’s Lost Is Found: Wake Energy From Pectoral Fins Can Be Recaptured By Caudal Fin During Fish Swimming. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Colin, S., Costello, J., Gemmell, B., Sutherland, K., & Dabiri, J. 2020. Hydrodynamics of metachronal propulsors in aquatic swimmers. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Durieux, D. M., Du Clos, K., & Gemmell, B. 2020. Benthic jellyfish facilitate the release of sediment pore water in coastal mangrove habitats. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Colin, S., Costello, J., Gemmell, B., Sutherland, K., & Dabiri, J. 2020. Hydrodynamics of metachronal propulsors in aquatic swimmers. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Sutherland, K., Gemmell, B., Colin, S., & Costello, J. 2020. Hydrodynamics of Swimming and Maneuvering with Multiple Jets by a Colonial Siphonophore. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Leftwich, M., Lederer, E., Dabiri, J., Gemmell, B., Colin, S., & Costello, J. 2020. A Proposed Fluid Mechanical Basis for Anterior Propulsor Placement. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.

Buskey, E. J., Cosgrove, S., Gemmell, B., & Almeda, R. 2019. Effects of Dispersed Oil on Marine Plankton and Planktonic Food Webs in the Gulf of Mexico. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2019, pp. OS21D-1761).

Nguyen, K. H., Rohr, J. R., & Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Examining the effects of temperature and viscosity on miracidial and cercarial movement of Schistosoma mansoni. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E168-E168). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Tack, N. B., Du Clos, K. T., & Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Exploring the Benefits and Limitations of Eel-like Swimming. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E226-E226). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Du Clos, K. T., Lang, A., Devey, S., Motta, P. J., Habegger, M. L., & Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Flexible scales of the mako shark respond to drag inducing small-scale flow features. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E58-E58). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Hawkins, O., Tack, N., Du Clos, K., & Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Does the wing-like shape of an oceanic plankton predator provide hydrodynamic camouflage?. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E332-E332). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Durieux, D. M., Du Clos, K. T., & Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Aggregation and Benthic Locomotion in Upside-down Jellyfish: Impacts on Feeding and Defense. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E60-E60). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., & Sutherland, K. R. 2019. Bouncing off the (non-existent) walls: Using the vortex rebound phenomenon to outswim your peers. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E80-E80). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Lang, A., Santos, L., Bonacci, A., Motta, P., Habegger, M., Du Clos, K., Gemmell, B., & Devey, S. 2019. Experimental Evidence of Passive separation Control by Shortfin Mako Shark Scale Bristling. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2019. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR19/Session/A48.4

Hawkins, O., Tack, N., Du Clos, K., & Gemmell, B. J. 2019. Does the wing-like shape of an oceanic plankton predator provide hydrodynamic camouflage? In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E332-E332). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Gemmell, B.J., Colin, S.P., Costello, J.H., Sutherland, K.R. 2019. Bouncing off the (non-existent) walls: Using the vortex rebound phenomenon to outswim your peers. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 59, pp. E80-E80). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Colin, S., Costello, J., Lucas, K., Gemmell, B. 2018. Turning on a dime: Kinematics and hydrodynamics of maneuvering in medusa. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Durieux, D.M., Du Clos, K., Gemmell, B. 2018. The Contribution of Benthic Jellyfish to Mixing in Shallow Tropical Ecosystems. In 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Tack, N.B., Du Clos, K., Gemmell, B. 2018. Why Don’t All Fish Swim Like Eels? The Benefits and Tradeoffs Anguilliform Locomotion. In 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Sutherland, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., & Costello, J. H. 2018. Individual zooid kinematics underlying agility and maneuverability in the siphonophore Nanomia bijuga. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 58, pp. E226-E226). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

Du Clos, K., Dabiri, J., Gemmell, B. 2018. The Pressure’s On, Then Off: Sea Lampreys Rapidly Switch from Push to Pull Thrust When Accelerating from Rest. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

B.J. Gemmell, K. Sutherland, K. Conley, J.M. Bouquet, E. Thompson. 2017. Nature's Peristaltic Pump: Quantification of Flow around the Undulating Tail of Appendicularians. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 57, pp. E270-E270). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Lang, A., Gemmell, B., Motta, P., Habegger, L., Du Clos, K., Devey, S., Stanley, C., & Santos, L. (2017). Reversing flow causes passive shark scale actuation in a separating turbulent boundary layer. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. http://absimage.aps.org/image/DFD17/MWS_DFD17-2017-002145.pdf

Sutherland, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., & Costello, J. H. 2016. Predation by the hydromedusa Obelia: it's a sticky problem. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 56, pp. E216-E216). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Costello, J., Colin, S., Sutherland, K., & Gemmell, B. J. (2016). Turning mechanics during swimming by Oblate Hydromedusae. In American Geophysical Union eBooks (Vol. 2016). https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AGUOSME24B0713C/abstract

Gemmell, B., Oh, G., Buskey, E. J., & Villareal, T. A. (2016). Dynamic sinking behavior in diatoms: Rapid changes in sinking rates may aid in nutrient uptake. In American Geophysical Union eBooks (Vol. 2016). https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AGUOSME21A..01G/abstract

Sutherland, K., Conley, K. R., Gemmell, B. J., Thompson, E., & Bouquet, J. M. (2016). Quantitative Analysis of Flow through Free-swimming Appendicularians. AGUOS, 2016. http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AGUOSME21A..04S/abstract

Jiang, H., Gemmell, B., & Buskey, E. (2015). The fluid dynamics of the ciliate \textit{Pseudotontonia} sp. jumping by “‘tail’” contraction. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. http://absimage.aps.org/image/DFD15/MWS_DFD15-2015-000310.pdf

Colin, S., Gemmell, B., Costello, J., Morgan, J., & Dabiri, J. (2015). Efficient swimmers use bending kinematics to generate low pressure regions for suction-based swimming thrust. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. http://absimage.aps.org/image/DFD15/MWS_DFD15-2015-003373.pdf

Lucas, K. N., Thornycroft, P. J. M., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., & Lauder, G. (2015, April). Effects non-uniform stiffness on the swimming performance of a passively-flexing flapping foil model. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 55, pp. E115-E115). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Garcia, S. M., Gemmell, B. J., & Buskey, E. J. (2015, April). Sublethal Effects of Crude Oil and Chemical Dispersants on Swimming Behavior of Barnacle Nauplii. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 55, pp. E260-E260). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Gemmell, B. J., & Buskey, E. J. (2015, April). New approach to small-scale PIV reveals secrets to the powerful escape swimming of the copepod. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 55, pp. E64-E64). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Macpherson, R. S., Colin, S. P., Gemmell, B., & Costello, J. 2014. 3D Particle Tracking to Analyze Predator-Prey Interactions in Mnemiopsis leidyi. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 54, pp. E309-E309). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Adhikari, D., Hallberg, M., Gemmell, B., Longmire, E., & Buskey, E. 2012. Applying IR Tomo PIV and 3D Organism Tracking to Study Turbulence Effects on Oceanic Predator-Prey Interactions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. http://absimage.aps.org/image/DFD12/MWS_DFD12-2012-002447.pdf

Adhikari, D., Longmire, E. K. and Gemmell, B. J. 2012. Infrared tomographic PIV measurement of aquatic predator-prey interaction. 16th Int. Symp. on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics.

Knight, K., Carr, C. E., Peña, J. L., Roche, D. G., Careau, V., Binning, S. A., ... & Perry, S. F. (2011). INSIDE JEB. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214(2), I-IV.

Gemmell, B., Buskey, E., & Sheng, J. 2009. Experimental Investigation of 3-D flow fields around the mouth of the Dwarf Seahorse during attacks on planktonic prey. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 62. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD09/Session/BE.4

Gemmell, B., Sheng, J., & Buskey, E. 2009. Escaping From Predation At Low Reynolds Number: A Compensatory Mechanism. APS, 63. http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010APS..DFD.MQ007G/abstract

Munguia, P., Ojanguren, A. F., Evans, A. N., Ryckman, L., Gemmell, B., Cook, C., & Hensgen, G. 2009. Is facilitation a true species interaction? The Open Ecology Journal, 2(1), 83–85. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874213000902010083

Gemmell, B., Sheng, J., & Buskey, E. 2008. Predation by the Dwarf Seahorse on CopePods: Quantifying motion and flows using 3D high speed digital holographic cinematography - when seahorses attack! Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 61. http://absimage.aps.org/image/DFD08/MWS_DFD08-2008-001329.pdf

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