In-Press
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.
2021
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/10.2174/1874213000902010083
Selected Conference Proceedings
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Webster, D. 2020, February. Ecological Fluid Mechanics-Interactions among Organisms and their Fluid Environment. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
