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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth J. Lohmann is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Physiology, Biophysics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The research topics Kenneth J. Lohmann has focused on include Turtle Biology and Conservation, Marine animal studies overview, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects, Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Crustacean biology and ecology.

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by Kenneth J. Lohmann include:

  • Magnetic maps in animal navigation, 2022, Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behavior in sea turtles, 2020, Current Biology
  • Magnetoreception and magnetic navigation in fishes: a half century of discovery, 2022, Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Animal navigation: a noisy magnetic sense?, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Magnetoreception in fishes: the effect of magnetic pulses on orientation of juvenile Pacific salmon, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology

The frequent coauthors associated with Kenneth J. Lohmann's work include Nathan F. Putman, Catherine M. F. Lohmann, Gregory A. Lewbart, Maximilian Hirschfeld, and Sönke Johnsen.

Kenneth J. Lohmann has a history of publishing in venues such as UNC Libraries, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Journal of Experimental Biology, Nature, and Journal of The Royal Society Interface.

In recognition of their professional contributions, Kenneth J. Lohmann was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • The Biology of Sea Turtles

    Peter L. Lutz;John A. Musick;Jeanette Wyneken;Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • The physics and neurobiology of magnetoreception

    Sönke Johnsen;Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • Animal behaviour: geomagnetic map used in sea-turtle navigation.

    Kenneth J. Lohmann;Catherine M. F. Lohmann;Llewellyn M. Ehrhart;Dean A. Bagley

  • Magnetic maps in animals: nature's GPS.

    Kenneth J. Lohmann;Catherine M. F. Lohmann;Nathan F. Putman

  • Magnetoreception in animals

    Sönke Johnsen;Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • Evidence for Geomagnetic Imprinting as a Homing Mechanism in Pacific Salmon

    Nathan F. Putman;Kenneth J. Lohmann;Emily M. Putman;Thomas P. Quinn

  • An Inherited Magnetic Map Guides Ocean Navigation in Juvenile Pacific Salmon

    Nathan F. Putman;Michelle M. Scanlan;Eric J. Billman;Joseph P. O’Neil

  • Orientation and open-sea navigation in sea turtles

    Kenneth J. Lohmann;Catherine M F Lohmann

  • Q&A: Animal behaviour: Magnetic-field perception.

    Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • The neurobiology of magnetoreception in vertebrate animals

    Kenneth J Lohmann;Sönke Johnsen

  • DETECTION OF MAGNETIC INCLINATION ANGLE BY SEA TURTLES: A POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR DETERMINING LATITUDE

    Kenneth J. Lohmann;Catherine M. F. Lohmann

  • Magnetic orientation by hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta).

    Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • Magnetic orientation of spiny lobsters in the ocean: experiments with undersea coil systems

    K. J. Lohmann;N. D. Pentcheff;G. A. Nevitt;G. D. Stetten

  • The sensory ecology of ocean navigation

    Kenneth J. Lohmann;Catherine M. F. Lohmann;Courtney S. Endres

  • Longitude perception and bicoordinate magnetic maps in sea turtles.

    Nathan F. Putman;Courtney S. Endres;Catherine M.F. Lohmann;Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • Long-distance navigation in sea turtles

    K. J. Lohmann;J. T. Hester;C. M. F. Lohmann

  • The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume III

    Jeanette Wyneken;Kenneth J. Lohmann;John A. Musick

  • The magnetic map of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles.

    Kenneth J Lohmann;Nathan F Putman;Catherine M F Lohmann

  • Site fidelity and homing behavior in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

    Larisa Avens;Joanne Braun-McNeill;Sheryan Epperly;Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • GEOMAGNETIC ORIENTATION OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES: EVIDENCE FOR AN INCLINATION COMPASS

    Phillip Light;Michael Salmon;Kenneth J. Lohmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan F. Putman
Nathan F. Putman LGL (Canada)
John A. Musick
John A. Musick Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Sönke Johnsen
Sönke Johnsen Duke University
Michael Salmon
Michael Salmon Florida Atlantic University
Thomas P. Quinn
Thomas P. Quinn University of Washington
Matthew H. Godfrey
Matthew H. Godfrey Duke University
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
Rebecca L. Lewison
Rebecca L. Lewison San Diego State University
Colin J. Limpus
Colin J. Limpus Queensland Government
Joseph S. Stoner
Joseph S. Stoner Oregon State University

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