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14153
World Ranking
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National Ranking
5101

Overview

M. A. R. Koehl is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with notable contributions spanning subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Condensed Matter Physics, Molecular Biology, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Diffusion and Search Dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

M. A. R. Koehl has published multiple papers across various scientific journals. Some notable publications include:

  • "Selective factors in the evolution of multicellularity in choanoflagellates" (2020), Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
  • "Ecological biomechanics of marine macrophytes" (2022), Journal of Experimental Botany

Other recent papers related to the general fields of study include:

  • "Surfing on Turbulence: A Strategy for Planktonic Navigation" (2022), Physical Review Letters
  • "The effect of external flow on the feeding currents of sessile microorganisms" (2021), Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • "Does Formation of Multicellular Colonies by Choanoflagellates Affect Their Susceptibility to Capture by Passive Protozoan Predators?" (2020), Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

The frequent publication venues for M. A. R. Koehl include:

  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Some of the frequent co-authors in their works are:

  • Nicholas Burnett
  • Rémi Monthiller
  • Aurore Loisy
  • Benjamin Favier
  • Christophe Eloy

Best Publications

  • How Animals Move: An Integrative View

    Michael H. Dickinson;Claire T. Farley;Robert J. Full;M. A. R. Koehl

  • Hurricane Allen's Impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs

    J. D. Woodley;E. A. Chornesky;P. A. Clifford;J. B. C. Jackson

  • The Mechanisms of Filter Feeding: Some Theoretical Considerations

    Daniel I. Rubenstein;M. A. R. Koehl

  • Mechanical Limits to Size in Wave-Swept Organisms

    Mark W. Denny;Thomas L. Daniel;M. A. R. Koehl

  • Copepod feeding currents: Food capture at low Reynolds number1

    M. A. R. Koehl;J. Rudi Strickier

  • WHEN DOES MORPHOLOGY MATTER

    M. A. R. Koehl

  • How Do Benthic Organisms Withstand Moving Water

    M. A. R. Koehl

  • Paddles and rakes: Fluid flow through bristled appendages of small organisms*

    A.Y.L. Cheer;M.A.R. Koehl

  • The mechanics of notochord elongation, straightening and stiffening in the embryo of Xenopus laevis.

    D.S. Adams;R. Keller;M.A. Koehl

  • Flow, flapping, and photosynthesis ofNereocystis leutkeana: a functional comparison of undulate and flat blade morphologies

    M. A. R. Koehl;R. S. Alberte

  • Mechanical adaptations of a giant kelp

    M. A. R. Koehl;S. A. Wainwright

  • How do sea urchins invaginate? Using biomechanics to distinguish between mechanisms of primary invagination

    Lance A. Davidson;M. A. R. Koehl;Raymond Keller;George F. Oster

  • AERODYNAMICS, THERMOREGULATION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF INSECT WINGS: DIFFERENTIAL SCALING AND EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE.

    Joel G. Kingsolver;M. A. R. Koehl

  • Effects of Sea Anemones on the Flow Forces They Encounter

    M.A. R. Koehl

  • The fluid mechanics of arthropod sniffing in turbulent odor plumes.

    M.A.R. Koehl

  • How kelp produce blade shapes suited to different flow regimes: A new wrinkle

    M. A. R. Koehl;W. K. Silk;H. Liang;L. Mahadevan

  • Measurements of Mechanical Properties of the Blastula Wall Reveal Which Hypothesized Mechanisms of Primary Invagination Are Physically Plausible in the Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus purpuratus

    L.A. Davidson;G.F. Oster;R.E. Keller;M.A.R. Koehl

  • Lobster Sniffing: Antennule Design and Hydrodynamic Filtering of Information in an Odor Plume

    M. A. R. Koehl;Jeffrey R. Koseff;John P. Crimaldi;Michael G. McCay

  • Predation on zooplankton by the benthic anthozoans Alcyonium siderium (Alcyonacea) and Metridium senile (Actiniaria) in the New England subtidal

    K. P. Sebens;M. A. R. Koehl

  • Sniffing by a silkworm moth: wing fanning enhances air penetration through and pheromone interception by antennae.

    Catherine Loudon;M. A. R. Koehl

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray Keller
Ray Keller University of Virginia
Michael G. Hadfield
Michael G. Hadfield University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jeffrey R. Koseff
Jeffrey R. Koseff Stanford University
Joel G. Kingsolver
Joel G. Kingsolver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark W. Denny
Mark W. Denny Stanford University
Robert J. Full
Robert J. Full University of California, Berkeley
Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley University of California, Berkeley
George Oster
George Oster University of California, Berkeley
Roman Stocker
Roman Stocker ETH Zurich
Wendy Kuhn Silk
Wendy Kuhn Silk University of California, Davis

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