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Overview

Sönke Johnsen is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work focuses on specialized topics such as Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The research topics covered by Johnsen include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Johnsen has worked alongside these co-authors the most:

  • Kurt O. Gilliland (10 publications)
  • Alexander L. Davis (8 publications)
  • Eleanor M. Caves (7 publications)
  • Kenneth J. Lohmann (6 publications)
  • Lorian E. Schweikert (6 publications)

Johnsen's scholarly articles often appear in prominent venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries (12 publications)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (5 publications)
  • Current Biology (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (3 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Johnsen are:

  • The movement ecology of fishes (2022, Journal of Fish Biology)
  • Diverse nanostructures underlie thin ultra-black scales in butterflies (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Ultra-black Camouflage in Deep-Sea Fishes (2020, Current Biology)
  • Multiple origins of green coloration in frogs mediated by a novel biliverdin-binding serpin (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency (2022, Science)

Johnsen has contributed to several books published by Princeton University Press. Notable titles include Color in Nature (2024) and Into the Great Wide Ocean (2024), which have varying citation counts.

Best Publications

  • Coevolution to the Edge of Chaos: Coupled Fitness Landscapes, Poised States, and Coevolutionary Avalanches

    Stuart A. Kauffman;Sonke Johnsen

  • The physics and neurobiology of magnetoreception

    Sönke Johnsen;Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • Polarized light as a butterfly mating signal

    Alison Sweeney;Alison Sweeney;Christopher Jiggins;Christopher Jiggins;Sönke Johnsen

  • Magnetoreception in animals

    Sönke Johnsen;Kenneth J. Lohmann

  • Hidden in plain sight: the ecology and physiology of organismal transparency.

    Sönke Johnsen

  • Visual Acuity and the Evolution of Signals

    Eleanor M. Caves;Nicholas C. Brandley;Sönke Johnsen

  • The neurobiology of magnetoreception in vertebrate animals

    Kenneth J Lohmann;Sönke Johnsen

  • Visual acuity in ray-finned fishes correlates with eye size and habitat.

    Eleanor M. Caves;Tracey T. Sutton;Sönke Johnsen

  • The Earth's Magnetic Field and Visual Landmarks Steer Migratory Flight Behavior in the Nocturnal Australian Bogong Moth.

    David Dreyer;Barrie Frost;Henrik Mouritsen;Anja Günther

  • Psychophysics and the evolution of behavior.

    Karin L. Akre;Sönke Johnsen

  • Competition for hummingbird pollination shapes flower color variation in Andean solanaceae.

    Nathan Muchhala;Nathan Muchhala;Sönke Johnsen;Stacey Dewitt Smith;Stacey Dewitt Smith

  • Fluorescence as a means of colour signal enhancement.

    Justin Marshall;Sonke Johnsen

  • Hide and seek in the open sea: pelagic camouflage and visual countermeasures.

    Sönke Johnsen

  • Categorical perception of colour signals in a songbird

    Eleanor M. Caves;Patrick A. Green;Matthew N. Zipple;Susan Peters

  • A Unique Advantage for Giant Eyes in Giant Squid

    Dan-Eric Nilsson;Eric J. Warrant;Sönke Johnsen;Roger Hanlon

  • Cryptic and conspicuous coloration in the pelagic environment.

    Sönke Johnsen

  • Propagation and perception of bioluminescence: factors affecting counterillumination as a cryptic strategy.

    Sönke Johnsen;Edith A. Widder;Curtis D. Mobley

  • Vision and the light environment.

    Eric J. Warrant;Sönke Johnsen

  • Ultraviolet absorption in transparent zooplankton and its implications for depth distribution and visual predation

    S. Johnsen;E. A. Widder

  • Twilight spectral dynamics and the coral reef invertebrate spawning response.

    Alison M. Sweeney;Charles A. Boch;Sonke Johnsen;Daniel E. Morse

  • Cataract formation in a strain of rats selected for high oxidative stress.

    Stefania Marsili;Rudolf I. Salganik;Rudolf I. Salganik;Craig D. Albright;Christopher D. Freel

  • Spatial vision in the echinoid genus Echinometra

    Erin Blevins;Sönke Johnsen

  • Cryptic coloration and mirrored sides as camouflage strategies in near-surface pelagic habitats: Implications for foraging and predator avoidance

    Sönke Johnsen;Heidi M. Sosik

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth J. Lohmann
Kenneth J. Lohmann University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas W. Cronin
Thomas W. Cronin University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Stephen Nowicki
Stephen Nowicki Duke University
Steven H. D. Haddock
Steven H. D. Haddock Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Nadav Shashar
Nadav Shashar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Bruce H. Robison
Bruce H. Robison Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Roger T. Hanlon
Roger T. Hanlon Marine Biological Laboratory
Kevin L. Schey
Kevin L. Schey Vanderbilt University
Daniel Osorio
Daniel Osorio University of Sussex

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