Publications

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• Grill, S.*, and K.M. Dorgan. 2015. Burrowing by small polychaetes - mechanics, behavior, and muscle structure of Capitella sp. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 1527-1537.
• Dorgan, K.M.. 2015. Commentary: The biomechanics of burrowing and boring. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 176-183.
• Jumars, P.A., K.M. Dorgan, and S.M. Lindsay. 2015. Diet of Worms Emended: An Update of Polychaete Feeding Guilds. Annual Review of Marine Science 7: 497-520.
• Law, C.J.*, K.M. Dorgan, and G.W. Rouse. 2014. Relating divergence in polychaete musculature to different burrowing behaviors: a study using Opheliidae (Annelida). Journal of Morphology 275(5), 548-571.
• Francoeur, A.A.* and K.M. Dorgan. 2014. Burrowing behavior in mud and sand of morphologically divergent polychaete species (Annelida: Orbiniidae). Biological Bulletin 226(2), 131-145.
• Dorgan, K.M., C.J. Law*, and G.W. Rouse. 2013. Meandering worms: Mechanics of undulatory burrowing in muds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20122948.
• Law, C.J.*, K.M. Dorgan, and G.W. Rouse. 2013. Validation of three sympatric Thoracophelia species (Annelida: Opheliidae) from Dillon Beach, CA using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Zootaxa 3608 (1): 067-074.
• Dorgan, K.M., S. Lefebvre, J.H. Stillman, M.A.R. Koehl. 2011. Energetics of burrowing by the cirratulid polychaete, Cirriformia moorei. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 2202-2214.
• Denny, M., K.M. Dorgan, D. Evangelista, A. Hettinger, J. Leichter, W. Ruder, I. Tuval. 2011. Anchor ice and benthic disturbance in shallow Antarctic waters: Interspecific variation in initiation and propagation of ice crystals. Biological Bulletin 221(2). **Editor's pick and cover image
• Murphy, E.A.K., K.M. Dorgan. 2011. Burrow extension with a proboscis: Mechanics of burrowing by the glycerid, Hemipodus simplex. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 1017-1027.
• Che, J., K.M. Dorgan. 2010. Mechanics and kinematics of backward burrowing by the polychaete, Cirriformia moorei. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 4272-4277.
• Dorgan, K.M. 2010. Environmental constraints on the mechanics of crawling and burrowing using hydrostatic skeletons. Journal of Experimental Mechanics 50(9): 1373-1381. DOI: 10.1007/s11340-010-9399-2
• Che, J. and K.M. Dorgan. 2010. It’s tough to be small: Dependence of burrowing kinematics on body size. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 1241-1250. Featured article in “Inside JEB.”
• Dorgan, K.M., S.R. Arwade, and P.A. Jumars. 2008. Worms as wedges: Effects of the mechanical properties of the medium on burrowing behavior. Journal of Marine Research 66(2): 219-254.
• Dorgan, K.M., S.R. Arwade, and P.A. Jumars. 2007. Burrowing in muddy sediments by crack propagation: forces and kinematics. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 4198-4212.
• Jumars, P.A., K.M. Dorgan, L.M. Mayer, B.P. Boudreau and B.D. Johnson. 2007. Physical constraints on infaunal lifestyles: May the persistent and strong forces be with you. In: W. Miller, III, Ed. Trace Fossils: Concepts, Problems, Prospects. Elsevier, pp. 442-457.
• Dorgan, K.M., P.A. Jumars, B.P. Boudreau and B.D. Johnson. 2006. Macrofaunal burrowing: The medium is the message. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 85-121.
• Boudreau, B.P., Algar, C., Johnson, B., Croudace, I., Reed, A., Dorgan, K.M., Jumars, P.A., Grader, A.S., Gardiner, B.S., and Y. Furukawa. 2005. Bubble growth and rise in soft sediments. Geology 33 (6): 517-520.
• Dorgan, K.M., P.A. Jumars, B. Johnson, B.P. Boudreau, and E. Landis. 2005. Burrow extension by crack propagation. Nature 433: 475.
• Dorgan, K.M., A. Valdes, and T.M. Gosliner. 2002. Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Platydoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridoidea) with descriptions of six new species. Zoologica Scripta 31: 271-319.