Books
Johnsen S. (in review). The Great Wide Open:
Adaptations to Life in the Pelagic Realm. Princeton University
Press.
Cronin, T. W. Johnsen, S., Marshall, N. J. and
E. J. Warrant (2014). Visual Ecology. Princeton University
Press: Princeton, NJ. (get
it from Amazon) (get
it from Princeton Press)
Johnsen, S. (2012). The
Optics of Life: A Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature. Princeton
University Press: Princeton, NJ. (get
it from Amazon) (get
it from Princeton Press)
Papers
Schweikert, L. E., Bagge, L. E., Naughton, L. F., Bolin, J. R.,
Wheeler, B. R., Grace, M. S., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., and S. Johnsen
(in press). Dynamic light filtering over dermal opsin as a sensory
feedback system in fish color change. Nature Communications
Caves, E. M., Sutton, T. T., Warrant, E. J., and S Johnsen (in
press). Measures and models of visual acuity in epipelagic and mesopelagic
teleosts and elasmobranchs. Journal of Comparative Physiology
A
Mullan, R., Davis, A. L., Sutton, T. T., and S. Johnsen (2023).
An investigation into the mechanism mediating counterillumination
in myctophid fish (Myctophidae). Biological Bulletin 244,
63-69.
Taboada, C., Delia, J., Chen, M., Peng, X., Zhu, X., Jiang, L.,
Vu, T., Zhou, Q., *Yao, J., *O’Connell, L., *S. Johnsen (2022).
Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency.
Science 378, 1315-1320. *co-last authors.
Granger, J. N., and S. Johnsen (in review). Collective navigation
as a solution to noisy navigation and its vulnerability to population
loss. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological
Sciences 289, 20221910.
Cooke, S, Bergman, J., Twardek, W., Piczak, M., Casselberry, G.,
Lutek, K., Dahlmo, L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Griffin, L., Brownscombe,
J., Raby, G., Standen, E., Horodysky, A., Johnsen, S., Danylchuk,
A., Furey, N., Gallagher, A., Ledee, E., Midwood, J., Gutowsky,
L., Jacoby, D., Matley, J., and R. Lennox (2022). The movement ecology
of fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 101, 756-779.
Notar, J. C., Meja, B., and S. Johnsen (2022). Testing Mechanisms
of Vision: Sea Urchin Spine Density Does Not Correlate with Vision-Related
Environmental Characteristics. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
62, 509-520.
Davis, A. L., Zipple, M. N., Diaz, D., Peters, S., Nowicki, S.
N. and S. Johnsen (2022). Influence of visual background on discrimination
of signal-relevant colors in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences
289, 20220756.
Granger, J. N., Cummer, S. A., Lohmann, K. J. And S. Johnsen (2022).
Environmental sources of radio frequency noise: potential impacts
on magnetoreception. Journal of Comparative Physiology A,
208, 83-95.
Johnsen, S, and S. H. D. Haddock (2022). Macropinna. Current
Biology. 32, R256-R257.
Leech, D. M. and S. Johnsen (2022). Light as a resource in aquatic
systems. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters.
Green, P. A., George, E. M., Rosvall, K. A., *Johnsen, S., and
*S. N. Nowicki (2022) Testosterone, signal coloration, and signal
color perception in male zebra finch contests. Ethology
128 (2), 131-142.
Wale, N., Fuller, R. C., Johnsen, S., Turrill, M. L., and M. A.
Duffy (2021) The visual ecology of selective predation: Are unhealthy
hosts less stealthy hosts? Ecology and Evolution 10.22541/au.162745972.21027386/v1
Caves, E. M., and S Johnsen (2021). The sensory impacts of climate
change: bathymetric shifts and visually mediated interactions in
aquatic species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288:
20210396.
Robinson, N. J., Johnsen, S., Brooks, E. J., Judkins, H., Vecchione,
M., and E. A. Widder (2021). Studying the swift, smart, and shy:
Unobtrusive camera platforms for filming large deep-sea squid. Deep
Sea Research Part I: 172, 103538.
Kingston, A. C. N., Daniel R. Chappell, D. R., Koch, L., Johnsen,
S., and D. I. Speiser (2021). The orbital hoods of snapping shrimp
have surface features that may represent tradeoffs between vision
and protection. Arthropod Structure and Development 61,
101025.
Caves, E. M., Green, P. A., Zipple, M. N., Bharath, D., Peters,
S., *Johnsen, S. and *S. Nowicki (2021). Comparison of categorical
color perception in two estrildid finches. American Naturalist
197, 190-202.
Costello, M. J., Gilliland, K. O., Mohamed, A., Schey, K. L., Johnsen,
S., Brennan, L. A., and M. Kantorow (2020). Novel mitochondrial
derived Nuclear Excisosome degrades nuclei during differentiation
of prosimian Galago (bush baby) monkey lenses. PloS ONE.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241631
Schweikert, L.S., Davis, A.L., Johnsen, S. and Bracken-Grissom,
H.D. (2020). Visual perception of light organ patterns in deep-sea
shrimps and implications for conspecific recognition. Ecology
and Evolution 10, 9503-9513.
Caves, E. M., Schweikert, L. E., Green, P. A., Taboada, C., Zipple,
M. N., Peters, S., Nowicki, S. N., and S. Johnsen (2020) Variation
in retinal carotenoids correlates with individual variation in perception
of carotenoid-based signal coloration in zebra finches. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 74, 93.
Johnsen, S., Lohmann, K. J., and E. J. Warrant (2020). Animal navigation:
A noisy magnetic sense? Journal of Experimental Biology
223, jeb164921
Taboada, C., Faivovich, J., Brunetti, A. E., Lyra, M. L., Fitak,
R. R., Faigon, A., Ron, S. R., Lagorio, M. G., Haddad, C. F. B.,
Lopes, N. P., Johnsen, S., Chemes, L. B., and S. E. Bari (2020).
Multiple origins of green coloration in frogs mediated by a novel
biliverdin-binding serpin. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences 117, 18574-18581.
Warrant, E.J., Johnsen, S. and Nilsson, D.E. (2020). Light and
the visual environment. In: Fritzsch, B. (Ed.) and Martin, P.R.
(Volume Editor), The Senses: A comprehensive reference,
vol. 1, pp. 4-30, Elsevier.
Davis, A. L., Thomas, K. N., Goetz, F. E., Robison, B. H., *Johnsen,
S., and *K. J. Osborn (2020). Ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea
fishes. Current Biology 30, 3470-3476 (*co-senior authors)
Ernst, D. A., Fitak, R. R., Derby, C. D., Schmidt, M. Johnsen,
S., and K. J. Lohmann (2020). A magnetic pulse elicits differential
gene expression in the spiny lobster central nervous system. Journal
of Comparative Physiology A 206, 725-742.
Davis, A. L., Sutton, T. T., Kier, W. M., and S. Johnsen (2020).
Evidence that eye-facing photophores regulate counterillumination
in an order of deep-sea fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society
of London: Biological Sciences 287, 20192918.
Fitak, R. R. Wheeler, B. R., and S. Johnsen (2020) Effect of a
magnetic pulse on orientation behavior in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus
mykiss). Behavioral Processes 172, 104058.
Davis, A. L., Nijhout, H. F., and S. Johnsen (2020). Diverse nanostructures
underlie thin ultra-black scales in butterflies. Nature Communications
11, 1294.
Granger, J. N., Fitak, R. R., Walkowicz, L., and S. Johnsen (2020).
Gray whales strand more often on days with increased levels of atmospheric
radio-frequency radiation. Current Biology 30, R155-R156.
Harris, O. K., Kingston, A. C. N., Wolfe, C., Ghoshroy, S., Johnsen,
S., and D. I. Speiser (2019). Core-shell nanospheres behind the
blue eyes of the bay scallop Argopecten irradians. Journal
of the Royal Society Interface 16, 20190383.
Caves, E. M., Chen, C., and S. Johnsen (2019). The cleaner shrimp
Lysmata amboinensis adjusts its behaviour toward predatory
versus non-predatory clients. Biological Letters 15, 20190534.
Caves, E. M., Nowicki, S. N., and S. Johnsen (2019). Von Uexküll
revisited: Addressing human biases in the study of animal perception.
Integrative and Comparative Biology. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icz073,
pp 1-12.
Zipple, M. N., Caves, E. M., Green, P. A., Peters, S., Johnsen,
S., and S. Nowicki (2019). Categorical colour perception occurs
in both signalling and non-signalling colour ranges in a songbird.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences
286, 20190524.
Ritschard, E. A., Fitak, R. R., Simakov, O., and S. Johnsen (2019).
Genomic signatures of GPCR expansions reveal functional transitions
in the evolution of cephalopod signal transduction. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 286, 20182929.
Foster, J. J., Kirwan, J. D., el Jundi, B., Smolka, J., Khaldy,
L., Baird, E., Byrne, M. J., Nilsson, D.-E., Johnsen, S., and M.
Dacke (2019). Polarized light at night: Lunar skylight and orientation
performance in a nocturnal beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology
222, doi:10.1242/jeb.188532.
Schweikert, L. E., Caves, E. M., Solie, S. E., Sutton, T. T., and
S. Johnsen (2019). Variation in rod spectral sensitivity of fishes
is best predicted by habitat and depth. Journal of Fish Biology
95, 179-185.
Marshall, N. J., Powell, S. B., Cronin, T. W., Caldwell, R. L.,
Johnsen, S., Gruev, V., Chiou, T.-H., Roberts, N. W., and M. J.
How (2019). Polarisation signals: a new currency for communication.
Journal of Experimental Biology 222, jeb134213, pp. 1-16.
Caves, E. M., Green, P. A., Zipple, M. N., Peters, S., Johnsen*,
S., and S. Nowicki* (2018). Categorical perception of colour signals
in a songbird. Nature. 560, 365–367 *co-last authors.
Fitak RR and S. Johnsen (2018). Green sea turtle (Chelonia
mydas) population history indicates important demographic changes
near the mid-Pleistocene transition. Marine Biology 165(7),
110. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-018-3366-3
Caves, E. M., Green, P. A., and S. Johnsen (2018). Visual signaling
between the cleaner shrimp Ancylomenes pedersoni and their
client fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological
Sciences 285, 20180800.
Bracken-Grissom, H. D., Widder, E. A., Johnsen, S., Messing, C.
D. and T. M. Frank (2018. Decapod diversity associated with deep-sea
octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico. Crustaceana 91, 1267-1275.
Dreyer, D., Frost, B., Mouritsen, H., Günther, A., Green,
K., Whitehouse, M., Johnsen, S., Heinze, S., and E. J. Warrant (2018).
The Earth’s magnetic field and visual landmarks steer migration
in a nocturnal moth. Current Biology 28, 2160-2166.
Fitak, R. R., Caves, E. M., and S. Johnsen (2018) Orientation in
pill bugs: an interdisciplinary activity to engage students in concepts
of biology, physics, and circular statistics. American Biology
Teacher 80, 608-618.
Fitak, R. R., Schweikert L. E., Wheeler, B. R., Ernst, D. A., Lohmann,
K. J. and S. Johnsen (2018). Exposure to a magnetic pulse leaves
gene expression unaltered in the retina of rainbow trout. Biology
Letters 14, 20180209.
Caves, E. M., Brandley, N. C., and S. Johnsen (2018). Visual acuity
and the evolution of signals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
33, 358-372.
Schweikert, L. E., Fitak, R. R., Caves, E. M., Sutton, T. T., &
Johnsen, S. (2018). Spectral sensitivity in ray-finned fishes: diversity,
ecology and shared descent. Journal of Experimental Biology,
221(23), jeb189761.
Schweikert, L. E., Fitak, R. R., and S. Johnsen (2018). De Novo
transcriptomics reveal distinct phototransduction signaling components
in the retina and skin of a color-changing vertebrate, the hogfish
(Lachnolaimus maximus). Journal of Comparative Physiology
A 204, 475-485.
Haddock, S.H.D., Christianson, L. M., Francis, W. R., Powers, M.
L., Choy, C. A., Martini, S., Dunn, C. W., Pugh, P. R., Osborn,
K. J., Mills, C. E., Seibel, B. A., Matsumoto, G. I., Schultz, D.
T., Winnikoff, J. R., Browne, W. E., Gasca, R., Johnsen, S., Erwin,
B. E., Ryan, J. F., and E. V. Thuesen (2018). Insights into the
biodiversity, behavior, and bioluminescence of deep-sea organisms
using molecular and maritime technology. Oceanography 30(4),
38–47.
Arniella, M. B., Fitak, R. R., and S. Johnsen (2018). Unmapped
sequencing reads identify additional candidate genes linked to magnetoreception
in trout. Environmental Biology of Fishes 101, 711-721.
Johnsen, S. (2017). Open Questions: We don’t really know
anything, do we? Open questions in sensory biology. BMC Biology
15 (1), 43.
Bagge, L. E., Kinsey, S. T., and S. Johnsen (2017). Transparent
anemone shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni) become opaque after
exercise and physiological stress due to increased hemolymph perfusion.
Journal of Experimental Biology 220, 4225-4233.
Caves, E. M., and S. Johnsen (2017). AcuityView: portraying the
effects of spatial acuity on the visual scene observed by an animal.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 1-5. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12911
Fitak, R. R., and S. Johnsen (2017). Bringing the analysis of animal
orientation data full circle: model-based approaches with maximum
likelihood. Journal of Experimental Biology 220, 3878-3882.
Taylor, B.K., Johnsen, S., and K. J. Lohmann (2017). Detection
of magnetic field properties using distributed sensing: A computational
neuroscience approach. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 12,
03613.
Fitak, R. R., Wheeler, B. R., Ernst, D. A., Lohmann, K. J., and
S. Johnsen (2017). Candidate genes mediating magnetoreception in
rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Biology Letters
13, 20170142.
Caves, E., Sutton, T. T., and S. Johnsen (2017). Visual acuity
in ray-finned fishes correlates with eye size and habitat. Journal
of Experimental Biology 220, 1586-1596.
Marshall, N. J. and S. Johnsen (2017). An evaluation of fluorescence
as a means of colour signal enhancement.. Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 372, 20160335.
Cronin, T. W., Fasick, J. I., Schweikert, L. E., Johnsen, S., Kezmoh,
L. J., and M. F. Baumgartner (2017). Coping with copepods: Do right
whales (Eubalaena glacialis) forage visually in dark waters?
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological
Sciences 372, 20160067.
Thomas, K. N., Robison, B. H., and S. Johnsen (2017). Two eyes
for two purposes: in situ evidence for asymmetric vision in the
cockeyed squids Histioteuthis heteropsis and Stigmatoteuthis dofleini
(Cephalopoda: Histioteuthidae). Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 372, 20160069.
Bagge, L. E., Osborn, K. J., and S. Johnsen (2016) Nanostructures
and monolayers of spheres reduce surface reflections in transparent
hyperiid amphipods. Current Biology 26, 3071-3076.
Ruxton, G., and S. Johnsen (2016). The effect of aggregation on
visibility in open water. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London: Biological Sciences 283, 20161463.
Costello, M. J., Brennan, L. A., Mohamed, A., Gilliland, K. O.,
Johnsen, S., and M. Kantorow (2016) Identification and ultrastructural
characterization of a novel nuclear degradation complex in differentiating
lens fiber cells. PLoS ONE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160785
Speiser, D. I., Gagnon, Y., Chhetri, R. K., Oldenburg, A. L., and
S. Johnsen (2016). Examining the effects of chromatic aberration,
object distance, and eye shape on image-formation in the mirror-based
eyes of the bay scallop Argopecten irradians. Integrative and
Comparative Biology. DOI:10.1093/icb/icw099
Tedore, C. A., and S. Johnsen (2016). Using RGB displays to portray
realistic color imagery to animals. Current Zoology DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow076
Tedore, C. A., and S. Johnsen (2016). Disentangling the visual
cues used by a jumping spider to locate its microhabitat. Journal
of Experimental Biology 219, 2396-2401.
Johnsen, S., Gagnon, Y., Marshall, N. J., Cronin, T. W., Gruev,
V., and S. Powell (2016). Polarization vision seldom increases the
sighting distance of silvery fish. Current Biology 26,
R752-R754. (cover article)
Cronin, T. W., Gagnon, Y. L., Johnsen S., Marshall, N. J., and
N. W. Roberts (2016). Comment on “Open-ocean fish reveal an
omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments.”
Science 353, DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4481
Cronin, T. W., and S. Johnsen (2016). Extra-ocular, non-visual,
and simple photoreceptors. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
DOI:10.1093/icb/icw106 (cover article)
Akre, K. L., and S. Johnsen (2016). Communication through a window
of error: Proportional processing and signal categorization. In
Perception and Cognition in Animal Communication, (Bee
M. A., Miller, C. T., eds.), Springer.
Wilkins, L., Marshall, N. J., Johnsen, S., and D. Osorio (2016).
Modelling colour constancy in reef fish: implications for vision
and colour signalling. Journal of Experimental Biology
219, 1884-1892.
Zylinski,
S., Johnsen, S., and D. Osorio (2016). European cuttlefish Sepia
officinalis fine-tunes camouflage using asymmetrical shading
in response to pictorial depth cues and directional illumination.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences.
283, 20160062.
Johnsen,
S. (2016). How to measure colour using spectrometers and calibrated
photographs. Journal of Experimental Biology 219, 772-778.
Brandley,
N. C., Johnson, M., and S. Johnsen (2016) Aposematic signals in
North American black widows are more conspicuous to predators than
to prey. Behavioral Ecology 1-9: DOI:10.1093/beheco/arw014.
Caves, E.,
Frank, T. M., and S. Johnsen (2016). Spectral sensitivity, acuity,
and temporal resolution and their implications for conspecific signaling
in three species of cleaner shrimp. Journal of Experimental
Biology 219, 597-608.
Bedore,
C. A., Kajiura, S. M., and S. Johnsen (2015) Freezing behaviour
facilitates bioelectric crypsis in cuttlefish faced with predation
risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological
Sciences 282, 20151886.
Taniguchi,
D. A. A., Gagnon, Y. L., Wheeler, B. J., Johnsen, S., and J. S.
Jaffe (2015). Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis preferentially
respond to bottom rather than side stimuli when not allowed adjacent
to tank walls. PLoS ONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0138690
Tedore,
C. A., and S. Johnsen (2015). Immunological dependence of plant-dwelling
animals on the medicinal properties of their plant substrates: a
preliminary test of a novel evolutionary hypothesis. Arthropod-Plant
Interactions. DOI 10.1007/s11829-015-9386-8
Baldwin,
J. L., Johnsen, S., and K. J. Osborn (2015). A unique apposition
compound eye in the mesopelagic hyperiid amphipod Paraphronima
gracilis. Current Biology 25, 373-480.
Tedore,
C. A., and S. Johnsen (2015). Visual mutual assessment of size in
male Lyssomanes viridis jumping spider contests. Behavioral
Ecology 26, 510-518.
Palmer,
G., and S. Johnsen (2014) Downwelling spectral irradiance during
evening twilight as a function of the lunar phase. Applied Optics
54, B85-B92.
Johnsen,
S., Gassmann, E., Reynolds, R. A., Stramski, D., and C. D. Mobley
(2014). The asymmetry of the underwater horizontal light field and
its implications for mirror-based camouflage in silvery pelagic
fish. Limnology and Oceanography 59, 1839-1852.
Dougherty,
L. F., Johnsen, S., Caldwell, R. L., and N. J. Marshall (2014).
A dynamic broadband reflector built from microscopic silica spheres
in the "disco" clam Ctenoides ales. Proceedings
of the Royal Society: Interface 11, 20140407
Gagnon, Y.
L., Speiser, D. I., and S. Johnsen (2014). Simplifying numerical
ray-tracing for characterizing imaging systems. Applied Optics
21, 4784-4790.
Muchhala,
N., Johnsen, S. and S. D. Smith (2014). Competition for hummingbird
pollination and the evolution of flower color diversity in Andean
Solanaceae. Evolution 68, 2275-2286.
Zylinski,
S. and S. Johnsen (2014). Visual cognition in deep-sea cephalopods:
What we don’t know and why we don’t know it. In: Cephalopod
Cognition, Editors: S. Darmaillacq and J. Mather. (galley
proofs)
Akre,
K. L. and Johnsen, S. (2014). Psychophysics and the evolution of
behavior. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29, 291-300.
Nilsson,
D. E., Warrant, E. J., and S. Johnsen (2014). Computational visual
ecology in the pelagic realm. Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society of London, Series B. 369: 20130038.
Johnsen,
S. (2014). Hide and seek in the open sea: Pelagic camouflage and
visual countermeasures. Annual Review of Marine Science
6: 369-392.
Mohamed,
A., Gilliland, K. O., Metlapally, S., Johnsen, S., and M. J. Costello
(2013). Simple fixation and storage protocol for preserving the
internal structure of intact human donor lenses and extracted human
nuclear cataract specimens. Molecular Vision 19, 2352-2359.
Nilsson,
D. E., Warrant, E. J., Johnsen, S., Hanlon, R. T., and N. Shashar
(2013). The giant eyes of giant squid are indeed unexpectedly large,
but not if used for spotting sperm whales. BMC Evolutionary
Ecology 13, 187-189.
Costello,
M. J., Mohamed, A., Gilliland, K. O., Fowler, W. C., and S. Johnsen
(2013) Ultrastructural analysis of the human lens fiber cell remodeling
zone and the initiation of cellular compaction. Experimental
Eye Research 116, 411-418.
Warrant,
E. J., and S. Johnsen (2013). Vision and the light environment.
Current Biology 23, R990-R994.
Costello,
M. J., Chauss, D., Mohamed, A., Gilliland, K. O., Johnsen, S., Bates,
M., Brennan, L. A., and M. Kantorow (2013). Autophagy and mitophagy
in ocular lens organelle degradation. Experimental Eye Research
116: 141-150.
Gagnon,
Y. L., Sutton, T. T., and S. Johnsen (2013). Visual acuity in pelagic
fishes and mollusks. Vision Research 92: 1-9.
Brandley,
N. C., Speiser, D. I., and S. Johnsen (2013). Eavesdropping on visual
secrets. Evolutionary Ecology. 6, 1045-1068.
Tedore,
C. A., and S. Johnsen (2013). Pheromones exert top-down effects
on visual recognition in the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis.
Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 1744-1756.
Moore,
B. A., Kamilar, J. M., Collin, S. P., Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P.,
Dominy, N. J., Hall, M. I., Heesy, C. P., Iwaniuk, A. N., Johnsen,
S., Lisney, T. J., Loew, E. R., Moritz, G., Nava, S. S., Warrant,
E. J., Yopak, K. E., and E. Fernández-Juricic (2012). A novel
method for comparative analysis of retinal specialization traits
from topographic maps. Journal of Vision 12, 1-24.
Johnsen, S., Frank, T.
M., Haddock, S. H. D., Widder, E. A., and C. G. Messing (2012).
Light and vision in the deep-sea benthos. I. Bioluminescence at
500-1000 m depth in the Bahamian Islands. Journal of Experimental
Biology 215: 3335-3343.
Frank, T. M., Johnsen,
S., and T. W. Cronin (2012). Light and vision in the deep-sea benthos.
II. Special visual adaptations in deep-sea benthic crustaceans.
Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3344-3353.
Costello,
M. J., Burette, A., Weber, M., Metlapally, S., Gilliland, K. O.,
Fowler, W. C., Mohamed, A., and S. Johnsen (2012). Electron tomography
of fiber cell cytoplasm and dense cores of multilamellar bodies
from human age-related nuclear cataracts. Experimental Eye Research
101: 71-82
Nilsson, D. E.,
Warrant, E. J., Johnsen, S., Hanlon, R. T., and N. Shashar (2012).
A unique advantage for giant eyes in giant squid. Current Biology
22: 683-688. (with Perspectives article)
Baldwin,
J. L., and S. Johnsen (2012). The male blue crab, Callinectes
sapidus, uses both chromatic and achromatic cues during mate
choice. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1184-1191.
Johnsen,
S. (2012). Q&A: Sönke Johnsen. Current Biology 22:
R6-R7. (self interview)
Tedore,
C. A., and S. Johnsen (2012). Weaponry, color, and contest success
in the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis. Behavioural
Processes 89: 203-211.
Marshall, N. J. and S. Johnsen (2011). Camouflage in Marine fish.
In Animal Camouflage: Current issues and new perspectives.
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK.
Zylinski,
S. and S. Johnsen (2011). Mesopelagic cephalopods switch between
transparency and pigmentation to optimize camouflage in the deep.
Current Biology 21: 1937-1941. (with cover and Perspectives
article)
Baldwin,
J. L., and S. Johnsen (2011). The effects of molting on the visual
acuity of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Experimental
Biology. 214: 3055-3061.
Jackson,
E., and S. Johnsen (2011). Orientation to objects in the sea urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus depends on apparent and not
actual object size. Biological Bulletin 220: 86-88.
Speiser,
D. I., Eernisse, D. and S. Johnsen (2011). Chitons eye have calcitic
lenses and provide spatial vision. Current Biology 21:
665-670. (with Perspectives article)
Holt,
A., Sweeney, A. M., Johnsen, S., and D. E. Morse (2011). A highly-distributed
Bragg stack with unique geometry provides effective camouflage for
Loliginid squid eyes. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Interface
Bhandiwad,
A., and S. Johnsen (2011). The effects of salinity and temperature
on the transparency of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio.
Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 709-716.
Sweeney,
A. M., Boch, C. A., Johnsen, S., and D. E. Morse (2011). Twilight
spectral dynamics and the coral reef invertebrate spawning response.
Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 770-777.
Shashar,
N., Johnsen, S., Lerner, A., Sabbah, S., Chiao, C-C., Mäthger,
L. M., and R. T. Hanlon (2011). Underwater linear polarization-
physical limitations to biological functions. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 366:
649–654.
Johnsen,
S., Marshall, N. J., and E. A. Widder (2011). Polarization sensitivity
as a contrast enhancer in pelagic predators: Lessons from in
situ polarization imaging of transparent zooplankton. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 366:
655–670.
Speiser,
D. I., Loew, E. R., and S. Johnsen (2011). Spectral sensitivity
of the concave mirror eyes of scallops: The influence of habitat
and longitudinal chromatic aberration. Journal of Experimental
Biology 214: 422-431.
Costello,
M. J., Johnsen, S., Frame, L., Gilliland, K. O., Metlapally, S.,
and D. Balasubramanian (2010). Multilamellar spherical particles
as potential sources of excess light scattering in human age-related
nuclear cataracts. Experimental Eye Research 91: 881-889.
Yerramilli,
D. and S. Johnsen (2010). Spatial vision in the purple sea urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Echinoidea). Journal
of Experimental Biology 213: 249-255.
Baldwin,
J. L., and S. Johnsen (2009). The importance of color in mate choice
in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Experimental
Biology 212: 3762-3768.
Leech,
D. M. and S. Johnsen (2009). Light, photoreceptors and UV vision.
In Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, (ed. G. E. Likens) Vol
2, pp 671-681.
Speiser,
D. I., and S. Johnsen (2008). Comparative morphology of the mirror-based
eyes of scallops (Pectinoidea). American Malacological Bulletin
26: 27-34.
Matz. M. V., Frank,
T. M., Marshall, N. J., Widder, E. A., Johnsen, S. (2008) Giant
deep-sea protist produces bilaterian-like traces. Current Biology
18: 1849-1854. (with Perspectives article)
Costello,
M. J., Johnsen, S., Gilliland, K. O., Metlapally, S., Ramamurthy,
B., Krishna, P. V., Balasubramanian, D. (2008) Ultrastructural analysis
of damage to nuclear fiber cell membranes in advanced age-related
cataracts from India. Experimental Eye Research 87:147-158.
Speiser,
D. I., and S. Johnsen (2008). Scallops visually respond to the presence
and speed of virtual particles. Journal of Experimental Biology.
211: 2066-2070.
Johnsen, S., and K. J.
Lohmann (2008). Magnetoreception in animals. Physics Today.
61(3): 29-35.
Gilliland,
K. O., Johnsen, S., Metlapally, S., Costello, M. J., Ramamurthy,
B., Krishna, P. V. and D. Balasubramanian (2008). Mie light scattering
calculations for multilamellar bodies in indian age-related nuclear
cataracts. Molecular Vision 14: 572-582.
Metlapally, S., Costello,
M. J., Gilliland, K. O., Ramamurthy, B., Krishna, P. V., Balasubramanian,
D., and S. Johnsen (2008). Analysis of nuclear lens fiber cell cytoplasmic
texture in advanced cataractous lenses from Indian subjects using
Debye-Bueche theory. Experimental Eye Research 86: 434-444.
Gagnon, Y.
L., Shashar, N., Warrant, E. J., and S. Johnsen (2007). Light scattering
from selected zooplankton from the Gulf of Aqaba. Journal of
Experimental Biology 210: 3728-3735.
Sweeney, A., Haddock, S.
H. D., and S. Johnsen (2007). Comparative visual acuity of coleoid
cephalopods. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47: 808-814.
Johnsen, S., Mattern,
E. and T. Ritz (2007). Light-dependent magnetoreception: quantum
catches and opponency mechanisms of possible photosensitive molecules.
Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3171-3178.
Martin,
C. H. and S. Johnsen (2007). A Field Test of the Hamilton-Zuk Hypothesis
in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1897-1909.
Johnsen, S. (2007). Does new
technology inspire new directions? Examples drawn from pelagic visual
ecology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47: 799-807.
Cummings, M. M. and S. Johnsen
(2007). Light in the rocky shores. Pp. 327-331 in Encyclopedia
of Tidepools and Rocky Shores, (M. Denny and S. Gaines Eds.),
University of California Press.
Sweeney,
A. M., Des Marais, D. L., Ban, Y. A., and S. Johnsen (2007). Evolution
of graded refractive index in squid lenses. Journal of the Royal
Society: Interface 4: 685-698.
Costello, M. J., Johnsen,
S., Gilliland, K. O., Freel, C. D., and C. Fowler (2006). Predicted
light scattering from particles observed in human age-related nuclear
cataracts using Mie scattering theory. Investigative Ophthalmology
and Visual Science. 48: 303-312.
Leech, D. M.
and S. Johnsen (2006). Ultraviolet vision and foraging in juvenile
bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci. 63: 2183-2190.
Tuthill, J. and S. Johnsen
(2006) Polarization sensitivity in the red swamp crayfish Procambarus
clarkii enhances the detection of moving transparent objects.
Journal of Experimental Biology 209:1612-1616.
Johnsen, S., Kelber, A.,
Warrant, E. J., Sweeney, A. M., Widder, E. A., Lee Jr., R. L., and
J. Hernandez-Andres (2006). Crepuscular and nocturnal illumination
and its effects on the color perception of the nocturnal hawkmoth
Deilephila elpenor. Journal of Experimental Biology
209: 789-800. (with commentary by Kelber and Roth)
Johnsen, S. and K. J. Lohmann
(2005). The physics and neurobiology of magnetoreception. Nature
Reviews Neuroscience 6: 703-712.
Johnsen, S. (2005). The red and
the black: Bioluminescence and the color of animals in the deep
sea. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 45: 234-246.
Johnsen S. (2005). Visual ecology
on the high seas. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 287:
281-285
Blevins, E., and S.
Johnsen (2004). Spatial vision in the echinoid genus Echinometra.
Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 4249-4253.
Marsili, S., Salganik, R.
I., Albright, C. D., Freel, C. D., Johnsen, S., Peiffer, R. L.,
and M. J. Costello (2004). Cataract formation in a strain of rats
selected for high oxidative stress. Experimental Eye Research
79: 595-612.
Johnsen, S. and H. M. Sosik (2004).
Shedding light on light in the ocean. Oceanus 43: 24-28.
Gilliland, K. O., Freel,
C. D., Johnsen, S., Fowler, C., and M. J. Costello (2004). Random
distribution of multilamellar bodies in human age-related nuclear
cataracts. Experimental Eye Research. 79: 563-576.
Johnsen, S., Widder,
E. A., Mobley, C. D., and P. J. Herring (2004). Propagation and
perception of bioluminescence: factors affecting the success of
counterillumination as a cryptic strategy. Biological Bulletin:
207: 1-16.
Johnsen, S., and K. J.
Lohmann (2004). Neurobiology of geomagnetic orientation in animals.
In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (G. Adelman, B. H. Smith
eds.), Elsevier Science, New York.
Johnsen, S. (2003). Lifting
the cloak of invisibility: the effects of changing optical conditions
on pelagic crypsis. Integrative and Comparative Biology
43: 580-590.
Sweeney, A. M., Jiggins,
C., and S. Johnsen (2003). Polarized light as a butterfly mating
signal. Nature 423: 31-32.
Johnsen, S. and
H. M. Sosik (2003). Cryptic coloration and mirrored sides as camouflage strategies
in near-surface pelagic habitats: implications for foraging and
predator avoidance. Limnology and Oceanography 48:
1277-1288.
Avens, L., Wang, J., Johnsen, S.,
Dukes, P., and K. J. Lohmann (2003). Responses of hatchling sea
turtles to rotational displacements. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology 288: 111-124.
Leech, D. and
S. Johnsen (2003). Avoidance and UV vision. Pp. 455-484 in UV
Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, (W. Helbling,
H. Zagarese eds.), Royal Society of Chemistry, London.
Johnsen, S. (2002). Cryptic
and conspicuous coloration in the pelagic environment. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 269:
243-256.
Johnsen, S. (2001).
Hidden in plain sight: the ecology and physiology of organismal
transparency. Biological Bulletin 201: 301-138.
Johnsen, S., and
E. A. Widder (2001). Ultraviolet absorption in transparent zooplankton
and its implications for depth distribution and visual predation.
Marine Biology 138: 717-730.
Widder, E. A., and S. Johnsen
(2000). 3D spatial point patterns of bioluminescent plankton: a
map of the minefield. Journal of Plankton Research
22: 409-420.
Johnsen, S. (2000).
Transparent animals. Scientific American 282(2): 62-71.
Lohmann, K. J., and S. Johnsen
(2000). The neurobiology of magnetoreception in vertebrate animals.
Trends in Neurosciences 23: 153-159.
Widder, E. A., Johnsen, S.,
Bernstein, S. A., Case, J. F., and D. J. Neilson (1999). Thin layers
of bioluminescent copepods found at density discontinuities
in the water column. Marine Biology 134: 429-437.
Johnsen, S., and E. A. Widder
(1999). The physical basis of transparency in biological tissue: ultrastructure
and the minimization of light scattering. Journal of Theoretical
Biology 199: 181-198.
Johnsen, S., and W. M. Kier
(1999). Shade-seeking behavior under polarized light by the brittlestar Ophioderma
brevispinum. Journal of the Marine Biological Association
of the United Kingdom 79: 761-763.
Johnsen, S., Balser, E. J.,
and E. A. Widder (1999). Light-emitting suckers in an octopus. Nature 398:
113-114.
Johnsen, S., Balser, E.
J., Fisher, E. C., and E. A. Widder (1999). Bioluminescence in the
deep-sea cirrate octopod Stauroteuthis syrtensis Verrill (Mollusca:
Cephalopoda). Biological Bulletin 197: 26-39.
Johnsen, S., and E.
A. Widder (1998). The transparency and visibility of gelatinous
zooplankton from the north west Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Biological
Bulletin 195: 337-348.
Johnsen, S., and E. A. Widder (1998). The transparency
and visibility of gelatinous zooplankton. Proceedings of
the Fourteenth Conference of the Ocean Optics Society, Kailua-Kona,
HI, USA.
Johnsen, S., and W. M.
Kier (1998). Damage due to solar ultraviolet radiation in the brittlestar Ophioderma
brevispinum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Journal of the Marine
Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78: 681-684.
Widder, E. A., and S. Johnsen (1998). Optical imaging,
identification and 3D analysis of spatial distribution patterns
of bioluminescent plankton. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference
of the Ocean Optics Society, Kailua-Kona, HI, USA.
Johnsen, S. (1997). Identification
and localization of a possible rhodopsin in the echinoderms Asterias
forbesi (Asteroidea) and Ophioderma brevispinum (Ophiuroidea).
Biological Bulletin 193: 97-105.
Johnsen, S. (1994). Extraocular
sensitivity to polarized light in an echinoderm. Journal of Experimental
Biology 195: 281-291.
Smith,
A. M., Kier, W. M., and S. Johnsen (1993). The effect of depth on
the attachment force of limpets. Biological Bulletin
184: 338-341.
Johnsen, S., and W. M.
Kier (1993). Intramuscular crossed connective tissue fibers: skeletal support
in the lateral fins of squid and cuttlefish. Journal of Zoology
231: 311-338.
Kauffman,
S. A., and S. Johnsen (1991). Coevolution to the edge of chaos:
Coupled fitness landscapes, poised states and coevolutionary
avalanches. Journal of Theoretical Biology 149: 467-505.
Kauffman, S. A., and S. Johnsen (1991). Co-evolution
to the edge of chaos. Pp. 325-369 in Artificial Life II,
SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity vol. X (C. Langton,
C. Taylor, J. Farmer, S. Rasmussen eds.) Addison-Wesley, New York.
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