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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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