Sonke Johnsen

Publications  

Books

1. S. Johnsen, The Optics of Life: A biologist's guide to light in nature (December, 2011) .

Papers Published

1. S. Zylinski and S. Johnsen, Mesopelagic cephalopods switch between transparency and pigmentation to optimize camouflage in the deep, Current Biology, vol. 21 (2011), pp. 1937-1941 .
2. J. L. Baldwin and S. Johnsen, The effects of molting on the visual acuity of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214 (2011), pp. 3055-3061 .
3. E. Jackson and S. Johnsen, Orientation to objects in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus depends on apparent and not actual object size, Biological Bulletin, vol. 220 (2011), pp. 86-88 .
4. A. Holt, A. M. Sweeney, S. Johnsen and D. E. Morse, A highly-distributed Bragg stack with unique geometry provides effective camouflage for Loliginid squid eyes, Proceedings of the Royal Society: Interface, vol. 8 (2011), pp. 1386-1399 .
5. D. I. Speiser, D. Eernisse, and S. Johnsen, Chitons eye have calcitic lenses and provide spatial vision, Current Biology, vol. 21 (2011), pp. 665-670 .
6. A. M. Sweeney, C. A. Boch, S. Johnsen, and D. E. Morse, Twilight spectral dynamics and the coral reef invertebrate spawning response, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214 (2011), pp. 770-777 .
7. A. Bhandiwad and S. Johnsen, The effects of salinity and temperature on the transparency of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214 (2011), pp. 709-716 .
8. N. Shashar, S. Johnsen, A. Lerner, C.-C. Chiao, L. M. Mathger, and R. T. Hanlon, Underwater linear polarization- physical limitations to biological functions, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, vol. 366 (2011), pp. 649-654 .
9. S. Johnsen, N. J. Marshall, and E. A. Widder, 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, vol. 366 (2011), pp. 655-670 .
10. D. I. Speiser, E. R. Loew, and S. Johnsen, Spectral sensitivity of the concave mirror eyes of scallops: The influence of habitat and longitudinal chromatic aberration, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214 (2011), pp. 422-431 .
11. C. A. Tedore and S. Johnsen, The function of male-male threat displays in the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis, Behavioural Processes (online for now) (2011) .
12. Costello, M. J., Johnsen, S., Frame, L., Gilliland, K. O., Metlapally, S., and D. Balasubramanian, Multilamellar spherical particles as potential sources of excess light scattering in human age-related nuclear cataracts, Experimental Eye Research, vol. 91 (2010), pp. 881-889 .
13. D. Yerramilli and S. Johnsen, Spatial vision in the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Echinoidea), Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 213 (2010), pp. 249-255 .
14. J. L. Baldwin and S. Johnsen, The importance of color in mate choice in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 212 (2009), pp. 3762-3768 .
15. D. Speiser and S. Johnsen, Comparative morphology of the mirror-based eyes of scallops (Pectinoidea), American Malacological Bulletin, vol. 26 (2009), pp. 27-34 .
16. S. Johnsen and K. J. Lohmann, Magnetoreception in animals, Physics Today, vol. 61 no. 3 (2008), pp. 29-35 .
17. Gilliland, K. O., Johnsen, S., Metlapally, S., Costello, M. J., Ramamurthy, B., Krishna, P. V. and D. Balasubramanian, Mie Light Scattering Calculations for Multilamellar Bodies in Indian Age-Related Nuclear Cataracts, Molecular Vision, vol. 14 (2008), pp. 572-582 .
18. Metlapally, S., Costello, M. J., Gilliland, K. O., Ramamurthy, B., Krishna, P. V., Balasubramanian, D., and S. Johnsen, Analysis of nuclear lens fiber cell cytoplasmic texture in advanced cataractous lenses from Indian subjects using Debye-Bueche theory, Experimental Eye Research, vol. 86 (2008), pp. 434-444 .
19. D. Speiser and S. Johnsen, Scallops visually respond to the presence and speed of virtual particles, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 211 (2008), pp. 2066-2070 .
20. Costello, M. J., Johnsen, S., Gilliland, K. O., Metlapally, S., Ramamurthy, B., Krishna, P. V., Balasubramanian, D., Ultrastructural analysis of damage to nuclear fiber cell membranes in advanced age-related cataracts from India, Experimental Eye Research, vol. 87 (2008), pp. 147-158 .
21. Matz. M. V., Frank, T. M., Marshall, N. J., Widder, E. A., Johnsen, S., Giant deep-sea protist produces bilaterian-like traces, Current Biology, vol. 18 (2008), pp. 1849-1855 .
22. S. Johnsen, Does new technology inspire new directions? Examples drawn from pelagic visual ecology., Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 47 (2007), pp. 799-807 .
23. Martin, C. H. and S. Johnsen, A Field Test of the Hamilton-Zuk Hypothesis in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61 (2007), pp. 1897-1909 .
24. Sweeney, A. M., Des Marais, D. L., Ban, Y. A. and S. Johnsen, Evolution of Graded Refractive Index in Squid Lenses, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 4 (2007), pp. 685-698 .
25. Johnsen, S., Mattern, E., and T. Ritz, Light-dependent magnetoreception: quantum catches and opponency mechanisms of possible photosensitive molecules, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 210 (2007), pp. 3171-3178 .
26. Sweeney, A., Haddock, S. H. D., and S. Johnsen, Comparative visual acuity of coleoid cephalopods, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 47 no. 808-814 (2007) .
27. Gagnon, Y. L., Shashar, N., Warrant, E. J., and S. Johnsen, Light scattering from pelagic zooplankton: measurements at different angles and modeling corresponding sighting distances, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 210 (2007), pp. 3728-3735 .
28. Costello, M. J., Johnsen, S., Gilliland, K. O., Freel, C. D., and C. Fowler, Predicted light scattering from particles observed in human age-related nuclear cataracts using Mie scattering theory, . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, vol. 48 (2006), pp. 303-312 .
29. S. Johnsen, ., Warrant, E. J., Sweeney, A. M., Lee, R. H. Jr., Hernández-Andrés, J., Crepuscular and nocturnal illumination and its effects on color perception by the nocturnal hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 209 (2006), pp. 789-800 .
30. J. Tuthill, S. Johnsen, Polarization sensitivity in the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii enhances the detection of moving transparent objects., Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 209 (2006), pp. 1612-1616 .
31. D. M. Leech, S. Johnsen, UV vision and the Feeding Ecology of Juvenile Bluegill Sunfish, Lepomis machrochirus., Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 63 (2006), pp. 2183-2190 .
32. S. Johnsen, Visual ecology on the high seas, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 287 (2005), pp. 281-285 .
33. S. Johnsen, The red and the black: Bioluminescence and the color of animals in the deep sea, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 45 (2005), pp. 234-246 .
34. S. Johnsen, K. J. Lohmann, The physics and neurobiology of magnetoreception, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, vol. 6 (2005), pp. 703-712 .
35. E. Blevins, S. Johnsen, Spatial vision in the echinoid genus Echinometra, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 207 (2004), pp. 4249-4253 .
36. S. Johnsen, H. M. Sosik, Shedding light on light in the ocean, Oceanus, vol. 43 (2004), pp. 24-28 .
37. Johnsen, S., Widder, E. A., Mobley, C. D., Propagation and perception of bioluminescence: factors affecting the success of counterillumination as a cryptic strategy, Biological Bulletin, vol. 207 (2004), pp. 1-16 .
38. Marsili, S., Salganik, R. I., Albright, C. D., Freel, C. D., Johnsen, S., Peiffer, R. L., and M. J. Costello, Cataract formation in a strain of rats selected for high oxidative stress, Experimental Eye Research, vol. 79 (2004), pp. 595-612 .
39. Gilliland, K. O., Freel, C. D., Johnsen, S., Fowler, C., and M. J. Costello, Random distribution of multilamellar bodies in human age-related nuclear cataracts, Experimental Eye Research, vol. 79 (2004), pp. 563-576 .
40. S. Johnsen, Lifting the cloak of invisibility: the effects of changing optical conditions on pelagic crypsis, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 43 (2004), pp. 580-590 .
41. Sweeney, A. M., Jiggins, C., and S. Johnsen, Polarized light as a butterfly mating signal, Nature, vol. 423 (2003), pp. 31-32 .
42. Johnsen, S. and H. M. Sosik, Cryptic coloration and mirrored sides as camouflage strategies in near-surface pelagic habitats: implications for foraging and predator avoidance, Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 48 (2003), pp. 1277-1288 .
43. Avens, L., Wang, J., Johnsen, S., Dukes, P., and K. J. Lohmann, Responses of hatchling sea turtles to rotational displacements, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 288 (2003), pp. 111-124 .

Papers Accepted

1. J. L. Baldwin and S. Johnsen, The male blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, uses both chromatic and achromatic cues during mate choice, Journal of Experimental Biology (2011) .

Papers Submitted

1. Jaffe, J. S., Simonet, F., Laxton, B., Roberts, P. L. D., Zylinski, S., Johnsen, S., and A. M. Sweeney, Omni-Cam and the Sub Sea Holodeck: Systems for recording in-situ radiance and simulating underwater optical environments in the lab, Marine Technology Society Journal (2011) .
2. Costello, M. J., Burette, A., Weber, M., Metlapally, S., Gilliland, K. O., Fowler, W. C., Mohamed, A., and S. Johnsen, Electron tomography of fiber cell cytoplasm and dense cores of multilamellar bodies from human age-related nuclear cataracts, Molecular Vision (2011) .
3. 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, A novel method for comparative analysis of retinal specialization traits from topographic maps, Journal of Vision (2011) .

Books under Contract

1. T. W. Cronin, S. Johnsen, N. J. Marshall, and E. J. Warrant, The Ecology of Vision (2011) .

Book Chapters

1. N. J. Marshall and S. Johnsen, Camouflage in Marine fish, in Animal Camouflage: Current issues and new perspectives (2011) .
2. D. M. Leech and S. Johnsen, Light, Biological Receptors, in Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, edited by G. E. Likens, vol. 2 (2009), pp. 671-681, Academic Press .
3. Cummings, M. M. and S. Johnsen, Light in the rocky shores, in Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores, edited by M. Denny and S. Gaines Eds. (2007), pp. 327-331, University of California Press. .
4. Johnsen, S., and K. J. Lohmann, Neurobiology of magnetoreception, in Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, edited by G. Adelman, B. H. Smith (2004) .
5. Leech, D. and S. Johnsen, Avoidance and UV vision, in UV Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, edited by W. Helbling, H. Zagarese (2003), Royal Society of Chemistry .