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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.