Publications

* undergraduate student or post-BS intern
​# graduate student

Peer reviewed
  1. Dorgan, K.M., W. Ballentine*, G. Lockridge, M. Ballard, K. Lee, P. Wilson. 2020. Impacts of simulated infaunal activities on acoustic wave propagation in sediments. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147: 812-823. doi: 10.1121/10.0000558
  2. Dorgan, K.M., R. Parker#, R., W. Ballentine*, S.K. Berke, E. Kiskaddon##, K. Gadeken#, E. Weldin*, W.C. Clemo#, T. Caffray*, S. Budai*, S. Bell. 2020. Sublethal effects of oil exposure on infaunal behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen consumption. Marine Ecology Progress Series 635: 9-24. doi: 10.3354/meps13215
  3. Jacquot, M.#, K.M. Dorgan, B. Mortazavi, A. Kleinhuizen, and W.C. Clemo#. 2018. Macrobenthic community structure and influence on denitrification in soft sediments (Mobile Bay, Alabama). Marine Ecology Progress Series 605: 17-35.
  4. Dorgan, K.M. 2018. Kinematics of burrowing by peristalsis in granular sands. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb167759.
  5. Clemo, W.C.#, and K.M. Dorgan. 2017. Functional morphology of Eunicidan (Polychaeta) Jaws. Biological Bulletin 233: 227-241.
  6. Dorgan, K.M., C. D’Amelio*, S.M Lindsay. 2016. Strategies of burrowing in soft muds by diverse polychaetes. Invertebrate Biology 135(4): 287-301. *Top 20 downloaded articles for 2016-2017 (355 downloads)
  7. Grill, S.*, K. M. Dorgan. 2015. Burrowing by small polychaetes - mechanics, behavior, and muscle structure of Capitella sp. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 1527-1537.
  8. Dorgan, K.M. 2015. Commentary: The biomechanics of burrowing and boring. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 176-183.
  9. Jumars, P.A., K.M. Dorgan, S.M. Lindsay. 2015. Diet of worms emended: An update of Polychaete feeding guilds. Annual Review of Marine Science 7: 497-520.
  10. Francoeur, A.A.*, K.M. Dorgan. 2014. Burrowing behavior in mud and sand of morphologically divergent polychaete species (Annelida: Orbiniidae). Biological Bulletin 226: 131-145.
  11. Law, C.J.*, K.M. Dorgan, G.W. Rouse. 2014. Relating divergence in polychaete musculature to different burrowing behaviors: a study using Opheliidae (Annelida). Journal of Morphology. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20237.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Johnson, B.D., M. Barry, B.P. Boudreau, P.A. Jumars, K.M. Dorgan. 2012. In Situ Tensile Fracture Toughness of Surficial Cohesive Marine Sediments. Geo-Marine Letters. DOI: 10.1007/s00367-011-0243-1.
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. Che, J.*, K.M. Dorgan. 2010. Mechanics and kinematics of backward burrowing by the polychaete, Cirriformia moorei. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 4272-4277.
  19. 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
  20. 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”
  21.  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.
  22.  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. **F-1000 recommended (Summers A: 2008. F1000.com/1116373)
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. Dorgan, K.M., P.A. Jumars, B. Johnson, B.P. Boudreau, and E. Landis.  2005.  Burrow extension by crack propagation. Nature 433: 475.**ASLO Lindeman award recipient
  27. 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.

Not peer reviewed
  1. Lee, K.M., G.R. Venegas, M.S. Ballard, P.S. Wilson, K.M. Dorgan. 2018. Acoustics of biologically active marine sediments. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 33: 005003.
  2. Lee, K.M., M.S. Ballard, A.R. McNeese, K.M. Dorgan, W. Ballentine*, G.R. Venegas, P.S. Wilson. 2017. Comparison between infauna abundance and seabed geoacoustic properties. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 31: 005002.
  3. Venegas, G.R., P.S. Wilson, K.M. Lee, M.S. Ballard, A.R. McNeese, K.M. Dorgan. 2017. Core and resonance logger (CARL) measurements of fine-grained sediments containing infauna. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 31: 005001.
  4. Lee, K.M., M.S. Ballard, G.R. Venegas, P.S. Wilson, K.M. Dorgan, A.H. Reed, and E. Roosen. 2016. Preliminary characterization of surficial sediment acoustic properties and infauna in the New England Mud Patch. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 26: 070003. doi: 10.1121/2.0000486

Manuscripts submitted
  1. Cole, S.M.#, K.M. Dorgan, W. Walton, B. Dzwonkowski, J. Coogan#. In review (Feb. 2020). Infestation of Farmed Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) by Mudblister Worms (Polydora websteri). Aquaculture Environment Interactions.
  2. Dorgan, K.M., R.D. Moseley*, E. Titus*, H. Watson*, S.M. Cole#, W. Walton. In review (Feb. 2020). Mud blister worm infestation and blister recovery in oysters. Biological Bulletin.
 
Manuscripts in preparation
  1. Gadeken, K. J. #, W.C. Clemo#, S. Dykstra#, M. Fung#, W. Ballentine#, A. Hagemeyer#, K.M. Dorgan, B. Dzwonkowski. In prep. Transport and sediment footprint of oyster aquaculture biodeposits. *MAS583 class project
  2. Dorgan, K.M., G. Lockridge. In prep. Measurement of the fracture toughness of cohesive marine sediments. Limnology and Oceanography Methods.
  3. Berke, S.K., K.M. Dorgan, E. Kiskaddon, S. Bell. In prep. Long-term changes in infaunal communities following the Deepwater Horizon event.
  4. Kiskaddon, E., K.M. Dorgan, K.J. Gadeken, S.K. Berke, S. Bell. In prep. Oil disturbance reduces species richness but does not affect phylogenetic diversity.  

Published Abstracts
  1. Dorgan, K.M., W.M. Ballentine*, G. Lockridge, M.S. Ballard, K.M. Lee, P.S. Wilson. 2018. Effects of burrow and tube construction by infauna on sound propagation through marine sediments. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144: 1842.
  2. Lee, K.M., M.S. Ballard, A.R. McNeese, K.M. Dorgan, G.R. Venegas, P.S. Wilson. 2018. Effects of benthic biology on geoacoustic properties of marine sediments. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144: 1843.
  3. Ballard, M.S., K.M. Lee, A.R. McNeese, J.D. Chaytor, A.H. Reed, K.M. Dorgan, G.R. Venegas, P.S. Wilson. 2018. Observations of the effects of benthic biology in measurements from the Acoustic Coring System collected in the New England Mud Patch. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144: 1843.
  4. Clemo, W.C.#, K.M. Dorgan. 2017. Relating functional diversity of infauna and sediment geoacoustic properties. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 142: 2665.
  5. Ballentine, W.*, K.M. Dorgan, K.M. Lee, M.S. Ballard, A.R. McNeese, P.S. Wilson, G.R. Venegas. 2017. Effects of marine infauna on the acoustic properties of sediment. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 142: 2693.
  6. Zeh, M.C., P.S. Wilson, K.M. Lee, M.S. Ballard, K.M. Dorgan. 2016, Acoustic scattering by tube-building worms (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) of the New England Mud Patch. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140: 3305.
 
Patents
US 8561475 B2. Johnson, B.D., B.P. Boudreau, M.A. Barry, K.M. Dorgan, P.A. Jumars. Method and apparatus for investigating mechanical properties of soft materials. Filed on Mar. 18, 2011.
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