Gabriel Rivera, PhD

Department

Biology

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Rivera Gabriel, Hydrodynamics of freshwater turtles: Maneuverability, stability, and effects of shell shape 2009

Publications

• Insects
  Whalen Matthew R., etal Fluctuating Asymmetry in the Polymorphic Sand Cricket (Gryllus firmus)
  13:7 2022
• Insects (Basel, Switzerland)
  Whalen Matthew R, etal Fluctuating Asymmetry in the Polymorphic Sand Cricket
  13:7 2022
• Evolution
  Rivera Gabriel, etal Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in the limbs of freshwater turtles: Are more functionally important limbs more symmetrical?
  74:3, p. 660 - 670 2020
• Journal of morphology (1931)
  Didde Ryan D., etal Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in the limbs of anurans
  280:4, p. 587 - 592 2019
• Paleobiology
  Hedrick Brandon P, etal The effects of skeletal asymmetry on interpreting biologic variation and taphonomy in the fossil record
  45:1, p. 154 - 166 2019
• Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England)
  Mayer C. J., etal Variation in Morphology and Kinematics Underlies Variation in Swimming Stability and Turning Performance in Freshwater Turtles
  1:1 2019
• Bioinspiration & biomimetics
  Mayerl Christopher J, etal The impact of keels and tails on turtle swimming performance and their potential as models for biomimetic design
  14:1, p. 016002 - 016002 2018
• Integrative and Comparative Biology
  Blob R. W., etal 'on the Fence' Versus 'all in': Insights from Turtles for the Evolution of Aquatic Locomotor Specializations and Habitat Transitions in Tetrapod Vertebrates
  56:6, p. 1310 - 1322 2016
• Evolutionary Biology
  Rivera Gabriel, etal Repeatability of habitat-associated divergence in shell shape of turtles
  41:1, p. 29 - 37 2014
• Journal of morphology
  Rivera Gabriel, etal Effects of asymmetry on the strength of the chelonian shell: a comparison of three species. Journal of Morphology
  274:8, p. 901 - 908 2013
• Journal of Experimental Biology
  Rivera A. R. V., etal Forelimb kinematics during swimming in the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, compared with other turtle taxa: rowing versus flapping, convergence versus intermediacy
  216:4, p. 668 - 680 2013
• Journal of Morphology
  Rivera Gabriel, etal Finite element modeling of shell shape in the freshwater turtle Pseudemys concinna reveals a trade-off between mechanical strength and hydrodynamic efficiency. Journal of Morphology
  272:10, p. 1192 - 1203 2011
• Journal of Experimental Biology
  Rivera G., etal Hydrodynamic stability of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta): effects of four-limbed rowing versus forelimb flapping in rigid-bodied tetrapods
  214:7, p. 1153 - 1162 2011
• Zoology (Jena)
  Dougherty Erin, etal Hydrodynamic stability in posthatchling loggerhead ( Caretta caretta) and green ( Chelonia mydas) sea turtles
  113:3, p. 158 - 167 2010
• Herpetologica
  Gosnell J. Stephen, etal A Phylogenetic Analysis of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Turtles
  65:1, p. 70 - 81 2009
• Integrative and comparative biology
  Rivera Gabriel, Ecomorphological variation in shell shape of the freshwater turtle Pseudemys concinna inhabiting different aquatic flow regimes
  48:6, p. 769 - 787 2008
• Biological journal of the Linnean Society
  Rivera GABRIEL, etal Environmental media and shape asymmetry: a case study on turtle shells
  94:3, p. 483 - 489 2008
• Journal of experimental biology
  Rivera Gabriel, etal Aquatic turning performance of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and functional consequences of a rigid body design
  209:Pt 21, p. 4203 - 4213 2006
• Journal of experimental biology
  Rivera Gabriel, etal Mechanical properties of the integument of the common gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Serpentes: Colubridae)
  208:15, p. 2913 - 2922 2005
• Hinkley Jeffrey A., etal Tensile Properties of Hydrogels and of Snake Skin 2002