William Megill

Kesa M, Kruusma M, Jezov J, Megill WM (in review) Drag on salmon and its implications for migration energetics. J Fish Biol

Paskins KE, Bowyer A, Megill WM, Scheibe J (2007) Takeoff and landing forces of leaping northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus). J exp Biol 210: 1413-1423.

Ahlborn B, Blake RW, Megill WM (2006) Frequency tuning in locomotion. Zoology 109: 43-53.

Megill WM, Gosline JM, Blake RW (2005) The modulus of elasticity of fibrillin-containing elastic fibres from the hydromedusa Polyorchis penicillatus. J. exp. Biol. 208: 3819-3834.

Megill WM (2003) Jellyfish biomechanics: The role of geometry and fibre-reinforcement in the mechanical behaviour of a biological soft tissue. Aust. NZ Math. Soc. Gazette 30(2): 90-98.

Megill WM, Garcia Carreras B (2008) Using a SeaBat 8128 to study the underwater behaviour of grey whales in a Mexican breeding lagoon. Reson Users' Conference, Oceanology International, London.

Megill WM, Garcia Carreras B (2006) La observación con sonar de alta frecuencia del comportamiento subacuático de la ballena gris en la Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, México. Primera Reunion Internacional sobre el Estudio de los Mamiferos Acuáticos, Mérida, México.

Megill WM, Garcia Carreras B (2005) Using multibeam sonar to study underwater behaviour of grey whales in San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico. 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego.

Megill WM, Campbell T, Bowles KA, Steele JR, Wallace GG (2003) Finite element model of the female breast during locomotion. Paper presented to the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, Bath UK. Sept. 2003.

Megill WM, Bowles KA, Steele JR (2002) Jellyfish and the breast: understanding the mechanics of fibre-reinforced soft tissues. Paper presented to the Annual Conference on Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Canberra.

Ahlborn B, Blake RW, Megill WM (2001) Minimum drag and profile thickness. J. Morphology 248: 201.

Megill WM, Gosline JM, Blake RW (1999) Resonance with an attitude. Presentation to the 5th International Conference on Comparative Physiology and Biomechanics, University of Calgary, August 1999.

Megill WM, Gosline JM, Blake RW (1998) Tuning a jellyfish. Non-linear stress-strain behaviour allows a tunable resonance. Presentation to the Annual General Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, York UK, April 1998.

el Daou H, Salumae T, Chambers LD, Megill WM, Kruusmaa (in review) Modeling and control of a biologically inspired fish-like robot using compliant tails. IEEE Trans Robotics

Viba J, Tipans I, Fontaine JG, Grzibovska V, Megill WM, Cifanskis S (in review) Theory of robot fish plane motion. Int Rev Mech Eng

Armour R, Paskins K, Bowyer A, Vincent JFV, Megill WM (2007) Jumping robots - a biomimetic solution to locomotion across rough terrain. Bioinsp. Biomim. 2: S65-S82.

Brady S, Lau KT, Megill W, Wallace GG, Diamond D (2005). The development and characterisation of conducting polymeric-based sensing devices. Synth Metals 154: 25-28.

Megill WM, Collins KM, Ladd RR (2010) Getting undulating fin propulsion out of the laboratory via Gymnobot. Marine Technology Reporter, March 2010: 18-22.

Martinovs A, Igavens A, Kovals E, Viba J, Megill W (2010) Method for producing models of living objects from elastomers - Metode dzivas dabas objektu modelu izgatavosanai no elastomeriem. Scientific proceedings of Riga Technical University. 6. Series. Transport and engineering. Mechanics.

Megill WM (2011) FILOSE: Robotic FIsh LOcomotion and SEnsing. Workshop presentation, ICAR 2011, Tallinn, Estonia, June 2011. (Invited).

Viba J, Beresnevich V, Cifanski S, Kruusmaa M, Fontaine JG, Megill WM (2011) New designs of fin type propulsive devices of robotic fish. Paper presented to ICAR 2011, Tallinn.

Collins KM, Brown JC, Ladd RR, Chambers LD, Bowyer A, Megill WM (2011) Variable stroke timing of rubber fins' duty cycle improves thrust. Paper presented to ICAR 2011, Tallinn.

Brown JC, Chambers LD, Collins KM, Akanyeti O, Visentin F, Ladd R, Fiorini P, Megill WM (2011) The interaction between vortices and a biomimetic flexible fin. Poster presented to the TAROS 2011 conference.

Fiazza C, Samlumäe T, Listak M, Kulikovkis G, Templeton R, Akanyeti O, Megill WM, Fiorini P, Kruusmaa M (2010) Biomimetic mechanical design for soft-bodied underwater vehicles. IEEE Oceans 2010 Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Collins KM, Bowyer A, Megill WM (2009) Asymmetries of flexible fin foil locomotion. Paper presented to the 4th International Symposium on Aero Aqua Bio-Mechanisms. Shanghai, China.

Chifanskii S, Viba J, Jakushchevich V, Kruusmaa M, Megill WM (2009) Issledovanie raboti plavnikovogo dvijitelia gidrobionta. Paper presented to the Symposium on the Dynamics of Vibroimpact (Strongly Non-linear) Systems (“DYVIS - 2009”). Zvenigorod, Russia. May 2009. http://www.vntr.ru/ftpgetfile.php?id=297

Viba J, Goncha V, Shvab Yu, Kruusmaa M, Fontaine J-G, Megill WM, Fiorini P (2009) Jestkost' tonkosloinix, rezinometallicheskix elementov pri sjatii. Paper presented to the Symposium on the Dynamics of Vibroimpact (Strongly Non-linear) Systems (“DYVIS - 2009”). Zvenigorod, Russia. May 2009. http://www.vntr.ru/ftpgetfile.php?id=297.

Collins KM, Brassington HJ, Ferris MT, Middleton J, Williamson BJ, Yao J, Megill WM, Dolan SC (2008) Hawthorne 2.0 - same boat, new guts. Presentation to the third annual SAUC-E competition hosted by the DGA, DSTL and the MoD. Brest, France, July 2008.

Collins KM, Förster F, Dolan SC, Bowyer A, Megill WM (2008) Kinematics and force characterisation of a knifefish-inspired mechanical propulsor. Presentation to the 1st Biological Approaches for Engineering Conference, Southampton, March 2008.

Collins KM, Sykes B, Hall D, Williamson B, Brindlinger G, Megill WM (2007) Hawthorne: - The second BURST AUV. Presentation to the second annual SAUC-E competition hosted by DSTL and the MoD. Gosport, UK, July 2007.

Megill WM (2005) Inner space exploration (the sea, etc.). Plenary presentation to the 2005 Bironet Easter Symposium, Bath, UK (Invited).

Megill WM (2010) Biomimetics on the race course: Development and deployment of two biomimetic human-powered submarines. Presentation to the RINA-IMarEST Western Joint Branch, Bristol, April 2010.

Megill WM (2005) Explores like a fish: Biomimetic subs for coastal oceanography. Presentation to the Endeavour Society, University of Bangor, Wales. (Invited).

Almond W, Allen TA, Wilson C, Hoskin I, Keen NAF, Parramore MD, Sell NP, Rashkov RP, Spillane J, Britton C, Christidis E, Stevenson T, Megill WM (2011) SeaBomb and Minerva. Design report for the 11th International Submarine Races, Washington DC, June 2011.

Hollyman L, Bishop G, Pickering M, Tommony J, Perrin R, McCoach I, Megill WM (2009) Design & construction of the 2009 BURST human-powered submarine Sulis. Design report for the 10th International Submarine Races, Washington DC, June 2009.

Collins KM, Brassington H, Ferris M, Middleton J, Williamson BJ, Yao J, Dolan SC, Megill WM (2008) Hawthorne 2.0 - the BURST 2008 SAUC-E entry. Report for the 2008 SAUC-E competition sponsored by DSTL, the UK MoD, and the French DGA. Brest, France, July 2008.

Park AR, Templeton RP, Wardle J, Eeles T, Smith RJ, Megill WM (2007) The Sea-Bomb: a biomimetic single-seat flooded submarine using pitching, counter-heaving foils. Report for the 9th International Submarine Races, Bethesda, MD, June 2007.

Sykes B, Hall DI, Collins KM, Williamson BJ, Brindlinger G, Hogg K, Riggs PR, Megill WM (2007) Hawthorne - The second BURST AUV. Report for the 2007 SAUC-E competition sponsored by DSTL and UK Ministry of Defence.

Venturelli R, Akanyeti O, Visentin F, Jezov J, Chambers L, Toming G, Brown J, Kruusmaa M, Megill WM, Fiorini P (2012) Hydrodynamic pressure sensing with an artificial lateral line in steady and unsteady flows. Bioinsp Biomim 7: 036004. link.

Akanyeti O, Venturelli R, Visentin F, Chambers L, Megill WM, Fiorini P (2011) What information do Karman streets offer to lateral line sensing? Bioinsp Biomim 6 (3):036001. link.

Graf S, Blondel P, Megill WM, Clift SE (2009) Acoustic modelling of dolphin sound reception and implications for biosonar design. Paper presented to the IEEE Oceans 09 Conference, Bremen. link

Wladichuk JL, Megill WM, Blondel P (2008) Passive echolocation techniques of eastern Pacific grey whales and biomimetic applications. Presentation to the 9th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (Acoustics 08), Paris, July 2008. link

Graf S, Megill WM, Blondel P, Clift SE (2008) Investigation into the possible role of dolphins teeth in sound reception. Presentation to the 9th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (Acoustics 08), Paris, July 2008. link

Wladichuk JL, Megill WM, Blondel P (2007) A bioinspired approach to sound localization in the underwater coastal environment. Pacific Rim Underwater Acoustics Conference, Vancouver, October 2007.

Conner L, Najera Hillman E, Megill WM, Calambokidis J, Klimek A, Stelle LL (in review) Using photo- identificaiton to examine injuries in Eastern Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Marine Mammal Science.

Gosho M, Gearin P, Jenkinson R, Laake J, Mazzuca L, Kubiak D, Calambokidis J, Megill WM, Gisborne B, Goley D, Tombach C, Darling JD, Deecke VB (in review) Movements and diet of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off Kodiak Island, Alaska, 2002-2005. J Cetacean Res Manage.

Senko J, Koch V, Megill WM, Carthy RR, Templeton RP, Nichols WJ (2010) Fine scale movements and habitat use of East Pacific green turtles at a shallow coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. J exp mar Biol Ecol. 391(1-2): 92-100. link.

Stelle LL, Megill WM, Kinzel MR (2008) Activity budgets and diving behaviour of summer resident grey whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in feeding grounds off coastal British Columbia. Mar Mamm Sci 24(3): 462-478.

Lamb E, Megill WM (2004) The Shoreline Fringe Forest of the Central British Columbia Coast. Can Field-Nat 117: 209-217.

Conner L, Stelle LL, Megill WM, Najera-Hillman E, Calambokidis J, Klimek A (2011) Using photo-id to examine injuries in eastern Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Poster presented to the 2011 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, Tampa, FL, Dec 2011.

Senko J, Koch V, Megill WM, Carthy RR, Templeton RP, Nichols WJ (2011) Fine scale movements and habitat use of East Pacific green turtles at a shallow coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Paper presented to the 2011 International Sea Turtle Symposium, San Diego.

Senko J, Carthy R, Koch V, Megill WM, Templeton RP, Nichols WJ (2009) Fine scale diel movement and activity ranges of east Pacific green turtles at a coastal foraging area in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Poster presented to the 2009 International Sea Turtle Symposium, Australia.

Maud JL, Megill WM, Stelle LL (2009) Predator-prey cycling in grey whales off British Columbia. Poster presented to the 2009 annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society, Istanbul.

Wladichuk JL, Megill WM, Maud JL, Stelle LL (2008) Grey whales - population trends, prey and acoustics. Presentation to the annual British Columbia Marine Mammal Symposium, UBC, Vancouver, November 2008.

Stelle LL, Megill WM, Kinzel MR (2008) Activity budget, diving behavior and foraging ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off coastal British Columbia. Poster presented to the 2008 meeting of the American Cetacean Society, Monterrey CA, November 2008.

Calambokidis J, Laake J, Gosho M, Gearin P, Szaniszlo W, Newell C, Tombach C, Megill WM, Deecke VB (2008) Seasonal resident gray whales in the Pacific Northwest: Results from collaborative research from 1999 to 2007. Presentation to the 2008 meeting of the American Cetacean Society, Monterrey CA, November 2008.

Maud JL, Stelle LL, Megill WM (2008) A "switching" predator in a changing ocean: Is predator-prey cycling in grey whales feeding near Cape Caution, BC, sustainable? Poster presented to the 2008 annual meeting of the American Cetacean Society, Monterrey CA, November 2008.

Maud JL, Megill WM (2008) Grey whales as switching predators in a tertiary feeding area. Poster presentation to the Annual Meeting of the European Cetacean Society, Amsterdam.

Senko J, Koch V, Megill WM, Templeton RP, Mayoral R, Carthy R, Nickerson M, Nichols WJ (2008) Fine scale movement patterns of immature black turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a coastal foraging area in BCS, Mexico: Preliminary results. Poster presented to the International Sea Turtle Symposium, Loreto, BCS, Mexico, January 2008.

Kinzel M, Scott-Ashe JE, Stelle LL, Megill WM (2006) Using GIS to examine marine processes, whales and El Niño. ESRI Annual Conference, San Diego.

Kinzel M, Megill WM, Randall D, Stelle LL (2004) Using GIS to assess habitat use of gray whales. Annual Society for Conservation GIS conference, Wash DC.

Lamb EG, Megill WM (2001) The shoreline fringe forest of the southern central coast of British Columbia. Paper presented to the Old-Growth Forests in Canada Conference, October 2001

Megill WM, Stelle L, Kinzel MR, Randall D (1999) El Nino-induced changes in grey whale abundance on the central coast of BC. Poster presented to the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Maui HI, November 1999.

Stelle L, Megill WM (1999) Feeding ecology of southern resident grey whales. Poster presented to the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Maui HI, November 1999.

Megill WM, Maud JL, Bachen KD (2011) Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, at Cape Caution and Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Summer 2011. Report prepared for National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA.

Megill WM (2011) Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, along the Central Coast of British Columbia, Summer 2010. Report prepared for National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA.

Burnham RE, Megill WM (2010) Surveys for grey whales along the Central Coast of British Columbia and the north and west coasts of Vancouver Island during the summer of 2009. Report prepared for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA.

Burnham RE, Megill WM, Maud JL (2010) Grey whales return to the Central Coast of British Columbia in summer 2008 after a three-year absence. Report prepared for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA.

Burnham RE, Megill WM, Senko J, Mancini A (2010) Baja's black turtles - 2009 field report. Prepared for Earthwatch Institute, Maynard MA.

Megill WM, Burnham RE, Stelle LL, Duffus DA (2010) Grey whales of British Columbia - 2009 field report. Prepared for Earthwatch Institute, Maynard, MA.

Megill WM, Koch V, Templeton RP, Mancini A, Lewis AJ, Burnham RE, Mayoral R (2009) Preliminary report on black sea turtle research activities undertaken by the UABCS/UBath/Earhtwatch team at Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico, in June 2009. Report prepared for the Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Project. http://www.sanignacioecosystem.org.

Megill WM, Maud JL (2008) An anomolous near-absence of grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, on the Central Coast of British Columbia and North Coast of Vancouver Island, summer 2007. Report prepared for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA.

Senko J, Koch V, Megill WM (2008) Habitat use of black turtles (Chelonia mydas) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico. Report prepared for the Laguna San Ignacio Wetlands Ecosystem Science Project. http://www.sanignacioecosystem.org/x2/file/c7e1249ffc03eb9ded908c236bd1996d.pdf.

Megill WM, Lewis AJ (2007) Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, on the Central Coast of British Columbia and the north coast of Vancouver Island, Summer 2006. Report prepared for NMFS, Seattle.

Kurth S, Megill WM, Yasué M (2007) Preliminary report on the epibenthic and benthic environment of San Ignacio Lagoon, BCS, Mexico. Report prepared for the Laguna San Ignacio Wetlands Ecosystem Science Project. http://www.sanignacioecosystem.org/content/1/2/5.html

Wladichuk JL, Megill WM, Kurth S (2006) Grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, near Cape Caution, British Columbia, during the summer of 2005. Report prepared for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle WA.

Megill WM, Stelle LL, Woodward B, Winn J (2003) Surveys for gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus, near Cape Caution, British Columbia, Summer 2003. Report prepared for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle WA

Megill WM, Scott-Ashe JE, Witherly NE, Meissner A (2003) Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, along the Central and North Coasts of British Columbia, Summer 2002. Report prepared for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle.

Calambokidis J, Gosho M, Gearin P, Darling JD, Megill W, Heath M, Goley D, Gisborne B (2002) Gray whale photographic identification in 2001: Collaborative research in the Pacific Northwest. Report submitted to National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle WA

Megill WM, Stelle LL, Muise J (2001) Grey whales of British Columbia: 2000 field report. Report prepared for the Center for Field Studies at Earthwatch, Maynard, MA

Calambokidis J, Darling JD, Deecke V, Gearin P, Gosho M, Megill WM, Tombach CM, Goley D, Toropova C, Gisborne B (2000) Range and movements of seasonal resident gray whales from California to southeast Alaska. Report submitted to National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle WA.

Lamb E, Dolmat Y, Holloway J, Shankel C, Megill WM (2000) Findings of the 1999 CERF survey of coastal biodiversity on the central coast of British Columbia. Report submitted to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Oceans Directorate, Vancouver BC.

Megill WM, Leblanc D, Lamb E (1999) Preliminary observations of the biodiversity of Addenbroke Island. Report submitted to the Canadian Coast Guard, August 1999.

Megill WM, Randall D (1999) A CD-ROM catalogue of the grey whales observed on the Central Coast of British Columbia, 1994-1999. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver BC.