My research interest is in environmental fluid mechanics and focuses on the interactions between hydrodynamics and biology in marine environments. Current research activities include the effects of flow and turbulence on nutrient exchange in coral reefs, transport and mixing in estuaries, chemical dispersion in the coastal ocean, and wave dynamics. This work is primarily based upon field observations, while utilizing laboratory experiments to examine more detailed flow phenomena. An additional aspect of my research studies the biomechanics of how marine organisms function within their physical environment. Some recent examples of this work are: chemosensory detection of odors by lobsters, dispersal of larvae in wave-driven turbulent flow, and morphological adaptation of corals to varying flow environments.

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Selected Recent Publications

Genin A., Monismith S.G., Reidenbach M.A., Yahel G., and Koseff J.R., 2009, “Intense benthic grazing of phytoplankton in a coral reef”, Limnology and Oceanography, 54(3), 938-951.

Reidenbach M.A., Koseff J.R., and Koehl M.A.R., 2009, “Hydrodynamic forces on larvae affect their settlement on coral reefs in turbulent, wave driven flow”, Limnology and Oceanography, 54(1), 318-330.

Reidenbach M.A., George N.T., and Koehl M.A.R., 2008, “Antennule morphology and flicking kinematics facilitate odor sampling by the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus“, Journal of Experimental Biology, 211, 2849-2858.

Kamio M., Reidenbach M.A., and Derby C.D., 2008, “To paddle or not: context dependent courtship display by male blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus“, Journal of Experimental Biology, 211, 1243-1248.

Koehl M.A.R. and Reidenbach M.A., 2007, “Swimming by microscopic organisms in ambient water flow”, Experiments in Fluids, DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0371-6.

Reidenbach M.A., Koseff J.R., and Monismith S.G., 2007, “Laboratory experiments of fine-scale mixing and mass transport within a coral canopy”, Physics of Fluids, 19(7), 075107.

Koehl M.A.R., Strother J.A., Reidenbach M.A., Koseff J.R., and Hadfield M.G., 2007, “Individual-based model of larval transport to coral reefs in turbulent, wave-driven flow: behavioral responses to dissolved settlement inducer”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 335, 1-18.

Reidenbach M.A., Monismith S.G., Koseff J.R., Yahel G., and Genin A., 2006, “Boundary layer turbulence and flow structure over a fringing coral reef”, Limnology and Oceanography, 51(5), 1956-1968.

Monismith S.G., Genin A., Reidenbach M.A., Yahel G., and Koseff J.R., 2006, “Thermally driven exchanges between a coral reef and the adjoining ocean”, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(7), 1332-1347.

Reidenbach M.A., Koseff J.R., Monismith S.G., Steinbuck J.V., and Genin A., 2006, “The effects of waves and morphology on mass transfer within branched reef corals”, Limnology and Oceanography, 51(2): 1134-1141.

Holzman R., Reidenbach M.A., Monismith S.G., Koseff J.R., Genin A., 2005, “Near-bottom depletion of zooplankton over a coral reef: II. Relationships with zooplankton swimming ability”, Coral Reefs, 24(1), 87-94.