| Differential tree mortality in response to severe drought: evidence for long‐term vegetation shifts RC Mueller, CM Scudder, ME Porter, R Talbot Trotter III, CA Gehring, ... Journal of Ecology 93 (6), 1085-1093, 2005 | 650 | 2005 |
| Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges A Martinez, J DeJong, I Akin, A Aleali, C Arson, J Atkinson, P Bandini, ... Géotechnique 72 (8), 687-705, 2022 | 126 | 2022 |
| Material properties and biochemical composition of mineralized vertebral cartilage in seven elasmobranch species (Chondrichthyes) ME Porter, JL Beltrán, TJ Koob, AP Summers Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (15), 2920-2928, 2006 | 111 | 2006 |
| Age and growth of sharks: do vertebral band pairs record age? LJ Natanson, GB Skomal, SL Hoffmann, ME Porter, KJ Goldman, D Serra Marine and Freshwater Research 69 (9), 1440-1452, 2018 | 103 | 2018 |
| Turning maneuvers in sharks: predicting body curvature from axial morphology ME Porter, CM Roque, JH Long Jr Journal of Morphology 270 (8), 954-965, 2009 | 57 | 2009 |
| Testing biomimetic structures in bioinspired robots: how vertebrae control the stiffness of the body and the behavior of fish-like swimmers JH Long Jr, NM Krenitsky, SF Roberts, J Hirokawa, J de Leeuw, ME Porter Integrative and comparative biology 51 (1), 158-175, 2011 | 54 | 2011 |
| The contribution of mineral to the material properties of vertebral cartilage from the smooth-hound shark Mustelus californicus ME Porter, TJ Koob, AP Summers Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (19), 3319-3327, 2007 | 46 | 2007 |
| Go reconfigure: how fish change shape as they swim and evolve JH Long Jr, ME Porter, RG Root, CW Liew Integrative and Comparative Biology 50 (6), 1120-1139, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| Mechanical properties of the venomous spines of Pterois volitans and morphology among lionfish species KA Galloway, ME Porter Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (6), jeb197905, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Automatic control: the vertebral column of dogfish sharks behaves as a continuously variable transmission with smoothly shifting functions ME Porter, RH Ewoldt, JH Long Jr Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (18), 2908-2919, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks ME Porter, C Diaz Jr, JJ Sturm, S Grotmol, AP Summers, JH Long Jr Zoology 117 (1), 19-27, 2014 | 33 | 2014 |
| Vertebrae in compression: Mechanical behavior of arches and centra in the gray smooth‐hound shark (Mustelus californicus) ME Porter, JH Long Jr Journal of Morphology 271 (3), 366-375, 2010 | 32 | 2010 |
| Inspired by sharks: a biomimetic skeleton for the flapping, propulsive tail of an aquatic robot JH Long, T Koob, J Schaefer, A Summers, K Bantilan, S Grotmol, M Porter Marine Technology Society Journal 45 (4), 119-129, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| Bioinspiration: applying mechanical design to experimental biology BE Flammang, ME Porter Integrative and Comparative Biology 51 (1), 128-132, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| Swimming fundamentals: turning performance of leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) is predicted by body shape and postural reconfiguration ME Porter, CM Roque, JH Long Jr Zoology 114 (6), 348-359, 2011 | 28 | 2011 |
| Mechanical behavior of shark vertebral centra at biologically relevant strains DN Ingle, LJ Natanson, ME Porter Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (24), jeb188318, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Stiff and tough: a comparative study on the tensile properties of shark skin SB Creager, ME Porter Zoology 126, 154-163, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Volitional Swimming Kinematics of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, in the Wild ME Porter, BT Ruddy, SM Kajiura Drones 4 (4), 78, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
| An electric ray inspired biomimetic autonomous underwater vehicle P Krishnamurthy, F Khorrami, J de Leeuw, ME Porter, K Livingston, ... Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, 5224-5229, 2010 | 21 | 2010 |
| Testing biological hypotheses with embodied robots: adaptations, accidents, and by-products in the evolution of vertebrates SF Roberts, J Hirokawa, HG Rosenblum, H Sakhtah, AA Gutierrez, ... Frontiers in Robotics and AI 1, 12, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
