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., Chang Krista J., Jones Alexandria B., Rivera Gabriel, Worthington Amy M., Fluctuating Asymmetry in the Polymorphic Sand Cricket (Gryllus firmus)
  13:7 2022
• Insects (Basel, Switzerland)
  Whalen Matthew R, Chang Krista J, Jones Alexandria B, Rivera Gabriel, Worthington Amy M, Fluctuating Asymmetry in the Polymorphic Sand Cricket
  13:7 2022
• Evolution
  Rivera Gabriel, Neely Cally M Deppen, 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., Rivera Gabriel, Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in the limbs of anurans
  280:4, p. 587 - 592 2019
• Paleobiology
  Hedrick Brandon P, Schachner Emma R, Rivera Gabriel, Dodson Peter, Pierce Stephanie E, 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., Youngblood J. P., Rivera G., Vance J. T., Blob R. W., Variation in Morphology and Kinematics Underlies Variation in Swimming Stability and Turning Performance in Freshwater Turtles
  1:1 2019
• Bioinspiration & biomimetics
  Mayerl Christopher J, Hall Garret J, Sansone Alison M, Stevens Lucy M, Porter Michael M, Rivera Gabriel, Blob Richard W, 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., Mayerl C. J., Rivera Gabriel, Young V. K., '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, Godwin James C., Adams Dean C., Davis Joi N., Repeatability of habitat-associated divergence in shell shape of turtles
  41:1, p. 29 - 37 2014
• Journal of morphology
  Rivera Gabriel, Stayton C Tristan, 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., Rivera G., Blob R. W., 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, Stayton C. Tristan, 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., Blob R. W., Rivera A. R. V., 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, Wyneken Jeanette, Rivera Gabriel, Blob Richard, Hydrodynamic stability in posthatchling loggerhead ( Caretta caretta) and green ( Chelonia mydas) sea turtles
  113:3, p. 158 - 167 2010
• Herpetologica
  Gosnell J. Stephen, Rivera Gabriel, Blob Richard W., 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, Claude JULIEN, Environmental media and shape asymmetry: a case study on turtle shells
  94:3, p. 483 - 489 2008
• Journal of experimental biology
  Rivera Gabriel, Blob Richard W, Rivera Angela R V, Dougherty Erin E, 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, Savitzky Alan H., Hinkley Jeffrey A., Mechanical properties of the integument of the common gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Serpentes: Colubridae)
  208:15, p. 2913 - 2922 2005
• Hinkley Jeffrey A., Rivera Gabriel, Savitzky Alan H., Gehrke Stevin H., Tensile Properties of Hydrogels and of Snake Skin 2002