Publications
Donovan, D.A. and Connell, G.L. (in press) Evolution of a student-centered biology class: How systematically testing aspects of class structure has informed our teaching. Invited book chapter in “Active Learning in College Science: The Case for Evidence-Based Practice” J.J. Mintzes and E.M. Walter, eds.
Donovan, D.A., G.L. Connell, and D.Z. Grunspan. (2018) Student learning outcomes and attitudes using three methods of group formation in a non-majors biology class. CBE – Life Sci. Ed. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.17-12-0283
Connell, G.L., D.A. Donovan, and T.G. Chambers. (2016) Increasing the use of student-centered pedagogies from moderate to high improves student learning and attitudes about biology. CBE – Life Sci. Ed., 15: 1-15 pdf
Donovan, D.A., E.J. Borda, D.M. Hanley, and C.C. Landel. (2015) Participation in a multi-institutional curriculum development project changed science faculty knowledge and beliefs about teaching science. J. Sci. Teach. Educ. 26: 193-216.pdf
Miner, B.G., D.A. Donovan, L.M. Portis*, and T.A. Goulding*. (2013) Marine snail induces an effective defense against seastars. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 493: 195-206. pdf
Donovan, D.A., L.J. Atkins, I.Y. Salter, D.J. Gallagher, R.F. Kratz, J.V. Rousseau, and G.D. Nelson. (2013) Advantages and challenges of using physics curricula as a model for reforming an undergraduate biology course. CBE – Life Sci. Ed. 12: 215-229. pdf
Miner, B.G., D.A. Donovan, and K.E. Andrews*. (2010) Should I stay or should I go: predator and conspecific induced hatching in a marine snail. Oecologia. 163: 69-78. pdf
Donovan, D.A., and H.H. Taylor. (2008) Metabolic consequences of living in a wave-swept environment: effects of simulated wave forces on oxygen consumption, heart rate, and activity of the shell adductor muscle of the abalone Haliotis iris. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 354: 231-240. pdf
Farren‡, H.M. and D.A. Donovan. (2007) Effects of sponge and barnacle encrustation on survival of the scallop Chlamys hastata. Hydrobiologia. 592: 225-234. pdf
Baldwin, J., J.P. Elias, R.M.G. Wells, and D.A. Donovan. (2007) Energy metabolism in the tropical abalone, Haliotis asinina Linné: comparisons with temperate abalone species. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 342: 213-225. pdf
Donovan, D.A., S.C. Pennings, and T.H. Carefoot. (2006) Swimming in the sea hare Aplysia brasiliana: cost of transport, morphometry and swimming behavior. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 328: 76-86. pdf
Donovan, D.A., J.P. Elias, and J. Baldwin. (2004) Swimming behavior and morphometry of the file shell Limaria fragilis. Mar. Fresh. Beh. Phys. 37: 7-16. pdf
Caldwell‡, S.L. and D.A. Donovan. (2003) Energetics of swimming and crawling in the Lion Nudibranch Melibe leonina. Veliger. 46: 355-361. pdf
Donovan, D.A., B.L. Bingham, M. From, A.F. Fleisch*, and E.S. Loomis*. (2003) Effects of barnacle encrustation on the swimming behaviour, energetics, morphometry and drag of the scallop Chlamys hastata. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 83: 813-819. pdf
Donovan, D.A., B.L. Bingham, H.L. Farren‡, R. Gallardo*, and V. Vigilant*. (2002) Effects of sponge encrustation on the swimming behavior, energetics and morphometry of the scallop Chlamys hastata. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 82: 469-476. pdf
Donovan, D.A. and J. Baldwin. (1999) Cost of transport in the swimming bivalve Limaria fragilis. Mar. Fresh. Beh. Phys. 33: 51-58. pdf
Donovan, D.A., J.P. Danko*, and T.H. Carefoot. (1999) Functional significance of shell sculpture in gastropod molluscs: test of a predator-deterrent hypothesis in Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 236: 235-251. pdf
Donovan, D.A., J. Baldwin, and T.H. Carefoot. (1999) The contribution of anaerobic energy to gastropod crawling and a re-estimation of minimum cost of transport in the abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 235: 267-278. pdf
Donovan, D.A. and T.H. Carefoot. (1998) Effects of activity on energy allocation in the Northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana (Jonas). J. Shell. Res. 17: 729-736. pdf
Carefoot, T.H., B.E. Taylor, and D.A. Donovan. (1998) Seasonality in digestive-gland size and metabolism in relation to reproduction in Haliotis kamtschatkana. J. Shell. Res. 17: 713-716. pdf
Carefoot, T.H., M. Harris, B.E. Taylor, D.A. Donovan, and D. Karentz. (1998) Mycosporine-like amino acids: possible UV-protection in eggs of the sea hare Aplysia dactylomela. Mar. Biol. 130: 389-396. pdf
Donovan, D.A. and T.H Carefoot. (1997) Locomotion in the abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana: pedal morphology and cost of transport. J. Exp. Biol. 200: 1145-1153. pdf
Taylor, B.E., D.A. Donovan, E. McLean, E. Donaldson, and T.H. Carefoot. (1996) Effect of recombinant vertebrate growth hormones on growth of adult abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana. Aquaculture. 140: 153-158. pdf
Carefoot, T.H. and D.A. Donovan. (1995) Functional significance of varices in the muricid gastropod Ceratostoma foliatum. Biol. Bull. 189:59-68. pdf
Donovan, D.A. and J.G. Zinkl. (1994) Modifications of a cholinesterase method for determination of erythrocyte cholinesterase in wild mammals. J. Wild. Dis. 30: 234-240.
* undergraduate coauthor
‡ graduate coauthor