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Susanne Menden-Deuer

Asst. Professor of Oceanography

230 Coastal Institute

smenden@gso.uri.edu

401 874-6608

http://www.gso.uri.edu/smdlab/

Educational Background

Ph.D.
M.Sc.
Diplom Biologie (=M.Sc.)

University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Bonn, Germany

2004
1998
1996

Areas of Specialization

Research

Plankton behavior and ecology • Predation • Harmful & toxic algae • Organism movement and dispersal

Teaching

Biological Oceanography Lecture & Lab • Data Analysis & Communication

Outreach

Science Mentor: Metcalf Institute, GEMS-NET Poster Judge at scientific conferences: ASLO, ERF, NEAS Science Judge at National Ocean Science Bowl since 2000

Students

Elizabeth Harvey
Henry Wladkowski
Hyewon Kim
Françoise Morison
Caitlyn Lawrence

Ph.D. candidate in progress
M.Sc. candidate in progress
M.Sc. candidate in progress
Ph.D. candidate in progress
M.Sc.

2008
2009
2010
2011
2011

Publications:

selected

Harvey*, EL & S Menden-Deuer. 2011. Avoidance, movement, and mortality: the role of predator-prey interactions in harmful algal bloom dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography 56:371-378

Menden-Deuer S & Fredrickson KA. 2010. Structure-dependent, protistan grazing and its implication for the formation, maintenance and decline of plankton patches. Marine Ecology Progress Series 420: 57-71

Menden-Deuer S. 2010. Inherent high correlation of individual motility enhances population dispersal in a heterotrophic, planktonic protist. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(10) e1000942

Menden-Deuer S Fredrickson KA & Strom SL. 2010. Physical and biological drivers of HAB formation: Rates of formation, persistence and decline of a Heterosigma akashiwo event in East Sound, Washington, USA. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Harmful Algae

Menden-Deuer S. 2008. Spatial and temporal characteristics of plankton-rich layers in a shallow, temperate fjord. Marine Ecology Progress Series 355: 21-30

Menden-Deuer S. 2006. An integrated model simulation and empirical laboratory on biological encounter rates. Oceanography 19(4): 185-189

Menden-Deuer S & D Grünbaum. 2006. Individual foraging behaviors and population distributions of planktonic predators aggregating to phytoplankton layers. Limnology & Oceanography 51: 109-116

please see website - url link above for most recent or complete

Presentations:

selected

Menden-Deuer S & Harvey* EL. 2011. Individual actions and global ramifications: why species and scales matter in plankton dynamics. Smayda Festschrift, Graduate School of Oceanography, RI

Menden-Deuer S & W *Day. 2011. Linking predator detection radii with patch exploitation in the coastal ocean. 5^th International Zooplankton Production Symposium. Pucón, Chile

*Muhlbach E, W *Day, S Menden-Deuer. 2011. Dinoflagellate prey selectivity: Oxyrrhis marina behavioral mechanisms allow for preferentially feeding of prey species. Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium, UNE Biddeford, ME

Menden-Deuer S & Harvey* EL. 2011. Linking microscopic plankton behaviors to large-scale ecological patterns and processes. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Mosby* AF, Lawrence*, CM & S. Menden-Deuer. 2011. Protistan grazing in Narragansett Bay, RI: Relation to plankton community composition and environmental conditions. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Lawrence*, CM & S. Menden-Deuer. 2011. Effects of copepod addition and nutrient availability on measurements of heterotrophic protist grazing rates in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Graff, JR, S. Forschner-Dancause, S. Menden-Deuer, & D.C. Rowley. 2011. Vibrio cholerae alters its motility in response to sub-lethal concentrations of a competitor produced antibiotic. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Menden-Deuer S. 2011. Deciphering predator prey interactions in the plankton. Microenvironments modulating biological interactions in the Ocean. Aspen, CO

Menden-Deuer S. 2010. Dispersal of self-propelled particles. Physics Colloquium, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Menden-Deuer S. 2010. Plankton on the move: effects of consumer foraging behaviors on marine microbial food webs. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (invited)

Menden-Deuer S, Harvey* EL, Day* WA & KA Fredrickson. 2010. Patchy prey and stealthy predators: enhanced protist grazing pressure within phytoplankton patches. Ocean Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR (invited)

Strom SL & S Menden-Deuer. 2009. Heterosigma akashiwo from the northern Puget Sound: physiological and ecological investigations of a fish-killing alga. Oceans and Human Health Seminar, University of Washington (invited)

Harvey EL & S Menden-Deuer. 2009. Distribution and swimming behaviors of heterotrophic protist predators in response to the toxic raphidophyte alga Heterosigma akashiwo. Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Nice, France

Menden-Deuer S Fredrickson KA & Strom SL. 2008. Physical and biological drivers of HAB formation: Rates of formation, persistence and decline of a Heterosigma akashiwo event in East Sound, Washington, USA, 13th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Hong Kong

Menden-Deuer S & Levin SA. 2007. Linking water column structure, phytoplankton distributions and planktonic productivity: predator behaviors are a key ingredient. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Helsinki, Finland (invited)

Menden-Deuer S. 2007. One but not the same: behavioral heterogeneity is the key to predicting forager distributions when resources are patchy. Imperial College, London, UK (invited)

Menden-Deuer S. 2007. Patchy prey & stealthy predators: empirical and theoretical analysis of zooplankton behaviors. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (invited)

Menden-Deuer S. 2006. Linking zooplankton behaviors to the ecological dynamics of marine microbial food webs. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy (invited)

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History

Member for: 4 years 3 weeks