top of page
Sutherland Lab
Form, Function and Flow in the Plankton
RESEARCH THEMES
Predator-prey interactions
Understanding small-scale physics of food capture can help us generate hypotheses about the nature of possible prey types and the ecological roles of some of the less-understood players in marine food-webs.
Gelatinous zooplankton ecology
Considering the elevation of jellyfish populations in some environments and their disproportionate trophic impact in perturbed ecosystems, an understanding of their distribution and predatory impact is critical to predicting current and future food-web interactions.
Biological propulsion with multiple jets
Do colonial organisms benefit from enhanced swimming performance compared to their solitary counterparts?
Microbial prey & symbioses
Interactions between mucous-net feeders and small particles are a critical, yet frequently overlooked, aspect of the microbial loop and carbon cycling in the upper ocean.
bottom of page