Susanne Menden-Deuer

Susanne Menden-Deuer
Alma mater	University of Washington University of Bonn
Occupation(s)	Oceanographer and marine scientist
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Rhode Island
Thesis	Linking individual foraging strategies with ecological dynamics : quantifying zooplankton movements in heterogeneous resource distributions  (2004)

Susanne Menden-Deuer is an oceanographer and marine scientist known for her work on marine food webs, including their structure and function. As of 2022, she is president-elect of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.

Education and career

Menden-Deuer received her Diplom in 1996 from the University of Bonn. She went on to receive an M.Sc. (1998) and a Ph.D. (2004) from the University of Washington. ^[1] Following her Ph.D. Menden-Deuer worked at Princeton University and Western Washington University. She moved to the University of Rhode Island in 2008, and was promoted to professor in 2017. ^[1]

In 2022, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography announced Menden-Deuer as president-elect for the society. ^[2]

Research

Menden-Deuer is known for her work on grazing in marine ecosystems.

Menden-Deuer is known for her work on the motility of plankton and their production. Her early work presented carbon-to-volume relationships for small marine organisms, ^[3] a paper with Evelyn Lessard that was recognized in 2016 as one of the most highly cited papers in the journal Limnology and Oceanography . ^[4] Subsequent work looked at foraging behavior by plankton organisms, ^{[5] [6]} and expanding methods used to quantify grazing activity in marine systems. ^{[7] [8]} Menden-Deuer and her student Elizabeth Harvey, determined that the phytoplankton Heterosigma akashiwo moves away from predators, ^[9] a behavior not previously observed in phytoplankton. ^{[10] [11]}

As part of her work in the classroom, Menden-Deuer works with her students to edit Wikipedia. ^[12]

Selected publications

• Menden-Deuer, Susanne; Lessard, Evelyn J. (2000). "Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton" . Limnology and Oceanography. 45 (3): 569–579. Bibcode:2000LimOc..45..569M. doi:10.4319/lo.2000.45.3.0569. S2CID   86062906.
• Saldarriaga, Juan F.; 'Max' Taylor, F. J. R.; Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Menden-Deuer, Susanne; Keeling, Patrick J. (2004-05-18). "Molecular data and the evolutionary history of dinoflagellates" . European Journal of Protistology. 40 (1): 85–111. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2003.11.003. hdl: 2429/16056 . ISSN   0932-4739.
• Menden-Deuer, S; Lessard, Ej; Satterberg, J (2001). "Effect of preservation on dinoflagellate and diatom cell volume, and consequences for carbon biomass predictions". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 222: 41–50. Bibcode:2001MEPS..222...41M. doi: 10.3354/meps222041 . ISSN   0171-8630.
• Deuer, Susanne Menden; Grünbaum, Daniel (2006). "Individual foraging behaviors and population distributions of a planktonic predator aggregating to phytoplankton thin layers" . Limnology and Oceanography. 51 (1): 109–116. Bibcode:2006LimOc..51..109D. doi:10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0109. S2CID   16232161.
• Menden-Deuer, S; Lessard, Ej; Satterberg, J; Grünbaum, D (2005). "Growth rates and starvation survival of three species of the pallium-feeding, thecate dinoflagellate genus Protoperidinium". Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 41: 145–152. doi: 10.3354/ame041145 . ISSN   0948-3055.

Awards and honors

In 2015, Menden-Deuer was named a fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, and in 2020 was named a sustaining fellow. ^[13] She received the Hutner Award, named after Seymour Hutner, from the International Society of Protistologists in 2015. ^{[14] [15]}

References

1. "Susanne Menden-Deuer". Graduate School of Oceanography. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
2. "2022 ASLO Election Results". ASLO. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
3. Menden-Deuer, Susanne; Lessard, Evelyn J. (2000). "Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton" . Limnology and Oceanography. 45 (3): 569–579. Bibcode:2000LimOc..45..569M. doi:10.4319/lo.2000.45.3.0569. S2CID   86062906.
4. "L&O 60th Anniversary Special Collection". Wiley. 2016. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1939-5590. S2CID   10093382 . Retrieved July 5, 2022.
5. Deuer, Susanne Menden; Grünbaum, Daniel (2006). "Individual foraging behaviors and population distributions of a planktonic predator aggregating to phytoplankton thin layers" . Limnology and Oceanography. 51 (1): 109–116. Bibcode:2006LimOc..51..109D. doi:10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0109. S2CID   16232161.
6. Menden-Deuer, S; Fredrickson, K (2010-12-16). "Structure-dependent, protistan grazing and its implication for the formation, maintenance and decline of plankton patches". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 420: 57–71. Bibcode:2010MEPS..420...57M. doi: 10.3354/meps08855 . ISSN   0171-8630.
7. Anderson, Sean R.; Menden-Deuer, Susanne (2017). "Growth, Grazing, and Starvation Survival in Three Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Species". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 64 (2): 213–225. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12353 . ISSN   1066-5234. PMID   27509231. S2CID   206054751.
8. Morison, Françoise; Menden-Deuer, Susanne (2017). "Doing more with less? Balancing sampling resolution and effort in measurements of protistan growth and grazing-rates". Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 15 (9): 794–809. doi: 10.1002/lom3.10200 . ISSN   1541-5856. S2CID   9691184.
9. Harvey, Elizabeth L.; Menden-Deuer, Susanne (2012-09-28). "Predator-Induced Fleeing Behaviors in Phytoplankton: A New Mechanism for Harmful Algal Bloom Formation?". PLOS ONE. 7 (9): e46438. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...746438H. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046438 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3460921 . PMID   23029518.
10. McKerracher, Chris (25 October 2012). "Plants That Move". The Pipestone Flyer; Millet, Alta. pp. A.15.
11. Frazer, Jennifer. "Solar-Powered Plankton Take Monty Python Advice: Run Away". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
12. "Students target Wikipedia entries". Athol Daily News. 2010-12-13. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
13. "ASLO Fellows". ASLO. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
14. "Hutner awardees". International Society of Protistologists. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
15. "Notable Honors and Awards for Six Women Scholars". Women in Academia Report; Bartonsville. March 3, 2016.

External links

• Susanne Menden-Deuer publications indexed by Google Scholar
• "Marine Plants That Flee Predators". Living on Earth (Podcast). October 5, 2012.

Further reading

• Rynearson, Tatiana A.; Menden-Deuer, Susanne (2016). "Drivers that structure biodiversity in the plankton". In Glibert, Patricia M.; Kana, Todd M. (eds.). Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry: A Dual Perspective. Springer. pp. 13–24. ISBN   978-3-319-30259-1.