Susanne Menden-Deuer Explained

Susanne Menden-Deuer
Workplaces:	University of Rhode Island
Alma Mater:	University of Washington University of Bonn
Occupation:	Oceanographer and marine scientist
Thesis Title:	Linking individual foraging strategies with ecological dynamics : quantifying zooplankton movements in heterogeneous resource distributions
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:	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.

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 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 . en . 45 . 3 . 569–579 . 10.4319/lo.2000.45.3.0569. 2000LimOc..45..569M . 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 . en . 40 . 1 . 85–111 . 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.11.003 . 2429/16056 . 0932-4739. free .
• 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 . en . 222 . 41–50 . 10.3354/meps222041 . 2001MEPS..222...41M . 0171-8630. free .
• Deuer . Susanne Menden . Grünbaum . Daniel . 2006 . Individual foraging behaviors and population distributions of a planktonic predator aggregating to phytoplankton thin layers . Limnology and Oceanography . en . 51 . 1 . 109–116 . 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0109. 2006LimOc..51..109D . 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 . en . 41 . 145–152 . 10.3354/ame041145 . 0948-3055. free .

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]}

External links

• • Marine Plants That Flee Predators . Living on Earth . October 5, 2012 .

Further reading

• Book: Rynearson . Tatiana A. . Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry: A Dual Perspective . Menden-Deuer . Susanne . 2016-07-25 . Springer . 978-3-319-30259-1 . Glibert . Patricia M. . 13–24 . en . Drivers that structure biodiversity in the plankton . Tatiana Rynearson . Kana . Todd M..

Notes and References

1. Web site: Susanne Menden-Deuer . 2022-07-05 . Graduate School of Oceanography . en-US.
2. Web site: 2022-06-23 . 2022 ASLO Election Results . 2022-07-05 . ASLO . en-US.
3. Menden-Deuer . Susanne . Lessard . Evelyn J. . 2000 . Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton . Limnology and Oceanography . en . 45 . 3 . 569–579 . 10.4319/lo.2000.45.3.0569. 2000LimOc..45..569M . 86062906 .
4. Web site: 2016 . L&O 60th Anniversary Special Collection . July 5, 2022 . Wiley. 10.1002/(ISSN)1939-5590 . 10093382 .
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 . en . 51 . 1 . 109–116 . 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0109. 2006LimOc..51..109D . 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 . en . 420 . 57–71 . 10.3354/meps08855 . 2010MEPS..420...57M . 0171-8630. free .
7. Anderson . Sean R. . Menden‐Deuer . Susanne . 2017 . Growth, Grazing, and Starvation Survival in Three Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Species . Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . en . 64 . 2 . 213–225 . 10.1111/jeu.12353 . 27509231 . 206054751 . 1066-5234. free .
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 . en . 15 . 9 . 794–809 . 10.1002/lom3.10200 . 9691184 . 1541-5856. free .
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 . en . 7 . 9 . e46438 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0046438 . 1932-6203 . 3460921 . 23029518. 2012PLoSO...746438H . free .
10. News: McKerracher . Chris . 25 October 2012 . Plants That Move . A.15 . The Pipestone Flyer; Millet, Alta. [Millet, Alta]. . ProQuest.
11. Web site: Frazer . Jennifer . Solar-Powered Plankton Take Monty Python Advice: Run Away . 2022-07-05 . Scientific American Blog Network . en.
12. News: 2010-12-13 . Students target Wikipedia entries . 12 . Athol Daily News . 2022-07-05.
13. Web site: ASLO Fellows . 2022-07-05 . ASLO . en-US.
14. Web site: Hutner awardees . 2022-07-05 . International Society of Protistologists . en-US.
15. News: March 3, 2016 . Notable Honors and Awards for Six Women Scholars . Women in Academia Report; Bartonsville.