2022
Anderson S., *Franzè G., Kling J., Wilburn P., Kremer C., *Menden-Deuer S., Litchman E., Hutchins D., Rynearson T.
2022. The interactive effects of temperature and nutrients on a spring phytoplankton community
Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lno.12023.

2021
Menden-Deuer S., W.H. Slade and H. Dierssen.
2021. Promoting Instrument Development for New Research Avenues in Ocean Science: Opening the Black Box of Grazing
Frontiers in Marine Sciences - Ocean Observation. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.695938.

Menden-Deuer S., J. Rowlett, M. Nursultanov, S. Collins, T. Rynearson.
2021. Biodiversity of marine microbes is safeguarded by phenotypic heterogeneity in ecological traits
PLoS ONE 16(8): e0254799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0254799.

*Fulfer V.M. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Growth and Grazing Rates Reduced by Microplastic Ingestion
Frontiers in Marine Sciences. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.716349.

Siegel D. A., ... H. McNair*, S. Menden-Deuer, F. Morison*, et al.
2021. An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.

*McNair H., F. Morison*, J.R. Graff T.A. Rynearson & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Microzooplankton grazing constrains pathways of carbon export in the subarctic North Pacific
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11783.

*McNair H., C. N. Hammond* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Phytoplankton carbon and nitrogen biomass estimates are robust to volume measurement method and growth environment.
Journal of Plankton Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab014.

*Marrec P., A. Miller*, L. Maranda & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Virtual and remote, but hands-on undergraduate research in plankton ecology during the 2020 pandemic – covid-19 can’t stop this!
Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.104.

*Kane, M. K., A. Atkinson & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Lowered cameras reveal hidden behaviors of Antarctic krill.
Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.091.

*Marrec P., H. McNair*, G. Franzè, F. Morison*, J. P. Strock* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Seasonal variability in planktonic food web structure and function of the Northeast U.S. Shelf.
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11696.

News
2020
Strock, J.P. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2020. Temperature acclimation alters phytoplankton growth and production rates.
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11637.

Walcutt N*, Knorlein M, Cetinic I, Ljubesic Z, Bosak S, Sgouros T, Montalbano A, Neeley A, Menden-Deuer S, and Omand M.
2020. Assessment of holographic microscopy for quantifying marine particle size and concentration.
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

*Morison F, Pierson J, *Oikonomou A, & S Menden-Deuer.
2020. Mesozooplankton grazing minimally impacts phytoplankton abundance during spring in the western North Atlantic.
Peer J. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9430.

*Morison F, *G Franzè, E Harvey & S Menden-Deuer.
2020. Frequency of light fluctuations is key in modulating plankton trophic dynamics and their impact on primary production.
Limnology & Oceanography – Letters. doi: 10.1002/lol2.10156.

Menden-Deuer S, *F Morison, AL Montalbano, *G Franzè, *J Strock, *E Rubin, *H McNair, C Mouw & *P Marrec.
2020. Multi-instrument assessment of phytoplankton abundance and cell sizes in mono-specific laboratory cultures and whole plankton community composition in the North Atlantic.
Frontiers in Marine Sciences. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00254

Bolaños L, L Karp-Boss, CJ Choi, AZ Worden, J Graff, N Haëntjens, A Chase, A Della Penna, P Gaube, *F Morison, S Menden-Deuer, T Westberry, E Boss, M Behrenfeld, R O’Malley& S Giovannoni.
2020. Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass.
The ISME Journal.
*Franzè G and Menden-Deuer S.
2020. Common temperature – growth dependency and acclimation response in three herbivorous protists.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13200.
*McNair H. and Menden-Deuer S.
2020. Protist grazing contributes to microbial food web at the upper boundary of the twilight zone in the subarctic Pacific.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13246.
2019
*Morison F., Harvey E., Franze G., and Menden-Deuer S.
2019. Storm-induced predator-prey decoupling promotes springtime accumulation of North Atlantic phytoplankton.
Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00608.

*Roohani K, *Haubrich BA, *Yue KL, *D’Souza N, Montalbano A, Rynearson TA, Menden-Deuer S and Christopher W. Reid
2019 Trophic upgrading and mobilization of wax esters in microzooplankton
PeerJ

*Rubin E, Cheng S, Montalbano A, Menden-Deuer S and Rynearson T.
2019. Transcriptomic response to feeding and starvation in a herbivorous dinoflagellate.
Frontiers in Marine Science: Aquatic MIcrobiology. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00246

Behrenfeld M., Moore R., Hostetler C., Graff J., Gaube P., Russell L., Chen G., Doney S., Giovannoni S., Liu H., Proctor C., Bolanos L., Huynh N., Davie-Martin C., Westberry T., Bates T., Bell T., Bidle K., Boss E., Brooks S., Carins B., Carlson C., Halsey K., Harvey E., Hu C., Karp-Boss L., Kleb M., Menden-Deuer S., *Morison F., Quinn P., Scarino A., Anderson B., Chowdhary J., Crosbie E., Ferrare R., Hair J., Hu Y., Janz S., Redemann J., Saltzman E., Shook M., Siegel D., Yang Martin M., Ziemba L.
2019. The North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES): Science motive and mission overview.
Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00122.
2018
*Kane M., Yopak R., Roman C., and S Menden-Deuer.
2018. Krill motion in the Southern Ocean: quantifying in situ krill movement behaviors and distributions during the late austral autumn and spring
Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11024
* Morison F and S. Menden-Deuer.
2018. Seasonal similarity in rates of protistan herbivory in fjords along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Limnology and Oceanography.

Menden-Deuer S., Lawrence C. and *G. Franzè.
2018. Herbivorous protist growth and grazing rates at in situ and artificially elevated temperatures during an Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom.
PeerJ. 10.7717/peerj.5264

Menden-Deuer S. & Rowlett J.
2018. The theory of games and microbe ecology.
Theoretical Ecology

2017
Lindeman C, DL Aknes, KJ Flynn & S Menden-Deuer.
2017 Modeling the Plankton–Enhancing the Integration of Biological Knowledge and Mechanistic Understanding.
Frontiers in Marine Science

Xenopoulos MA, JA Downing, M Deep Kumar, S Menden-Deuer & M Voss.
2017 Headwaters to oceans: Ecological and biogeochemical contrasts across the aquatic continuum.
Limnology and Oceanography

*Morison F & Menden-Deuer S
2017 Doing more with less: balancing sampling resolution with effort in measuring plankton growth and grazing rates
Limnology & Oceanography: Methods

Grear J, T Rynearson, A Montalbano, B Govenar & S Menden-Deuer
2017 pCO2 effects on incubated, whole phytoplankton community species composition and production in a productive estuary.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

2016
*Anderson SR & S Menden-Deuer
2016 Growth, grazing, and starvation survival in three heterotrophic dinoflagellate species
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Menden-Deuer S & Kiørboe T.
2016 Small bugs with a big impact: linking plankton ecology with ecosystem processes
Journal of Plankton Ecology. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbw049//

Snelgrove, P., E. Vanden Berghe, P. Miloslavich, P. Archambault, N. Bailly, A. Brandt, A. Bucklin, M. Clark, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, P. Halpin, R. Hopcroft, K. Kaschner, B. Lascelles, L.A. Levin, S. Menden-Deuer, A. Metaxas, D. Obura, R. R. Reeves, T. Rynearson, K. Stocks, M. Tarzia, D. Tittensor, V. Tunnicliffe, B. Wallace, R. Wanless, T. Webb, P. Bernal, J. Rice, A. Rosenberg.
2016. Chapter 34: Gradients in Marine Biodiversity.
In The United Nations World Ocean Assessment, published by the United Nations as part of the Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment

*Graff J. & Menden-Deuer S.
2016 Physical and optical properties of plankton rich layers; toward prediction and strategic sampling of plankton patchiness.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. Feature Article

Rynearson T. & Menden-Deuer S.
2016 Drivers that structure biodiversity in the plankton.
Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry: A dual perspective

*Orchard MJ, S Humphries, *Schuech R & S Menden-Deuer
2016 The influence of viscosity on the motility and sensory ability of the dinoflagellate, Heterocapsa triquetra.
Journal of Plankton Research

2015
*Harvey EL., Rynearson T. & Menden-Deuer S.
2015 Persistent intra-specific variation in genetic and behavioral traits in the raphidophyte, Heterosigma akashiwo.
Frontiers in Microbiology

*Morison F. & Menden-Deuer S.
2015 Early spring phytoplankton dynamics in the subpolar North Atlantic: The influence of Protistan Herbivory.
Limnology and Oceanography

Menden-Deuer S. & Montalbano A.
2015 Bloom formation potential in the toxic dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea: clues from movement behaviors and growth characteristics.
Harmful Algae

2014
*Kim H & Menden-Deuer S.
2014 Estimating the effects of ocean acidification-induced behavioral shifts on primary production rates of Heterosigma akashiwo.
Proceedings of the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae.

Keeling PJ, Burki F, Wilcox HM, Allam B, Allen EE, et al.
2014. The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing
PLoS Biol 12(6): e1001889. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001889

*Schuech R & Menden-Deuer S.
2014. Going ballistic in the plankton – anisotropic swimming behavior of marine protists.
Limnology & Oceanography: Fluids & Environments: 4: 1-16

Menden-Deuer S. & Rowlett J.
2014. Behavioral heterogeneity maintains high species diversity in the plankton.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 11: 20140031

2013
*Chappell PD., *Whitney LP., *Haddock TL., Menden-Deuer S., Roy EG., Wells ML. & BD Jenkins
2013. Thalassiosira spp. community composition shifts in response to an eddy in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00273

Rubin CB., Menden-Deuer S. & EL*Harvey.
2013. Plankton on the Move.
Leonardo 46:412-413.

*Kim H & S Menden-Deuer.
2013. Reliability of rapid, semi-automated assessment of plankton abundance, biomass, and growth rate estimates: Coulter Counter versus light microscope measurements.
Limnology & Oceanography Methods 11: 382-393
*Harvey EL, HJ Jeong & S Menden-Deuer.
2013. Avoidance and attraction: Chemical cues influence predator-prey interactions of planktonic protists
Limnology & Oceanography. 58:1176-1184

*Kim H., Spivak A. & S. Menden-Deuer.
In Press. Lowered pH alters the swimming behaviors of the raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: implications for bloom formation in an acidified ocean
Harmful Algae. 26:1-11

Strom SL., *Harvey EL., Fredrickson KA. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2013. Broad halotolerance as a refuge from predation in the harmful raphidophyte alga Heterosigma akashiwo
Journal of Phycology. 49:20-31

*Graff JR., *Forschner-Dancause SR., Menden-Deuer S., Long R. & DC. Rowley.
2013. Vibrio cholerae exploits sub-lethal concentrations of a competitor-produced antibiotic to avoid toxic interactions.
Frontiers in Microbiology. 4:8. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00008
2012
*Harvey EL. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2012. Predator-induced fleeing behaviors in phytoplankton: a new mechanism for harmful algal bloom formation?
PLoS ONE. 7(9):e46438 doi: 10/1371/journal.pone.0046438

Menden-Deuer S.
2012. Structure-dependent phytoplankton photosynthesis and production: implications for the formation, maintenance, and decline of plankton patches
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 468:15-30

*Lawrence CM, & S. Menden-Deuer.
2012. Drivers of protistan grazing pressure: seasonal signals of plankton community composition and environmental conditions
Marine Ecology Progress Series 459:39-52

2011
*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

2010
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 doi: 10.1371

Menden-Deuer S., Fredrickson KA. & SL. Strom
2010. Formation and decline of a Heterosigma akashiwo layer in East Sound, Washington, USA
In K. C. Ho, M. Y. Zhou, and Y.Z. Qi [eds.], Harmful algae 2008. International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae, Hong Kong:98-103.

Pre 2010
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

Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard, J Satterberg* & D Grünbaum.
2005. Growth and starvation survival capacity of three species of the pallium feeding thecate dinoflagellate genus Protoperidinium (Peridiniacea, Dinophyceae) distributions
Aquatic Microbial Ecology 41: 145-152

Saldarriaga JF, FJR Taylor, T Cavalier-Smith, S Menden-Deuer & PJ Keeling.
2004. Molecular data and the evolutionary history of dinoflagellates
European Journal of Protistology 40: 85-111
Skovgaard A & S Menden-Deuer.
2003. Long-term exposure of dinoflagellates to 14C: Effects on growth rate and measurements of carbon content
Journal of Plankton Research 25: 1005-1009

Smetacek V, C Klaas, S Menden-Deuer & TA Rynearson.
2002. Mesoscale distribution of dominant diatom species relative to the hydrographical field along the Antarctic Polar Front
Deep-Sea Research II 49: 3835-3848

Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard & J Satterberg*.
2001. Effect of preservation on dinoflagellate and diatom cell volume, and consequences for carbon biomass predictions
Marine Ecology Progress Series 222: 41-50

Menden-Deuer S & EJ Lessard.
2000. Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton
Limnology & Oceanography 45: 569-579

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Anderson S., *Franzè G., Kling J., Wilburn P., Kremer C., *Menden-Deuer S., Litchman E., Hutchins D., Rynearson T.
2022. The interactive effects of temperature and nutrients on a spring phytoplankton community
Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lno.12023.

Menden-Deuer S., W.H. Slade and H. Dierssen.
2021. Promoting Instrument Development for New Research Avenues in Ocean Science: Opening the Black Box of Grazing
Frontiers in Marine Sciences - Ocean Observation. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.695938.

Menden-Deuer S., J. Rowlett, M. Nursultanov, S. Collins, T. Rynearson.
2021. Biodiversity of marine microbes is safeguarded by phenotypic heterogeneity in ecological traits
PLoS ONE 16(8): e0254799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0254799.

*Fulfer V.M. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Growth and Grazing Rates Reduced by Microplastic Ingestion
Frontiers in Marine Sciences. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.716349.

Siegel D. A., ... H. McNair*, S. Menden-Deuer, F. Morison*, et al.
2021. An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.

*McNair H., F. Morison*, J.R. Graff T.A. Rynearson & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Microzooplankton grazing constrains pathways of carbon export in the subarctic North Pacific
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11783.

*McNair H., C. N. Hammond* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Phytoplankton carbon and nitrogen biomass estimates are robust to volume measurement method and growth environment.
Journal of Plankton Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab014.

*Marrec P., A. Miller*, L. Maranda & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Virtual and remote, but hands-on undergraduate research in plankton ecology during the 2020 pandemic – covid-19 can’t stop this!
Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.104.

*Kane, M. K., A. Atkinson & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Lowered cameras reveal hidden behaviors of Antarctic krill.
Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.091.

*Marrec P., H. McNair*, G. Franzè, F. Morison*, J. P. Strock* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Seasonal variability in planktonic food web structure and function of the Northeast U.S. Shelf.
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11696.

Strock, J.P. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2020. Temperature acclimation alters phytoplankton growth and production rates.
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11637.

Walcutt N*, Knorlein M, Cetinic I, Ljubesic Z, Bosak S, Sgouros T, Montalbano A, Neeley A, Menden-Deuer S, and Omand M.
2020. Assessment of holographic microscopy for quantifying marine particle size and concentration.
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

*Morison F, Pierson J, *Oikonomou A, & S Menden-Deuer.
2020. Mesozooplankton grazing minimally impacts phytoplankton abundance during spring in the western North Atlantic.
Peer J. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9430.

*Morison F, *G Franzè, E Harvey & S Menden-Deuer.
2020. Frequency of light fluctuations is key in modulating plankton trophic dynamics and their impact on primary production.
Limnology & Oceanography – Letters. doi: 10.1002/lol2.10156.

Menden-Deuer S, *F Morison, AL Montalbano, *G Franzè, *J Strock, *E Rubin, *H McNair, C Mouw & *P Marrec.
2020. Multi-instrument assessment of phytoplankton abundance and cell sizes in mono-specific laboratory cultures and whole plankton community composition in the North Atlantic.
Frontiers in Marine Sciences. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00254

Bolaños L, L Karp-Boss, CJ Choi, AZ Worden, J Graff, N Haëntjens, A Chase, A Della Penna, P Gaube, *F Morison, S Menden-Deuer, T Westberry, E Boss, M Behrenfeld, R O’Malley& S Giovannoni.
2020. Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass.
The ISME Journal.
*Franzè G and Menden-Deuer S.
2020. Common temperature – growth dependency and acclimation response in three herbivorous protists.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13200.
*McNair H. and Menden-Deuer S.
2020. Protist grazing contributes to microbial food web at the upper boundary of the twilight zone in the subarctic Pacific.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13246.
*Morison F., Harvey E., Franze G., and Menden-Deuer S.
2019. Storm-induced predator-prey decoupling promotes springtime accumulation of North Atlantic phytoplankton.
Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00608.

*Roohani K, *Haubrich BA, *Yue KL, *D’Souza N, Montalbano A, Rynearson TA, Menden-Deuer S and Christopher W. Reid
2019 Trophic upgrading and mobilization of wax esters in microzooplankton
PeerJ

*Rubin E, Cheng S, Montalbano A, Menden-Deuer S and Rynearson T.
2019. Transcriptomic response to feeding and starvation in a herbivorous dinoflagellate.
Frontiers in Marine Science: Aquatic MIcrobiology. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00246

Behrenfeld M., Moore R., Hostetler C., Graff J., Gaube P., Russell L., Chen G., Doney S., Giovannoni S., Liu H., Proctor C., Bolanos L., Huynh N., Davie-Martin C., Westberry T., Bates T., Bell T., Bidle K., Boss E., Brooks S., Carins B., Carlson C., Halsey K., Harvey E., Hu C., Karp-Boss L., Kleb M., Menden-Deuer S., *Morison F., Quinn P., Scarino A., Anderson B., Chowdhary J., Crosbie E., Ferrare R., Hair J., Hu Y., Janz S., Redemann J., Saltzman E., Shook M., Siegel D., Yang Martin M., Ziemba L.
2019. The North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES): Science motive and mission overview.
Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00122.
*Kane M., Yopak R., Roman C., and S Menden-Deuer.
2018. Krill motion in the Southern Ocean: quantifying in situ krill movement behaviors and distributions during the late austral autumn and spring
Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11024
* Morison F and S. Menden-Deuer.
2018. Seasonal similarity in rates of protistan herbivory in fjords along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Limnology and Oceanography.

Menden-Deuer S., Lawrence C. and *G. Franzè.
2018. Herbivorous protist growth and grazing rates at in situ and artificially elevated temperatures during an Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom.
PeerJ. 10.7717/peerj.5264

Menden-Deuer S. & Rowlett J.
2018. The theory of games and microbe ecology.
Theoretical Ecology

Lindeman C, DL Aknes, KJ Flynn & S Menden-Deuer.
2017 Modeling the Plankton–Enhancing the Integration of Biological Knowledge and Mechanistic Understanding.
Frontiers in Marine Science

Xenopoulos MA, JA Downing, M Deep Kumar, S Menden-Deuer & M Voss.
2017 Headwaters to oceans: Ecological and biogeochemical contrasts across the aquatic continuum.
Limnology and Oceanography

*Morison F & Menden-Deuer S
2017 Doing more with less: balancing sampling resolution with effort in measuring plankton growth and grazing rates
Limnology & Oceanography: Methods

Grear J, T Rynearson, A Montalbano, B Govenar & S Menden-Deuer
2017 pCO2 effects on incubated, whole phytoplankton community species composition and production in a productive estuary.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

*Anderson SR & S Menden-Deuer
2016 Growth, grazing, and starvation survival in three heterotrophic dinoflagellate species
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Menden-Deuer S & Kiørboe T.
2016 Small bugs with a big impact: linking plankton ecology with ecosystem processes
Journal of Plankton Ecology. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbw049//

Snelgrove, P., E. Vanden Berghe, P. Miloslavich, P. Archambault, N. Bailly, A. Brandt, A. Bucklin, M. Clark, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, P. Halpin, R. Hopcroft, K. Kaschner, B. Lascelles, L.A. Levin, S. Menden-Deuer, A. Metaxas, D. Obura, R. R. Reeves, T. Rynearson, K. Stocks, M. Tarzia, D. Tittensor, V. Tunnicliffe, B. Wallace, R. Wanless, T. Webb, P. Bernal, J. Rice, A. Rosenberg.
2016. Chapter 34: Gradients in Marine Biodiversity.
In The United Nations World Ocean Assessment, published by the United Nations as part of the Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment

*Graff J. & Menden-Deuer S.
2016 Physical and optical properties of plankton rich layers; toward prediction and strategic sampling of plankton patchiness.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. Feature Article

Rynearson T. & Menden-Deuer S.
2016 Drivers that structure biodiversity in the plankton.
Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry: A dual perspective

*Orchard MJ, S Humphries, *Schuech R & S Menden-Deuer
2016 The influence of viscosity on the motility and sensory ability of the dinoflagellate, Heterocapsa triquetra.
Journal of Plankton Research

*Harvey EL., Rynearson T. & Menden-Deuer S.
2015 Persistent intra-specific variation in genetic and behavioral traits in the raphidophyte, Heterosigma akashiwo.
Frontiers in Microbiology

*Morison F. & Menden-Deuer S.
2015 Early spring phytoplankton dynamics in the subpolar North Atlantic: The influence of Protistan Herbivory.
Limnology and Oceanography

Menden-Deuer S. & Montalbano A.
2015 Bloom formation potential in the toxic dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea: clues from movement behaviors and growth characteristics.
Harmful Algae

*Kim H & Menden-Deuer S.
2014 Estimating the effects of ocean acidification-induced behavioral shifts on primary production rates of Heterosigma akashiwo.
Proceedings of the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae.

Keeling PJ, Burki F, Wilcox HM, Allam B, Allen EE, et al.
2014. The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing
PLoS Biol 12(6): e1001889. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001889

*Schuech R & Menden-Deuer S.
2014. Going ballistic in the plankton – anisotropic swimming behavior of marine protists.
Limnology & Oceanography: Fluids & Environments: 4: 1-16

Menden-Deuer S. & Harvey* EL.
2010. Avoidance, movement, and mortality: the role of predator-prey interactions in harmful algal bloom dynamics
Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Mt. Hood, OR
Menden-Deuer S. & Rowlett J.
2014. Behavioral heterogeneity maintains high species diversity in the plankton.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 11: 20140031

*Chappell PD., *Whitney LP., *Haddock TL., Menden-Deuer S., Roy EG., Wells ML. & BD Jenkins
2013. Thalassiosira spp. community composition shifts in response to an eddy in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00273

Menden-Deuer S.
2010. High-correlation of individual motility enhances population dispersal rates in a heterotrophic protist
Gordon Research Conference, Marine Microbes, Tilton, NH
Harvey EL* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2010. The role of halo-tolerance in providing a refuge for the toxic raphidophyte alga, Heterosigma akashiwo from heterotrophic protists and enhancing bloom formation.
Gordon Research Conference, Marine Microbes, Tilton, NH
Rubin CB., Menden-Deuer S. & EL*Harvey.
2013. Plankton on the Move.
Leonardo 46:412-413.

Menden-Deuer S.
2010. Plankton on the move: effects of consumer foraging behaviors on marine microbial food webs.
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (invited)
*Kim H & S Menden-Deuer.
2013. Reliability of rapid, semi-automated assessment of plankton abundance, biomass, and growth rate estimates: Coulter Counter versus light microscope measurements.
Limnology & Oceanography Methods 11: 382-393
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)
Jenkins BD, Haddock* TL, Robinson* T, Menden-Deuer S, & MW Lomas.
2010. Niche Differentiation In Marine Cyanobacteria With Potential to Assimilate Nitrate
Ocean Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR
*Harvey EL, HJ Jeong & S Menden-Deuer.
2013. Avoidance and attraction: Chemical cues influence predator-prey interactions of planktonic protists
Limnology & Oceanography. 58:1176-1184

Harvey EL*, Strom S, & S. Menden-Deuer.
2010. Can the halo-tolerance of the toxic raphidophyte alga, Heterosigma akashiwo provide a refuge from protistan predation?
Ocean Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR
Menden-Deuer S, Harvey* EL, KA Fredrickson Graham S* & S Strom.
2009. Predator impacts on the vertical distribution and population dynamics of the toxic raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo
US Harmful Algal Bloom Meeting. Ocean Shores, WA
*Kim H., Spivak A. & S. Menden-Deuer.
In Press. Lowered pH alters the swimming behaviors of the raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: implications for bloom formation in an acidified ocean
Harmful Algae. 26:1-11

Strom SL., *Harvey EL., Fredrickson KA. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2013. Broad halotolerance as a refuge from predation in the harmful raphidophyte alga Heterosigma akashiwo
Journal of Phycology. 49:20-31

Menden-Deuer S, Harvey* EL, Day* WA & KA Fredrickson.
2009. Patchy prey and stealthy predators: enhanced protist grazing pressure within phytoplankton patches
Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World. CERF, Conference in Portland, Oregon
*Graff JR., *Forschner-Dancause SR., Menden-Deuer S., Long R. & DC. Rowley.
2013. Vibrio cholerae exploits sub-lethal concentrations of a competitor-produced antibiotic to avoid toxic interactions.
Frontiers in Microbiology. 4:8. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00008
*Harvey EL. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2012. Predator-induced fleeing behaviors in phytoplankton: a new mechanism for harmful algal bloom formation?
PLoS ONE. 7(9):e46438 doi: 10/1371/journal.pone.0046438

Menden-Deuer S Fredrickson KA & WA Day*.
2009. Relating in-situ observations of biological, chemical and physical properties to plankton population dynamics
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochecmistry workshop. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, MA.
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.
2012. Structure-dependent phytoplankton photosynthesis and production: implications for the formation, maintenance, and decline of plankton patches
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 468:15-30

Menden-Deuer S.
2008. Plankton on the move: biological drivers of plankton patchiness, predation and productivity
University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (invited)
Haddock* TL, Lomas MW, Menden-Deuer S, Zehr, JP & BD Jenkins.
2009. Enumeration of Novel Marine Cyanobacterial Nitrate Reductase Sequences Shows Vertical and Spatial Patterning
Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Nice, France
*Lawrence CM, & S. Menden-Deuer.
2012. Drivers of protistan grazing pressure: seasonal signals of plankton community composition and environmental conditions
Marine Ecology Progress Series 459:39-52

*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 & 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
Strom SL Fredrickson KA Crim R Graham S. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2008. Ecophysiology and toxicity of Heterosigma akashiwo isolates from eastern North Pacific coastal waters
13th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Hong Kong
Day* WS. & S Menden-Deuer.
2008. Finding the all you can eat buffet: do prey patches support fast predator growth?
New England Estuarine Research Society. Rhode Island.
Harvey* E.L. & S Menden-Deuer.
2008. Effects of the toxic alga Heterosigma akashiwo on the distribution of single-celled planktonic grazers
New England Estuarine Research Society, RI.
Menden-Deuer S.
2008. Patchy prey and stealthy predators: biological drivers of planktonic food-webs
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2008. Patchy prey and stealthy predators: biological drivers of planktonic food-webs
University of Alaska, Fairbanks (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2008. Plankton on the move: biological drivers of plankton predation and productivity
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (invited)
Day* WS, Menden-Deuer S.
2008. APTITUDE: Algorithms for Plankton Tracking and Identification of Trajectories for Underwater Device Ensembles
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Menden-Deuer S.
2007. Integrating models, experiments and field observations to examine predator-prey interactions in the plankton
Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island
Menden-Deuer S, Fredrickson KA.
2008. Biological drivers of plankton layer formation in East Sound, Orcas Island, Washington
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida
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, Fredrickson KA & Wright HA.
2007. The role of biological drivers in the formation of plankton patches
Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island
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)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Patchy prey & stealthy predators: empirical and theoretical analysis of zooplankton behaviors
University of Connecticut, Avery Point Marine Sciences (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Linking individual-level behaviors with ecological dynamics
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, NJ (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Patchy prey & stealthy predators: empirical and theoretical analysis of zooplankton behaviors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Can planktonic predators exploit patchy resource distributions?
Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbes. University of New England, Maine
Grünbaum D & Menden-Deuer S & RL Waters.
2006. Ecological effects of biomechanical and behavioral constraints on zooplankton that consume patchy resources
ASLO Summer meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Garcia* CC & Menden-Deuer, S.
2006. Do Phytoplankton Distributions Affect Zooplankton Feeding?
ASLO Summer meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Menden-Deuer S & Roth* JM.
2006. Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Plankton-rich Layers in East Sound, Washington, USA
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Lewis* CM & Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Behavioral responses of Oxyrrhis marina to prey layers of varying concentrations
Estuarine Research Federation, Norfolk, Virginia
Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Linking individual behaviors with population distributions to elucidate ecological processes
DIALOG VII, Sea Dauphin Island Marine Laboratory, Alabama (invited)
Lewis CM* & Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Aggregation of Oxyrrhis marina to thin layers of varying prey concentrations
ASLO, Ocean Research Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Predators on the move: Empirical and theoretical analysis of zooplankton foraging behaviors
Texas A&M University, Texas (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Foraging behaviors of planktonic predators in patchy prey distributions
Evolution 2005, Fairbanks Alaska
Menden-Deuer S & D Grünbaum.
2005. Zooplankton on the move: Understanding the consequences of individual-level differences for population distributions
ASLO, Ocean Research Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
Menden-Deuer S & D Grünbaum.
2004. Linking individual based processes with ecological dynamics
Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
Menden-Deuer S.
2004. Simultaneous assessment of microscopic movements and population distributions of planktonic consumers
Friday Harbor Laboratories, Washington (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2003. On the dangers and delights of using allometric relationships for protist plankton
Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Assessing the Variability in Aquatic Microbial Populations: Facts and Fiction. Institute for Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mondsee, Austria (invited)
Saldarriaga JF, FJR Taylor, T Cavalier-Smith, S Menden-Deuer & PJ Keeling.
2003. Molecular data and the evolutionary history of dinoflagellates
7th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Nagasaki, Japan
Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard & J Satterberg*.
2001. Growth dynamics of thecate heterotrophic dinoflagellates (Protoperidinium spp.) have implications for the abundance of their diatom prey
ASLO, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Menden-Deuer S & D Grünbaum.
2002. Quantifying protozooplankton foraging behaviors in patchy/heterogeneous phytoplankton distributions
ASLO Summer meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Duggins DO & S Menden-Deuer.
2001. Regional and national marine science outreach at the Friday Harbor Laboratories.
ASLO, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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 doi: 10.1371

Menden-Deuer S., Fredrickson KA. & SL. Strom
2010. Formation and decline of a Heterosigma akashiwo layer in East Sound, Washington, USA
In K. C. Ho, M. Y. Zhou, and Y.Z. Qi [eds.], Harmful algae 2008. International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae, Hong Kong:98-103.

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

Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard, J Satterberg* & D Grünbaum.
2005. Growth and starvation survival capacity of three species of the pallium feeding thecate dinoflagellate genus Protoperidinium (Peridiniacea, Dinophyceae) distributions
Aquatic Microbial Ecology 41: 145-152

Saldarriaga JF, FJR Taylor, T Cavalier-Smith, S Menden-Deuer & PJ Keeling.
2004. Molecular data and the evolutionary history of dinoflagellates
European Journal of Protistology 40: 85-111
Skovgaard A & S Menden-Deuer.
2003. Long-term exposure of dinoflagellates to 14C: Effects on growth rate and measurements of carbon content
Journal of Plankton Research 25: 1005-1009

Smetacek V, C Klaas, S Menden-Deuer & TA Rynearson.
2002. Mesoscale distribution of dominant diatom species relative to the hydrographical field along the Antarctic Polar Front
Deep-Sea Research II 49: 3835-3848

Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard & J Satterberg*.
2001. Effect of preservation on dinoflagellate and diatom cell volume, and consequences for carbon biomass predictions
Marine Ecology Progress Series 222: 41-50

Menden-Deuer S & EJ Lessard.
2000. Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton
Limnology & Oceanography 45: 569-579

Publications
Anderson S., *Franzè G., Kling J., Wilburn P., Kremer C., *Menden-Deuer S., Litchman E., Hutchins D., Rynearson T.
2022. The interactive effects of temperature and nutrients on a spring phytoplankton community
Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lno.12023.

Menden-Deuer S., W.H. Slade and H. Dierssen.
2021. Promoting Instrument Development for New Research Avenues in Ocean Science: Opening the Black Box of Grazing
Frontiers in Marine Sciences - Ocean Observation. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.695938.

Menden-Deuer S., J. Rowlett, M. Nursultanov, S. Collins, T. Rynearson.
2021. Biodiversity of marine microbes is safeguarded by phenotypic heterogeneity in ecological traits
PLoS ONE 16(8): e0254799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0254799.

*Fulfer V.M. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Growth and Grazing Rates Reduced by Microplastic Ingestion
Frontiers in Marine Sciences. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.716349.

Siegel D. A., ... H. McNair*, S. Menden-Deuer, F. Morison*, et al.
2021. An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.

*McNair H., F. Morison*, J.R. Graff T.A. Rynearson & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Microzooplankton grazing constrains pathways of carbon export in the subarctic North Pacific
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11783.

*McNair H., C. N. Hammond* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Phytoplankton carbon and nitrogen biomass estimates are robust to volume measurement method and growth environment.
Journal of Plankton Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab014.

*Marrec P., A. Miller*, L. Maranda & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Virtual and remote, but hands-on undergraduate research in plankton ecology during the 2020 pandemic – covid-19 can’t stop this!
Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.104.

*Kane, M. K., A. Atkinson & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Lowered cameras reveal hidden behaviors of Antarctic krill.
Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.091.

*Marrec P., H. McNair*, G. Franzè, F. Morison*, J. P. Strock* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2021. Seasonal variability in planktonic food web structure and function of the Northeast U.S. Shelf.
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11696.

Strock, J.P. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2020. Temperature acclimation alters phytoplankton growth and production rates.
Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11637.

Walcutt N*, Knorlein M, Cetinic I, Ljubesic Z, Bosak S, Sgouros T, Montalbano A, Neeley A, Menden-Deuer S, and Omand M.
2020. Assessment of holographic microscopy for quantifying marine particle size and concentration.
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

*Morison F, Pierson J, *Oikonomou A, & S Menden-Deuer.
2020. Mesozooplankton grazing minimally impacts phytoplankton abundance during spring in the western North Atlantic.
Peer J. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9430.

*Morison F, *G Franzè, E Harvey & S Menden-Deuer.
2020. Frequency of light fluctuations is key in modulating plankton trophic dynamics and their impact on primary production.
Limnology & Oceanography – Letters. doi: 10.1002/lol2.10156.

Menden-Deuer S, *F Morison, AL Montalbano, *G Franzè, *J Strock, *E Rubin, *H McNair, C Mouw & *P Marrec.
2020. Multi-instrument assessment of phytoplankton abundance and cell sizes in mono-specific laboratory cultures and whole plankton community composition in the North Atlantic.
Frontiers in Marine Sciences. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00254

Bolaños L, L Karp-Boss, CJ Choi, AZ Worden, J Graff, N Haëntjens, A Chase, A Della Penna, P Gaube, *F Morison, S Menden-Deuer, T Westberry, E Boss, M Behrenfeld, R O’Malley& S Giovannoni.
2020. Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass.
The ISME Journal.
*Franzè G and Menden-Deuer S.
2020. Common temperature – growth dependency and acclimation response in three herbivorous protists.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13200.
*McNair H. and Menden-Deuer S.
2020. Protist grazing contributes to microbial food web at the upper boundary of the twilight zone in the subarctic Pacific.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13246.
*Morison F., Harvey E., Franze G., and Menden-Deuer S.
2019. Storm-induced predator-prey decoupling promotes springtime accumulation of North Atlantic phytoplankton.
Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00608.

*Roohani K, *Haubrich BA, *Yue KL, *D’Souza N, Montalbano A, Rynearson TA, Menden-Deuer S and Christopher W. Reid
2019 Trophic upgrading and mobilization of wax esters in microzooplankton
PeerJ

*Rubin E, Cheng S, Montalbano A, Menden-Deuer S and Rynearson T.
2019. Transcriptomic response to feeding and starvation in a herbivorous dinoflagellate.
Frontiers in Marine Science: Aquatic MIcrobiology. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00246

Behrenfeld M., Moore R., Hostetler C., Graff J., Gaube P., Russell L., Chen G., Doney S., Giovannoni S., Liu H., Proctor C., Bolanos L., Huynh N., Davie-Martin C., Westberry T., Bates T., Bell T., Bidle K., Boss E., Brooks S., Carins B., Carlson C., Halsey K., Harvey E., Hu C., Karp-Boss L., Kleb M., Menden-Deuer S., *Morison F., Quinn P., Scarino A., Anderson B., Chowdhary J., Crosbie E., Ferrare R., Hair J., Hu Y., Janz S., Redemann J., Saltzman E., Shook M., Siegel D., Yang Martin M., Ziemba L.
2019. The North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES): Science motive and mission overview.
Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00122.
*Kane M., Yopak R., Roman C., and S Menden-Deuer.
2018. Krill motion in the Southern Ocean: quantifying in situ krill movement behaviors and distributions during the late austral autumn and spring
Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11024
* Morison F and S. Menden-Deuer.
2018. Seasonal similarity in rates of protistan herbivory in fjords along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Limnology and Oceanography.

Menden-Deuer S., Lawrence C. and *G. Franzè.
2018. Herbivorous protist growth and grazing rates at in situ and artificially elevated temperatures during an Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom.
PeerJ. 10.7717/peerj.5264

Menden-Deuer S. & Rowlett J.
2018. The theory of games and microbe ecology.
Theoretical Ecology

Lindeman C, DL Aknes, KJ Flynn & S Menden-Deuer.
2017 Modeling the Plankton–Enhancing the Integration of Biological Knowledge and Mechanistic Understanding.
Frontiers in Marine Science

Xenopoulos MA, JA Downing, M Deep Kumar, S Menden-Deuer & M Voss.
2017 Headwaters to oceans: Ecological and biogeochemical contrasts across the aquatic continuum.
Limnology and Oceanography

*Morison F & Menden-Deuer S
2017 Doing more with less: balancing sampling resolution with effort in measuring plankton growth and grazing rates
Limnology & Oceanography: Methods

Grear J, T Rynearson, A Montalbano, B Govenar & S Menden-Deuer
2017 pCO2 effects on incubated, whole phytoplankton community species composition and production in a productive estuary.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

*Anderson SR & S Menden-Deuer
2016 Growth, grazing, and starvation survival in three heterotrophic dinoflagellate species
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Menden-Deuer S & Kiørboe T.
2016 Small bugs with a big impact: linking plankton ecology with ecosystem processes
Journal of Plankton Ecology. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbw049//

Snelgrove, P., E. Vanden Berghe, P. Miloslavich, P. Archambault, N. Bailly, A. Brandt, A. Bucklin, M. Clark, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, P. Halpin, R. Hopcroft, K. Kaschner, B. Lascelles, L.A. Levin, S. Menden-Deuer, A. Metaxas, D. Obura, R. R. Reeves, T. Rynearson, K. Stocks, M. Tarzia, D. Tittensor, V. Tunnicliffe, B. Wallace, R. Wanless, T. Webb, P. Bernal, J. Rice, A. Rosenberg.
2016. Chapter 34: Gradients in Marine Biodiversity.
In The United Nations World Ocean Assessment, published by the United Nations as part of the Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment

*Graff J. & Menden-Deuer S.
2016 Physical and optical properties of plankton rich layers; toward prediction and strategic sampling of plankton patchiness.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. Feature Article

Rynearson T. & Menden-Deuer S.
2016 Drivers that structure biodiversity in the plankton.
Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry: A dual perspective

*Orchard MJ, S Humphries, *Schuech R & S Menden-Deuer
2016 The influence of viscosity on the motility and sensory ability of the dinoflagellate, Heterocapsa triquetra.
Journal of Plankton Research

*Harvey EL., Rynearson T. & Menden-Deuer S.
2015 Persistent intra-specific variation in genetic and behavioral traits in the raphidophyte, Heterosigma akashiwo.
Frontiers in Microbiology

*Morison F. & Menden-Deuer S.
2015 Early spring phytoplankton dynamics in the subpolar North Atlantic: The influence of Protistan Herbivory.
Limnology and Oceanography

Menden-Deuer S. & Montalbano A.
2015 Bloom formation potential in the toxic dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea: clues from movement behaviors and growth characteristics.
Harmful Algae

*Kim H & Menden-Deuer S.
2014 Estimating the effects of ocean acidification-induced behavioral shifts on primary production rates of Heterosigma akashiwo.
Proceedings of the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae.

Keeling PJ, Burki F, Wilcox HM, Allam B, Allen EE, et al.
2014. The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing
PLoS Biol 12(6): e1001889. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001889

*Schuech R & Menden-Deuer S.
2014. Going ballistic in the plankton – anisotropic swimming behavior of marine protists.
Limnology & Oceanography: Fluids & Environments: 4: 1-16

Menden-Deuer S. & Rowlett J.
2014. Behavioral heterogeneity maintains high species diversity in the plankton.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 11: 20140031

*Chappell PD., *Whitney LP., *Haddock TL., Menden-Deuer S., Roy EG., Wells ML. & BD Jenkins
2013. Thalassiosira spp. community composition shifts in response to an eddy in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00273

Rubin CB., Menden-Deuer S. & EL*Harvey.
2013. Plankton on the Move.
Leonardo 46:412-413.

*Kim H & S Menden-Deuer.
2013. Reliability of rapid, semi-automated assessment of plankton abundance, biomass, and growth rate estimates: Coulter Counter versus light microscope measurements.
Limnology & Oceanography Methods 11: 382-393
*Harvey EL, HJ Jeong & S Menden-Deuer.
2013. Avoidance and attraction: Chemical cues influence predator-prey interactions of planktonic protists
Limnology & Oceanography. 58:1176-1184

*Kim H., Spivak A. & S. Menden-Deuer.
In Press. Lowered pH alters the swimming behaviors of the raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: implications for bloom formation in an acidified ocean
Harmful Algae. 26:1-11

Strom SL., *Harvey EL., Fredrickson KA. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2013. Broad halotolerance as a refuge from predation in the harmful raphidophyte alga Heterosigma akashiwo
Journal of Phycology. 49:20-31

*Graff JR., *Forschner-Dancause SR., Menden-Deuer S., Long R. & DC. Rowley.
2013. Vibrio cholerae exploits sub-lethal concentrations of a competitor-produced antibiotic to avoid toxic interactions.
Frontiers in Microbiology. 4:8. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00008
*Harvey EL. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2012. Predator-induced fleeing behaviors in phytoplankton: a new mechanism for harmful algal bloom formation?
PLoS ONE. 7(9):e46438 doi: 10/1371/journal.pone.0046438

Menden-Deuer S.
2012. Structure-dependent phytoplankton photosynthesis and production: implications for the formation, maintenance, and decline of plankton patches
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 468:15-30

*Lawrence CM, & S. Menden-Deuer.
2012. Drivers of protistan grazing pressure: seasonal signals of plankton community composition and environmental conditions
Marine Ecology Progress Series 459:39-52

*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 doi: 10.1371

Menden-Deuer S., Fredrickson KA. & SL. Strom
2010. Formation and decline of a Heterosigma akashiwo layer in East Sound, Washington, USA
In K. C. Ho, M. Y. Zhou, and Y.Z. Qi [eds.], Harmful algae 2008. International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae, Hong Kong:98-103.

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

Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard, J Satterberg* & D Grünbaum.
2005. Growth and starvation survival capacity of three species of the pallium feeding thecate dinoflagellate genus Protoperidinium (Peridiniacea, Dinophyceae) distributions
Aquatic Microbial Ecology 41: 145-152

Saldarriaga JF, FJR Taylor, T Cavalier-Smith, S Menden-Deuer & PJ Keeling.
2004. Molecular data and the evolutionary history of dinoflagellates
European Journal of Protistology 40: 85-111
Skovgaard A & S Menden-Deuer.
2003. Long-term exposure of dinoflagellates to 14C: Effects on growth rate and measurements of carbon content
Journal of Plankton Research 25: 1005-1009

Smetacek V, C Klaas, S Menden-Deuer & TA Rynearson.
2002. Mesoscale distribution of dominant diatom species relative to the hydrographical field along the Antarctic Polar Front
Deep-Sea Research II 49: 3835-3848

Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard & J Satterberg*.
2001. Effect of preservation on dinoflagellate and diatom cell volume, and consequences for carbon biomass predictions
Marine Ecology Progress Series 222: 41-50

Menden-Deuer S & EJ Lessard.
2000. Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton
Limnology & Oceanography 45: 569-579

Presentations
Menden-Deuer S. & Harvey* EL.
2010. Avoidance, movement, and mortality: the role of predator-prey interactions in harmful algal bloom dynamics
Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Mt. Hood, OR
Menden-Deuer S.
2010. High-correlation of individual motility enhances population dispersal rates in a heterotrophic protist
Gordon Research Conference, Marine Microbes, Tilton, NH
Harvey EL* & S. Menden-Deuer.
2010. The role of halo-tolerance in providing a refuge for the toxic raphidophyte alga, Heterosigma akashiwo from heterotrophic protists and enhancing bloom formation.
Gordon Research Conference, Marine Microbes, Tilton, NH
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)
Jenkins BD, Haddock* TL, Robinson* T, Menden-Deuer S, & MW Lomas.
2010. Niche Differentiation In Marine Cyanobacteria With Potential to Assimilate Nitrate
Ocean Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR
Harvey EL*, Strom S, & S. Menden-Deuer.
2010. Can the halo-tolerance of the toxic raphidophyte alga, Heterosigma akashiwo provide a refuge from protistan predation?
Ocean Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR
Menden-Deuer S, Harvey* EL, KA Fredrickson Graham S* & S Strom.
2009. Predator impacts on the vertical distribution and population dynamics of the toxic raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo
US Harmful Algal Bloom Meeting. Ocean Shores, WA
Menden-Deuer S, Harvey* EL, Day* WA & KA Fredrickson.
2009. Patchy prey and stealthy predators: enhanced protist grazing pressure within phytoplankton patches
Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World. CERF, Conference in Portland, Oregon
Menden-Deuer S Fredrickson KA & WA Day*.
2009. Relating in-situ observations of biological, chemical and physical properties to plankton population dynamics
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochecmistry workshop. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, MA.
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.
2008. Plankton on the move: biological drivers of plankton patchiness, predation and productivity
University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (invited)
Haddock* TL, Lomas MW, Menden-Deuer S, Zehr, JP & BD Jenkins.
2009. Enumeration of Novel Marine Cyanobacterial Nitrate Reductase Sequences Shows Vertical and Spatial Patterning
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
Strom SL Fredrickson KA Crim R Graham S. & S. Menden-Deuer.
2008. Ecophysiology and toxicity of Heterosigma akashiwo isolates from eastern North Pacific coastal waters
13th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Hong Kong
Day* WS. & S Menden-Deuer.
2008. Finding the all you can eat buffet: do prey patches support fast predator growth?
New England Estuarine Research Society. Rhode Island.
Harvey* E.L. & S Menden-Deuer.
2008. Effects of the toxic alga Heterosigma akashiwo on the distribution of single-celled planktonic grazers
New England Estuarine Research Society, RI.
Menden-Deuer S.
2008. Patchy prey and stealthy predators: biological drivers of planktonic food-webs
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2008. Patchy prey and stealthy predators: biological drivers of planktonic food-webs
University of Alaska, Fairbanks (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2008. Plankton on the move: biological drivers of plankton predation and productivity
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (invited)
Day* WS, Menden-Deuer S.
2008. APTITUDE: Algorithms for Plankton Tracking and Identification of Trajectories for Underwater Device Ensembles
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Menden-Deuer S.
2007. Integrating models, experiments and field observations to examine predator-prey interactions in the plankton
Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island
Menden-Deuer S, Fredrickson KA.
2008. Biological drivers of plankton layer formation in East Sound, Orcas Island, Washington
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida
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, Fredrickson KA & Wright HA.
2007. The role of biological drivers in the formation of plankton patches
Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island
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)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Patchy prey & stealthy predators: empirical and theoretical analysis of zooplankton behaviors
University of Connecticut, Avery Point Marine Sciences (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Linking individual-level behaviors with ecological dynamics
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, NJ (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Patchy prey & stealthy predators: empirical and theoretical analysis of zooplankton behaviors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2006. Can planktonic predators exploit patchy resource distributions?
Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbes. University of New England, Maine
Grünbaum D & Menden-Deuer S & RL Waters.
2006. Ecological effects of biomechanical and behavioral constraints on zooplankton that consume patchy resources
ASLO Summer meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Garcia* CC & Menden-Deuer, S.
2006. Do Phytoplankton Distributions Affect Zooplankton Feeding?
ASLO Summer meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Menden-Deuer S & Roth* JM.
2006. Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Plankton-rich Layers in East Sound, Washington, USA
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Lewis* CM & Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Behavioral responses of Oxyrrhis marina to prey layers of varying concentrations
Estuarine Research Federation, Norfolk, Virginia
Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Linking individual behaviors with population distributions to elucidate ecological processes
DIALOG VII, Sea Dauphin Island Marine Laboratory, Alabama (invited)
Lewis CM* & Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Aggregation of Oxyrrhis marina to thin layers of varying prey concentrations
ASLO, Ocean Research Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Predators on the move: Empirical and theoretical analysis of zooplankton foraging behaviors
Texas A&M University, Texas (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2005. Foraging behaviors of planktonic predators in patchy prey distributions
Evolution 2005, Fairbanks Alaska
Menden-Deuer S & D Grünbaum.
2005. Zooplankton on the move: Understanding the consequences of individual-level differences for population distributions
ASLO, Ocean Research Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
Menden-Deuer S & D Grünbaum.
2004. Linking individual based processes with ecological dynamics
Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
Menden-Deuer S.
2004. Simultaneous assessment of microscopic movements and population distributions of planktonic consumers
Friday Harbor Laboratories, Washington (invited)
Menden-Deuer S.
2003. On the dangers and delights of using allometric relationships for protist plankton
Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Assessing the Variability in Aquatic Microbial Populations: Facts and Fiction. Institute for Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mondsee, Austria (invited)
Saldarriaga JF, FJR Taylor, T Cavalier-Smith, S Menden-Deuer & PJ Keeling.
2003. Molecular data and the evolutionary history of dinoflagellates
7th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Nagasaki, Japan
Menden-Deuer S, EJ Lessard & J Satterberg*.
2001. Growth dynamics of thecate heterotrophic dinoflagellates (Protoperidinium spp.) have implications for the abundance of their diatom prey
ASLO, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Menden-Deuer S & D Grünbaum.
2002. Quantifying protozooplankton foraging behaviors in patchy/heterogeneous phytoplankton distributions
ASLO Summer meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Duggins DO & S Menden-Deuer.
2001. Regional and national marine science outreach at the Friday Harbor Laboratories.
ASLO, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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* student and post-doc collaborators