We are plankton ecologists who conduct hypothesis driven experiments in the laboratory, at sea and in silico to decipher patterns and processes that drive plankton abundance and distribution. Plankton make planet Earth habitable and are central conduits of globally relevant processes, including the carbon cycle. Our goal is to understand what makes plankton tick to predict their role in marine ecosystems now and in the future. If images seem particularly beautiful on these pages, they are most likely created by Cynthia Beth Rubin.
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Plankton BASICally - The Menden-Deuer lab and others sailed off on yet another successful research cruise in early May on the R/V Endeavor. The aim was to study the impact of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on the planktonic food web in the George’s Bank region. Participants (pictured) included lab members old and new, including Dr. Pierre Marrec, PhD student […]- Menden-Deuer Lab goes to ASLO 2025! - Last week, several members of the Menden-Deuer Lab past and present attended the 2025 ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. Susanne, our fearless leader and president of ASLO (Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography), is pictured here, welcoming everyone to the meeting. She also presented a talk in the “Long-Term Perspectives […]