{"id":29,"date":"2020-07-21T09:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T13:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/lab-template\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-09-22T12:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:09:27","slug":"20-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mendendeuerlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Menden-Deuer Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Menden-Deuer Lab<\/h1>

See inside the world of plankton ecology<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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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.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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