Lab Alumni |
Rosanna Milligan (Ph.D., 2015) Position: Education: Research Interests: Selected Publications: Milligan, R.J. & T.T. Sutton (in review). An Overview of the Species Composition, Abundance, and Vertical Distribution of the Mesopelagic Fish Family Myctophidae in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Milligan, R.J., E.M. Scott, D.O.B. Jones, B.J. Bett, J. Clarke, A. Jamieson, R. O’Brien, G. Rowe, H.A. Ruhl, B.B. Sangolay, K.L. Smith Jr., A. Walls, M. Vardaro, D.M. Bailey, (in review). Evidence for seasonal changes in deep-sea fish distributions: A great migration in the African deep sea. Johnston, M.W., R.J. Milligan, C.G. Easson, S. deRada, D. English, B. Penta, T.T. Sutton, (in review). Characterizing Pelagic Habitats in the Gulf of Mexico Using Model, Empirical, and Remotely-Sensed Data. J. Mar. Syst.
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Michael Novotny (M.S., 2018) Position: Education: Research Interests: Currently, I am a Natural Resource Specialist at Broward County - Water and Wastewater Operations Division. As a Natural Resources Specialist within the Compliance & Enforcement Section of the Water and Wastewater Operations Division, I am responsible for the collection of groundwater, surface water, and drinking water throughout Broward in accordance with FDEP standard operating procedures. A variety of environmental parameters are collected at each site as determined by the permit. The standard water quality parameters taken are temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, and turbidity.Depending on the permit and collection source, various test maybe conducted to monitor nutrient concentrations, bacterial concentrations, metals, disinfection byproducts, or chlorine residuals. Beyond the field, I also review environmental permits and compliance reports for consistency with federal, state, and local environmental laws, such as the Clean Water Act and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Achievements/Awards: |
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Education: Research Interests: Check out the Lab Members page to find out more information about my thesis research and new position! Achievements/Awards: Publications: Pruzinsky, N.M., R.J. Milligan, and T.T. Sutton (2020) Pelagic habitat partitioning of late-larval and juvenile tunas in the oceanic Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers of Marine Science. 7:257. doi: 103389/fmars.202000257. Cook, A.B., A.M. Bernard, K.M. Boswell, H. Bracken-Grissom, M. D'Elia, S. Derada, C.G. Easson, D. English, R.I. Eytan, T. Frank, C. Hu, M.W. Johnston, H. Judkins, C. Lembke, J.V. Lopez, R.J. Milligan, J.A. Moore, B. Penta, N.M. Pruzinsky, J.A. Quinlan, T. Richards, I.C. Romero, M.S. Shivji, M. Vecchione, M.D. Weber, R.J.D. Wells, and T.T. Sutton (2020) A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate Deep-Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico following Deepwater Horizon. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7:548880. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.548880. Berger, A.J., P. Blackwelder, T. Frank, T.T. Sutton, N.M. Pruzinsky, N. Slayden, and J.V. Lopez (2021) Microscopic and Genetic Characterization of Bacterial Bioluminescent Symbionts of the Gulf of Mexico Pyrosome, Pyrosoma atlanticum. Frontiers in Marine Science-Microbial Symbioses 8:606818. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.606818. |
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Matthew Woodstock (M.S., 2018) Education: Thesis: Trophic Ecology and Parasitism of a Mesopelagic Fish Assemblage Research Interests: My current focus is to develop an ecosystem model of the mesopelagic Gulf of Mexico in order to connect the lower trophic levels (e.g., primary producers) to higher trophic levels (e.g., fishes and squids). This model will be useful to predict responses to the mesopelagic ecosystem in the event of future human-caused disturbances similar to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and can be utilized to develop hypotheses in order to understand more about the deep sea Achievements/Awards: Selected Publications: Woodstock MS, Sutton TT, Blanar CA (in prep). The parasite fauna of a low-latitude mesopelagic fish assemblage. Woodstock MS, Moore JA, Fenolio D (in prep). Larsonia pterophylla (Cnidaria, Anthomedusae, Pandeidae) parasitic on Paraconger sp. (Anguilliformes: Congridae) and Callenchelyini sp. in the Gulf of Mexico, new host records and a range extension. |
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Kendall Lord (M.S., 2016) Position: Education: Capstone: A History of Research in the Bathypelagic Realm, Earth’s Largest Habitat Research Interests: |
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Alex Marks (M.S., 2016) Position: Thesis: Reproductive ecology of dragonfishes (Family: Stomiidae) in the Gulf of Mexico Research Interests: Since graduating from the Oceanic Ecology Lab, I have accepted a 6-month position with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as a Research Technician in the Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Lab. In my role, I am involved with a variety of ongoing lab projects, including monitoring water quality of Green Bay tributaries, stream fish species diversity, otolith microchemistry of larval lake whitefish, and reproductive ecology of fluvial ecotypes of lake whitefish. This species is now returning to the area, after having been extirpated since the late 1800s. I am also involved with our lake sturgeon project, which seeks to assess their recruitment and determine environmental variables that are associated with the onset of larval drift. Our work on these ancient fish was recently featured on the local news. http://fox11online.com/news/local/sturgeon-spawning-underway-on-fox-river-in-de-pere Achievements/Awards: |
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Katie Bowen (M.S., 2015) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Education: 2015 M.S. Marine Biology, Nova Southeastern University 2010 M.Ed. Secondary Education: Curriculum and Instruction, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 2006 B.S. Dual Major: Marine Science/Biology and Biology/Organismal/Ecology, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania |
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Research Interests:
My thesis focused on juvenile reef fishes that were collected in the pelagic habitat of the northern Gulf of Mexico using a 10-m2 MOCNESS midwater trawl during a 3-month (late spring/early summer) sampling series conducted in 2011. The assemblage structure, abundance, biomass, horizontal and vertical distribution of juvenile reef fishes were described. Also, my interests include the biota of the deep sea, ocean conservation and restoration, as well as fisheries research.
Selected Publications:
Sutton, T., A. Cook, T. Frank, H. Judkins, M. Youngbluth, J. Moore, M. Vecchione, M. Nizinski, L. Malarky, E. Burdett, C. Fine, and K. Bowen (2015) Oceanic micronekton, nekton and gelatinous macroplankton of the northern Gulf of Mexico from 0-1500 m depth: faunal composition, abundance, vertical distribution, and new records of occurrence. NOAA Technical Report, Office of Response and Restoration.
Lacey Malarky (M.S., 2015) Education: Research Interests: |
Selected Publications:
Sutton, T., A. Cook, T. Frank, H. Judkins, M. Youngbluth, J. Moore, M. Vecchione, M. Nizinski, L. Malarky, E. Burdett, C. Fine, and K. Bowen (2015) Oceanic micronekton, nekton and gelatinous macroplankton of the northern Gulf of Mexico from 0-1500 m depth: faunal composition, abundance, vertical distribution, and new records of occurrence. NOAA Technical Report, Office of Response and Restoration.
Fautin D.G., L. Malarky, J. Soberón (2013) Latitudinal diversity of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Biological Bulletin 224:2 89-98.
Jennifer Putland (Ph.D., 2007)
Education:
2011 Postdoc, Harbor Branch Oceanography Initiation
2006-2007 Ph.D. Oceanography, Florida State University
Selected Publications:
Putland, J. N., B. Mortazavi, R.L. Iverson, and S.W. Wise (2014) Phytoplankton biomass and composition in a river-dominated estuary during two summers of contrasting river discharge. Estuaries and coasts 37(3): 664-679.
Putland, J. and T.T. Sutton (2011) Survey of larval Euphausia superba lipid content along the western Antarctic Peninsula during late autumn 2006. Polar Science 5(3): 383-389.
Putland, J. and T.T. Sutton (2010) Microzooplankton grazing and productivity in the central and southern sector of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Florida Scientist 73(3/4): 236.
Putland, J. N., B.E.H.Z.A.D. Mortazavi, and R.L. Iverson (2009) Changes in Phytoplankton and Bacterioplankton Biomass and Rate Processes in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, in Response to Reduction in River Discharge. Gulf of Mexico Science 27(2): 109-122.
Kyle Bartow (Ph.D., 2010) Education: Thesis: Taxonomy and Ecology of the Deep-Pelagic Fish Family Melamphaidae with Emphasis on Interactions with a Midocean Ridge System Research Interests: |
Jennifer Bartow (M.S., 2008)
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Education:
2008 M.S. Biological Science, Florida Atlantic University
2004 B.S. Dual Major: Biology and Marine Science, University of Tampa
Thesis: Trophic ecology of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Anguilliformes: Nemichthyidae)
Research Interests:
I was always interested in the sea, and the animals of the deep were particularly intriguing. My thesis focused on the diet and composition of a large assembly of deep-sea slender snipe eels off the coast of the Georges Bank. The common belief of deep sea organisms is that prey is scarce and predators should therefore be fairly opportunistic. My research, on the other hand, showed that these eels were actually very discriminatory in their feeding, selecting mainly euphausiids and large decapod crustaceans. Upon graduation, I have since moved into the education field, as a high school science teacher, and am hopefully cultivating a love of the sea in the next generation.
Selected Publications:
Feagans-Bartow, J.N. and T.T. Sutton (2014) Ecology of the oceanic rim: pelagic eels as key ecosystem components. Marine Ecology Progress Series 502: 257-266.
Megan Geidner (M.S., 2008)
Education:
2008 M.S., Florida Atlantic University
Thesis: Spatial and trophic ecology of the sawtooth eel, Serrivomer beanii, a biomass-dominant bathypelagic fish over the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Andrey Suntsov (Ph.D., 2003) Suntsov, A., J.A. Koslow, and W. Watson (2012) The spatial structure of coastal ichthyoplankton assemblages off central and southern California. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports 53: 153-170. |
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Phillips, A. J., R.D. Brodeur and A.V. Suntsov (2009) Micronekton community structure in the epipelagic zone of the northern California Current upwelling system. Progress in Oceanography 80(1): 74-92.
Suntsov, A. V. and R.D. Brodeur (2008) Trophic ecology of three dominant myctophid species in the northern California Current region. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 373: 81-96.
Suntsov, A. V. (2007) Brotulotaenia (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes) larval development revisited: an apparently new type of mimetic resemblance in the epipelagic ocean. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 14: 177-186.