Sutherland Lab
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Welcome to the Sutherland Lab! We study interactions between marine plankton and the fluid environment. Based at University of Oregon 🦆
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From November 2024 to April 2025, we welcomed Guilherme von Montfort, a visiting PhD researcher from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande in Brazil to study these fascinating creatures. His work examines the prey capture mechanisms and ecological impact of small jellyfish through video analysis.
June 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
From November 2024 to April 2025, we welcomed Guilherme von Montfort, a visiting PhD researcher from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande in Brazil to study these fascinating creatures. His work examines the prey capture mechanisms and ecological impact of small jellyfish through video analysis.
In linear chains, individuals are lined up one behind the other so that the frontal area of the colony stays the same no matter how many individuals there are. This means that larger colonies get more propulsion without increasing their drag. This makes linear colonies the fastest salp shape!
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In linear chains, individuals are lined up one behind the other so that the frontal area of the colony stays the same no matter how many individuals there are. This means that larger colonies get more propulsion without increasing their drag. This makes linear colonies the fastest salp shape!
In the transversal chain colony shape, individuals are lined up side-by-side so the frontal area increases with more individuals (moving like a chain of people holding hands and walking forward.) The large frontal area makes transversal salp colonies fairly slow swimmers.
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In the transversal chain colony shape, individuals are lined up side-by-side so the frontal area increases with more individuals (moving like a chain of people holding hands and walking forward.) The large frontal area makes transversal salp colonies fairly slow swimmers.
Similar to whorls, cluster colonies also have individuals perpendicular to the colony overall and get “wider” with more individuals. But in clusters, the individuals are held apart from each other by long peduncles. Despite some similarities with whorls, this shape is a surprisingly fast swimmer.
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Similar to whorls, cluster colonies also have individuals perpendicular to the colony overall and get “wider” with more individuals. But in clusters, the individuals are held apart from each other by long peduncles. Despite some similarities with whorls, this shape is a surprisingly fast swimmer.
In whorl shaped colonies, the individuals are oriented perpendicular to the colony overall, and colonies with more individuals have a larger frontal area (they are “wider”). This shape has the slowest swimming speed, though the speed increases with a larger number of individuals propelling it along.
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In whorl shaped colonies, the individuals are oriented perpendicular to the colony overall, and colonies with more individuals have a larger frontal area (they are “wider”). This shape has the slowest swimming speed, though the speed increases with a larger number of individuals propelling it along.