BARBARA K. SULLIVAN

Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island

Narragansett, RI 02882-1197; bsullivan@gso.uri.edu

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:

APPOINTMENTS:

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS (5):

2003        Wishner, KF, DJ Gifford, BK Sullivan, JJ Bisagni, DM Outram, DE Van Keuren. Biological signature of Scotian Shelf Water crossovers on Georges Bank during spring 1997. J. of Geophys. Res. 108, No.C11, 8014, doi:10.1029/2001JC001266.

2001        Sullivan, B. K., D. Van Keuren, Michael Clancy. 2001. Duration and size of blooms of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in relation to temperature in Narragansett Bay, RI. Hydrobiologia 451:113-120.

2000    Suchman, C.L. and Barbara K. Sullivan.2000.  Effect of prey size on vulnerability of copepods to predation by the scyphomedusae Aurelia aurita and Cyanea sp. Journal of Plankton Research 22: 2289-2306

1997        Sullivan, B.K. C.L. Suchman and J.H. Costello.1997. Mechanics of prey selection by ephyrae of the scyphomedusa, Aurelia aurita. Mar. Biol. 130:213-222.

1986        Sullivan, B.K. and L.T. McManus. 1986."Factors controlling seasonal succession of the copepods Acartia hudsonica and A. tonsa in Narragansett Bay, RI: Temperature and resting egg production," Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 28: 121-128.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS (5):

2001    Concelman, S., S. M. Bollens, B. K. Sullivan, L. Madin, E. Horgan, M. Huntley, and D. Van Keuren. 2001.  Distribution, abundance and benthic-pelagic coupling of suspended hydroids on Georges Bank.  Deep Sea Research Part II 48: 645-658

1997        Sullivan, BK, J. Williams, D. VanKeuren, R.G. Lough, J. Manning, R.G. Lough. 1997 Abundance and distribution of planktonic hydroids with respect to larval fish and hydrographic features on Georges Bank. ICES CM 1997/T:02, 5 p

1996        Sullivan, B.K. and C.J. Meise. Invertebrate predators of zooplankton on Georges Bank, 1977-1987. Deep Sea Research Part II. 43: 1503-1520.

1990        Sullivan, B.K. and P.V. Banzon, "Food limitation and benthic regulation of a copepod population (Acartia hudsonica Pinhey) in nutrient limited and nutrient enriched systems," Limnol. Oceanogr.  35, 1618-1631.

1982    Sullivan, B.K. and M.R. Reeve. "Comparison of estimates of the predatory impact of ctenophores by two independent techniques," Mar. Biol. 68: 61-65.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:

Co-Director/ Co-Principal Investigator, Guiding Education in Math and Science Net, NSF Local Systemic Change Project, 1998-present (sustained through 2006 with local funding).

Member, Sea Grant University Advisory Council 2004

Science Advisor, New England Aquarium “Jellies” Exhibit 2001-present

Editor, “From Your Backyard to Narragansett Bay”, Grade 6 Supplement for STC Ecosystems unit, for GEMS-NET, NSF Local Systemic Change Project, 1999

Member, Strategic Initiatives Committee, Graduate School of Oceanography, 2003-2004.

RECENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

Graduate Courses: Instructor for Special Topics in Zooplankton Ecology: Carnivorous Gelatinous Zooplankton (OCG 591); Special Topics in Oceanography: Ecology of Narragansett Bay (OCG 593b)

COLLABORATIVE AND OTHER AFFILIATES

Co-Authors and Research Collaborators

Stephen Bollens, San Francisco State; Jame Bisagni, U Mass. Dartmouth; John H. Costello, Providence College; Edward Durbin, URI; Dian Gifford, URI; Mark Huntley, SIO; R. Greg Lough, NMFS; Grace Klein-MacPhee, URI; Larry Madin, WHOI; Candace Oviatt, URI; Cynthia Suchman, NMFS; Karen Wishner, URI

Graduate and Post Doctoral Advisors:

Charles B. Miller, Oregon State University; Marsh Youngbluth, Harbor Branch Ocean Institute; Michael R. Reeve, National Science Foundation

Students:

Angela Allen, Hao Hsien Chang, Lindsay Sullivan, Cynthia Suchman, Mary Rapien, Jason Williams, Sean Grace, David Avery, Heeseon Jeon, Viva Banzon, Liana Talaue McManus