Dr. Stephen Sulkin

Director and Professor
Shannon Point Marine Center
1900 Shannon Point Road
Anacortes, WA 98221
phone: (360) 293-2188, (360) 650-7400
FAX: (360) 293-1083
email: sulkin@cc.wwu.edu

Education

MS/PhD: Duke University (Marine Biology) 1971

AB: Miami University (Ohio) 1966

Positions

Professor & Director, Shannon Point Marine Center, 1985-present

Editor: Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science 1990- present

Acting Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, Western Washington University, 1993

Associate Professor; Professor, Horn Point Environmental Laboratories, 1982- 1985

Associate Professor & Head, Horn Point Environmental Laboratories, University of Maryland, 1976-1982

Research Assistant Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, 1971-1976

Research Interests

Research interests include the behavior, ecology and physiology of larval stages of crabs. Previous work has included the role of behavior in determining dispersal capabilities of larvae and post-larvae and the influence of environmental factors such as temperature and salinity on survival and development rate of larval crabs. Current research emphasizes nutritional ecology of larval crabs, including the types of prey crab larvae require in their diets, their ability to utilize microzooplankton and phytoplankton as prey, and the relationship between feeding and settlement in post-larvae.

Selected Publications

Perez, MF and SD Sulkin (2004) The palatability of autotrophic dinoflagellates in larval crabs. Mar. Biol. In press.

Sulkin, S., S. Hinz and M. Rodriguez (2003) Effects of exposure to toxic and non-toxic dinoflagellates on oxygen consumption and locomotion in stage 1 larvae of the crabs Cancer magister and C. oregonensis. Mar. Biol. 142:205-211

Hinz S, Sulkin S, Strom S, Testermann J (2001) Discrimination in ingestion of protistan prey by larval crabs. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 222:155-162

Sulkin S, McKeen G (1999) The significance of feeding history on the value of heterotrophic microzooplankton as prey for larval crabs. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 186:219-225

Sulkin,S, J Lehto, S. Strom, and D Hutchinson (1998) The nutritional role of protists in the first stage larvae of the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 169: 237-242

Lehto, J, S Sulkin, S Strom, and D Johnson (1998) Protists and detrital particles as prey for the first larval stage of the brachyuran crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 230: 213-224

Sulkin, SD, A Blanco, J Chan, and M Bryant (1998) The effects of limiting access to prey on the development of the first zoeal stage of the brachyuran crabs Cancer magister and Hemigrapsus oregonensis. Mar. Biol. 131: 515-521