TRACEY T. SUTTON CENTER FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 5600 US 1 NORTH, FORT PIERCE, FL 34946 (772) 465-2400 X 303; FAX (772) 468-0757 E-MAIL: TSUTTON@HBOI.EDU

Education

Professional Experience

Research Interests

Marine community structure and trophic interactions
Quantitative marine ecology, with emphasis on biophysical coupling across multiple trophic levels
Zooplankton and fish taxonomy, systematics and zoogeography
In situ marine biological sampling instrumentation, with emphasis on multi-mode exploration of poorly known habitats

Teaching Experience

• Biology of Marine Fishes (BSC 4930/6936: Sutton): 3 credit lecture, 1 credit lab.  An overview of the classification, functional morphology, physiology, behavior, ecology, and evolutionary systematics of marine fishes.  Field trips complement lecture and labs. Enrollment includes undergraduate and graduate students.
• Marine Biodiversity (Fish lectures and lab): ‘Introduction to vertebrates and fishes’
• FAU Lifelong Learning Program: ‘Know your Oceans: Rivers to the Abyss’

Refereed Publications

Porteiro, F.M. and T.T. Sutton (in press). Midwater Fish Assemblages and Seamounts. In: T.J. Pitcher, T. Morato, P.J.B. Hart, M.R. Clark, N. Haggan and R.S. Santos (eds), Seamounts: Ecology, Conservation and Management. Fish and Aquatic Resources Series, Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

Sutton, T.T., F.M. Porteiro, M. Heino, I. Byrkjedal, G. Langhelle, C.I.H. Anderson, J. Horne, H. Søiland, T. Falkenhaug, O.R. Godø, and O.A. Bergstad (in press) Vertical structure, biomass and topographic association of deep-pelagic fishes in relation to a mid-ocean ridge system. Deep-Sea Research II.

Suntsov, A.V., E.A. Widder and T.T. Sutton, (in press) Bioluminescence in Larval Fishes. In: R.N. Finn (ed.), Fish Larval Physiology. University of Bergen Press.

Lester, K.M., C. Heil, M.B. Neely, D. Spence, S. Murasko, S. Milroy, T. Hopkins, T.T. Sutton, S. Burghart, R. Bohrer, A. Remsen, G. Vargo, and J. Walsh (provisionally accepted) Zooplankton and Karenia brevis in the Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research.

Hartel, K.E., C.P. Kenaley, J.K. Galbraith and T.T. Sutton (provisionally accepted) Additional records of deep-sea fishes off greater New England. Northeast Naturalist.

Donnelly, J., T.T. Sutton and J.J. Torres (2006) Distribution and abundance of micronekton and macrozooplankton in the NW Weddell Sea: relation to a spring ice-edge bloom. Polar Biology 29: 280-293.

Sutton, T.T. (2005) Trophic ecology of the deep-sea fish Malacosteus niger (Pisces: Stomiidae): an enigmatic feeding ecology to facilitate a unique visual system? Deep-Sea Research I 52: 2065-2076.

Donnelly, J., J.J. Torres, T.T. Sutton, and C. Simoniello (2004) Fishes of the eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biology 27: 637-650.

Sutton, T.T. and K. E. Hartel (2004) A new species of Eustomias (Teleostei: Stomiidae) from the Western North Atlantic, with a review of the subgenus Neostomias. Copeia 2004(1): 116-121.

Sutton, T.T. (2003) Stomiiformes: Dragonfishes and Relatives. In: D. Thoney and P. Loiselle (eds.), Vol. 4. Fishes I. Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale, New York. pp. 421-430.

Walsh, J.J., R.H. Weisberg, D.A. Dieterle, R. He, B.P. Darrow, J.K. Jolliff, K.M. Lester, G.A. Vargo, G.J. Kirkpatrick, K.A. Fanning, T.T. Sutton, A.E. Jochens, D.C. Biggs, B. Nababan, C. Hu, and F.E. Muller-Karger (2003) The phytoplankton response to intrusions of slope water on the West Florida shelf: models and observations. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(C6): 3190, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001406.

Wienerroither, R.M., F. Uiblein, F. Bordes, T. Moreno, J.G. Nielsen, T.T. Sutton and M. Youngbluth (2003) Diversity, population ecology and biogeography of Myctophidae. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 3(4): 308.

McEachran, J.D. and T.T. Sutton. (2002) Chiasmodontidae. Swallowers. In: K.E. Carpenter (ed.), The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 2 (Opisthognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. Rome, FAO. pp. 1742-1743.

Samson, S, T.L. Hopkins, A. Remsen, L.C. Langebrake, T.T. Sutton, and J. Patten (2001) A System for High-Resolution Zooplankton Imaging. IEEE J. of Oceanic Engineering, 26: 671-676.

Sutton, T.T., T.L. Hopkins, A. Remsen, and S. Burghart (2001) Multisensor sampling of pelagic ecosystem variables in a coastal environment to estimate zooplankton grazing impact. Continental Shelf Research 21: 69-87.

Bordes, F., F. Uiblein, R. Castillo, A. Barrera, J.J. Castro, J. Coca, J. Gomez, K. Hansen, V. Hernandez, N. Merrett, M. Miya, T. Moreno, F. Perez, A. Ramos, T.T. Sutton,  and M. Yamaguchi (1999). Epi- and mesopelagic fishes, acoustic data, and SST images collected off Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, during cruise "La Bocaina 04-97". Inf. Téc. ICCM, 5, 1-44. 

Hopkins, T.L. and T.T. Sutton (1998) Midwater fishes and shrimps as competitors in low latitude oligotrophic ecosystems. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 164: 37-45.

Sutton, T.T., T.L. Hopkins, and T.M. Lancraft (1998) Trophic diversity of a midwater fish community. In: Pelagic Biogeography ICoPB II. Proceedings of the second International Conference. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Workshop Report No. 142: 353-357.

Hopkins, T.L., T.T. Sutton and T. M. Lancraft. (1996) Trophic structure and predation impact of a low latitude midwater fish community. Progress in Oceanography 38: 205-239.

Sutton, T.T., T.L. Hopkins, and L. C. Langebrake (1996) A high-resolution marine particle analysis system. Oceans '96/IEEE Conference Proceedings 3: 1474-1479.

Sutton, T.T. and T.L. Hopkins (1996) The species composition, abundance and vertical distribution of the stomiid (Pisces: Stomiiformes) fish assemblage of the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 59(3): 530-542.

Sutton, T.T. and T.L. Hopkins (1996) Trophic ecology of the stomiid (Pisces, Stomiidae) assemblage of the eastern Gulf of Mexico: strategies, selectivity and impact of a mesopelagic top predator group. Marine Biology 127: 179-192.  

Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation

Busch, M., S. Klempel, T.T. Sutton, and U. Piatkowski (submitted) Ecology of the deep-sea smelt Bathylagus euryops (Microstomatidae, Argentinidae) from the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone (CGFZ): Prey and parasitological analysis. Deep-Sea Research.

Heino, M, F.M. Porteiro, T.T. Sutton, T. Falkenhaug, O.R. Godø, U. Piatkowski, and O.A. Bergstad. (submitted) Catchability of pelagic trawls for macro-fauna in the mid-North Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Kenaley, C. P. and T.T. Sutton (submitted) Diel vertical migration of the loosejaw dragonfishes (Stomiiformes; Stomiidae; Malacosteinae) in the Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology.

Porteiro, F.M., T.T. Sutton, I. Byrkjedal, M. Heino, T. Falkenhaug, H. Søiland, and O.A. Bergstad (in draft revision) Zoogeography of deep-pelagic fish assemblages along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (62ºN – 41ºN). Will submit to Journal of Fish Biology.

Sutton, T.T., J.J. Torres and T.L. Hopkins (in draft revision) Zooplankton community structure relative to an ice-edge phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology.

Uiblein, F., T.T. Sutton, I. Byrkjedal, A. Dolgov, J. Galbraith, P. Lorance, A. Orlov, and F. M. Porteiro (in draft revision) Composition, distribution, and diversity of the benthic boundary layer fish fauna of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Will submit to Deep-Sea Research.

Sutton, T.T., S.E. Burghart, and T.L. Hopkins (in prep.) The bathypelagic fish assemblage of the Gulf of Mexico, with 19 new area records. Will submit to Bulletin of Marine Science.

Sutton, T.T. and C. Klepadlo (in prep.) A new dragonfish (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Eustomias) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Will submit to Copeia.

Published Conference Proceedings

Wiebe, P.H., Bucklin, A., Madin, L., Angel, M.V., Sutton, T.T., Pages, F. and Hopcroft, R.R.. (in press) Integrated at-sea morphological assessment of zooplankton biodiversity in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from the surface to 5000 m. 4th Zooplankton Production Symposium, Hiroshima. Mar 2007.

Cornejo, R., Koppelmann, R., and Sutton, T.T. (2006) Horizontal and vertical distribution of mesopelagic fishes with special reference to Vinciguerria lucetia (Phosichthyidae: Pisces) in the Humboldt Current region off Peru. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS45Q-01.

Kenaley, C.P. and Sutton, T.T. (2006) Diel vertical migration of loosejaw dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Malacosteinae) in the Atlantic Ocean. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS46O-02.

Porteiro, F., Sutton, T.T., Uiblein, F., Biscoito, M., Byrkjedal, I., Cotton, C., Galbraith, J.K., Iwamoto, T., Menezes, G., Moller, P., Orlov, A., Bjelland, O., Dolgov, A., Gjelsvik, G., Heino, M., Hoines, A., King, N., Klimpel, S., Nakaya, K., Santos, R., Falkenhaug, T., Godo, O, and Bergstad, O. (2006) Fishes of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge collected during the MAR-ECO cruise in June/July 2004. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS34G-02.

Sutton, T.T., Porteiro, F., Uiblein, F., Biscoito, M., Byrkjedal, I., Cotton, C., Galbraith, J.K., Iwamoto, T., Menezes, G., Moller, P., Orlov, A., Bjelland, O., Dolgov, A., Gjelsvik, G., Heino, M., Hoines, A., King, N., Klimpel, S., Nakaya, K., Santos, R., Falkenhaug, T., Godo, O, and Bergstad, O. (2006) Overlap between pelagic and demersal fishes at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS23A-06.

Wiebe, P.H., Bucklin, A., Madin, L., Angel, M.V., Sutton, T.T., Pages, F. and Hopcroft, R.R. (2006) A census of marine zooplankton in the tropical/subtropical Atlantic from the surface to 5000 m. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS34A-07 (INVITED).

Sutton, T.T. and Burghart, S.E. (2001) Zooplankton. In: (S. Mackinson, T.A. Okey and B. Mahmoudi, (eds) A preliminary model of the west Florida shelf food web for use in ecosystem-based fisheries management and research. Reports of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL. (INVITED).

Remsen, A., Hopkins, T. L., Sutton, T.T., Wilcox, T. and LeBlanc, L. (1996) A high frequency chirp sonar to be mounted on the High Resolution Sampler (HRS II) and capable of sizing small zooplankton. Oceans 96 MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings 3: 1480-1484.
 
Research Grants

Current: “Trophic structure and interactions of the pelagic fish assemblage associated with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.” T.                  Sutton(PI/PD), J. Horne, A. Bucklin. O.A. Bergstad, T. Falkenhaug, Å. Høines, I. Byrkjedal, A. Gislason.

• National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Division – Biological Oceanography Program; OCE 0623551; Aug 2006-Mar 2009; $502,000

Current: “BASIN: Resolving the impact of climatic processes on ecosystems of the North Atlantic basin and shelf seas:                 Integrating and advancing observation, monitoring and prediction.” (INVITED)

• 01-03 May 2007, Chapel Hill, USA - Travel grant from the National Science Foundation; ~$1,500

Current: “Taxonomy, systematics and community analysis of the pelagic nekton of the North Atlantic.”               Ongoing -various funding sources to T. Sutton.

• NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, $26,000
• Sloan Foundation – Census of Marine Life, $20,000 to date
• Norwegian Marshall Fund Grant for Collaborative Research [Norge-Amerika Foreningen], $1,600

Pending: “PEET: Rebuilding taxonomic expertise in deep-sea taxonomy: revisionary work on unsettled and cryptic fish                  groups(“Argentioidei” and Melamphaidae)” T. Sutton (PI/PD). O. Gon, F. Porteiro, D. Rees, I. Byrkjedal, S.                  DeVaney, K. Hartel,C. Klepadlo, and J. Moore.

• NSF Division of Environmental Biology PEET program; 2007-2012; $689,000.

In Preparation: “(Collaborative Research) Enhanced Predator/Prey Dynamics at Oceanographic Boundaries: Biophysical                 Coupling Across Multiple Trophic Levels.” T. Sutton (PI/PD), C. Davis (WHOI), D. McGillicuddy (WHOI), J. Drazen                  (UH), C.Hu (USF), and D. Olson (RSMAS).

• to be submitted Aug 15, 2007 – NSF Biological Oceanography Program
• This proposal will represent a collaborative effort with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of Hawaii, the University of South Florida, and the University of Miami Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science.

Completed Research Grants:

2004   J. Galbraith, T.T. Sutton and M. Vecchione. “Fish and cephalopod Diversity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge” NOAA Ocean Exploration ($54,780)

2000   T.L. Hopkins, T.T. Sutton and S. Samson. “Suspended Particle Analysis Program” Office of Naval Research ($499,692)

1999   T.T. Sutton, T.L. Hopkins, and S. Samson. "Suspended Particle Analysis Program" Office of Naval Research ($584,653)

1998  T.L. Hopkins, T.T. Sutton and L.C. Langebrake. “Suspended Particle Analysis Program” Office of Naval Research ($399,996)

Research Experience

Research cruises: 62 (25 as Chief Scientist) entailing: Zooplankton sampling and sampler design (High Resolution Sampler - HRS I & II); electronic sensor calibration, deployment, data acquisition; zooplankton acoustics; in situ zooplankton optical sampling (FOCAL OPC, USF SIPPER, WHOI Video Plankton Recorder);  midwater trawling; benthic trawling; in situ   (JSL submersible) fish /habitat assessment; in situ ROV observation

Lead Consultant for BBC/Discovery Channel Gulf of Mexico filming - Blue Planet: The Deep; 1999-2002

Scientific Consultant for “Our Ocean World” radio broadcast series; Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2006-present)

Program Leader: High Resolution Sampler development (funded by the Office of Naval Research); 1994-2001

Provided zooplankton component for three Gulf of Mexico modeling efforts (HyCODE: Florida; ECOHAB: Florida; and ECOPATH: West Florida shelf); 1999-2001

Project Manager: Iron/Phosphorus Nutrient Enrichment Experiment, Gulf of Mexico; 1997-98

Graduate Students

Kyle Bartow, Ph.D. - Florida Atlantic University, Dept. of Integrative Biol. (2006-present)
Jennifer Feagans, M.S. - Florida Atlantic University, Biology Department (2007-present)
Megan Geidner, M.S. - Florida Atlantic University, Biology Department (2006-present)
Christopher Sweetman, Ph.D. - Florida Atlantic University, Dept. of Integrative Biol. (2007-present)

 Graduate Student Committee Memberships

Vanda Carmo, Ph.D. – Univ. of the Azores, Dept. of Oceanography and Fisheries (2006-present)
Miranda Hoover, Ph.D. - Florida Atlantic University, Biology Department (2006-present)
Christopher Kenaley, Ph.D. - Univ. of Washington, School of Oceanography (2005-present)
Mikki McCombs, Ph.D. - Florida Atlantic University, Biology Department (2005-present)
Audrey Williams, M.S. - Florida Atlantic University, Biology Department (2005-present)

 Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised

Andrey V. Sunstov, Ph.D., Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow (2004-2005)
Jennifer Putland, Ph.D., Florida State University (2006-current)