• Education
• Research Interest
• Current Projects
• Publications

Education

• B.A. Biology and English , 1995 ,
  Whitman College , Walla Walla, WA
• M.S. Zoology and Physiology Minor in Experimental Statistics , 1998 ,
  Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, LA
• Ph.D. Candidate, Biological Oceanography , 2004 ,
  Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Committee Chair: Timothy J. Cowles ,

Research Interest

• Physical and biological controls of fine scale plankton distributions and their ecological importance
  
• Optical and acoustical technologies
  

Current Projects

• Investigating finescale vertical structure of plankton distributions in the Mississippi River Plume
  
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Publications

• Sutor, M. C.W. Ramcharan, R.D. Downer. 2001. Predation effects of two densities of fourth-instar Chaoborus trivittatus on a freshwater zooplankton community. Hydrobiologia 464: 121-131.
  
• Sutor, M.M, T.J. Cowles, W.T. Peterson, S.D. Pierce. Acoustic observations of finescale zooplankton distributions in the Oregon upwelling region. Accepted, Deep-Sea Research II
  
• Sutor, M.M., T.J. Cowles, W.T. Peterson, J. Lamb. Comparison of acoustic and net sampling systems to determine patterns in zooplankton distribution. Under Review, Journal of Geophysical Research