My interests focus on examining the functional morphology of gelatinous zooplankton in order to better understand their feeding biology, ecology and evolution. I am also generally interested in examining the predator-prey relationship between zooplankton and prey. This includes the ecological and evolutionary relationship between copepods and toxic algae.

Recent Publications:

Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., and Kordula, H. 2006. Upstream foraging by medusae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. In press

Dabiri, J. O., Colin, S. P., and Costello, J. H. 2006. Fast-swimming jellyfish exploit velar kinematics to achieve optimal vortex formation. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 2025-2033.

Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Graham, W. M., Higgins, J. 2005. Omnivory by the small cosmopolitan hydromedusa Aglaura hemistoma. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50: 1264-1268.

Colin, S. P. and Dam, H. G. 2005. A test for the resistance of pelagic marine copepods to a toxic dinoflagellate. Evol. Ecology. 18: 355-377.

Dabiri JO, Colin SP, Costello JH, Gharib M 2005 “Vortex motion in the ocean: in situ visualization of jellyfish swimming and feeding flows,” Physics of Fluids 17 (9): 091108.

Dabiri, J. O., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., and Gharib, M. 2005. Flow patterns generated by oblate medusan swimmers: in situ observation and analysis. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 1257-1269.

Dam, H. G. and Colin, S. P. 2005. Prorocentrum minimum (clone Exuv) is nutritionally insufficient, but not toxic to the copepod Acartia tonsa. Harmful Algae. 4:575-584.