Biology

Jeannette Yen, Professor

Ph.D., Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, 1982
jeannette.yen@biology.gatech.edu
Phone: (404) 385-1596
Fax: (404) 894-0519
Office: (Cherry Emerson) A116/C109

Publications

Woodson, CB, DR Webster, MJ Weissburg, and J Yen. 2007. Cue hierarchy and foraging of calanoid copepods:ecological implications of oceanographic structure. Mar.Ecol. Progr. Series 330: 163-177.

Catton, Kimberly, Donald R. Webster, Jason Brown, and Jeannette Yen. 2007. Quantitative analysis of tethered and free-swimming copepodid flow fields. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 299-310.

Goldthwait, Sarah, Jeannette Yen, Jason Brown, and Alice Alldredge. 2004. Quantification of marine snow fragmentation by swimming euphausiids. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 940-952.

Yen, J., A. Prusak, M. Caun, M. H. Doall, J. Brown, and J.R. Strickler. 2004. Signaling during mating in the pelagic copepod, Temora longicornis. Ch. 10, In: "Scales in aquatic ecology: measurements, analysis, modelling", Editor: L. Seuront and P. Strutton. CRC Press.

Banas, N.S., D-P Wang, J. Yen. 2004. Experimental validation of an individual-based model for zooplankton swarming. Ch. 11,  In: "Scales in aquatic ecology: measurements, analysis, modelling", Editor: L. Seuront and P. Strutton. CRC Press. 

Webster, D.R., A. Brathwaite, J. Yen. 2004. A Novel Laboratory Apparatus for Simulating Isotropic Oceanic Turbulence at Low Reynolds Number. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 2: 1-12.

Yen, J., J. Brown, and D.R. Webster. 2003. Analysis of the flow field of the krill, Euphausia pacifica. Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology 36 (4): 307-319.

Yen, J. and A. Okubo. 2002. Particle and prey detection by mechanoreceptive copepods: A mathematical analysis. Spec.Issue: Progress in Zooplankton biology: Ecology, Systematics, and Behavior. Hydrobiologia 480: 165-173. 

Fields, D.M., and Yen, J. 2002. Fluid mechanosensory stimulation of behavior from a planktonic marine copepod Euchaeta rimana Bradford.J. Plankton Res. 24: 747-755.

Doall, M. H., J. R. Strickler, D. M. Fields, J. Yen. 2002. Mapping the free-swimming attack volume of a planktonic copepod, Euchaeta rimana.  Marine Biology (2002) 140: 871-879.

Okubo, Akira, Robert A. Armstrong, and Jeannette Yen. 2001. Diffusion of "Smell" and "Taste": Chemical Communication. pp. 107-126. In Diffusion and Ecological Problems: Modern Perspectives, Akira Okubo and Simon A. Levin, eds. New York, Springer-Verlag.

Yen, J. 2000. Life in transition: balancing inertial and viscous forces by planktonic copepods. Biol. Bull. 198: 213-224.

Yen, J., M.J. Weissburg, and M.H. Doall. 1998. The fluid physics of signal perception by a mate-tracking copepod. Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London 353:787-804.

Boxshall, G.A., J. Yen and J.R. Strickler. 1997. Functional significance of the sexual dimorphism in the array of setation elements along the antennules of Euchaeta rimana Bradford. Bull. Mar. Sci. 61: 387-398.

Yen, J. and E.A. Bundock. 1997. Aggregative behavior in zooplankton: Phototactic swarming in 4 developmental stages of Coullana canadensis (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). In: "Animals Groups in Three Dimensions." Edited by J. Parish and W. Hamner. Cambridge Press. Pp. 143-162.

Fields, D.M. and J. Yen. 1997. Implications of the feeding current structure of Euchaeta rimana, a carnivorous pelagic copepod, on the spatial orientation of their prey. J. Plankton Res. 19: 79-95.

Yen, J. and J.R. Strickler. 1996. Advertisement and concealment in the plankton: What makes a copepod hydrodynamically conspicuous? Invert. Biol.115: 191-205.

Zmijewska, M.I. and J. Yen. 1993. Seasonal and diel changes in the abundance and vertical distribution of the Antarctic copepod species Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus, Rhincalanus gigas, Euchaeta antarctica, and Metridia gerlachei (Calanoida) in Croker Passage (Antarctic Peninsula). Oceanologia 35:101-127.

Yen, J., P.H. Lenz, D.V. Gassie, and D.K. Hartline. 1992. Mechanoreception in marine copepods: Electrophysiological studies on the first antennae. Journal of Plankton Research 14 (4): 495-512.

Schultze, P.C., J.R., Strickler, B.I Bergstršm, M.S. Berman, P. Donaghay, S. Gallager, J.F. Haney, B.R. Hargreave, U. Kils, G.-A. Paffenhšfer, S. Richman, H.A. Vanderploeg, W. Welsch, D. Wethey, J. Yen. 1992. Video-based instruments for in situ studies of zooplankton abundance, distribution, and behavior. Arch. Hydro. Beih. 36: 1-21.

Yen, J. 1991. Predatory feeding behavior of an Antarctic marine copepod, Euchaeta antarctica. Pp. 433-442. In: Sakshaug, E., C.C.E. Hopkins and N.A. ¯ritsland (eds.): Proceedings of the Pro Mare Symposium on Polar Marine Ecology, Trondheim, 12-16 May 1990. Polar Research 10(2).

Yen, J., B.G. Sanderson, J.R. Strickler, and A. Okubo. 1991. Feeding currents and energy dissipation by Euchaeta rimana, a subtropical pelagic copepod. Limnol.Oceanogr.36: 362-369.

Yen, J. l988. Directionality and swimming speeds in predator-prey and male-female interactions of Euchaeta rimana, a subtropical marine copepod. Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(3):175-193.

Yen, J. l985. Selective predation by the carnivorous marine copepod Euchaeta elongata: Laboratory measurements of predation rates verified by field observations of temporal/spatial feeding patterns. Limnol. Oceanogr. 30:577-595.

Bailey, K.M. and J. Yen. l983. Predation by a carnivorous marine copepod, Euchaeta elongata Esterly, on eggs and larvae of the Pacific Hake, Merluccius productus. J. Plankt. Res. 5:71-82