Bio:
Resident Assoc. Director of the Friday Harbor Labs, UW, from 1973 to present. Also since 1973, on the faculty of the Zoology Department and now Biology Department at the UW.
Previously, a Predoctoral Fellow, NSF, Univ. of Washington 1963-69; Postdoctoral Trainee, NIH, UCLA, 1970 Postdoctoral Fellow, NSF, Univ. of Hawaii, 1970-71 Assistant Prof. in Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Maryland, 1971-73. NSF grants: Regional patterns in reproduction and survival of the barnacle Balanus glandula (1975-1981), Larvae feeding with cilia (1981-83), Constraints on foraging and form associated with two larval ciliary feeding mechanisms (1984-86), The relation between adult size, brooding, and simultaneous hermaphroditism (with D. Eernisse) (1984-86), Constraints on modes of development of benthic marine invertebrates (1986-1990), Interocean comparisons of food limited larval growth (1987-1988), Limits on size and form of benthic clutches (1990-1993), Plasticity of larval feeding structures (1993-1996), Duration of development of planktonic embryos (1996-2001), Constraints on performance and pelagic periods of larvae (2001-2004), Swimming and vulnerability in pelagic development (2002-2007), Predator-induced morphological defenses in marine zooplankton (2006-2009). Guggenheim Fellow for research on sea urchin form at Smithsonian Inst. and on ciliary feeding at Marine Biol. Assoc. UK, 1980-81
Research Interests:
 I am interested in why the beautiful and diverse patterns of development have evolved as they have instead of in other ways. Most of my research is on functional requirements and constraints for embryos, larvae, and juveniles of marine animals. Topics include parental protection and retention of embryos, extraembryonic nutrition, feeding and swimming of pelagic larvae, costs and benefits of dispersal, constraints on habitat selection, mortality, defenses, stasis and change in modes of development. My students' research has also included consequences of coloniality, constraints on mating by free spawners, and other topics.
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Selected Publications:
Publications 2000-2006:
Henderson, S. Y., and R. R. Strathmann. 2000. Contrasting scaling of ciliary filters in swimming larvae and sessile adults of fan worms (Annelida: Polychaeta). Invertebrate Biology 119:58-66.
Strathmann, R. R. 2000. Form, function, and embryonic migration in large gelatinous egg masses of arenicolid worms. Invertebrate Biology 119:319-328.
Strathmann, R. R. 2000. Functional design in the evolution of embryos and larvae. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 11:395-402.Strathmann, R. R., and M. von Dassow 2001. Podial coverage and test size of regular echinoids. Pp. 543-550 in M. Barker, ed., Echinoderms 2000. A. A. Balkema, Lisse, The Netherlands.
Strathmann, R. R., T. P. Hughes, A. M. Kuris, K. C. Lindeman, S. G. Morgan, J. M. Pandolfi, and R. R. Warner. 2002. Evolution of local-recruitment and its consequences for marine populations. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70(1) Suppl.:377-396.
Strathmann, R. R., J. M. Staver, and J. R. Hoffman. 2002. Risk and the evolution of cell cycle durations of embryos. Evolution 56(4): 708-720.
Staver, J. M., and R. R. Strathmann. 2002. Evolution of fast development of embryos to early swimming. Biol. Bull. 203: 58-69.
Wray, G. A., and R. R. Strathmann,, 2002. Stasis, change, and functional constraint in the evolution of animal body plans, whatever they may be. Vie Milieu, 52 (4): 189-199.
Dethier, M. N., K. McDonald, and R. R. Strathmann. 2003. Colonization and connectivity of habitat patches for coastal marine species distant from source populations. Conservation Biol. 17(4):1024-1035.
Grünbaum, D., and R. R. Strathmann. 2003. Form, performance, and trade-offs in swimming and stability of armed larvae. J. Mar. Res. 61:659-2003.
von Dassow, Y. J., and R. R. Strathmann. 2005. Full of eggs and no place to lay them: hidden cost of benthic development. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 294:23-34.
Strathmann, R. R. 2005. Ciliary sieving and active response in capture of particles by suspension-feeding brachiopod larvae. Acta Zoologica 86:41-54.
von Dassow, Y. J., and R. R. Strathmann. 2005. Full of eggs and no place to lay them: hidden cost of benthic development. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 294:23-34.
Strathmann, M. F., and R. R, Strathmann. 2005. A vermetid gastropod with complex intracapsular cannibalism of nurse eggs and sibling larvae and a high potential for invasion. Pacific Science 294:23-34.
Strathmann, R. R. 2006. Versatile ciliary behaviour in capture of particles by the bryozoan cyphonautes larva. Acta Zoologica 87:83-89.
Strathmann, R. R., L. R. Kendall, and A. G. Marsh. 2006. Embryonic and larval development of a cold adapted Antarctic ascidian. Polar Biol. 29(6):495-501
Strathmann, R. R., and D. Grünbaum. 2006. Good eaters, poor swimmers: compromises in larval form. Integrative Comp. Biol. 46(3):312-322.
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