Christine Cass, Ph.D.
My research interests focus on the ecology and physiology of zooplankton and invertebrate nekton. My previous work has examined adaptations of copepods to permanent oxygen minimum zones in the eastern tropical Pacific. With my recent move to the northern California coast, I hope to spend more time concentrating on the California Current ecosystem. Specifically, I hope to examine factors that affect the energetic quality of zooplankton inhabiting this region and how this might ultimately affect energy transfer to upper trophic levels.
Personal Interests
Scuba diving, snorkeling, basketball, softball, racquetball and swimming
Education
Ph.D., Marine Science, 2011, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
B.A., Biology, 2005, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Courses Taught
OCN 109L General Oceanography Lab
OCN 301 Marine Ecosystems - Human Impact
OCN 310 Biological Oceanography
OCN 410 Zooplankton Ecology
OCN 485 Undergraduate Seminar
OCN 495 Field Cruise I
OCN 495 Field Cruise II
Publications
Cass, CJ, SG Wakeham and KL Daly. 2011. Lipid composition of tropical and subtropical copepod species of the genus Rhincalanus (Copepoda: Eucalanidae): a novel fatty acid and alcohol signature. Marine Ecology-progress Series 439: 127-138.
Cass, C.J. and K.L. Daly. 2015. Ecological characteristics of eucalanoid copepods of the eastern tropical North Pacific Ocean: adaptations for life within a low oxygen system. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 468: 118-129.
Cass, C., K. Daly and S. Wakeham. 2014. Assessment of storage lipid accumulation patterns in eucalanoid copepods from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Deep-sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 93: 117-130.
Cass, C. and K. Daly. 2014. Eucalanoid copepod metabolic rates in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical north Pacific. Deep-sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 94: 137-149.
