Staff Profile
Philip Alatalo
Preferred Name: Philip Alatalo
Research Associate III
Biology
Email: palatalo@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 2980
Office: Redfield Laboratory-Floor 2
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 33
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Education
B.A. Northeastern University, 1976, Biology
M.S. University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, 1980, Marine Studies
Research Interests
Physiological ecology of marine zooplankton, particularly larval forms; early life history of temperate marine fish, specifically feeding behavior, predator-prey relationships, and developmental physiology; culture requirements of marine and aquatic organisms; life history strategies of bivalve molluscs; symbiosis in the Mollusca; microzooplankton behavior; polar marine biology; video identification and visualization of marine organisms; Cephalopod behaviour.