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.