{"id":606,"date":"2019-06-27T14:46:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2019-07-08T12:03:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:03:04","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h1>Some Focal Areas<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/copepod-physiology\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2019\/06\/IMG_1866-e1468890662705.jpg\" alt=\"Calanus\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" title=\"IMG_1866-e1468890662705\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h2><a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/copepod-physiology\/\">Copepod Physiology<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Calanoid copepods are among Earth\u2019s most abundant animals, and they play a key role in moving energy from the base of the food chain to higher consumers. Some copepods, such as\u00a0<em>Calanus finmarchicus<\/em>, can undergo a dormant period (diapause) during their juvenile development. It is not well understood how copepods \u201cdecide\u201d whether to undergo diapause, or when to enter or exit diapause.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/copepod-physiology\/\">READ MORE \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/cnidarian-circadian-rhythms\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2019\/06\/Kayla_expt_cropped-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"Cnidarian Circadian Rhythms\" height=\"239\" width=\"300\" title=\"Kayla_expt_cropped-300x239\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h2><a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/cnidarian-circadian-rhythms\/\">Cnidarian Circadian Rhythms<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Circadian rhythms regulate many aspects\u00a0 of animal biology, from cycles of sleep and wakefulness to variations in energetic metabolism. We study circadian regulation in the sea anemone\u00a0<em>Nematostella\u00a0<\/em>both to gain insight into cnidarian physiology and to better understand the evolution of the animal circadian clock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/cnidarian-circadian-rhythms\/\">READ MORE \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/responding-to-a-changing-world\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2019\/06\/fuyx6v.png\" alt=\"Responding to a Changing World\" height=\"228\" width=\"319\" title=\"fuyx6v\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2><a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/responding-to-a-changing-world\/\">Responding to a Changing World<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>All animals must sense and respond to changes in their environment\u2026and in some cases the environments are changing quickly and dramatically. Some targets of current and recent research in this area have been effects of ocean acidification on pteropods, and molecular responses of the sea anemone\u00a0<em>Nematostella\u00a0<\/em>to diverse physical and chemical stressors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/site\/tarrantlab\/research\/responding-to-a-changing-world\/\">READ MORE \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Focal Areas Copepod Physiology Calanoid copepods are among Earth\u2019s most abundant animals, and they play a key role in moving energy from the base of the food chain to higher consumers. Some copepods, such as\u00a0Calanus finmarchicus, can undergo a dormant period (diapause) during their juvenile development. It is not well understood how copepods \u201cdecide\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":949,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/tarrantlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}