Kathryn Patterson Sutherland

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology

B.A. Wellesely College 1994
M.S. University of Georgia 1997
Ph.D. University of Georgia 2003


Curriculum Vitae

 

Office: Bush Science Center, Room 231
Phone: (407) 691-1075
E-Mail: kpsutherland@rollins.edu

Department of Biology
Rollins College Box 2743
1000 Holt Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789-4499

Courses Taught:

General Biology
Ecology
Marine Biology
Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues
Introduction to Marine Science
Biology Journal Club

Professional Interests:

I am a coral reef ecologist and a coral disease microbiologist.   I specialize in both field identification and laboratory investigation of coral disease. As a field biologist, I monitor reefs for change in coral cover over time and I assess coral health through quantification of coral disease prevalence.  In the laboratory I am investigating the prevalence and origin of the pathogen, the bacterium Serratia marcescens, that causes the white pox disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata. White pox disease has contributed to the decimation of this coral species in Florida,with losses averaging 87% since 1996. I am also interested in the identification of other coral disease pathogens and the mechanisms of pathogenesis of these pathogens.

Selected Publications and Presentations:

  • Sutherland, K.P. 2005.  Ecology of the coral disease pathogen, Serratia marcescens, in the Florida Keys.  105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.  Atlanta, GA.  
  • Sutherland, K.P.  2005.  Prevalence and potential origin of the acroporid serratiosis pathogen in the Florida Keys.  30th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop.  Shepherdstown, WV.           
  • Rogers, C.S., K.P. Sutherland, J.W. Porter, and A.H. Robinson.  2005.  Has white pox disease been affecting Acropora palmata for over 30 years?  Coral Reefs 24: 194.
  • Porter, J.W., E.K. Lipp, K.P. Sutherland, and P. Rohani.  2005.  The influence of coral disease on coral reef survival: a model system investigating the candidate endangered elkhorn coral species, Acropora palmata. Cary Conference 2005: Infectious Disease Ecology.  Millbrook, NY.
  • Sutherland, K.P., J.W. Porter, and C. Torres.  2004.  Disease and immunity in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate corals.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 266: 273-302.
  • Sutherland, K.P. and K.B. Ritchie.  2004.  White pox disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral Acropora palmata. In: Rosenberg, E. and Y. Loya (Eds.) Coral Health and Disease.  Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 289-297.
  • Sutherland, K.P.  2004.  Etiology and histopathology of the white pox disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral Acropora palmata.  10th Internat. Coral Reef Symp. Okinawa, Japan.
  • Harvell, D., R. Aronson, N. Baron, J. Connell, A. Dobson, S. Ellner, L. Gerber, K. Kim, A. Kuris, H. McCallum, K. Lafferty, B. McKay, J. Porter, M. Pascual, G. Smith, K. Sutherland, and J. Ward.  2004.  The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities.  Front. Ecol. Environ. 7: 375-382.
  • Patterson, K.L., J.W. Porter, K.B. Ritchie, S.W. Polson, E. Mueller, E.C. Peters, D.L. Santavy, and G.W. Smith.  2002.  The etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata.  Proc.Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 99:8725-8730.  
  • Porter, J.W., V., Kosmynin, K.L. Patterson, K.G. Porter, W.C. Jaap, J.L. Wheaton, K. Hackett, M. Lybolt, C.P. Tsokos, G. Yanev, D.M. Marcinek, J. Dotten, D. Eaken, M. Patterson, O.W. Meier, M. Brill, and P. Dustan.  2002.  Detection of coral reef change by the Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project.  In: Porter, J.W. and K.G Porter (Eds.) The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., pp. 749-769.   
  • Porter, J.W., P. Dustan, W.C. Jaap, J.L. Wheaton, K.L. Patterson, V. Kosmynin, O.W. Meier, M.E. Patterson, and M. Parsons.  2001.  Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys.  Hydrobiologia 460: 1-24.  
  • Santavy, D.L., E. Mueller, E.C. Peters, L. MacLaughlin, J.W. Porter, K.L. Patterson, and J. Campbell.  2001. Quantitative assessment of coral diseases in the Florida Keys: strategy and methodology.  Hydrobiologia 460: 39-52.  
  • Cervino, J.M., T.J. Goreau, R.L. Hayes, L. Kaufman, I. Nagelkerken, K.L. Patterson, J.W. Porter, G. W. Smith, and C. Quirolo.  1998.  Coral Disease.  Science 280: 499-501.  
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