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ESS 190 Dawson
Marine Lakes
In Palau and Indonesia and ...
Topic is Lakes in Palau
Timeline starting at 15 thousand years
Marine Lakes are Lakes that have formed in island, usually due to geological uplifting
Lakes are below sea level due to land around it growing up
Species in these lakes are studied by swimming scientists that document them as they travel above and below the water
Animals in these lakes are genetically distinct
Very large populations of Jellyfish
6 million jellyfish in relatively small lake (Specifically Jellyfish Lake)
1998 El Nino kills all jelly fish in lake
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In Late 1990, invasive species arrives
Anemone population grows in only 6 years around the perimeter of lake
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Species that arrived is hard to tell where it came from
Humans arrive around 10k years
History is kept in storyboards
Highlights how the sea level affects civilization on the island
Marine lakes believed to have spirits keeping humans away
WW2 heavily damages marine lakes
First study in 1960 by US geologic survey
1970 to 1980 researchers visit Islands and publish research
Dawson studied there in 1990
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Very Rare
phd and masters in biology
joined in 2006
studies marine biodiversity
120 publications
From UK, studied in Australia, Palau, and Cali
Joined UCLA from his undergrad in marine bio
UC Davis for postdoc in australia
Collected invertabrates for cancer research in Palau
Returned to Cali and joined UCM
ESS 113 Prof
has taught 6 classes
Works with mostly aquatic but likes to study interactions and similarities between marine and terrestrial
knows how to scuba dive