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Welcome to the community portal. During the 3rd Jellyfish Blooms conference in Mar del Plata, 14-16 July 2010, an initiative began to increase coordination of research across the community.  The goal is to rapidly collect data to answer major questions about or involving jellyfish.  Below is an incomplete shortlist of areas considered for priority initiatives.  Please add additional initiatives or comment on existing initiatives, add your name to express interest in contributing to one or more of initiatives.  As the ideas coalesce, we will begin to convert the list into one or more grant proposals with broad community involvement.
Welcome to the community portal. During the 3rd Jellyfish Blooms conference in Mar del Plata, 14-16 July 2010, an initiative began to increase coordination of research across the community.  The goal is to rapidly collect data to answer major questions about or involving jellyfish.  Below is an incomplete shortlist of areas considered for priority initiatives.  Please add additional initiatives or comment <span class="plainlinks">[http://thebeginnerslens.com/ <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">iphone photography</span>]
on existing initiatives, add your name to express interest in contributing to one or more of initiatives or to contribute or coordinate a regional node (or global node for proposals to your funding agency that would enhance global efforts).  As the ideas coalesce, we will begin to convert the list into one or more grant proposals with broad community involvement.


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=Priority Areas=


Phylogeny
Coordinate efforts among multiple labs to sequence the same loci from as many species as possible in Scyphozoa (resampling geographically and temporally to detect cryptic species).


Ecology
==Phylogeny==
Coordinate efforts among multiple labs to generate as complete phylogeny of jellyfish (Scyphozoa, Ctenophores, Hydromedusae and siphonophores) as possible.
Needs:
  specimens (as many species as possible) preserved in ethanol and formalin,
  priority list of target taxa; resample geographically and temporally to detect cryptic species,
  list of target loci: COI, 16S, 28S, 18S, CaM ...
 
 
==Ecology==
Shortlist of environmental and biological variables to describe in as many populations as possible to answer questions of which jellyfish 'outbreak' in what circumstances.
Shortlist of environmental and biological variables to describe in as many populations as possible to answer questions of which jellyfish 'outbreak' in what circumstances.
What causes outbreaks?
  overfishing
  translocations  (see Ecology #1)
  eutrophication
  habitat modification (coastal development)
  climate change
==Species Identification==
'#1 Regional labs sequence 3 specimens per species per location sent by ecologists working in field.
==Polyps==
'Find and study polyps in the wild.
==Jellyfish Society==
'Establish a scientific society to support the activities started by the jellyfish blooms conferences.
==Other==
Link with existing networks in parasitology  -  http://parasite.org.au/arcnet/
Archive relevant literature (especially old literature).
=Structure=
==Global nodes==
'Dawson (UC Merced) for usa nsf phylogenetics / population genetics oriented proposals


Evolutionary Ecology
==Regional nodes==
- Regional labs sequence 3 specimens per species per location sent by ecologists working in field.
'North America West, shallow-water, California & Baja California & western Mexico - Dawson, Gomez Daglio (UC Merced) for phylogenetics / population genetics / evolutionary ecology


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the proposal might promote new ecological and taxonomic studies globally in a way that supports each person's research interests, promotes collective goals, and builds on existing initiatives; products could include training, building out databases, establishing a jellyfish society, etc.  Regarding personnel - the address list for this message is an ad hoc mix of NCEAS workshop & 3rd symposium participants and is incomplete - the project should be as inclusive as possible while being sensitive to budget constraints. (If funded, this project should precipitate further funding, for example, NSF has grants that potentially could support participation of tens of US students in the next couple of Jellyfish Blooms Symposia - which frees up other resources to be directed to support students from other countries).

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Welcome to the community portal. During the 3rd Jellyfish Blooms conference in Mar del Plata, 14-16 July 2010, an initiative began to increase coordination of research across the community. The goal is to rapidly collect data to answer major questions about or involving jellyfish. Below is an incomplete shortlist of areas considered for priority initiatives. Please add additional initiatives or comment iphone photography on existing initiatives, add your name to express interest in contributing to one or more of initiatives or to contribute or coordinate a regional node (or global node for proposals to your funding agency that would enhance global efforts). As the ideas coalesce, we will begin to convert the list into one or more grant proposals with broad community involvement.


Priority Areas

Phylogeny

Coordinate efforts among multiple labs to generate as complete phylogeny of jellyfish (Scyphozoa, Ctenophores, Hydromedusae and siphonophores) as possible. Needs:

 specimens (as many species as possible) preserved in ethanol and formalin,
 priority list of target taxa; resample geographically and temporally to detect cryptic species,
 list of target loci: COI, 16S, 28S, 18S, CaM ...


Ecology

Shortlist of environmental and biological variables to describe in as many populations as possible to answer questions of which jellyfish 'outbreak' in what circumstances. What causes outbreaks?

 overfishing 
 translocations  (see Ecology #1)
 eutrophication 
 habitat modification (coastal development)
 climate change


Species Identification

'#1 Regional labs sequence 3 specimens per species per location sent by ecologists working in field.


Polyps

'Find and study polyps in the wild.


Jellyfish Society

'Establish a scientific society to support the activities started by the jellyfish blooms conferences.


Other

Link with existing networks in parasitology - http://parasite.org.au/arcnet/ Archive relevant literature (especially old literature).


Structure

Global nodes

'Dawson (UC Merced) for usa nsf phylogenetics / population genetics oriented proposals


Regional nodes

'North America West, shallow-water, California & Baja California & western Mexico - Dawson, Gomez Daglio (UC Merced) for phylogenetics / population genetics / evolutionary ecology