Invertebrate Zoology Staff
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Dave PawsonResearch Zoologist
- Phone: 202-633-1757
- Fax: 202-357-3043
- E-mail: pawsond@si.edu
- Mailing Address:
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012, MRC 163
Washington, DC 20013-7012 - Courier Delivery Address:
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
10th and Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20560-0163
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Responsibilities: Senior Research Scientist, Curator of Echinoderms
Education: B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Victoria University, New Zealand
Research Interests: Echinoderms, especially sea cucumbers and sea urchins - taxonomy, ecology, reproductive biology.
Professional Activities: Council, Biological Society of Washington. Adjunct Faculty member, Harvard University, The American University, Johns Hopkins University
Selected Publications:
Donnay, G.D.H.and D.L. Pawson 1969g. X-Ray diffraction study of echinoderm plates. Science 166: 1147-1150.
Pawson, D.L. 1982b. Deep-sea echinoderms in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahama Islands: a survey, using the research submersible Alvin. Australian Museum Memoir 16: 129-145.
Pawson, D.L., 1994. Antarctic echinoderms: history, distribution, ecology, 1968 1993. Pp. 99-110 in B. David, A. Guille, J.-P. Feral & M. Roux (Eds.). Echinoderms through time. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Pawson, D. L. 1995. Echinoderms of the Tropical Island Pacific: status of their systematics and notes on their ecology and biogeography. Pp. 171-192 in J.E. Maragos, M.N.A. Peterson, L.G. Eldredge, J.E. Bardach, and H.E.Takeuchi (Eds.) Marine and coastal biodiversity in the tropical island Pacific region. Volume 1. Species systematics and information management priorities. East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. 424 pages.
Hendler, G., J.E. Miller, D.L. Pawson and P.M. Kier, 1995. Sea stars, sea urchins and allies: echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Press, Washington DC. 390 pages.
Hamel, J.-F., C. Conand, D.L. Pawson and A. Mercier, 2001. The sea cucumber Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata): its biology and its exploitation as beche-de-mer. Advances in Marine Biology, Vol. 41: 129-223.
Pawson, D.L., J.D. Gage, G.M. Belyaev, A.N. Mironov and A.V. Smirnov, 2003. The deep-sea synaptid Protankyra brychia (Echinodermata:Holothuroidea) and its near-surface-dwelling planktotrophic larva, Auricularia nudibranchiata. Sarsia 88:159-174.
Pawson, D.L. & D.J. Vance, 2004. Chiridota heheva new species, from Western Atlantic deep-sea cold seeps and anthropogenic habitats. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida). Zootaxa 534: 1-12.
Holland, N.D., D. Clague, D. Gordon, A. Gebruk, D.L. Pawson & M. Vecchione, 2005. “Lophenteropneust” hypothesis refuted by collection and photos of new deep-sea hemichordates. Nature 434: 374-376.
Pawson, D.L., D.J. Vance, C.G. Messing, F.A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah, in press. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.
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