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Alternate Title
Mysteries of the Bryozoans
Document Type
Ocean Reflections
Abstract
Marine bryozoans have about 6,000 living species and many fossil species going back to the early Ordovician. As suspension feeders they can be an important part of keeping the ocean healthy. Yet, as colonial organisms, even though present in habitats from estuaries and continental shelves to the deep sea, they are often treated as background for mobile organisms. There is still much to learn about their lives and relationships. This Ocean Reflection describes my career as a museum scientist from the 1970s to today, beginning at a time when it was often difficult as a woman to find a way forward. Though my path wasn’t direct, perseverance paid off and I found a museum career. The article summarizes some of the things we have learned about bryozoans (and those who studied them) during the last part of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st and suggests some mysteries still to be unraveled.
First Page
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Last Page
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Statement
No artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the preparation of this manuscript
Recommended Citation
Winston, J. E.
2025.
Mysteries of the Bryozoans.
Gulf and Caribbean Research
36
(1):
xiv-xxxi.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol36/iss1/15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.3601.15
