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	Home Upcoming Events Institutions & Organizations People Bays & Estuaries Reefs, Banks & Islands Environmental Issues General Facts about the Gulf Exploration History Other Online Resources Electronic Books Mexican Coral Reef Species Checklist InfoHub Site Search:		Dr. Stephen D. Cairns Source: http://www.nmnh.si.edu (June 11, 2004) Dr. Cairns is a Research Zoologist and Curator of Cnidaria with the Smithsonian Institution. His current projects include the study of the biogeographic affinities of the deep-water Scleractinia and Octocorallia using cluster analysis and multi-dimensional scaling techniques. Institution(s) / Organization(s): National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Education: B.A. University of New Orleans, LA, USA, 1971 M.S. University of Miami, FL, USA, 1973 Ph.D. University of Miami, FL, USA, 1976 Area of Expertise / Interest: Systematics; Zoogeography; Mineralogy; Phylogeny of Neogene to Recent Scleractinia (Deep Water and Reef Corals) and Stylasteridae (Hydrocorals); Coral Reef Biology; Systematics; Biological Oceanography Mailing Address: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution P. O. Box 37012 Washington, D.C. 20560-0163 USA E-mail: Cairnss@si.edu Home Page URL:   http://www.si.edu/ofg/Staffhp/cairnss.htm Keywords:   Systematics, Zoogeography , Octocorallia, Scleractinia, Stylasteridae, mineralogy, Coral reef biology.
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