Title: ãArmedä and dangerous: Jellyfish ecology and research
When: 8 September 2004
Who: Reid Brewer (Marine Advisory Program)

Reid Brewer is an Assistant Professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks with the Marine Advisory Program in Unalaska, AK.
This talk was about the interesting and often misunderstood life of jellyfish and other Cnidarians. Reid talked about the defining characteristics of this phylum as well as some of the taxonomic variety that exist within different classes. Reid discussed basic Cnidarian biology, life-cycle, foraging, reproduction and movement. Finally Reid talked about research that is currently being conducted on these organisms, and lets not forget those ãFreaks Of Nature!!!ä