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JACKSON, JEREMY

Professor of Oceanography

Degrees:

  • B.A., George Washington University
  • M.A., George Washington University
  • Ph.D., Yale University, Connecticut

Research Interests:

  • Paleobiology and macroevolution
  • Speciation and extinction
  • Ecology and paleoecology of coral reefs
  • Marine conservation
  • Bryozoans and mollusks

Courses Recently Taught:

  • SIO104: Paleobiology & History of Life
  • SIO148: Evolution of Earth's Biosphere
  • SIO248: Evolution of Earth's Biosphere
  • SIO255: Paleobiology & History of Life
  • SIO255A: Top/Paleobiol & Hist of Life
  • SIO286: Marine Sci, Econ & Policy
  • SIO295LS: Lab Marine Biodivrsty&Consrvtn
  • SIO295S: Marine Biodiversity&Conservatn
  • SIO296: Special Topics/Marine Biology

Honors and Awards:

  • Fellow, American Society for the Advancement of Science, 1989
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
  • Faculty Excellence Award, UCSD Chancellor's Associates, 2002
  • International Award for Research in Ecology and Conservation Biology, BBVA Foundation, 2007
  • Roger Tory Peterson Medal, 2008

Mentoring:

  • Mora, Camilo (Undergrad; 2008-)
  • Baum, Julia (Undergrad; 2007-)
  • Hartmann, Aaron (Graduate; 2007-)
  • Johnson, Ayana (Graduate; 2005-)
  • Leonard-Pingel, Jill (Graduate; 2005-)
  • Neal, Benjamin (Graduate; 2005-)
  • Vardi, Tali (Graduate; 2005-)
  • Cramer, Katie (Undergrad; 2004-2005)
  • Marhaver, Kristen (Graduate; 2004-)
  • Richie, Morgan (Masters; 2004-2005)
  • Roth, Melissa (Undergrad; 2004-2005)
  • Sandin, Stuart (Undergrad; 2004-)
  • Wells, Greg (Masters; 2004-2005)
  • McClenachan, Loren (Graduate; 2003-)
  • O'Dea, Aaron (Post Doc; 2003-2004)
  • Paredes, Gustavo (Graduate; 2003-)
  • Walsh, Sheila (Graduate; 2003-2004)
  • Hardt, Marah (Graduate; 2001-2007)
  • Kirby, Michael (Post Doc; 2001-2004)
  • Newman, Marah (Graduate; 2001-2007)
  • Smith, Travis (Graduate; 2000-2007)
  • Travis, Smith (Graduate; 2000-2007)

Home Department:
GRD

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0244

Email: jbjackson@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/jbjackson

Publications:

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O’Dea A & Jackson JBC (2009) Environmental change and macroevolution of cupuladriid bryozoans. Science, submitted

Smith JT & Jackson JBC (2009) Evolutionary divergence in larval ecology of scallops across the Central American Isthmus. Paleobiology, submitted

Smith JT & Jackson JBC (2009) Ecology of extreme faunal turnover of tropical American scallops. Paleobiology, in press

Jackson JBC (2008) Evolution and extinction in the brave new ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, in press

Knowlton N & Jackson JBC (2008) Shifting baselines, local impacts, and climate change on coral Reefs. PloS Biology 6:215-220

Sandin SA, Smith JE, DeMartini EE, Dinsdale EA, Donner SD, Friedlander AM, Konotchick T, Malay M, Maragos JE, Obura D, Pantos O, Paulay G, Richie M, Rohwer F, Schroeder RE, Walsh S, Jackson JBC, Knowlton N, and Sala E. (2008). Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the northern Line Islands. PloS One 3:e 1548

Johnson KG, Jackson JBC, & Budd AF (2008) Caribbean reef development was independent of coral diversity over 28 million years. Science 319:1521-1523

O’Dea, A, Jackson JBC, Taylor, PF, & Rodriguez F (2008) Modes of reproduction in recent and fossil cupuladriid bryozoans. Palaeontology 51:847-864

Herrera-Cubilla A, Dick MH, Sanner J, & Jackson JBC (2008) Neogene Cupuladriidae of tropical America. II. Taxonomy of recent Discoporella from opposite sides of the Isthmus of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 82:279-298

Worm B et al. (2007) Response to comments on “Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 316:1285D

Johnson KG, Todd JA, & Jackson JBC (2007) Coral reef development drives molluscan diversity increase at local and regional scales in the late Neogene and Quaternary of the southwest Caribbean. Paleobiology 33:24-52

Jackson JBC (2007) Economic incentives, social norms, and the crisis of fisheries. Ecological Research 22:16-18

O’Dea A, Jackson JBC, Fortunato H, Smith JT, D’Croz L, Johnson KG & Todd J (2007) Environmental change preceded Caribbean extinction by 2 million years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104:5501-5506

Worm B, Barbier EB, Baumont N, Duffy JE, Foke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe KA, Stochowicz JJ & Watson R (2006) Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314:787-790

McClenachan L, Jackson JBC & Newman MJH (2006) Conservation implications of historic sea turtle nesting loss. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 4:290-296

Newman MJH, Paredes GA, Sala E & Jackson JBC (2006) Structure of Caribbean coral reef communities across a large gradient of fish biomass. Ecology Letters 9:1216-1227

Pandolfi JM & Jackson JBC (2006) Ecological persistence interrupted in Caribbean coral reefs. Ecology Letters 9:818-826

Smith JT, Jackson JBC & Fortunato HM (2006) Diversity and abundance of tropical American scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from opposite sides of the Central American Isthmus. The Veliger 48:26-45

Lotze HK, Lenihan HS, Bourque BJ, Bradbury RH, Cooke RG, Kay MC, Kidewell SM, Kirby MX, Peterson CH & Jackosn JBC (2006) Depletion, degradation, and recovery potential of estuaries and coastal seas. Science 312:1806-1809

Herrera-Cubilla A, Dick MH, Sanner J, & Jackson JBC (2005) Neogene Cupuladriidae of tropical America. I. Taxonomy of recent Cupuladria from opposite sides of the Isthmus of Panama. Journal of Paleontology

Jackson JBC, Ogden JC, Pandolfi JM, Baron N, Bradbury RH, Guzman HM, Hughes TP, Kappel CV, Micheli F, Possingham HP, Sala E (2005) Reassessing U. S. coral reefs. Science 308:1741-1742

Eldredge N, Thompson JN, Brakefield PM, Gavrilets S, Jablonski D, Jackson JBC, Lenski RE, Lieberman BS, McPeek, MA, & Miller, W (2005) The dynamics of evolutionary stasis. Paleobiology 31 (Supplement S):133-145

Pandolfi JM, Jackson JBC., Baron N, Bradbury RH, Guzman H., Hughes TP, Micheli F, Ogden J, Possingham H, Kappel CV, & Sala E (2005) Are US coral reefs on the slippery slope to slime? Science 307:1725-1726

Kirby MX & Jackson JBC (2004) Response of a shallow marine suspension feeder to changing paleoproductivity in tropical America. Geology 32:1025-1028

O’Dea A, Herrera-Cubilla A, Fortunato H, & Jackson JBC (2004) Life history variation in cupuladriid bryozoans from either side of the Isthmus of Panama. Marine Ecology – Progress Series 280:145-161

Hughes TP, Baird AH, Bellwood DR, Connolly SR, Folke C, Grosberg R, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Jackson JBC, Kleypas J, Lough JM, Marshall P, Nystrom M, Palumbi SR, Pandolfi JM, Rosen B, & Roughgarden J (2003) Causes of coral reef degradation. Response to Aronson et al. Science 302:1502-1503

Pandolfi JM, Bradbury RH, Sala E, Hughes TP, Bjorndal KA, Cooke RG, McCardle D, McClenachan L, Newman MJH, Paredes G, Warner RR, & Jackson JBC (2003) Causes of coral reef degradation. Response to Aronson et al. Science 302:1502-1503

Hughes TP, Baird AH, Bellwood DR, Card M, Connolly SR, Folke C, Grosberg R, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Jackson JBC and 8 others (2003) Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs. Science 301:929-933

Pandolfi JM, Bradbury RH, Sala E, Hughes TP, Bjorndal KA, Cooke RG, McArdle D, McClenachan L, Newman MJH, Paredes G, Warner RR, and Jackson JBC (2003) Global trajectories of the long-term decline of coral reef ecosystems. Science 301:955-958

Dick MH, Herrera-Cubilla A, & Jackson, JBC (2003) Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of free-living Bryozoa (Cupuladriidae) from both sides of the Isthmus of Panama. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27: 355-371

O’Dea A & Jackson JBC (2002) Bryozoan growth mirrors contrasting seasonal regimes across the Isthmus of Panama. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 185:77-94.

Todd JA, Jackson JBC, Johnson KG, Fortunato HM, Heitz A, Alvarez M & Jung P (2002) The ecology of extinction: molluscan feeding and faunal turnover in the Caribbean Neogene. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Ser. B 269:571-577

Jackson JBC & Sala E (2001) Unnatural oceans. Scientia Marina 65 (suppl. 2):273-281

Jackson JBC & Johnson KG (2001) Measuring past biodiversity. Science 293:2401-2403

Peterson C, Jackson J, Kirby M, Lenihan, H, Bourque, B, Bradbury R, Cooke R and Kidwell S (2001) Factors in the decline of coastal ecosystems. Response to Boesch et al. Science 293:1589-1591.

Jackson JBC and 17 others (2001) Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293:629-638

Cheetham AH, Jackson JBC & Sanner J (2001) Evolutionary significance of sexual and asexual modes of propagation in Neogene species of the bryozoan Metrarabdotos in tropical America. Journal of Paleontology 75:564-577

Marko PB & Jackson JBC (2001) Patterns of morphological diversity among and within arcid bivalve species pairs separated by the Isthmus of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 75:590-606

Jackson JBC (2001) What was natural in the coastal oceans? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98:5411-5418

Pandolfi JM & Jackson JBC (2001) Community structure of Pleistocene coral reefs of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Ecological Monographs 71:49-67

Jackson JBC & Johnson KG (2000) Life in the past few million years. Paleobiology 26 (Supplement):221-235.

Pandolfi JM, Llewellyn G, & Jackson JBC (1999) Interpretation of ancient reef environments and its relationship to paleoecological studies of community structure: Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean Sea. Coral Reefs 18:107-122

Jackson JBC & Cheetham AH (1999) Tempo and mode of speciation in the sea. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:72-77.

Jackson JBC, Todd JA, Fortunato H, & Jung P (1999) Diversity and assemblages of Neogene Caribbean Mollusca of Lower Central America. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:193-230.

Cheetham AH, Jackson JBC, Sanner J & Ventocilla Y (1999) Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of Tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:159-192.

Jackson JBC (1998) Reply to Munro. Coral Reefs 17:193-194 D'Croz L, Jackson JBC & Best, MR (1998) Siliciclastic-carbonate transitions along shelf transects through the Cayos Cochinos Archipelago, Honduras. Revista Biologia Tropical 46:57-66

Jackson JBC (1997) Reefs since Columbus. Coral Reefs 16:S23-S32 Herrera A, Jackson JBC, Hughes DJ, Jara J & Ramos H (1996) Life-history variation in three coexisting cheilostome bryozoan species of the genus Stylopoma in Panamá. Marine Biology 126:461-469

Collins LS, Coates AG, Jackson JBC & Obando JA (1995) Timing and rates of emergence of the Limon and Bocas del Toro Basins: Caribbean effects of Cocos Ridge subduction? Geological Society of America Special Paper 295:263-289

Cheetham AH, Jackson JBC & Hayek LA (1995) Quantitative genetics of bryozoan phenotypic evolution. III. Phenotypic plasticity and the maintenance of genetic variation. Evolution 49:290-296

Jackson JBC & Cheetham AH (1994) Phylogeny reconstruction and the tempo and mode of speciation in cheilostome Bryozoa. Paleobiology 20:407-423

Knowlton N & Jackson JBC (1994) Taxonomy and coral reef ecology: a response to Sale. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9:398

Knowlton N & Jackson JBC (1994) New taxonomy and niche partitioning on coral reefs: jack of all trades or master of some? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9:7-9

Cheetham AH, Jackson JBC & Hayek LA (1994) Quantitative genetics of bryozoan phenotypic evolution. II. Analysis of selection and random change in fossil species using reconstructed genetic parameters. Evolution 48:360-375

Guzman HM, Burns KA & Jackson JBC (1994) Injury, regeneration and growth of Caribbean reef corals after a major oil spill in Panama. Marine Ecology Progress Series 105:231-241

Jackson JBC (1994) Constancy and change of life in the sea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 344:55-60

Jackson JBC (1994) Community unity? Science 264:1412-1413

Jackson JBC, Jung P, Coates AG, & Collins LS (1993) Diversity and extinction of tropical American mollusks and emergence of the Isthmus of Panama. Science 260:1624-1626

Cheetham AH, Jackson JBC & Hayek LA (1993) Quantitative genetics of bryozoan phenotypic evolution. I. Rate tests for random change versus selection in differentiation of living species. Evolution 47:1526-1538.

Herrera A & Jackson JBC (1992) Environmental versus taxonomic variation in lophophore morphology of Panamanian cheilostome bryozoans. Marine Biology 112:99-106

Coates AG, Jackson JBC, Collins LS, Cronin TM, Dowsett HJ, Bybell LM, Jung P & Obando JA (1992) Closure of the Isthmus of Panama: the near-shore marine record of Costa Rica and western Panama. Geological Society of America Bulletin 104:814-828

Jackson JBC (1992) Pleistocene perspectives on coral reef community structure. American Zoologist 32:719-731

Hughes DJ & Jackson JBC (1992) Distribution and abundance of cheilostome bryozoans on the Caribbean reefs of central Panama. Bulletin of Marine Science 51:443-465

Jackson JBC & Cheetham AH (1991) Bryozoan morphological and genetic correspondence: what does it prove? Science 251:319

Jackson JBC (1991) Adaptation and diversity of reef corals. BioScience 41:475-482

Guzmán HM, Jackson JBC & Weil EM (1991) Ecological effects of a major oil spill on Panamanian subtidal reef corals. Coral Reefs 10:1-12

Jackson JBC & Cheetham AH (1990) Can paleontologists study evolution at the species level? A test using cheilostome Bryozoa. Science 248:579-583

Hughes DJ & Jackson JBC (1990) Does ecological stability promote complexity of form? The distribution of bryozoan polymorphism as a test of hypotheses. Evolution 44:889-905

Jackson JBC & 17 others (1989) Ecological effects of a major oil spill on Panamanian coastal marine communities. Science 243:37-44

Lidgard S & Jackson JBC (1989) Growth in encrusting cheilostome bryozoans. I. Evolutionary trends. Paleobiology 16:255-282

Jackson JBC & Kaufmann KW 1987 Diadema antillarum was not a keystone predator in cryptic reef environments. Science 235:687-689

Coates AG & Jackson JBC 1987 Clonal growth, algal symbiosis, and reef formation by corals. Paleobiology 13:363-378

Jackson JBC & Coates AG (1986) Life cycles and evolution of clonal (modular) animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 313:7-22

Jackson JBC (1986) Dispersal and distribution of clonal and aclonal invertebrates. Bulletin of Marine Science 39:588-606

Jackson JBC & Hughes TP (1985) Adaptive strategies of coral reef invertebrates. American Scientist 73:265-274.

Hughes TP, Keller BD, Jackson JBC & Boyle MJ (1985) Mass mortality of the echinoid Diadema antillarum Philippi in Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 36:377-384

Hughes TP & Jackson JBC (1985) Population dynamics and life histories of foliaceous corals. Ecological Monographs 55:141-166

Winston JE & Jackson JBC (1984) Ecology of cryptic coral reef communities. IV. Community development and life histories of cheilostome Bryozoa. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 76:1-21

Jackson JBC (1984) Ecology of cryptic coral reef communities. III. Abundance and aggregation of encrusting organisms with particular reference to cheilostome Bryozoa. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 75:37-57

Palumbi SR & Jackson JBC (1983) Aging in modular organisms: ecology of zooid senescence in Steginoporella sp. Biological Bulletin 164:267-278

Palumbi SR & Jackson JBC (1982) Ecology of cryptic coral reef communities. II. Recovery from small disturbance events by encrusting Bryozoa: the influence of “host” species and lesion size. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 64:103-115

Jackson JBC & Winston JE (1982) Ecology of cryptic coral reef communities. I. Distribution and abundance of major groups of encrusting organisms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 57:135-147

Woodley JD, Chornesky, Clifford PA, Jackson JBC &16 others (1981) Hurricane Allen’s impact on Jamaican coral reefs. Science 214:749-755

Karlson RH & Jackson JBC (1981) Competitive networks and community structure: a simulation study. Ecology 62:670-678

Buss LW & Jackson JBC (1981) Planktonic food availability and suspension feeder abundance: evidence of in situ depletion. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 49:151-161

Jackson JBC (1981) Interspecific competition and species distributions: the ghosts of theories and data past. American Zoologist 21:889-901

Hughes TP & Jackson JBC (1980) Do corals lie about their age? Some demographic consequences of partial mortality, fission and fusion. Science 209:713-715

Woodin SA & Jackson JBC (1979) Interphyletic competition among marine benthos. American Zoologist 19:1029-1043

Buss LW & Jackson JBC (1979) Competitive networks: non-transitive competitive relationships in cryptic coral reef environments. American Naturalist 113:223-234

Jackson JBC (1979) Overgrowth competition between encrusting cheilostome ectoprocts in a Jamaican cryptic reef environment. Journal of Animal Ecology 48:805-823

Jackson JBC (1977) Competition on marine hard substrata: the adaptive significance of solitary and colonial strategies. American Naturalist 111:743-767

Jackson JBC & Buss LW (1975) Allelopathy and spatial competition among coral reef invertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 72:5160-5163

Jackson JBC (1974) Biogeographic consequences of eurytopy and stenotopy among marine bivalves and their evolutionary significance. American Naturalist 105:541-560

Jackson JBC (1973) The ecology of molluscs of Thalassia communities, Jamaica, West Indies. I. Distribution, environmental physiology and ecology of common shallow water species. Bulletin of Marine Science 23:313-350

Jackson JBC (1972) The ecology of molluscs of Thalassia communities, Jamaica, West Indies. II. Molluscan population variability along an environmental stress gradient. Marine Biology 14:304-337

Jackson JBC, Goreau TF & Hartman WD (1971) Recent brachiopod-coralline sponge communities and their paleoecological significance. Science 173:623-625

Jackson JBC (1969) Size-frequency distributions of two intertidal species. Science 163:830

Jackson JBC (1968) Factors determining spatial and size-frequency distributions of Gemma gemma. Science 162:1510

Jackson JBC (1968) Bivalves: Spatial and size frequency distributions of two intertidal species. Science 161:479-480


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