Seafaring Scientist: Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Pioneer in Marine BiologyUniv of South Carolina Press, 2006 - 220 pagine Infused with a sense of adventure and zeal for discovery, Seafaring Scientist recounts the achievements of a giant in the field of marine biology. Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (18681922), a Harvard-trained marine biologist and close associate of Alexander Agassiz, founded and directed on behalf of the Carnegie Institution the first tropical marine biological laboratory in the Western hemisphere. Located on Loggerhead Key in the Gulf of Mexico, the Tortugas Laboratory attracted some of America's most brilliant scientists. Mayor himself achieved international prominence in the field of biology for his authoritative work on jellyfishes and coral reefs. |
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BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES | 43 |
Katherine Goldsborough Mayer ca 1866 | 71 |
The yacht Physalia of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1904 | 77 |
Diagram of a hydromedusa | 86 |
Taxa Patronyms | 155 |
About the Authors 221 | |
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