History of Ecological Sciences, Part 51: Formalizing Marine Ecology, 1870s to 1920s

Part 57: Aspects of Limnology in America, 1930s to about 1990, Led by Hutchinson and Hasler

“…Hasler's most important investigations were on homing migrations of salmon (Hasler , , Hasler and Scholz ). Salmon are anadromous—breeding in headwaters of streams, migrating to the ocean to mature, and years later returning to their home stream to reproduce and die—the reverse pattern from catadromous eels which Johannes Schmidt had researched (Egerton :402). A personal experience (illustrating Pasteur's comment that chance favors the prepared mind) initiated these studies (Hasler :186):…”

History of Ecological Sciences, Part 63: Biosphere Ecology

“…Cohen had Camerano's food web article translated into English (Camerano ). Camerano's two food web diagrams are like none published later (Egerton ,b:62–63), indicating that they had little influence. They nevertheless indicate progress in the study of food webs.…”

“…One question raised was “Does not the rebirth of seed from earth and water and its growth into plants for the use of man sufficiently demonstrate the workings of the providence of God?” (translated in Howe :409). One son responded: “When they are sown, the earth, by the divine will, pours out upon these seeds the water it has received…” (in Howe :410; Egerton ,b:208). The son then proposed seeds be planted in a known weight of dirt, with nothing added but water.…”

“…Illinoian zoologist Stephen A. Forbes (1844–1930) served in the Union Army during the Civil War and afterward attended the Rush Medical College, Chicago, and later Illinois State Normal University, near Bloomington, Indiana (Croker :7–59). He worked for the state in several positions, mainly as a professor and state entomologist, and his writings were a source for American animal ecology (Croker :109–125, Egerton ,b:64–65). Forbes is most remembered for “The Lake as a Microcosm” (1887, 1925, 1977, 1991).…”

History of Ecological Sciences, Part 58B: Marine Ecology, mid‐1920s to about 1990: Carson, Riley, Cousteau, and Clark

“…Riley enjoyed the cruise and so applied for a month fellowship at Alfred Mayor's Carnegie Loggerhead Key marine station in Dry Tortugas Islands (station discussed in Egerton :365–367), which enabled Riley to study life on coral reefs. He then returned to New Haven, where he worked for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries in surveying Long Island Sound through the fall, and then continued sampling in the sound during the winter on his own initiative (at the far end of a wharf).…”