Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960
Mills, E.L. (1989). Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. Cornell University Press: Ithaca. ISBN 0-8014-2340-6. XVII, 378 pp.
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VLIZ: Descriptive Oceanography DES.20 [101581]
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Aquatic sciences > Marine sciences > Ecology > Marine ecology
Biology
Environments > Aquatic environment > Marine environment
Historical account
Marine/Coastal |
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- Mills, E.L. (1989). "This blood of the sea": The origin of quantitative plankton biology in Germany, 1870-1911, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 9-42, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). The control of metabolism in the sea: Karl Brandt, the nitrogen cycle, and the origin of Brandt's hypothesis, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 43-74, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). International oceanography, the Kiel school, and the fate of Brandt's hypothesis, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 75-119, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). "The water Blooms": The discovery of the spring bloom and its control, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 120-146, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). Hydrography and the control of plankton abundance: Solving the problem of plankton blooms, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 147-171, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). The end of an era: The demise of the Kiel school, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 172-186, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). Food from the sea: The origin of British biological oceanography, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 189-207, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). Surveying the blue pasture: Plankton dynamics at Plymouth, 1921-1933, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 208-233, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). Plankton production and its control: The marine ecosystem at Plymouth, 1934-1958, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 234-257, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). Appreciating mathematics: The origin of plankton modeling in the United States, 1934-1946, in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 258-283, more
- Mills, E.L. (1989). Disciplined thinking in biological oceanography: Plankton dynamics, physical oceanography, and Riley's "Synthetic Method", in: Mills, E.L. Biological oceanography: An early history, 1870-1960. pp. 284-309, more
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| Abstract |
First published in 1989, Eric L. Mills’s comprehensive history of biological oceanography has been praised as ‘superb’ (BioScience) and ‘proof that history need not be dull’ (The Northern Mariner). This first history of the field, which chronicles the scientific work and creativity of its chief contributors, tells a riveting story that is far from narrowly scientific and thoroughly accessible to general readers. Mills shows how the work and ideas of the main actors are inseparable from some seemingly unrelated factors, including Prussian imperialism, agricultural chemistry, microbiology, and the problems of German universities. Mills also illustrates the significant roles played in the field’s development by the failures of commercial fisheries, the development of analytical chemistry, the establishment of international scientific organizations, and sheer scientific curiosity. This new edition of Biological Oceanography includes a fresh introduction by the author, as well as an original foreword by noted oceanographer John Cullen. It makes an excellent companion to Mills’s recent history of mathematical and physical oceanography, the multi-award-winning and widely acclaimed The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet. |
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