James Johnstone

James Johnstone (born 17 January 1870 in Beith, Scotland – died 1932 in Liverpool, England) was a British biologist and oceanographer. His studies focused on the food chain in marine ecosystems. [Scott W. Nixon; Betty A. Buckley – "A Strikingly Rich Zone - Nutrient Enrichment and Secondary Production in Coastal Marine Ecosystems" - Estuaries Vol. 25, No. 4b, p. 782–796 August 2002 [http://estuariesandcoasts.org/journal/ESTU2002/ESTU2002_25_4B_782_796.pdf] ]

He was professor at the University of Liverpool heading the chair of oceanography which had been created in 1919 by professor William Abbott Herdman and his wife. James Johnstone a had this responsibility from 1920 to 1932 [ University of Liverpool - "Emeritus Professors, Professors and Honorary Graduates" [http://www.liv.ac.uk/commsec/calendar_07_08/emprofs_profs_hongrads.htm] ]

James Johnstone was a founding member of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB). He was also active in creating the "British Journal of Experimental Biology" (BJEB) being on the journal's editorial board. În 1929, the publication changed its name to "Journal of Experimental Biology" ["The Early History of the SEB and the BJE" - SEB Bulletin March 2006 [http://www.sebiology.org/publications/Bulletin/March06/SEB_History.html] ]

To honor his memory, a flatworm "Rhipidocotyle johnstonei" was named after James Johnstone. [ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. I & J" [http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.ij.html] ]

Bibliography

* James Johnstone – "British fisheries : their administration and their problems ; a short account of the origin and growth of British seafishery" - London : Williams & Norgate, 1905. - XXXI, 350, 62 S.
* James Johnstone - "Conditions of Life in the Sea. a short account of quantitative marine biological research" – Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1908. .
* James Johnstone - "Life in the sea" - Cambridge, The University Press, 1911
* Johnstone, James, "The philosophy of biology" Cambridge, University Press, 1914.
* James Johnstone – "The Mechanism Of Life In Relation To Modern Physical Theory" - 1921
* Johnstone, James – "An introduction to oceanography, with special reference to geography and geophysics" - Liverpool, The University press of Liverpool; London, Hodder and Stoughton 1923
* James Johnstone – "A Study of the Oceans" – London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1930

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