- Gunnar Thorson
Gunnar Axel Wright Thorson (
31 December 1906 ndash25 January 1971 ) was a Danish marinezoologist andecologist .He studied at the
University of Copenhagen under the professorsC.G. Johannes Petersen ,August Krogh ,Theodor Mortensen ,Ragnar Spärck andCarl Wesenberg-Lund . In 1957, Thorson was appointed professor ofmarine biology at theUniversity of Copenhagen .Thorson studied planktonic larvae of benthic
invertebrates [Thorson,G. (1946) Reproduction and larval development of Danish marine bottom invertebrates; with special reference to the planktonic larvae in the Sound (Øresund). Meddelelser fra Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- og Havundersøgelser. Serie Plankton vol. 4 (1): 1–523.] . One of his ideas was later coinedThorson's rule [Mileikovsky, S.A. (1971) Types of larval development in marine bottom invertebrates, their distribution and ecological significance: a reevaluation. Marine Biology 19: 193-213.] .He founded the "Marine Biological Laboratory" under the
University of Copenhagen and was a professor there 1958-1968. [ [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19730580110 Ankel, W.E. (1972) Gunnar Thorson in memoriam; 31. Dezember 1906 - 25. Januar 1971. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 58 (1): 145-146.] ]References
External links
[http://www.mbl.ku.dk/history.htm University of Copenhagen Marine Biological Laboratory history - with portrait of Thorson]
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