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Why Study Biology by the Sea?

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Why Study Biology by the Sea? Synopsis

For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life. The oceans contain rich biodiversity, and organisms at the intersection of sea and shore provide a plentiful sampling for research into a variety of questions at the laboratory bench: How does life develop and how does it function? How are organisms that look different related, and what role does the environment play? From the Stazione Zoologica in Naples to the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, the Amoy Station in China, or the Misaki Station in Japan, students and researchers at seaside research stations have long visited the ocean to investigate life at all stages of development and to convene discussions of biological discoveries. Exploring the history and current reasons for study by the sea, this book examines key people, institutions, research projects, organisms selected for study, and competing theories and interpretations of discoveries, and it considers different ways of understanding research, such as through research repertoires. A celebration of coastal marine research, Why Study Biology by the Sea? reveals why scientists have moved from the beach to the lab bench and back.

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ISBN: 9780226672762
Publication date: 8th December 2020
Author: Karl S Matlin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press an imprint of The University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 344 pages
Series: Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Labora
Genres: Marine biology
Ecological science, the Biosphere
Philosophy of science