Oceanographic history : the Pacific and beyond / edited by Keith R. Benson and Phillip F. Rehbock.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Benson, Keith Rodney.

Rehbock, Philip F., 1942-

Conference Name:

International Congress on the History of Oceanography (5th : 1993 : La Jolla, San Diego, Calif.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oceanography--Pacific Ocean--History--Congresses.

Oceanography.

History.

Pacific Ocean.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 556 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, [2002]

Contents:

1. The Scripps Heritage

Scripps Benefactions: The Role of the Scripps Family in the Founding of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography / Deborah Day 2

Charles Kofoid's Role in Establishing the Scripps Institution of Oceanography / Fred Noel Spiess 7

Contexts for Constructing an Ocean Science: The Career of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (1888-1957) / Robert Marc Friedman 17

2. Pacific Remembrances

The Sverdrup Years: A Personal Recollection / Walter H. Munk 30

Deep Sea Drilling: Lessons Learned / William A. Nierenberg 32

The NORPAC Expedition / Joseph L. Reid 41

The Development of Research Vessel Design / George G. Shor, Jr. 45

Reflections on My Knowledge in the Indo-Pacific / Klaus Wyrtki 53

3. Myth and Natural Knowledge of the Sea

Sea Monsters: Myth or Genuine Relic of the Past / Sherrie Lyons 60

Suggestions for Study of the Native Knowledge of Marine Animals in the Eastern Caroline Islands / Alan Eugene Davis 71

4. Exploration: The Pacific and Beyond

The Western Boundary Current in the Pacific: The Development of Our Oceanographic Knowledge / Joyce E. Jones, Ian S.F. Jones 86

Russian Oceanographic Investigations of the Pacific Ocean: History and Some Results / Arkady V. Alekseev, Igor D. Rostov 96

Research Vessel Vityaz: A Contribution to Oceanographic Science in the Past and Present / Svetlana G. Sivkova 103

Germania in Pacifico: Humboldt, Chamisso and Other Early German Contributors to Pacific Research, 1741-1876 / Gerhard Kortum 107

The Aspirations of Alfred Merz, Georg Wust, and Albert Defant: From Berlin to Pacific Oceanography / Walter Lenz 118

Some Aspects of Early Twentieth-Century Oceanography: The German Antarctic Expedition / Maurice M. Raraty 124

Early Exploratory Voyages and Antarctic Expeditions: The Argentine Perspective / Ramiro P. Sanchez 133

History of Marine Science in Chile / Tarsicio Antezana, Nibaldo Bahamonde 155

The History of Oceanography along the Mexican Pacific Coast / Richard A. Schwartzlose, Saul Alvarez-Borrego 167

The Oceanographic Work of Captain Scott's Discovery, 1901-31 / Ann Savours 174

Investigations of the Humboldt Current following a Long Series of Misadventures: The Voyage of the William Scoresby, 1931 / Rosalinde Rolfe, Gunther Marsden 186

The Danish Dana Expedition, 1928-30: Purpose and Accomplishments, Mainly in the Indo-Pacific / Torben Wolff 196

Italian Contributions to the Knowledge of the Southeast Pacific Ocean / Norberto della Croce 204

Deep-Sea Plankton Exploration in Historical Perspective / Baruch Kimor 210

The Educational Mission of Marine Sciences: A Case Study of East Africa, the Early Initiatives, 1930-80 / Selim Morcos 215

School and Popular Marine Science Education in the United Kingdom / J. Malcolm Walker 224

5. Pioneers of Ocean Science

Anders Sparrman, 1748-1820 / David Dyrssen 230

The Discovery of the Deep-Sea Atlantic Fauna / Luiz Saldanha 235

George Wallace Melville: His Influence Through Polar Exploration and Marine Engineering / A. Aristides Yayanos 248

Claude Zobell, Hadal Bacteria, and the "Azoic Zone" / Donald J. McGraw 259

The Pioneers of Oceanographic Research in Romania / G. Serpoinau, V. Malciu 271

Romanian Developmental Contributions of Emil Racovitza and Grigore Antipa to the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean / Alexandru S. Bologa, Alexandru Marinescu 275

Four Centuries of Physical Oceanography in Croatia / Mirko Orlic 280

6. North American Oceanography and Marine Biology

Four Men and an Albatross: The Growth of American Oceanography, 1882-1921 / Larry T. Spencer 288

Marine Biology or Oceanography: Early American Developments in Marine Science on the West Coast / Keith R. Benson 298

Pacific Waters and the POG: The Origin of Physical Oceanography on the West Coast of Canada / Eric L. Mills 303

The Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions (1931-1962) and Their Contributions to Marine Biology / Anwar Abdel Aleem 316

Selling Bellevue: The Emergence of American Naval Oceanography / Gary E. Weir 320

Marine Biology/Biological Oceanography and the Federal Patron: The NSF Initiative in Biological Oceanography in the 1960s / Toby A. Appel 332

Challenges and Opportunities in Naval Oceanography in the Post Cold War World / Timothy Coffey 343

Oceanography: The Next Fifty Years / John A. Knauss 351

7. Technique and Technology

Swedish Oceanographic Instruments up to 1950 / Artur Svansson 358

The History of Chemical Determinations of Salinity / William J. Wallace 362

Early Attempts at Determination of the Salinity of Seawater from Measurement of Its Electric Conductivity / Jens Smed 369

The History of Chemical Oceanography in Australian Waters, 1874-1974 / Andrew McTaggart 374

The Role of Spectra in Ocean Wave Physics / David Irvine 378

Submersibles in Oceanographic Research / Bruce H. Robison 387

8. Fisheries Science and Management

The Uses and Abuses of Scientific Expertise in English Inshore Oyster Fishery, 1860-1910 / Gill Parsons 392

History of Fisheries: Science in Japan / Yoshiaki Matsuda 405

One Hundred Years of the Sergestid Shrimp Fishing Industry in Suruga Bay: Development of Administration and Social Policy / Makoto Omori 417

Transformation in Fisheries Management: A Study of William C. Herrington / Amy L. Toro 423

Ocean Food and Energy from California Mariculture: An Evaluation of the US Marine Biomass Project, from 1972-1986 / Peter Neuschul, Lawrence Badash 433

9. Coral Reef Research

Beyond Darwin: Coral Reef Research in the Twentieth Century / Daphne G. Fautin 446

Caribbean Contributions to Coral Reef Science / Robert A. Kinzie III 450

From Steady State to Stochastic Systems: The Revolution in Coral Reef Biology / Patricia Mather 458

Coral Reefs, Science, and Politics: Relationships and Criteria for Decisions over Two Centuries

A French Case History / Bernard Salvat 468

10. Plate Tectonics

Evolution of the Tectogene Concept, 1930-1965 / Alan O. Allwardt 480

The Accreted Terrane Controversy, or Continental Geologists Strike Back / Homer E. LeGrand, William Glen 493

Gravity Surveys in the "Permanent" Ocean Basins: An Instrumental Chink in a Theoretical Suit of Armor / Naomi Oreskes 502

Geologic Mapping of the Deep-Ocean off the Hawaiian Islands, Using Sidescan and Swath Sonar Imaging, 1966-1992 / J.B. Wilson, W.R. Normark 511

11. Archival Resources for the History of Oceanography

Resources for the Study of Oceanography at the Archives of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography / Deborah Day 526

Sources for the History of Oceanography at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Archives / Pamela M. Henson 532

The Stazione Zoologica: A Clearing House for Marine Organisms / Christiane Groeben 537.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

029598239X

OCLC:

48803059