Pioneers of plankton research: Carl Chun (1852–1914)
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| Nature | : | Production scientifique |
| Au bénéfice du Laboratoire | : | Oui |
| Statut de publication | : | Publié |
| Année de publication | : | 2023 |
| Auteurs (1) | : | DOLAN John,r |
| Revue scientifique | : | Journal of Plankton Research |
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| DOI | : | 10.1093/plankt/fbad036 |
| URL | : | https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad036 |
| Abstract | : | Carl Chun (Fig. 1) may not be a familiar name to you. However, he was a very important figure in the development of our knowledge concerning the distributions of planktonic organisms. In his time, Carl Chun was very well known. He was given credit for establishing the existence of deep-sea plankton, describing dozens of deep-sea species, as well discovering the phenomenon of seasonal vertical migration into deep waters (e.g. Haeckel, 1893). Although Chun is recognised today as a pioneer investigator of seasonal vertical migration (Bandara et al., 2021), his role in establishing the existence of deep-sea plankton is rarely noted. In part this is likely due to the fact that Chun was an early investigator. His career corresponded with the era of the great campaigns of exploration in oceanography, the times of the Challenger Expedition and the Plankton Expedition. Chun himself organised one of the last major oceanographic expeditions of exploration, the German Deep-Sea Expedition of 1898–1899, but he did not live long enough to see the results fully exploited, as he died at age 62 in 1914, a few months before the outbreak of World War I. Here an introduction is provided to the interesting life and the major contributions of Carl Chun, especially with regard to plankton research in the deep sea. No detailed biography of Chun exists. The following account of the life and career of Carl Chun was pieced together from a variety of sources: Braem (1914), Braun (1914)Calman (1914), Mertens (1957), Vogt (1896) and Winter (1914). |
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Dolan JR (2023) Pioneers of plankton research: Carl Chun (1852–1914). J Plankton Res | doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbad036
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