Marine Physiology Down East: The Story of the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Evans, David H. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Perspectives in Physiology
• Θέματα: Medicine.; History.; Human physiology.; Animal physiology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Animal Physiology.; History of Science.

This volume offers a comprehensive history of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), one of the major marine laboratories in the United States and a leader in using marine organisms to study fundamental physiological concepts. Beginning with its founding as the Harpswell Laboratory o...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Beginnings at Harpswell, Maine
• Early Years on Mount Desert Island: The First Generation
• The Second Generation: MDIBL in the 1930s
• Wartime and the Early Postwar Years: Bust and Boom at the MDIBL
• MDIBL in the Postwar: The Third Generation
• Mid Century: The Third Generation Redux
• Year-Round Operation: The First Attempt
• Research in the Seventies: The Fourth Generation
• MDIBL in the 1980s: Doors Close, Doors Open
• Research in the 1980s: The Fifth Generation
• The Centennial Decade of the MDIBL
• Research in the 1990s: Molecular Biology Comes to the MDIBL
• The MDIBL in the Early 21st Century: A New Beginning
• Research in the Early 21st Century: The Year-Round Research Program Comes of Age.