Marine Physiology Down East: The Story of the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | Perspectives in Physiology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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