Copepodologist's Cabinet : A Biographical and Bibliographical History, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 240) (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society)

In this reference, the first in a planned three-volume set, oceanographer Damkaer tells the story of 90 early copepodologists and their contributions to science, reviewing relevant discoveries to 1832. Milestones include the first description of copepods, the first free-living freshwater copepod, the first explanation of a free-living copepod's metamorphosis, the first permanently named copepod, the first free-living marine copepod, and the first description of a parasitic copepod's metamorphosis. The work ends with a transition to the mid-19th century and gives a preview of the field's Golden Age in the 1890s, which will be discussed in Volume 2. Contains b&w portraits of about two-thirds of the subjects, and many b&w and color illustrations of copepods. Oversize: 10.25x12<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)