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Alfred G. Mayer
Alfred Goldsborough Mayor born Mayer (April 16, 1868 – June 24, 1922) was an American physicist, marine biologist and zoologist, whose fascination with medusae (jellyfish) while working with Alexander Agassiz marked a turning point in his career, which shifted from physics to biology. Mayor also had many publications and papers about topics ranging from physics to hunting and fishing. He applied mathematics and physics to biology and took an interest in the formation of color patterns in animals. Education Mayor was born in ''Sunnyside'', Frederick, Maryland, the son of Katherine Duckett (Goldsborough) and Alfred Marshall Mayer. His mother died shortly after his birth and he grew up with his father and his step-mother Maria Snowden. His father became a professor of physics at Stevens Institute. He was of part German descent. An uncle Frank Blackwell Mayer was a French-trained artist. Another uncle Brantz Mayer was an archeologist. Dropping out from school at age sixteen, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred G
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *'' Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album '' Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England * Alfred Music, an American music publisher * Alfred University, New York, U.S. * The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario ** Alfred, Ontario, a community in Alfred and Plantagenet * Alfred Island, Nunavu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Key
Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park of the United States located about west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the several Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys. The archipelago's coral reefs are the least disturbed of the Florida Keys reefs. The park is noted for abundant sea life, tropical bird breeding grounds, colorful coral reefs, and shipwrecks and sunken treasures. The park's centerpiece is Fort Jefferson, a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. Fort Jefferson is the largest brick masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, composed of more than 16 million bricks. Dry Tortugas is unique in its combination of a largely undisturbed tropical ecosystem with significant historic artifacts. The park is accessible only by seaplane or boat and has averaged about 63,000 visitors annually in the period from 2008 to 2017. Activities include snorkeling, picnicking, birdwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobonema Mayeri
''Lobonema'' is a monotypic genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Lobonematidae. The only species is ''Lobonema smithii''. Description ''Lobonema smithii'', commonly known as white jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish that often appears with a white or translucent color that spans across its whole body. It has a wide body, with its exumbrella being rough and rigid, which gives it a prominent umbrella shape. Additionally, the exumbrella is large, and notably gelatinous, which is one of this species most distinct characteristics. The order which ''Lobonema smithii'' is categorized under, Rhizostomeae, has many defining features that ''Lobonema smithii'' carries. Some of these are thin, oral arms that become infused the closer they are to the centerpiece of the jellyfish. With ''Lobonema smithii'', these arms are very thin and abundant, almost resembling hair-like properties. Morphology and anatomy 23.6 cm wide, thick, tough, and rigid, and an erect exumbrella. This sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rissoina Mayori
''Rissoina'' is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs, in the family Rissoinidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid are included within the genus ''Rissoina'' : * '' Rissoina achatina'' Odhner, 1924 * '' Rissoina achatinoides'' (Powell, 1937) * '' Rissoina adamsi'' Bartsch, 1915 * † '' Rissoina ailinana'' Ladd, 1966 * † '' Rissoina alabamensis'' Aldrich, 1895 * '' Rissoina albanyana'' Turton, 1932 * † '' Rissoina albaresensis'' Pacaud, 2019 * † ''Rissoina albertensis'' Landes in Russell & Landes, 1940 * '' Rissoina alfredi'' Smith, 1904 * † '' Rissoina altenai'' Beets, 1942 * '' Rissoina ambigua'' (Gould, 1849) * ''Rissoina andamanica'' Weinkauff, 1881 * ''Rissoina angasii'' Pease, 1872 * ''Rissoina angeli'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2002 * ''Rissoina anguina'' Finlay, 1926 * ''Rissoina angusta'' Preston, 1908 * ''Rissoina antoni'' Schwartz, 1860 * ''Rissoina appla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectopleura Mayeri
''Ectopleura'' is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Tubulariidae. Species The genus contains the following species: *'' Ectopleura americana'' Peterson, 1990 *'' Ectopleura antarctica'' (Billard, 1914) *'' Ectopleura apicisacciformis'' Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007 *'' Ectopleura atentaculata'' Xu & Huang, 2006 *'' Ectopleura attenoides'' (Coughtrey, 1876) *'' Ectopleura bethae'' (Warren, 1908) *'' Ectopleura crassocanalis'' Huang, Xu & Guo, 2011 *''Ectopleura crocea'' (Agassiz, 1862) *'' Ectopleura dumortierii'' (Van Beneden, 1844) *'' Ectopleura elongata'' Lin, Xu, Huang & Wang, 2010 *'' Ectopleura exxonia'' (Watson, 1978) *'' Ectopleura gemmifera'' Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007 *'' Ectopleura grandis'' Fraser, 1944 *''Ectopleura guangdongensis'' Xu, Huang & Chen, 1991 *''Ectopleura indica'' Petersen, 1990 *'' Ectopleura integra'' (Fraser, 1938) *'' Ectopleura japonica'' (Hirohito, 1988) *'' Ectopleura larynx'' (Ellis & Solander, 1786) *'' Ectopleura latitaeniata'' Xu & Zhang, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayorella
''Mayorella'' is a genus of small amoeboid protists in the phylum Amoebozoa. The genus consists of amoebae that exhibit pseudopodia and feed on a variety of organisms through phagocytosis, making them an important group in microbial ecology across most environments worldwide. ''Mayorella'' species have been found in soil, freshwater and marine environments. Etymology ''Mayorella'' was named in the honor of Alfred G. Mayor, curator of natural sciences of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the founder and first director of the Tortugas Marine Laboratory where the author of the genus, , was working at the time of the genus' description in 1926. Characteristics and ecology ''Mayorella'' amoebae use protoplasmic streaming for their movement and feeding. Like many other amoebae, they feed on bacteria, fungi and algae through phagocytosis. Their feeding promotes nutrient regeneration for the habitats, and regulates the populations of algae and bacteria. For this reason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpheus Hyatt
Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American zoologist and palaeontologist. Hyatt served as the founding president of the American Society of Naturalists from 1883 to 1884 and was the founding editor of the journal '' The American Naturalist''. A student of Louis Agassiz, he was keenly involved in developing biology research and education and helped establish the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. Biography Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph (King) Hyatt. He briefly attended the Maryland Military Academy and Yale University, and after graduating from Harvard University in 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for the Civil War, emerging with the rank of captain. After the war he worked for a time at the Essex Institute (now the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. He and a colleague founded '' American Naturalist'' and Hyatt served as editor from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor
Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (1868-1960) was an American artist and sculptor active in the late 19th century. She contributed work to the World's Columbian Exposition, among other exhibitions. Life and career Harriet Randolph Hyatt was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1868, the daughter of Audella (Beebe) Hyatt and Alpheus Hyatt II, the noted paleontologist. After traveling abroad with her family at an early age she began to show artistic tendencies. She studied art and sculpture in Boston, Massachusetts under Henry H. Kitson and Dennis Bunker. She encouraged her sister Anna to join her in sculpting; Anna would go on to become one of the leading sculptors of her generation. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition featured a wide assortment of American sculptors, and Hyatt had one work, ''Head of Laughing Girl'' exhibited there.‘’Revisiting the White City: American Art at the 1893 World’s Fair’’, National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loggerhead Key
Loggerhead Key is an uninhabited tropical island within the Dry Tortugas National Park, Dry Tortugas group of islands in the Gulf of Mexico. At approximately 49 acres (19.8 hectares) in size, it is the largest island of the Dry Tortugas. Despite being uninhabited, the island receives visitors, such as day visitors and campers. The island only has a few built structures, including the Dry Tortugas Light and a lightkeeper's house that was constructed in the 1920s. The island has drinking water derived using desalination technology and solar power. The drinking water is not available for the public and used exclusively by researchers who temporarily reside on the island for short periods of time. The Carnegie Marine Biological Laboratory operated on Loggerhead Key from 1904 to 1939. Climate Loggerhead Key has a Tropical savanna climate, tropical savannah climate (Köppen climate classification, Aw). Summers are long, hot and year round. The rainy season lasts from June to October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
