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Gunnar Thorson

Gunnar Thorson (1906 - 1971) was a Danish marine zoologist and ecologist.

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He studied at the University of Copenhagen under the professors C.G. Johannes Petersen, August Krogh, Theodor Mortensen, Ragnar Spärck and Carl Wesenberg-Lund. 1957, Thorson was appointed professor of marine biology at the University of Copenhagen.

Thorson studied planktonic larvae of benthic invertebrates^[1]. One of his ideas was later coined Thorson's rule^[2].

He founded the Marine Biological Laboratory under the University of Copenhagen and was a professor there 1958-1968.^[3]

References

^ Thorson,G. (1946) Reproduction and larval development of Danish marine bottom invertebrates; with special reference to the planktonic larvae in the Sound (Øresund). Meddelelser fra Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- og Havundersøgelser. Serie Plankton vol. 4 (1): 1–523.
^ Mileikovsky, S.A. (1971) Types of larval development in marine bottom invertebrates, their distribution and ecological significance: a reevaluation. Marine Biology 19: 193-213.
^ Ankel, W.E. (1972) Gunnar Thorson in memoriam; 31. Dezember 1906 - 25. Januar 1971. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 58 (1): 145-146.

Category: Danish marine biologists