Gilbert L. Voss
Encyclopedia
Gilbert L. Voss was an American conservationist
and oceanographer. He was one of the main persons behind the establishment of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
in Florida
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A teuthologist, Voss "served the leading role in American cephalopod research for nearly 40 years". Michael J. Sweeney and Clyde F. E. Roper wrote of Voss's contribution to the field:
Voss authored the book Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean. A species of swimming crab, Portunus vossi, is named after him.
Conservationist
Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...
and oceanographer. He was one of the main persons behind the establishment of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is a Florida State Park located on Key Largo in Florida, and includes approximately 70 nautical square miles of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. It was the first underwater park in the United States. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places...
in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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A teuthologist, Voss "served the leading role in American cephalopod research for nearly 40 years". Michael J. Sweeney and Clyde F. E. Roper wrote of Voss's contribution to the field:
So important is his influence on the resurgence of cephalopod systematic research, hardly a paper has been published in cephalopod systematics and zoogeography, and even other
aspects of cephalopod biology and fisheries, that doesn't cite at least one paper published by Voss. This has been the case for nearly 4 decades and it will continue to be so for many decades into the 21st Century.
Voss authored the book Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean. A species of swimming crab, Portunus vossi, is named after him.
Further reading
- [Anonymous] (January 25, 1989). Gilbert L. Voss, protector of reefs, dies. [Obituary] The Miami HeraldThe Miami HeraldThe Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States...
, pp. 1B, 3B. - [Anonymous] (January 28, 1989). A living legacy of biologist Gil Voss. [Editorial] The Miami HeraldThe Miami HeraldThe Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States...
, p. 26A. - [Anonymous] (1989). Gilbert L. Voss, Ph.D., 1918–1989. Sea Frontiers 35(2): 68.
- Aldrich, F.A. (1989). A tribute to Gilbert L. Voss. Journal of Cephalopod Biology 1(1): 84–85.
- Clarke, M.R. (1989). Professor Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989). Cephalopod Newsletter 11: 21–22.
- Lu, C.C. (1989). Tribute. Professor Dr. Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989). Australian Shell News 68: 8.
- Roper, C.F.E. (1989). Gilbert L. Voss, 1918–1989. Cephalopod International Advisory Council Newsletter 4(1): 5.
- Roper, C.F.E. (1989). Professor Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989). Cephalopod Newsletter 11: 22–23.