Paul Gelting
Encyclopedia
Paul Emil Elliot Gelting (30 March 1905 – 18 February 1964) was a Danish ecologist
, botanist
and lichenologist
. He was associate professor at the University of Copenhagen
and particularly active in Greenland
.
Gelting participated in the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
1931-34 led by Lauge Koch
and the expedition 1938-39 to Northeast Greenland led by Eigil Knuth
. From 1946 to 1954, he headed the Arctic Station Qeqertarsuaq
, which had been founded by Morten Pedersen Porsild
.
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
, botanist
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
and lichenologist
Lichenology
Lichenology is the branch of mycology that studies the lichens, symbiotic organisms made up of an intimate symbiotic association of a microscopic alga with a filamentous fungus....
. He was associate professor at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
and particularly active in Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
.
Gelting participated in the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
The Three-year Expedition was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. It was led by Lauge Koch. The other participants were Danish and Swedish geographers, geologists, archaeologists, zoologists and...
1931-34 led by Lauge Koch
Lauge Koch
Lauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.He was the renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland, and the central character in the Lauge Koch Controversy, an international and intra-national conflict...
and the expedition 1938-39 to Northeast Greenland led by Eigil Knuth
Eigil Knuth
Count Eigil Knuth was a Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor of Danish polar explorers. His archaeological investigations were made in Peary Land and adjacent areas of High Arctic Greenland...
. From 1946 to 1954, he headed the Arctic Station Qeqertarsuaq
Qeqertarsuaq
Qeqertarsuaq is a port and a town in Qaasuitsup municipality, located on the south coast of Qeqertarsuaq Island, an island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, it is home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen...
, which had been founded by Morten Pedersen Porsild
Morten Pedersen Porsild
right|thumb|200px|M. P. Porsild on his 80th birthday, September 1, 1952. Photo: Albert Schou jr.Morten Pedersen Porsild was a Danish botanist who lived and worked most of his adult life in Greenland. He participated in expeditions to Greenland in 1898 and 1902, together with the physiologist...
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Selected scientific bibliography
- Gelting, P. (1934) Studies on the vascular plants of East Greenland between Franz Josef Fjord and Dove Bay (73°20'-76°20' N). Meddelelser om GrønlandMeddelelser om GrønlandMeddelelser om Grønland was a Danish scientific periodical issued by the Commission for Scientific Investigations in Greenland. Founded by Frederik Johnstrup, it was published from 1879 to 1979...
101: 1-340. - Gelting, P. (1937) Studies on the food of the East Greenland ptarmigan especially in its relation to vegetation and snow-cover. Meddelelser om GrønlandMeddelelser om GrønlandMeddelelser om Grønland was a Danish scientific periodical issued by the Commission for Scientific Investigations in Greenland. Founded by Frederik Johnstrup, it was published from 1879 to 1979...
116 (1): 1-196. - Gelting, P. (1937) On Lithoderma fatiscens Areschoug and L. fatiscens Kuckuk. Especially in its relation to vegetation and snow-cover. Meddelelser om GrønlandMeddelelser om GrønlandMeddelelser om Grønland was a Danish scientific periodical issued by the Commission for Scientific Investigations in Greenland. Founded by Frederik Johnstrup, it was published from 1879 to 1979...
116 (3): 1-196. - Gelting, P. (1939) Karplanternes vertikale Udbredelse i Nordøstgrønland i Forhold til Isfremstød og Epirogenese (The vertical distribution of plants in Northeast Greenland in relation to glacier advance and land uplift). Nordiska (19. skandinaviska) naturforskarmötet i Helsingfors den 11-15 augusti 1936Scandinavian Scientist ConferenceThe Scandinavian Scientist Conferences was a series of meetings 1839-1936 for scientist and physicists from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, later also Finland and Iceland, in the era Scandinavism...
: 3 pp. - Gelting, P. (1941) Über pleistozäne Pflanzenrefugien in Grønland (On Pleistocene refugia for plants in Greenland). Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Schaffhausen 17: 74-96.
- Gelting, P. (1956) Parmelia subauriferaParmelia (lichen)Parmelia is a large genus of lichenized fungus with a global distribution, extending from the Arctic to the Antarctic continent but concentrated in temperate regions. 125 species have been recorded on the Indian sub-continent...
Nyl. and P. fraudans (Nyl.) Nyl. in Greenland. FriesiaFriesiaThere are 2 plant genera named Friesia, of different authority:*Friesia Spreng., a synonym of the genus Croton of the Euphorbiaceae.*Friesia Fric There are 2 plant genera named Friesia, of different authority:*Friesia Spreng., a synonym of the genus Croton of the Euphorbiaceae.*Friesia Fric There...
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