Why Study Biology by the Sea?

Karl S. Matlin is a cell biologist and professor in the Department of Surgery and a member of the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science at the University of Chicago. He is coeditor, most recently, of Visions of Cell Biology: Reflections Inspired by Cowdry's "General Cytology, " also published by the University of Chicago Press. Jane Maienschein is University Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and fellow and director of the History and Philosophy of Science Project at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She is coeditor, most recently, of The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Rachel Ankeny is professor of history at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and honorary visiting professor in the College of Social Science and International Studies (Philosophy) at the University of Exeter, UK.

• Foreword, Nipam H. PatelIntroduction, Karl S. Matlin, Jane Maienschein, and Rachel A. Ankeny  Part One              Marine Places1              Why Have Biologists Studied at the Seashore? The Woods Hole Marine Biological LaboratoryJane Maienschein2              Marine Biology Studies at Naples: The Stazione Zoologica Anton DohrnChristiane Groeben3              The First Marine Biological Station in Modern China: Amoy University and AmphioxusChristine Yi Lai Luk4              The Misaki Marine Biological Station’s Dual Roles for Zoology and Fisheries, 1880s–1930sKjell David Ericson  Part Two              Marine Practice5              Illuminating Animal Behavior: The Impact of Laboratory Structure on Tropism Research at Marine StationsSamantha Muka6              The Scientific Fishery: Sampling, Dissecting, and Drawing in the Gulf of NaplesKatharina Steiner7              A Dual Mission: Research and Education as Critical Factors for the Scientific Integrity of the Marine Biological LaboratoryKate MacCord8              Francis O. Schmitt: At the Intersection of Neuroscience and SquidKathryn Maxson Jones9              Microscopes and Moving Molecules: The Discovery of Kinesin at the Marine Biological LaboratoryKarl S. Matlin10           Using Repertoires to Explore Changing Practices in Recent Coral ResearchRachel A. Ankeny and Sabina Leonelli11           Why Study Sex by the Sea? Marine Organisms and the Problems of Fertilization and Cell CleavageMichael R. Dietrich, Nathan Crowe, and Rachel A. Ankeny12           Hagfish and Vascular Biology: Why the Marine Model MattersMarianne A. Grant and William C. AirdEpilogue: The Future of Biological Research Will Be Found in the Oceans, Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado  AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIndex

"The intriguing title may give you the idea that this is a textbook of marine biology. It is not. It is a historical celebration of what we can learn about biology from studying marine animals and especially of the indispensable role played in that context by marine research stations."