Overview
- Bill Ricker's personal recollections of how he developed his ideas and put them into publication
- The complete bibliography of Bill Ricker
Part of the book series: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes (DEBF, volume 24)
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About this book
This book is the first complete biography of one of the founders of fishery science, William Edwin (Bill) Ricker (1908 - 2001). Bill is immortalized in the Ricker Curve. He developed the Curve in his studies of stock and recruitment in fisheries, but it has been widely applied in many areas of science. Bill is best known for his contributions to fishery science, but he was also internationally recognized as an entomologist and a scientific editor.
This book combines Bill’s own recollections with contributions from those who knew him and worked with him as a colleague during his multifaceted career. In an article written shortly before his death, Bill gives his own account of his career and intellectual development. A complete bibliography of Bill’s scientific publications, translations and manuscripts has been compiled by his son Karl, and accompanies this article. Karl has also written a detailed account of Bill’s early education and his accomplishments in botany and ornithology. Geoff Scudder summarizes Bill’s contributions to entomology, Jon Schnute provides both personal and professional insights into Bill’s mathematical accomplishments, and Dick Beamish and Don Noakes present personal recollections of Bill as a scientist and colleague.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bill Ricker: An Appreciation
Editors: David L. G. Noakes
Series Title: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5366-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4707-7Published: 19 June 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7175-0Published: 17 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5366-5Published: 03 December 2007
Series ISSN: 0924-5316
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 151
Additional Information: Reprinted from Environmental Biology of Fishes, Volume 75 (1) 2006
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Ecology, Animal Ecology, Community & Population Ecology, Zoology, Environment, general