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Marine Physiology Down East: The Story of the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory

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  • An exciting document for former, current and future scientists and friends of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL)
  • Provides a scientific genealogy of the MDIBL
  • Combines research, administrative and social histories of the MDIBL
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Perspectives in Physiology (PHYSIOL)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Beginnings at Harpswell, Maine

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 1-37
  3. The Second Generation: MDIBL in the 1930s

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 87-140
  4. MDIBL in the Postwar: The Third Generation

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 185-244
  5. Mid Century: The Third-Generation Redux

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 245-318
  6. Year-Round Operation: The First Attempt

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 319-380
  7. Research in the 1970s: The Fourth Generation

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 381-457
  8. MDIBL in the 1980s: Doors Close, Doors Open

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 459-505
  9. Research in the 1980s: The Fifth Generation

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 507-595
  10. The Centennial Decade of the MDIBL

    • David H. Evans
    Pages 597-731
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 1065-1094

About this book

This volume offers a comprehensive history of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), one of the major marine laboratories in the United States and a leader in using marine organisms to study fundamental physiological concepts. Beginning with its founding as the Harpswell Laboratory of Tufts University in 1898, David H. Evans follows its evolution from a teaching facility to a research center for distinguished renal and epithelial physiologists. He also describes how it became the site of major advances in cytokinesis, regeneration, cardiac and vascular physiology, hepatic physiology, endocrinology and toxicology, as well as studies of the comparative physiology of marine organisms. Fundamental physiological concepts in the context of the discoveries made at the MDIBL are explained and the social and administrative history of this renowned facility is described.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    David H. Evans

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marine Physiology Down East: The Story of the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory

  • Authors: David H. Evans

  • Series Title: Perspectives in Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2960-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: American Physiological Society 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-2959-7Published: 14 August 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4980-9Published: 22 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-2960-3Published: 13 August 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2625-2813

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-2821

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 1094

  • Number of Illustrations: 118 b/w illustrations, 117 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Physiology, Animal Physiology, History of Science

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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