Marine Algae and Early Explorations in the Upper North Pacific and Bering Sea
2009; Korean Society of Phycology; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4490/algae.2009.24.1.001
ISSN2093-0860
Autores Tópico(s)Marine and coastal plant biology
ResumoA synthesis of early exploration and the discovery of marine algae in the upper North Pacific and Bering Sea is presented covering the period from the late 1730s to around 1900.Information is provided about these early efforts to gather natural objects, including seaweeds, and names of these algae are enumerated.The first collections of marine algae in this broad region were those made by Steller and Krasheninnkov from the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, during the Second Kamchatkan Expedition (1735-1742) and were described by Gmelin (1768).The first known algal collections in Alaska were those made by Merck in his 1790-1791 visits to Unalaska Island during the Billings expedition (1785-1794).British-sponsored expeditions for commercial purposes and for exploration and discovery allowed surgeon-naturalist Archibald Menzies to gather seaweeds that Dawson Turner and others worked up back in Europe.Several of the Russian expeditions during the first half of the 18 th century had naturalists aboard.The first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1803-1806), with the ships 'Nadeshda' and 'Neva,' under the command of Capt.Adam von Krusenstern had naturalists Langsdorff, Tilesius, and Horner, all of whom collected seaweeds.The naturalist Adelbert Chamisso accompanied the Romanzof Expedition (1815-1818) on the Russian vessel 'Rurik' under the command of Otto von Kotzebue and made collections of algae in the Aleutians as well as in the Kurils and Kamchatka.The Lütke expedition of 1826-1829 consisted of two ships.Feodor Lütke was in command of the 'Seniavin' with K.H. Mertens aboard as physician-naturalist, and the 'Moller' was under the command of Staniukovich accompanied by the naturalist G. Kastalsky.The first American-sponsored scientific expedition
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