Raymond Lindeman

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name = Raymond Laurel Lindeman


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birth_date = 1915
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death_date = 1942
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residence = United States
nationality = American
field = Limnology, paleolimnology, trophic ecology
work_institution = Yale University
alma_mater = University of Minnesota
doctoral_advisor = G. Evelyn Hutchinson
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known_for = Pioneering the concept of trophic dynamics in ecology
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Raymond Laurel Lindeman (1915-1942) was an ecologist whose graduate research is often credited with being a seminal study in field of ecosystem ecology. He completed his PhD at the University of Minnesota with his thesis work being concerned with the history and ecological dynamics of Cedar Bog Lake, located in what is known today as the University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in central Minnesota. While a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University with noted limnologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Lindeman submitted a chapter of his thesis for publication in the journal "Ecology". His manuscript was initially rejected for its generalisations but was published after Hutchinson and others were able to convince the editor of the paper's merits. This publication appeared in 1942, shortly after Lindeman's untimely death caused by a rare form of hepatitis.

An annual award in Lindeman's honor is given by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography to the outstanding paper written that year by a young aquatic scientist. Raymond L. Lindeman is also honored today with a lecture series in his name in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, as well as an informative plaque on the same University's Wall of Discovery.

Publications

Papers published by Raymond L. Lindeman during his brief lifetime.

*Lindeman RL (1939) Some affinities and varieties of the planktonic rotifer Brachnionus havanaensis Rouss. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 58:210-221.

*Lindeman RL (1941) The developmental history of Cedar Creek Bog, Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist 25:101-112.

*Lindeman RL. 1941. Ecological dynamics in a senescent lake. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

*Lindeman RL (1941) Seasonal food-cycle dynamics in a Senescent Lake. American Midland Naturalist 25:636-673.

*Lindeman RL (1942) Experimental simulation of winter anaerobiosis in a senescent lake. Ecology 23:1-13.

*Lindeman RL (1942) Seasonal distribution of midge larvae in a scenescent lake. American Midland Naturalist 27:428-.

*Lindeman RL (1942) The trophic-dynamic aspect of ecology. Ecology 23:399-418.

Biographies

Biographical and historical studies on Raymond L. Lindeman.

*cite journal | last =Cook | first =Robert Edward | authorlink =Robert Edward Cook | title =Raymond Lindeman and the Trophic-Dynamic Concept in Ecology | journal =Science | volume =198 | pages =22–26 | date =1977-10-07 | url = | doi = | accessdate =

*Lindsay AA (1980) The ecological way. Naturalist 31:1-8.

*Reif CB (1986) Memories of Raymond Laurel Lindeman. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 67:20-15.

*Sobczak WV (2005) Lindeman's trophic dynamic aspect of ecology: "Will you still need me when I'm 64?" Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 14:53-57.

References

Bibliography

* [http://aslo.org/bulletin/05_v14_i3.pdf http://aslo.org/bulletin/05_v14_i3.pdf]
* [http://aslo.org/information/awards.html#LIND Raymond L. Lindeman award]