Alfred Clarence Redfield

Alfred Clarence Redfield (born November 15, 1890 in Philadelphia , † March 17, 1983 in Woods Hole (Massachusetts) ) was an American oceanographer .

Redfield discovered the Redfield ratio , named after him , which determines the proportions of the atomic composition of marine phytoplankton . James Lovelock used the research results of Redfield to formulate the Gaia hypothesis .

Awards

1922 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1958 member of the National Academy of Sciences
1966 Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America

Web links

Literature by and about Alfred Clarence Redfield in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

↑ ALFRED C. REDFIELD by Roger Revelle. (PDF; 172 kB) Retrieved September 25, 2013 (English).
^ Eminent Ecologist Award. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 14, 2008 ; accessed on September 25, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Redfield, Alfred Clarence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American oceanographer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1983
Place of death	Woods Hole, Massachusetts

[1] ALFRED C. REDFIELD by Roger Revelle. (PDF; 172 kB) Retrieved September 25, 2013 (English).

[2] Eminent Ecologist Award. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 14, 2008 ; accessed on September 25, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2