Ian Munro (Ichthyologist)

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Ian Stafford Ross Munro (born May 4, 1919 in Brisbane , Australia ; † January 22, 1994 ) was an Australian ichthyologist who was particularly concerned with the fish of the Indo-Pacific region.

Munro spent his childhood in Brisbane and attended the Brisbane Grammar School there. In 1941 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Queensland with a thesis on the study of the coastline and planktonic community of a mangrove island in Moreton Bay . He then expanded his practical research experience for a few months at the CSIR Division of Fisheries in Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney . He then received a fellowship at the University of Queensland, where he studied aspects of the biology of the torpedo mackerel ( Scomberomorus commerson ).

After a short break in scientific activities due to military service, he was able to continue his work in Brisbane in 1943 and complete his master's thesis on the biology of the sea ​​bream species Acanthopagrus australis and Acanthopagrus butcheri .

Works (selection)

  • Ian SR Munro: The marine and fresh water fishes of Ceylon . Dept. of External Affairs, Canberra 1955.
  • Ian SR Munro: The fishes of the New Guinea region: a check-list of the fishes of New Guinea incorporating records of species collected by the Fisheries Survey Vessel "Fairwind" during the years 1948 to 1950 . Dept. of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries, Port Moresby 1958.
  • Ian SR Munro: Handbook of Australian fishes . Publicity Press, Sydney 1970.
  • Ian SR Munro: Atlas of operational, environmental, and biological data from the Gulf of Carpentaria prawn survey, 1963-65 . Part 1. Introduction. CSIRO, Cronulla 1983, ISBN 0-643-02980-X .
  • Ian SR Munro: Atlas of operational, environmental, and biological data from the Gulf of Carpentaria prawn survey, 1963-65 . Part 2. Survey operations. CSIRO, Cronulla 1984, ISBN 0-643-02981-8 .
  • Ian SR Munro: Atlas of operational, environmental, and biological data from the Gulf of Carpentaria prawn survey, 1963-65 . Part 3. Physical and chemical environment. CSIRO, Cronulla 1984.

literature

  • Peter R. Last: Ian Stafford Ross Munro, 1919-1994 . In: Copeia . tape 1995 , no. 2 , 1995, ISSN  0045-8511 , p. 516-519 . ( Excerpt online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TJ Froukh: Studies on Taxonomy and Ecology of Some Fish Larvae From The Gulf of Aqaba. 2001, p. 5. ( Online ; PDF; 4.2 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Munro, Ian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munro, Ian Stafford Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian ichthyologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane , Australia
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1994