Bill Ricker: An Appreciation
This book is the first complete biography of one of the founders of fishery science, William Edwin (Bill) Ricker (1908 - 2001). Bill is immortalized in the Ricker Curve. He developed the Curve in his studies of stock and recruitment in fisheries, but it h
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Bill Ricker: An Appreciation Editor: David L.G. Noakes
Reprinted from Environmental Biology of Fishes, Volume 75 (1) 2006
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A C.I.P catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress
ISBN 1-4020-4707-x
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Thanks to Stan Gregory for contributing the Plecoptera image and to Lynn Bouvier for designing the cover for this volume.
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CONTENTS
Bill Ricker: An Appreciation Guest Editor: David L.G. Noakes Bill Ricker: a tribute by D.L.G. Noakes One man’s journey through the years when ecology came of age by W.E. Ricker Flora was his interest and prime course of study: a botanical career for W.E. Ricker disappears by K.E. Ricker Bill Ricker’s records as an ornithologist by K. Ricker Curiosity, recruitment, and chaos: A tribute to Bill Ricker’s inquiring mind by J.T. Schnute Bill Ricker’s entomological contributions by G.G.E. Scudder Bill Ricker: A man of gifted intellect, insatiable curiosity and generous spirit by R.J. Beamish & D.J. Noakes Bibliography for W.E. Ricker, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., O.C., F.R.S.C., LLD, D.Sc. March 1998 by K.E. Ricker
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Frontispiece: Bill Ricker, on the day of his graduation, June 1926, from secondary school in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
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Environmental Biology of Fishes (2006) 75:1–5 DOI 10.1007/s10641-005-2440-0
Bill Ricker: a tribute David L.G. Noakes Fisheries and Wildlife Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331-2802, USA (e-mail: [email protected]) Received 5 June 2005
Accepted 26 June 2005
Key words: Ricker’s Curve, entomology, fishery science, ornithology, botany Synopsis William Edwin (Bill) Ricker (1908 – 2001) is best known as one of the founders of fishery science. He was also internationally recognized as an entomologist and a scientific editor. In an accompanying article written shortly before his death, Bill gives his own recollections of his career and intellectual development. A bibliography of Bill’s scientific publications, translations and manuscripts has been compiled by his son Karl, and accompanies this article. Karl has also written a detailed account of Bill’s early education and his accomplishments in botany and ornithology. Geoff Scudder summarizes Bill’s contributions to entomology, Jon Schnute provides both personal and professional insights into Bill’s mathematical accomplishments, and Dick Beamish and Don Noakes present pe
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