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REUBEN
LASKER (1983)
Dr.
Reuben Lasker, the sixth recipient of the A.G. Huntsman Award, is being
recognized for his work on the problem of determining year-class strengths
and the mechanism of annual fluctuations in fish stocks. Dr. Lasker
elucidated the mechanism for determining year-class strength in the
California anchovy. Starting from laboratory studies on the bio-energetics
of clupeid larvae, associated with analysis of the larval feeding
behaviour studies by his co-worker John Hunter, Dr. Lasker proceeded to
develop an essential tool for further progress - an ability to spawn
anchovies, on demand, in the laboratory. From this point progress went
rapidly through studies of predation of fish larvae to the critical
experiments at sea. |