Background
Gerking, Shelby Delos was born on November 16, 1918 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Shelby Delos and Fezon (Churchill) Gerking.
(Feeding Ecology of Fish establishes a comprehensive frame...)
Feeding Ecology of Fish establishes a comprehensive framework for the variable ecological patterns exemplified by feeding fishes. The author, a former president of the American Fisheries Society, devotes special attention to synthesizing empirical studies in categorizing feeding patterns. This book shows how remarkably adaptable fish can be with regard to selecting food, often from trophic levels not usually occupied. Relying on a thorough literature survey, Feeding Ecology of Fish will be an invaluable reference for both fishery scientists and ecological theorists. Special features include: * Organization by trophic level * Emphasis on empirical studies * Broad coverage of a diverse field
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Gerking, Shelby Delos was born on November 16, 1918 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Shelby Delos and Fezon (Churchill) Gerking.
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1940; student, University Michigan, 1939, 41; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1944.
Research associate physiology, Indiana U., 1944-1946;
faculty zoology, Indiana U., 1946-1967;
professor, director Biological Station, Indiana U., 1959-1967;
professor zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1967-1983;
department chairman, Arizona State University, 1967-1974;
professor emeritus, Arizona State University, since 1983. Director Indiana Aquatic Research Unit, 1959-1967. Research associate lake and stream survey Indiana Department Conservation, 1946-1953.
Associate director Water Resources Research Center. Member freshwater productivity committee International Biol.Program, member United States national committee. Consultant fisheries Department Agriculture France, 1972, Czechoslovakian Academy Sciences.
Guest (fisheries) Government Hungary. Mem.ecology advising committee Science Advisory Board Environmental Protection Agency, 1973-1979, consultant, since 1979. Cons.Lake Ohrid project, Yugoslavia, Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, ElectricPower Research Institute.
Participant jubilee symposium 500th anniversary founding U. Uppsala, 1977. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research consultant and lecturer U. Cape Town (South Africa). Member of staff Ecology Institute, Oldendorf, Federal Republic Germany.
Member Jury for Limnetic Prize.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indiana Academy Science, American Institute Fishery Research Biologists. Member Ecological Society American, International Association Limnology, American Fisheries Society (Silver medal North Control division, president-elect 1985-1986, president 1986-1987, honorary.mem. 1993, 50-year member 1993, Award of Excellence 1994), American Society Limnology and Oceanography, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society Zoologists, International Association for Ecology, Sigma Xi.
Married Louisa B. Pfretzschner, December 28, 1943. Children: Shelby Delos III, Timothy Churchill, Andrew Alfred.