August Thienemann

August Thienemann
Thienemann
Born
August Friedrich Thienemann

7 September 1882
Gotha
Died22 April 1960[1]
Plön
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)limnologist, zoologist and ecologist

August Friedrich Thienemann (7 September 1882 in Gotha – 22 April 1960 in Plön) was a German limnologist, zoologist and ecologist. He studied zoology at the University of Greifswald.[2]

He was an associate Professor of Hydrobiology at the University of Kiel, and director of the former Hydrobiologische Anstalt der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft (now the Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie) at Plön.[1][3]

A co-founder of Societas Internationalis Limnologiae,[2] Thienemann is best known for his work on the biology of the Chironomidae,[4] and his contributions to the field of lake typology. He also introduced the concept of trophic level terminology in 1920.[5][6] Over the course of his career, Thienemann published 460 works.[2] One of his more noted students was Carmel Humphries, an Irish expert in Chironomidae.

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  3. ^ Smith, Charles H. "Chrono-Biographical Sketch: August Thienemann". people.wku.edu. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ Cranston, Peter (1 April 2000). "August Thienemann's influence on modern chironomidology — an Australian perspective". SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010. 27 (1): 278–283. Bibcode:2000SILP...27..278C. doi:10.1080/03680770.1998.11901240. ISSN 0368-0770. S2CID 162779632. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ Heinemann, A. 1926. Der Nahrungskreislauf im Wasser. Verh. deutsch. Zool. Ges., 31: 29-79, link. [Also at: Zool. Anz. Suppl., 2: 29-79.]
  6. ^ Pimm, Stuart L. "ecology". www.britannica.com. Britannica. Retrieved 26 August 2022.