Hall of Fame: A.G. Mayer

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Biographical info

Name: Alfred Goldsborough Mayer; later in life, he changed the spelling of his name to Mayor, because of Anti-German sentiment in the U.S. (info from R. Harbison, via BEMON).

Born: 1868; Died: 1922

PhD:

Major Accomplishments:

Best known among the cnidarian researchers for his 1910 monograph "Medusae of the World", he also worked on entomology. He studied under Alexander Agassiz, and together they explored the medusae of the Pacific aboard the Albatross, leading Mayer to publish many new species. He did much work at the Tortugas Biological Station.

Honorific taxa:
Ectopleura mayeri, Petersen, 1990 [Cnidaria: Hydrozoa]
Rissoina mayori Dall, 1925
Eutiara mayeri Bigelow, 1918 [Cnidaria: Hydrozoa]
Melicertissa mayeri Kramp, 1959 [Cnidaria: Hydrozoa]
Lobonema mayeri Light, 1914 [Cnidaria: Scyphozoa]
Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan, 1918
Porites mayeri Vaughan, 1918

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agassiz, A. and A. G. Mayer (1898). “On Dactylometra.” Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard University) 32: 1-11 + 13 plates.

Agassiz, A. and A. G. Mayer (1898). “On some medusae from Australia.” Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. (Harvard Univ.) 32: 13-19, + 3 plates.

Agassiz, A. and A. G. Mayer (1899). “Acalephs from the Fiji Islands.” Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 32(9): 157-189, + 17 plates.

Agassiz, A. and A. G. Mayer (1902). “Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. U.S. Fish Comm. St. Albatross, 1899-1900. III. The Medusae.” Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. 26(3): 139-176, 14 pls.

Mayer, A. G. (1894). “An account of some medusae obtained in the Bahamas.” Bull. MCZ 25(11): 235-242, pl. 1-3.

Mayer, A. G. (1900a). “Descriptions of new and little-known medusae from the western Atlantic.” Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll. 37: 1-9, Pls. 1-6.

Mayer, A. G. (1900b). “Some medusae from Tortugas, Florida.” Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard College 37(2): 13-82, + 44 pls.

Mayer, A. G. (1901). “The variations of a newly-arisen species of medusa.” The museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Science Bulletin 1(1): 1-27.

Mayer, A. G. (1904). “Medusae of the Bahamas.” Mem. Nat. Sci. Brooklyn 1(1): 1-33, pl. 1-7.

Mayer, A. G. (1906). “Medusae of the Hawaiian Islands collected by the Steamer Albatross in 1902.” U.S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1903, Part III.: 1131-1143, plates I to III.

Mayer, A. G. (1906). “Rhythmical pulsation of scyphomedusae.” Yearbook, Carnegie Inst. Wash. 4: 120-123.

Mayer, A. G. (1906). “Rhythmical pulsations in scyphomedusae. I.” Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 47: 64 pp.

Mayer, A. G. (1908). “Rhythmical pulsations in scyphomedusae. II.” Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 102: 113-131.

Mayer, A. G. (1909). “The cause of rhythmical pulsation in scyphomedusae.” Papers from the Marine Biological Laboratory at Tortugas. Publications of the Carnegie Institution at Washington 102: 115-131, 13 figs.

Mayer, A. G. (1910). Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, the Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution.

Mayer, A. G. (1912). Ctenophores of the Atlantic coast of North America, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ.

Mayer, A. G. (1912). “Temperature reactions of medusae.” Science, N.S. 35: ?.

Mayer, A. G. (1914a). “Effects of temperature on tropical marine animals.” Pap. Tortugas Lab. No. 183: 1-24.

Mayer, A. G. (1914b). “The relation between the degree of concentration of electrolytes of sea-water and the rate of nerve-conduction in Cassiopea.” Pap. Tortugas Lab. No. 183: 25-54.

Mayer, A. G. (1914c). “The law governing the loss of weight in starving Cassiopea.” Pap. Tortugas Lab. No. 183: 55-82.

Mayer, A. G. (1915a). “Medusae of the Philippines and of Torres Straits. Being a report on the Scyphomedusae collected by the U.S. Fisheries Bureau steamer 'Albatross' in the Philippine Islands and Malay Archipelago, 1907-1910, and upon the medusae collected by the expedition of the Carnegie Institution of Washington to Torres Straits, Australia, in 1913.” Pap. Tortugas Lab. 8: 157-202, Pls. 1-3.

Mayer, A. G. (1917a). “Report upon the Scyphomedusae collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in the Philippine Islands and Malay Archipelago.” Bulletin of the United States National Museum, Bulletin 100 1(Part 3): 175-233.

Mayer, A. G. (1917b). “Nerve-conduction in Cassiopea xamachana.” Pap. Tortugas Lab. 11: 1-20.

LINKS

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