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Nicholls, Aubrey Gordon (1904 - 1986)

Born
1904
Died
14 July 1986
Occupation
Marine biologist and Taxonomic zoologist

Summary

Aubrey Nicholls was a marine biologist who became a world authority on copepod taxonomy. This research was started in the 1930s during his time in Scotland, and continued after his return to Australia in 1939. He had earlier gained attention when, as research assistant to C. M. Yonge on the Great Barrier Reef Expedition, they worked on the symbiotic relationship between giant clams and zooxanthellae. Nicholls joined the CSIRO Division of Fisheries (and Oceanography) in 1947, going to Hobart two years later to establish the Division's laboratory. Much of his work in Tasmania related to the trout fishery and resulted in the discontinuance of the release of hatchery-reared fish. On the closure of the Hobart laboratory in 1961 he moved to a new one in Camberwell where he was involved in the Southern Pelagic Project, particularly the Australian Salmon, Arripis trutta. Nicholls was active in scientific societies, serving terms as President of the Royal Society of Western Australia and the Australian Limnology Society.

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Chronology

1928
Education - BSc (hons), University of Western Australia
1928 - 1929
Career position - Research assistant, Great Barrier Reef Expedition
1932
Education - PhD, University College, London
1932 - 1938
Career position - Marine scientist, Marine Station, Millport, Scotland
1939 - 1947
Career position - Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
1946 - 1947
Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
1947
Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Cronulla
1949 - 1956
Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Hobart
1956 - 1961
Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Hobart
1961 - 1969
Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Camberwell
1962
Career position - Foundation President, Australian Society for Limnology
1969
Life event - Retired

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