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Gilbert L. Voss (1918 – 23 January 1989) was an influential American conservationist and oceanographer. He was one of the main persons behind the establishment of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Florida and he spoke out successfully against several proposed real estate developments that might have threatened the ecology of the Florida Keys.〔(John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park ). Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department.〕 He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Miami and a doctorate from George Washington University. He started at the University of Miami in 1951 and was at the university's Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Science when he retired in 1988. From 1962 to 1973 he was chairman of the biology division. He had been a research fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, editor of the Bulletin of Marine Science and editor of Studies in Tropical Oceanography. Professor Voss published over 200 items, including 73 book reviews, 16 editorials, and 124 research papers on such diverse topics as cephalopods, fishes, crustaceans, botany, zoogeography, history of oceanography, anthropology, archaeology, fisheries, and marine and deep sea biology. He authored or co-authored descriptions of two new families or subfamilies, 6 new genera and more than 65 new species or subspecies. A teuthologist, Voss "served the leading role in American cephalopod research for nearly 40 years".〔Sweeney, M.J. & Roper, C.F.E. (September 1991). (Gilbert L. Voss: a commemoration, bibliography and described taxa ). ''Bulletin of Marine Science'' 49(1–2): 5–19.〕 Michael J. Sweeney and Clyde F. E. Roper wrote of Voss's contribution to the field:〔 So important is his influence on the resurgence of cephalopod systematic research, hardly a paper has been published in cephalopod systematics and zoogeography, and even other Voss authored the books ''Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean'' and ''Coral Reefs of Florida''. A species of swimming crab, ''Portunus vossi'', is named after him.〔Lemaitre, R. (September 1991). (To the memory of Gilbert L. Voss: ''Portunus vossi'', a rare new species of swimming crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from the west coast of Florida ). ''Bulletin of Marine Science'' 49(1–2): 546–551.〕 Early Life and Family Born in Hypoluxo, Florida in 1918, Voss was the son of early South Florida pioneers Captain Frederick C. Voss and his wife Lillie Pierce Voss, who was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 2012/2013. His father was a boat captain and steam engineer. Voss grew up on the water, sailing and fishing. He and his brothers, Frederick Jr. and Walter, were guides and captains in tuna and bill fishing tournaments throughout Florida and the Caribbean. Voss' wife, Nancy, is Research Professor Emeritus and Museum Director at Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. His son, Robert Voss, is Curator, Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gilbert L. Voss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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