Gordon Gunter
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Dr. Gordon Gunter |
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August 18, 1909 Goldonna, Louisiana |
| Died | December 19, 1998 (aged 89) Mississippi |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Marine biology, Fisheries science |
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| Known for | Study of fisheries in northern Gulf of Mexico |
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Carlotta Gertrude Gunter nee La Cour (m. 1932) Frances Gunter née Hudgins (m. 1955) |
Carlotta Gertrude Gunter nee La Cour (m. 1932)
Gordon Gunter (August 18, 1909 - December 19, 1998) was an American marine biologist and fisheries scientist. He is noted for his pioneering study of fisheries in the northern Gulf of Mexico, a topic to which he devoted his entire professional life over a career spanning 60 years. His own research and that of the scientists under his direction, established an understanding of the ecology, comparative physiology of the plant and animal life, and commercial fisheries of the region, and he coined the phrase "fertile fisheries crescent" to refer to Mississippi Sound and adjacent waters along the United States Gulf Coast. He also pioneered the study of the comparative physiology of shellfish and fish.
Gordon Pennington Gunter was born in Goldonna, Louisiana, on August 18, 1909. Arriving at Louisiana State Normal College in , Louisiana, with plans to study to become a lawyer or a French scholar, he instead took a strong interest in biology as soon as he took his first college course in the subject, and he graduated in 1929 with a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology. He then attended the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, to study bacteriology and received a master's degree in 1931.
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