Wässrige Milieus. Ökologische Perspektiven in Meeresbiologie und Aquarienkunde um 1900
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In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Vol. 36, No. 2, 06.2013, p. 128-147.
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T1 - Wässrige Milieus. Ökologische Perspektiven in Meeresbiologie und Aquarienkunde um 1900
AU - Wessely, Christina
N1 - Special Issue: Der Ozean im Glas. Aquaristische Räume um 1900
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - The paper focuses on the research spaces of marine biology around the turn of the 20 th century and argues that the aquarium played a decisive role in shaping the notions of environment and ambience, 'milieu' and 'Umwelt'. By "virtually pushing" biologists to pay attention to the relations between organisms and their surroundings, the aquarium can be understood as a material inspiration for ecological theory formation and as a structural point of reference for thinking about the properties and range of environments. By focusing both on the academic discourse and on popular 'Aquarienkunde' the paper thus describes how marine biological studies became an important arena for the formation of modern ecology.
AB - The paper focuses on the research spaces of marine biology around the turn of the 20 th century and argues that the aquarium played a decisive role in shaping the notions of environment and ambience, 'milieu' and 'Umwelt'. By "virtually pushing" biologists to pay attention to the relations between organisms and their surroundings, the aquarium can be understood as a material inspiration for ecological theory formation and as a structural point of reference for thinking about the properties and range of environments. By focusing both on the academic discourse and on popular 'Aquarienkunde' the paper thus describes how marine biological studies became an important arena for the formation of modern ecology.
KW - Umweltplanung, Landschaftsentwicklung
KW - Aquarium
KW - Ecology
KW - Environment
KW - Marine biology
KW - Milieu
KW - Zoological stations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878622668&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/bewi.201301614
DO - 10.1002/bewi.201301614
M3 - Zeitschriftenaufsätze
VL - 36
SP - 128
EP - 147
JO - Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
JF - Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
SN - 0170-6233
IS - 2
ER -