Bruno Hofer
Bruno Hofer | |
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Died | 7 July 1916 | (aged 54)
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Bruno Hofer (15 December 1861 – 7 July 1916) was a German fishery scientist, credited with being the founder of fish pathology.
Career
Hofer was born in
During his career, he was also director of the "Royal Bavarian Research Station for Fisheries" [2] and the "Royal Bavarian Research Station for Fish-Farming", vice-president of the "Bavarian Association of Fishermen" and editor of the magazine "Allgemeine Fischereizeitung".[3] In 1909 he circumscribed the whitefish species Coregonus bavaricus.[4] Hofer died in 1916 in Munich at the age of 54.
Publications
Hofer was particularly active in the field of fish parasitology and pathology, and wrote the comprehensive German text on the subject, Fischkrankheitslehre (fish pathology), as well as his "Handbuch der Fischkrankheiten" (1904), "Die Süßwasserfische von Mitteleuropas" (1908), "Über die Krebspest" (1898),[5] and more than 200 publications. In 1896 he was the author of a limnologic study of Lake Constance, titled "Die Verbreitung der Thierwelt im Bodensee" (The spread of wildlife in Lake Constance).[6] One of his most significant publications was the taxonomic description of the myxosporean parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis.[7] Hofer is also known for his early work in environmental protection, in particular for the preservation of water quality and drinking-water resources.[1]
References
- Götz, Sabine (1998): "Bruno Hofer (1861–1916), a life for fisheries and environmental protection." Munich, Univ. of Munich, 268p.
- ^ ISBN 3-428-00190-7, S. 379 f.
- ^ Leopoldina, Volumes 42–52
- ^ Allgemeine Fischerei-Zeitung HathiTrust Digital Library
- ^ Coregonus bavaricus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- ^ Arbeiten aus dem Reichsgesundheitsamte, Volume 30
- ^ Die Verbreitung der Tierwelt im Bodensee OCLC WorldCat
- ^ Bruno Hofer: On the Whirling Disease in Rainbow Trout Archived June 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Works by or about Bruno Hofer at Internet Archive
- Dissertation's abstract about Hofer