Editors
Peter L. Lutz , Ph.D. , holds the McGinty Eminent Scholar Chair in Marine Biology
at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Lutz received both his B.Sc. (Honors) and Ph.D.
from Glasgow University, Scotland. After earning his Ph.D. in 1970 he became a
research associate with Dr. Knut Schmidt-Nielsen at Duke University, with whom
he worked on avian physiology. He has held university faculty positions in Nigeria
(University of Ife), England (Bath University), and the United States. In 1975 he
joined the Department of Marine Biology and Fisheries at the Rosenstiel School of
Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, and became chair of that
department in 1983, a post he held until he took his present position in 1991. As a
comparative physiologist Dr. Lutz has worked on the physiology of a wide variety
of organisms, from liver flukes to duck-billed platypuses. His current interests focus
on turtles, particularly stress, diving, and hypoxia. Dr. Lutz is an editor for the
Journal for Experimental Biology and is series editor for the Marine Biology Series
published by CRC Press. He was a governing council member of the Bahamas
National Trust and a fellow of the Explorers Club. He has authored more than 150
research papers and 4 books.
John A. (Jack) Musick, Ph.D., holds the Marshall Acuff Chair in Marine Science
at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary,
where he has served on the faculty since 1967. He earned his B.A. in Biology from
Rutgers University in 1962 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard
University in 1964 and 1969, respectively. While at VIMS he has successfully
mentored 32 masters and 39 Ph.D. students. Dr. Musick has been awarded the
Thomas Ashley Graves Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching from the College
of William and Mary and the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on
Higher Education in Virginia. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and
7 books focused on the ecology of sea turtles, sharks, and other marine fishes. In
1985 he was elected a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. He has received Distinguished Service Awards from both the American
Fisheries Society and the American Elasmobranch Society, for which he has served
as president. Dr. Musick also has served as president of the Annual Sea Turtle
Symposium (now the International Sea Turtle Society), and as member of the World
Conservation Union (IUCN) Marine Turtle Specialist Group. Dr. Musick currently
serves as co-chair of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group, and on two national, five
regional, and five state scientific advisory committees concerned with marine
resource management and conservation.
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Peter L. Lutz , Ph.D. , holds the McGinty Eminent Scholar Chair in Marine Biology
at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Lutz received both his B.Sc. (Honors) and Ph.D.
from Glasgow University, Scotland. After earning his Ph.D. in 1970 he became a
research associate with Dr. Knut Schmidt-Nielsen at Duke University, with whom
he worked on avian physiology. He has held university faculty positions in Nigeria
(University of Ife), England (Bath University), and the United States. In 1975 he
joined the Department of Marine Biology and Fisheries at the Rosenstiel School of
Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, and became chair of that
department in 1983, a post he held until he took his present position in 1991. As a
comparative physiologist Dr. Lutz has worked on the physiology of a wide variety
of organisms, from liver flukes to duck-billed platypuses. His current interests focus
on turtles, particularly stress, diving, and hypoxia. Dr. Lutz is an editor for the
Journal for Experimental Biology and is series editor for the Marine Biology Series
published by CRC Press. He was a governing council member of the Bahamas
National Trust and a fellow of the Explorers Club. He has authored more than 150
research papers and 4 books.
John A. (Jack) Musick, Ph.D., holds the Marshall Acuff Chair in Marine Science
at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary,
where he has served on the faculty since 1967. He earned his B.A. in Biology from
Rutgers University in 1962 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard
University in 1964 and 1969, respectively. While at VIMS he has successfully
mentored 32 masters and 39 Ph.D. students. Dr. Musick has been awarded the
Thomas Ashley Graves Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching from the College
of William and Mary and the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on
Higher Education in Virginia. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and
7 books focused on the ecology of sea turtles, sharks, and other marine fishes. In
1985 he was elected a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. He has received Distinguished Service Awards from both the American
Fisheries Society and the American Elasmobranch Society, for which he has served
as president. Dr. Musick also has served as president of the Annual Sea Turtle
Symposium (now the International Sea Turtle Society), and as member of the World
Conservation Union (IUCN) Marine Turtle Specialist Group. Dr. Musick currently
serves as co-chair of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group, and on two national, five
regional, and five state scientific advisory committees concerned with marine
resource management and conservation.
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