Research Sarah_Martha_Baker

whitecliff bay, near bembridge, 1 location baker s zonation research.

baker belonged pioneering era in ecology when researchers began use experimentation take ecology beyond being merely descriptive. not 1 think shore provided opportunities ecological study. baker s work on seaweed zoning explored tendency different types thrive @ different distances high tide mark. decided test whether differential tolerance desiccation stress determines zonation in marine algae . undertook laborious work of measuring distances on shore, collecting specimens, putting them in numerous jars , var[ying] exposure drying . conclusions suggested competition between various fucaceae important. idea went out of fashion time accepted part of explanation zonation. 1 writer has called prophetic . when began @ effects of formaldehyde on living plants experimental methods became more complex , sophisticated. went on studying photosynthesis , had intended more in field had not died young.