Fred and Judy became my close friends when they worked at the University of=
Queensland.
Fred, always modest about his achievements, is sadly missed. Sincere condol=
ences to Judy.
Regards to all,
Barrie Jamieson
Emeritus Professor BGM Jamieson
School of Biological Sciences
University of Queensland
St. Lucia
Brisbane
Queensland 4072
Australia
Mailing address:
1 Maxwell Court
Coolum Beach
Queensland 4573
Australia
Phone 61 (0)7 54461716
0428641777
http://barriegmjamieson.com
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From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu <annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indian=
a.edu> on behalf of Simon, CA, Dr [csimon from sun.ac.za] <CSIMON from sun.ac.za>
Sent: 09 July 2018 16:17
To: James Blake; ANNELIDA
Subject: RE: [Annelida] Re: Fred Grassle
Dear Jim
This is such sad news. My deepest sympathies to Judith and the rest of thei=
r family.
Carol
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From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu <annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indian=
a.edu> On Behalf Of James Blake
Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:23 PM
To: ANNELIDA <annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu>
Subject: [Annelida] Re: Fred Grassle
I have the sad duty to report that John Frederick Grassle (Fred) passed awa=
y July 6 2018, at the age of 78 after a long illness.
Fred was a giant in the field of deep-sea ecology, but perhaps best known a=
mong polychaete workers for research with his wife Judith Grassle on the bi=
ology of *Capitella *and the identification of reproductively isolated popu=
lations of *Capitella *that differed both in terms of life history patterns=
, morphology, and genetics. One of these species, eventually named *Capitel=
la teleta*, has been maintained in culture in several laboratories and the =
subject of more than 200 papers over a wide variety of topics. These studie=
s on *Capitella* were the first to effectively challenge the cosmopolitan s=
pecies concepts then prevalent in the 1970s. Fred and Judy attended the 9th=
IPC in Portland, ME in 2007.
Fred=92s legacy was well-documented in a lead article in the Deep-Sea Resea=
rch II special issue vol. 56 (Numbers 19-20, published in September
2009) honoring him upon his retirement as Director of the Institute of Mari=
ne and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University in 2008. A few of Fred=92s majo=
r contributions to Marine Science as summarized in the special volume by Sn=
elgrove et al. (2009: DSRII, 56: 1571-1576) are as follows:
Developed a conceptual model for deep-sea diversity with Howard Sanders, th=
e Patch Mosaic Model.
Deep-sea colonization studies: experimental applications to deep-sea ecolog=
y; field tests of the Patch Mosaic Model and other components; slow recolon=
ization of disturbed sediments in the deep sea. With Linda Morse-Porteous a=
nd Paul Snelgrove.
*Capitella *sibling species: Identified sibling species with different life=
history characteristics; opened a new field of investigation. With Judith =
Grassle.
Developed novel approaches to evaluate deep-sea benthic data with Woollcott
Smith: Example: NESS (normalized expected species shared).
Buzzards Bay Oil Spill study: Now classic study of opportunistic species an=
d recolonization of a disturbed habitat: with Howard Sanders.
First biological surveys of hydrothermal vents (Galapagos Rift, East Pacifi=
c Rise, Guaymas Basin, Gorda Ridge): at the time, a new field of study in t=
he deep sea.
Ocean Dumping: Analysis of data from ocean dumping sites led to end of slud=
ge dumping in U.S. waters.
Established the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers Univers=
ity.
High global diversity estimates in the deep sea benthos were proposed based=
on major deep-sea reconnaissance programs along the U.S. Atlantic continen=
tal slope: With Nancy Maciolek.
Established the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS).
Helped establish the 10 year Census of Marine Life of which several compone=
nts were devoted to the deep sea.
In addition, Fred was a strong supporter of high-quality systematics, recog=
nizing that benthic data was only as good as the effort taken to identify t=
he fauna. In that regard a close collaboration between our laboratory and F=
red's was established during the years Fred was in Woods Hole. Most of the =
polychaetes we described from hydrothermal vents were from Fred's collectio=
ns. I recall the day Nancy and I were asked to look at large spionid collec=
ted from the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal mounds. This was our first view of =
what was eventually described as Lindaspio dibranchiata, an unusual spionid=
with modified notochaetae in anterior setigers, unidentate hooded hooks, a=
nd both dorsal and ventral branchiae.
Jim Blake
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James A. Blake, Ph.D.
Aquatic Research & Consulting
24 Hitty Tom Road
Duxbury, MA 02332
CELL: 508-277-2760
E-Mail: jablake9 from gmail.com
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