Theodore J. Smayda
American oceanographer
About Theodore J. Smayda
Lived 1931 – 2017 (aged 85–86). Theodore J. Smayda was an oceanographer.
Theodore J. Smayda (1931 His defense of his doctoral thesis took place in the Norwegian language. The thesis regarded phytoplankton in the Panama Gulf; the opponents were Trygve Braarud and Odd Henrik Sælen. Following his stay in Norway, Smayda returned to the University of Rhode Island where he served as a professor of oceanography throughout his career. Limnology & Oceanography found his article "Harmful algal blooms: Their ecophysiology and general relevance to phytoplankton blooms in the sea" to be one of the top 60 most cited between 1956 and 2016.
He was married and resided in Jamestown, Rhode Island. He died in April 2017 at the age of 85.
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American oceanographer
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Theodore J. Smayda was born in 1931.
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Theodore J. Smayda died in 2017.
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Theodore J. Smayda was an oceanographer.
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