Dr. G. Fryer was distinguished for his work on the fishes of the Great Lakes of Africa and on the small Crustacea, in which he correlated anatomical structure with habits and ecological requirements in great detail. He made a notable contribution to molluscan knowledge by his study of development in mutilid (bivalve) molluscs with first description of the unique haustorial larva. His most important advances were made on the feeding mechanisms, habits, ecology and evolution of the many groups of Cladocera (and other Crustacea) where he applied engineering principles to microanatomy in a manner never yet equalled, and which is throwing most important light on the modes of evolution and relationships of these animals.
Professor Geoffrey Fryer FRS died on 18 March 2024.
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Patterns in Populations
Organismal biology (including invertebrate and vertebrate zoology)
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Multicellular Organisms
Animal (especially mammalian) and human physiology and anatomy (non-clinical)
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Cell Biology
Developmental biology
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Earth and Environmental Sciences
Limnology
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Other
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