Description
Papers of Scripps Institution of Oceanography research biologist Edward Brinton, including his correspondence, research data
and notes.
Background
Edward Brinton (1924-2010) was a research biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), UC San Diego, who specialized
in the study of euphausiids, or krill. He graduated from Haverford College in 1949, and after obtaining his master's degree
from Bryn Mawr, joined SIO as a graduate student in 1950. He completed his doctoral dissertation on the distribution of Pacific
euphausiids in 1958. Brinton remained at SIO for the duration of his scientific career as a research biologist in the Marine
Life Research Group of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), an environmental program focused
on marine ecosystems off the coast of California.
Extent
9 Linear feet
(15 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes)
Restrictions
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Availability
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.