Ellen Clark

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Ellen Clark
Ellen Clark, c.1939

Ellen Clark (1915–1988) was an Australian carcinologist and naturalist, whose work focused on crustaceans and ants[1][2][3] Clark studied, named, described and published many of the Australian freshwater crayfish species.[4][5] By 1939, she was reported to have identified more than half the known species of Australian crayfish.[6][7][8][9] She conducted research about blood groups in crustaceans and made a significant contribution to the study of crayfish genera.[10][11][12] She was the first woman to publish in the Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.[4]

Ellen Clark's crayfish, Euastacus clarkae, was named after Clark in recognition of her pioneering parastacid studies.[13] Clark's work has had a lasting legacy and is still being debated in scientific papers.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Ants Bigger Menace Than Rabbits to Aust.?". Midlands Advocate. Vol. 31, no. 1631. Western Australia. 22 August 1947. p. 1 (Modern Weekly News Magazine). Retrieved 8 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Todayt: Science". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. VIII, no. 38. New South Wales, Australia. 3 August 1947. p. 34. Retrieved 8 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Clark, Ellen (1915-1988)", Trove, 2009, retrieved 8 March 2021
  4. ^ a b Carey, Jane. "Clark, Ellen (1915-1988)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Ballarat Anglers in New Role". Weekly Times. No. 3767. Victoria, Australia. 30 August 1941. p. 39. Retrieved 8 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "What Women are Doing". The Australian Women's Weekly. 17 June 1939. p. 46. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Teach a lesson in geography". The Herald. 17 May 1941.
  8. ^ "Some Curious Yabbies —"Crabs and Potholes"". The Australasian. Vol. CXLV, no. 4, 686. Victoria, Australia. 29 October 1938. p. 47. Retrieved 8 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Crayfish Cause Irrigation Channel Havoc". The Riverine Herald. No. 21, 355. New South Wales, Australia. 20 June 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Blood- Grouping Ants and Crayfish". Advocate. 26 January 1949. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  11. ^ Clark, Ellen (1938), Tasmanian Parastacidae, retrieved 8 March 2021
  12. ^ Clark, Ellen (1936). "The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia". Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne. 10.
  13. ^ "Euastacus clarkae: McCormack, R.B." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2015-4.rlts.t153666a79360699.en.
  14. ^ Hamr, P (1992), A revision of the Tasmanian freshwater crayfish genus Astacopsis Huxley (Decapoda: Parastacidae), retrieved 8 March 2021


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