Elmer J. Lund (1884 - 1969) was a prominent American
physiologist
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who is considered one of the early pioneers in the fields of
Bioelectricity
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and
Electrophysiology
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. He was also the founder of the Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) at
Port Aransas
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, and taught
Zoology
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at the
University of Texas
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.
Bibliography
* ''The relations of Bursaria to food I. Selection in feeding and in extrusion'' (1914)
* ''Reversibility of morphogenetic processes in Bursaria'' (1917)
* ''The relative electrical dominance of growing points in the Douglas fir'' (1929)
* ''Internal distribution of the electric correlation potentials in the Douglas fir'' (1930)
* ''The unequal effect of O2 concentration on the velocity of oxidation in loci of different electric potential, and glutathione content'' (1931)
* ''Bioelectric fields and growth'' (1947)
* ''Momentum transfer at the high-latitude magnetopause and boundary layers'' (Date missing; reprinted in 2008)
See also
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Current of injury
References
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1884 births
1969 deaths
American physiologists
University of Texas faculty