Kuno Thomasson (9 July 1923 Tallinn – 12 January 2007 Uppsala) was an Estonian-Swedish phycologist,

hydrobiologist Hydrobiology is the science of life and life processes in water. Much of modern hydrobiology can be viewed as a sub-discipline of ecology but the sphere of hydrobiology includes taxonomy, economic and industrial biology, morphology, and physiolog ...

and ecologist. In 1944, following the Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II, he fled to Sweden. In 1950, he graduated from Uppsala University. After graduating he worked at the university's plant ecology institute. He published publications about algae, limnology and geobotany. He also described several new algae species, e.g. Peridinium lingii. He was an honorary member of Estonian Naturalists' Society. Awards: * 2002:

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, IV class.

Publications

* Notes of the plankton of lake Bangweulu (1957, 1960) * Nahuel Huapi (1959) * Araucanian lakes (1963) * Phytoplankton of lake Shiva Ngandu (1966) * Amazonian algae (1971)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomasson, Kuno 1923 births 2007 deaths Estonian scientists Estonian ecologists Swedish phycologists Swedish ecologists Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Uppsala University alumni People from Tallinn Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden Estonian people of Swedish descent