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1999, Oceanography 12(1):4–33

Tribute to Akiro Okubo

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Preface
M.J. Bowman, R.E. Wilson, J. Yen, Guest Editors

Akira Okubo: A Man for All Seasons and Many Disciplines
D.W. Pritchard, J.R. Schubel

Seeing Double—Akira Okubo and the Midges Anarete Pritchardi
A.J. Elliott

Phytoplankton and Turbulence: A Vignette
T. Platt

Akira Okubo and the Theory of Blooms
L.B. Slobodkin

Wildebeest and the Marine Environment: Gnus from the Front
Simon A. Levin

Akira Okubo as Colleague and Friend
R.E. Wilson

Pumice and Mines Afloat on the Sea
C. Ebbesmeyer

Akira Okubo—The Man Inside the Man
P.W. Sammarco

Reminiscences of a Former Student
B.G. Sanderson

Akira's Visit to St. John's, Newfoundland
I. Webster

Notes on Simulation of Dispersion in an Eddy Field Covering a Wide Spectral Range
G.C. van Dam

Random Walks with Hana-Like Bias
J. Mitchell

Okubo Sensei
L.M. Proctor

Reflections
S. Humphries

Akira and Insect Aggregation
T. Ikawa

Akira Okubo and Shear Diffusion
K. Korotenko

From Coast to Coast: Akira Okubo's Trek Across America
J. Yen

News Item: New Edition of Okubo's Classic Text to Appear in 2000
S.A. Levin

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Akira Okubo, Professor of Mathematical Ecology at the Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, died on I February 1996, a few days before his 71st birthday after a long, coura- geous battle with cancer.

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Citation

Tribute to Akiro Okubo, 1999. Oceanography 12(1):4–33.

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