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<p>Dr. Breder was an experimental and behavioral ichthyologist whose work and achievements dominated the field. Dr. Breder’s pioneering research in ichthyology helped draw attention to the west coast of Florida. He was the mentor and long-time friend of Mote’s founder, Dr. Eugenie Clark, who is known world-wide as the “Shark Lady.” He served as interim director of Mote Marine Laboratory in 1967 and spent years as research associate in residence and member of the board of directors at Mote.</p> <p>He is known for his work on the reproductive, schooling, and social behaviors of fishes, with a special interest in flying fishes and fish locomotion, as well as the evolution and behavior of blind cave characins (historical name) or characids from Mexico. He was involved in new research and discoveries in bird banding, tarpon tagging, flying fish, fish locomotion, and fish sound recordings. In the mid 1930s he developed a method for hatching and growing flying fish larvae. His research at the New York Aquarium included studies on the progressive acidification of seawater that occurs in aquariums. Dr. Breder's publications included 160 papers and books. <p>His earliest publication, written at 18, concerned photography of local birds and by age 21 he had published 15 popular articles and notes and had started his theoretical and experimental studies on fish locomotion. In 1925 the New York Academy of Sciences awarded him the A. Cressy Morrison Prize for his pioneering and penetrating analysis of fish locomotion. Among his achievements he described at least 5 new genera and 23 new species. In 1948 another ichthyologist, Fernández-Yépez, named a new species of belonid, Ichthyacus breederi, in honor of Dr. Breder. (The fish is now called Hyporhamphus brederi).</p> <p>The content of these journals includes notes, itineraries, illustrations, and observations from specific scientific expeditions and laboratory research. They also provide an insight into the early meticulous scientific thoughts of this biologist, and how he examined and developed ideas. "It is apparent that among Dr. Breder's passions was his continual search for knowledge about questions that besieged many scientists (A. Y. Cantillo, 2002)."</p> <p><b>Note on Project Funding</b><br> Since late 2009, the library staff has been conducting a basic processing and digitization project of pertinent Mote Technical Reports, 1930s-40s gray literature from the Bass Biological Laboratory (BBL) of Englewood, Florida, and various other SW Florida environment-related collections dating to the early 1920s. The process involves the rescue and preservation of unpublished documents and data from various entities, conversion to electronic format and e-publication of some of the key materials in the Library's open-access repository, DSpace. Initial digitization was funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. In 2011, materials processing was supported by the Mote Scientific Foundation. This project was then expanded and continued in 2013, thanks to funds from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.</p>
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The biographical information herein is from discussions with Dr. Eugenie Clark, Dr. Breder’s field journals and accompanying metadata, and an article by Dr. James W. Atz “A biography of Charles M. Breder, Jr.”
For a more detailed biography see the Charles M. Breder Chair flyer in this collection, which includes pieces by Dr. Eugenie Clark and Dr. Perry W. Gilbert, and a biography written by James W. Atz in Copeia No.3, pp. 853-856, 1986.
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This collection includes photographs, drawings, rescued documents, transcriptions of field journals, and other materials about or written by Charles M. Breder, Jr. (1897-1983).
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This collection includes items also found in the Bass Biological Laboratory Collection. Items include correspondence with the Bass Biological Laboratory from 1936-1939 & 1941.
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, 2014-11-14)This is the eighth of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. This diary covers Dr. Breder’s experiments and activities at his home in Englewood from ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, 2014-11-14)This is the seventh of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. This diary covers Dr. Breder’s experiments at his home in Englewood from October 1964-August ...
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(2014)This field journal by Charles M. Breder, Jr. was written during his fieldwork in New Hampshire and New Jersey, as well as, some entries pertaining to New York and Prince Edward Island from 1935 through 1959. This diary ...
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(2014-09-16)This is a collection of species collected by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork from 1921 to 1929. This diary covers many species that Dr. Breder interacted with, noting details such as length, weight, ...
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(2014)This is a journal of field notes by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork from 1930 to 1935 primarily in Nassau, Bahamas and N.E. United States. The writing details Dr. Breder’s observations of behavior ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-07)This is the sixth of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. This diary covers Dr. Breder’s experiments at his home in Englewood in September 1963-July ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-06)This journal includes the Personal Bibliography, Personal Chronography and Lectures of Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. The personal bibliography spanning the years of 1915 to 1976 reflects Dr. Breder’s research on the behavior ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-07)This is the fifth of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. This diary covers Dr. Breder’s experiments at his home in Englewood in 1963. Much like ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-06)This is the fourth of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. This diary covers Dr. Breder’s experiments at his home in Englewood from 1961 to 1963. ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-06)This is a journal of field notes by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica from 1972 to 1974. The writing details Breder’s observations of the schooling patterns of ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-06)This is the third of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. The journal spans the period of November 1960 through November 1961 and details Breder’s ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-06)This is the second of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. The journal spans the period of May 1959 through November 1960 and details Breder’s ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-06)This is the first of eight field journals by Dr. Charles M. Breder Jr. written during his fieldwork in Florida from 1958 to 1974. This diary covers three expeditions from 1958 to 1959. Many of his observations were of ...
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(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2014-06)This series includes three field diaries by Dr. Charles M. Breder, documenting his expeditions to Bimini, an island chain in the Bahamas. During these research trips the Lerner Marine Laboratory was constructed and ...
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(2013-03-13)This image is part of the photograph series of the Charles M. Breder Jr Collection (1914-2004). This image was part of a scrapbook that included some captions, but no date is associated with this image.
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(2013-03-13)This image is part of the photograph series of the Charles M. Breder Jr Collection (1914-2004). No date is associated with this image. The photographer may be Charles M. Breder Jr.
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(2013-03-13)This image is part of the photograph series of the Charles M. Breder Jr Collection (1914-2004). This image was part of a scrapbook that included some captions, but no date is associated with this image.
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(2013-03-13)This image is part of the photograph series of the Charles M. Breder Jr Collection (1914-2004). This image was part of a scrapbook that included some captions, but no date is associated with this image. The photographer ...
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(2013-03-13)This image is part of the photograph series of the Charles M. Breder Jr Collection (1914-2004). This image was part of a scrapbook that included some captions, but no date is associated with this image. The city in the ...
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(2013-03-13)This image is part of the photograph series of the Charles M. Breder Jr Collection (1914-2004). This image was part of a scrapbook that included some captions, but no date is associated with this image.