Dr. R. A. Vollenweider: the man and his science

摘要

Richard Vollenweider was a great man and a brilliant scientist; his interests were broad and varied and he knew a number of fields rather deeply. All those who met his mind recognized that immediately. He was an internationalist, spoke eight languages and lived and worked in many countries. His basic field was biology, but he branched out in almost all aspects of water sciences and indeed was known as the lakes doctor. During the period 1968 to 1988, he worked at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters (CCIW) and the National Water Research Institute.