Georg Ossian Sars (April 20, 1837 - April 9, 1927) was a Norwegian marine biologist. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Like his father, Michael, Georg Sars was a marine taxonomist, and is credited with the discovery of a number of new species, particularly mysids and ostracods. Taxonomy (from Greek ταξινομία from the words taxis = order and nomos = law) may refer to either a hierarchical classification of things, or the principles underlying the classification. ... Any of various small, shrimplike, chiefly marine crustaceans of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch beneath the thorax. ... Orders Archaeocopida (extinct) Leperditicopida (extinct) Palaeocopida (extinct) Podocopida Platycopida Myodocopida Introduction Ostracoda is a class of the Crustacea, sometimes known as the seed shrimp because of their appearance. ...

Michael Sars was comissioned by the Norwegian government to study the variability in catches of cod in the Norwegian Sea, but unfortunately died before this work could be completed, and Georg took over. Cod was the major Norwegian export in the mid 19th century, yet in some years catches were very poor, causing fishermen to default on bank loans, and damaging the Norwegian balance of trade. Consequently, Georg Sars is credited with making the first serious studies in fisheries science. COD may refer to: Call of Duty (Computer Game) Cause Of Death Click of Death (Hard Drive Term) Cash on delivery Cod fish Carrier onboard delivery Chemical oxygen demand Concise Oxford Dictionary This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Location The Norwegian Sea (Norwegian: Norskehavet) is part of the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of Norway, located between the North Sea (i. ... Default is the name of a number of quite different concepts. ... Balance of trade figures are the sum of the money gained by a given economy by selling exports, minus the cost of buying imports. ... A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing. ...

Georg Sars is remembered in the patronymy of a number of marine invertebrates, as well as the flagship of the Norwegian research fleet, the RV G.O.Sars. A patronymic is a personal name based on the name of ones father. ... Invertebrate is a term coined by Chevalier de Lamarck to describe any animal without a backbone or vertebra, like insects, squids and worms. ... A research vessel is a ship primarily constructed to carry out scientific research at sea. ...

External Links

• The RV G.O. Sars (http://www.imr.no/english/about_imr/vessels/g.o._sars)