Life-history traits of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard) with particular emphasis on seasonality [Elektronische Ressource] / Silke Lischka
Life-history traits of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard) with particular emphasis on seasonality Silke Lischka Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) Marine Zoologie Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie Universität Bremen Oktober 2006 Prolog All we have is the Almighty’s For disappointments that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of heaven: and it is our own fault if they prove not to our advantage. To repine at them does not mend the matter: it is only to grumble at our Creator. But to see the hand of God in them, with a humble submission to his will, is the way to turn our water into wine and engage the greatest love and mercy on our side. ... ... But it is hard for us to look on things in such a glass, and at such a distance from this low world; and yet it is our duty, and would be our wisdom and our glory to do so. (William Penn, 1644–1718) „When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man’s labor on earth–his eyes not seeing sleep day or night–then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning.