McClintock, James

Marine chemical ecology. I. McClintock, James B. II. Baker, Bill J. (Bill James),... 

James B. McClintock Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,... 

Harbome JB (1989) Recent advances in chemical ecology. Nat Prod Rep 6 85-109 Harper MK, Bugni TS, Copp BR, James RD, Lindsay BS, Richardson AD, Schnabel PC, Tasdemir D, VanWagoner RM, Verbitzki SM, Ireland CM (2001) Introduction to the chemical ecology of marine natural products. In McClintock JB, Baker BJ (eds) Marine chemical ecology. CRC, Boca Raton, FL... 

The Chemical Ecology of Antarctic Marine Organisms Research Project was initiated in 1988 by James McClintock, shown here (fifth from left) with his team of colleagues and research assistants. In 1992, he was joined by Bill Baker (second from right). Baker is shown in the inset dressing for a dive into the icy Antarctic water. Like many other science projects, this one was interdisciplinary, involving the efforts of scientists from a variety of backgrounds. 

The scientific process is aptly illustrated by the efforts of an Antarctic research team headed by James McClintock, professor of biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Bill Baker, professor of chemistry at the University of South Florida, both shown in Figure 1.6. One aspect of their research involved studying the toxic chemicals Antarctic marine organisms secrete to defend themselves against predators. McClintock and Baker observed a bizarre relationship between two animal species, a sea butterfly and an amphipod— a relationship that led to a series of scientific activities. 

James B. McClintock, Bill J. Baker, and Deborah K. Steinberg... 

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