The CRAI Library at Biology of UB invites you to participate in the Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef

The Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef is a free activity that takes place at the CRAI Library at Biology of UB.
The Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef is a free activity that takes place at the CRAI Library at Biology of UB.
Research
(26/11/2014)

To improve and enlarge Wikipedia's contents about Dr Margalef, ecology and environment are the main objectives of the Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef that takes place next Saturday, 29 November. The CRAI Library at Biology of UB, the Secretary for Environment and Sustainability of the Government of Catalonia and Amical Wikimedia organise the initiative. The Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef is a free activity that takes place at the CRAI Library at Biology of UB. Please register here.

The Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef is a free activity that takes place at the CRAI Library at Biology of UB.
The Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef is a free activity that takes place at the CRAI Library at Biology of UB.
Research
26/11/2014

To improve and enlarge Wikipedia's contents about Dr Margalef, ecology and environment are the main objectives of the Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef that takes place next Saturday, 29 November. The CRAI Library at Biology of UB, the Secretary for Environment and Sustainability of the Government of Catalonia and Amical Wikimedia organise the initiative. The Viquipèdia Editing Marathon Ramon Margalef is a free activity that takes place at the CRAI Library at Biology of UB. Please register here.

The initiative is part of an extensive programme of institutional activities entitled Ramon Margalef (1919-2004): 10 anys recordant el mestre, to honour Ramon Margalef, Emeritus Professor from the UB and an international example for many scientists around the world, who died on 23 May 2004, and commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death. The programme of institutional activities that pay tribute to Dr Margalef are organised by the University of Barcelona (UB), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC), the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB), the Academy of the Sciences and Arts of Barcelona (RACAB), the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), and the Botanical Garden of Marimurtra of Carl Faust Foundation, all them institutions closely related to R. Margalefʼs teaching and research career.

Ramon Margalef has been one of the most prolific and quoted scientists in the field of ecology. He published essential works to understand how does nature works, for instance Ecology (1974), Limnology (1983) and Our Biosphere (1997). Dr Margalef was the first scientist who received the Cross of Sant Jordi in 1997, and some years later, in 2003, he was awarded with the Gold Medal of the Government of Catalonia. He was pioneering in developing a high-quality marine research. Margalef directed the Institute of Fisheries Research (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC) from 1965 to 1967; he created Spainʼs first Chair in Ecology at UB in 1967. He was professor of the Department of Ecology at UB from 1967 to 1986 and then emeritus professor. Every generation that has been part of the Department of Ecology of UB has disseminated his superb research work. Many chairs in Ecology at different Spanish universities are held by his disciples and fellows.