ZENKEVICH 436 



Office: Institute of Chemical Physics of USSR Academy of 



Sciences 

 Vorob'evskoye Shosse 2 

 Moscow, USSR 



ZENKEVICH, LEV ALEXANDROVICH (Qceanographer) 



L. A. Zenkevich was born June 17, 1889. He was a graduate 

 of the Law Faculty in 1912, and in 1916 of the Moscow Universi- 

 ty Department of Phy si co- Mathematical Faculty. Upon his 

 graduation, he worked there as a professor since 1930. He 

 also worked at the Institute of Oceanography at the Academy of 

 Sciences in 1927. He became a Corresponding Member of the 

 U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in 1953. 



Zenkevich took an active part in organizing the Floating 

 Scientific Marine Institute (later known as the State Oceano- 

 graphic Institute) where he worked from 1921-30. He took part 

 in many expeditions for comprehensive study of the northern 

 seas, the Caspian, the Far East Seas and the Pacific Ocean 

 (1949-52); he directed the expedition on the "Vitiaz." His basic 

 work is devoted to the fauna of the Russian seas. He introduced 

 a quantitative system for the study of marine benthic fauna. He 

 has developed ration methods of feeding of fish. To improve 

 the food base of the Caspian, he acclimatized the clamworm. 

 He studied the evolution of motive power of invertebrates. 

 From 1955 he was a member of the Advisory Committee on 

 Marine Science at the UNESCO and vice president of the Special 

 Committee on Oceanographic Research at the International 

 Council of Scientific Unions. 



In August 1959, Zenkevich visited the United States to attend 

 the International Oceanographic Conference in New York City. 

 As of 1961 he was Chairman of the Oceanographic Committee 

 of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. 

 Bibliography: 



Fauna and the Productivity of the Seas, 1947, 1-2. 



The Seas of U.S.S.R., their Fauna and Flora, 2nd ed., 1956. 



and others. Animal Geography, 1946. 

 Office: Chairman of Oceanographic Committee 



USSR Academy of Sciences 

 Leninskii Prospekt, 14 

 Moscow, USSR 

 Residence: Lomonosovskii Prospekt, 14 



Moscow, USSR 

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