Interview of Sayed Z. El-Sayed by Brian Shoemaker

• Main Author: El-Sayed, Sayed Z. (Sayed Zakaria), 1926-
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Brian
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic Ocean > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; El-Sayed; Sayed Z. (Sayed Zakaria); 1926- > Interviews; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Argentina; Drake Passage; Filchner Ice Shelf; Henson; Heywood; Indian; Pacific; Ravel; Roland; Scripps; Stephenson; Stonehouse; The Antarctic; Thornton; Todd; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6047

Dr. Hussein Fausi, pp. 2 Professor Abdel Fatah Mohammed, pp. 2 Dr. Richard Van Cleef, pp. 3 Dr. Richard Flemming, pp. 3 Haupt ______, pp. 3 Ravel _______, pp. 3 Shepard ______, pp. 3 Claude du Bear, pp. 3 Walter Monk, pp. 3 Peter Ray, pp. 3 Captain Luis R. Capurro, pp. 6-7 Byunig Don Lee, pp. 8, 22 Dr. Martin Johnson, pp. 9 Captain Canepa, pp. 9-10 Larry Gould, pp. 10 ______Zumberg, pp. 10 Lee Washbrun, pp. 10 George Llano, pp. 10, 15, 23-24, 30 Professor Mosby, pp. 12 Richard Thornton, pp. 13 _______Allsion McQueeny, pp. 15 Dr. Morita, pp. 15, 23 Claude Zumell, pp. 16 Holm Henson, pp. 16, 23 Larry Weber, pp. 19 _______Filchner, pp. 22 _______Shackelton, pp. 22 Mary Alice ________, pp. 22-23 George Knox, pp. 28 Dr. Numoto, pp. 29 Lou de Galle, pp. 29 Dick Laws, pp. 29, 37, 42, 64, 66 Joe Farnham, pp. 34, 63 Carol ________, pp. 35 Todd ________, pp. 40 Lubimora ______, pp. 40 Professor Bogdanor, pp. 41 __________ Kryzechevski, pp. 42 Barry Heywood, pp. 42, 65 David Drury, pp. 43 Martin Johnson, pp. 46 Carl Stegan, pp. 54 Sherwood Roland, pp. 55 Mario Mornina, pp. 55 Paul Ramsey, pp. 55-56 Bob Stephenson, pp. 60 Paul Skelly Powers, pp. 60 Charlie Inge, pp. 60 _________ Hovis, pp. 60 Emil Anderson, pp. 61 Admiral Bill Ramsey, pp. 62 Dean Stockwell, pp. 62 Bernard Stonehouse, pp. 64 Bob Abel, pp. 67 Dr. El-Sayed was born in Alexandria, Egypt. After secondary school, he went to the University of Alexandria for his B.S. (1949) in Oceanography. After his M.S., he went to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography on a Fulbright Fellowship. He received his PhD from the University of Washington. As professor emeritus at Texas A & M, he directs a project with the Cooperative Marine Research Program in the Middle East. A friend asked him to work on a biological project on Drake Passage, Antarctica. He worked for several years on vessels from Argentina and was later assigned to a ship for the study of krill. The science team included specialists interested in different aspects of the ecosystem. This was the first of many trips, including those on the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean. He wrote the book “The Historical Perspective of the Antarctic Marine Research.” This book addresses the studies on the productivity of krill, in addition to phytoplankton and how solar radiation, nutrients, and the depletion of the ozone affected the marine ecosystem. The UVB radiation had a deleterious effect on the survival of the phytoplankton and nanoplankton. Dr. El-Sayed describes his associations with SCAR, BIMASS, SCORE, and other research organizations. He summarizes the phasing out of CFCs production. Because some phytoplankton are inhibited by solar radiation, the maximum concentration of chlorophyll is between 10 and 20 meters. As a member of the Nimbus Experimental Team, Dr. El-Sayed used the coastal zone color scanner to study the krill ecosystem. Major Topics The University of Alexandria The Scripps Institute of Oceanography The University of Washington Texas A & M University Cooperative Marine Research Program in the Middle East Drake Passage in Antarctica Phytoplankton and nanoplankton on the Filchner Ice Shelf Water currents in the Weddell Sea Changes in the krill population The formation of SCAR’s Marine Committee The Antarctic marine ecosystem Establishment of the first two International BIMASS experiments The use of satellite images to study marine ecology Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.