Henning Eiler Petersen
Henning Eiler 'Petersen' was a Danish mycologist, botanist and marine biologist. He made a major contribution to unveiling the mysterious die-back of eel grass in Northern European waters in the early 20th century as a pathogen outbreak.
Petersen's main research was in what was then known as lower fungi – Chytridiomycota and Oomycetes, but he also studied the systematics of Red algae. Parallel to these lines of research, he investigated the intraspecific morphological variation in plant species – which would today be called quantitative genetics.
The Oomycete genus Petersenia is named to his honour.
Selected scientific bibliography
- Petersen, H.E. Notes sur les Phycomycètes observés dans les téguments vides des nymphes de Phryganées avec description de trios espèces nouvelles de Chytridinées. Journal de Botanique 17 : 214–222.
- Petersen, H.E. Contributions à la connaissance des Phycomycètes marins. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger 1905 : 439–488
- Petersen, H.E. Danske Arter af Slægten Ceramium Lyngbye . Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter - Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling, 7.Rk., vol. 5.
- Petersen, H.E. The structure and biology of Arctic flowering plants. 2. The biological anatomy of them leaves and stems. Meddelelser om Grønland 36: 73–138.
- Petersen, H.E. The structure and biology of Arctic flowering plants An account of Danish freshwater Phycomycetes, with biological and systematical remarks. Annales Mycologici 8: 494–560.
- Ostenfeld, C.H. & Petersen, H.E. On a new Plasmodiophoracea found in Canada. Zeitschrift für Botanik 23: 13–18.
- Petersen, H. E. Indledende Studier over Polymorfien hos Anthriscus silvestris Hoffm. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 1: 1–150.
- Petersen, H.E. Studier over Polymorphien hos Vaccinium uliginosum. Botanisk Tidsskrift 38.
- Petersen, H.E. Nogle Studier over Pimpinella saxifraga L. Botanisk Tidsskrift 37: 222–240.
- Petersen, H.E. Études ultérieures sur la polymorphie de l'Anthriscus silvester Hoffm. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 4: 1–28.
- Petersen, H.E. Über die Variation der Potentilla erecta Dalla Torre. Botanisk Tidsskrift 39: 368–374.
- Petersen, H.E. Wasting disease in eel grass. Nature 134: 143–144.
- Petersen, H.E. Preliminary report on the disease of eel-grass. Report from the Danish Biological Station 40: 3–8.