106 li'ory Co as I 



identihed reference collections of local fishes, Crus- 

 tacea and Mollusca; machine and wood shop, skilled 

 shop workman available; vessels, 11m LOA, Piiiasse, 

 and 26 m LOA, Trauler. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 4 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pelecypoda: Teredinae 



Pisces: Sardinella aiirita, S. seba. Neothi/im/is alba- 

 cord, ParalhiiiDita ohesiis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biology of tuna and Sarclinella (E. Marchal) 



Bottom ecology and biology of demersal fishes (P. 



Rancurel) 

 Biology of Teredinae (P. Rancurel) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin du Service Oceanog- 

 raphiqiie de la Cote d'h'oire (occasionally published 

 journal). 



JAPAN 



Geiriii Kenkyusho 



WHALES RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



POSTAL address: No. 4, 12-Chome, Nishigashi-Dori, 

 Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Nippon (Japan). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Hideo Omura, Director. 



SPONSORING agency: Japan Whaling Association and 

 the Japanese governmental Fisheries Agency. 



YEAR founded: 1947. 



SCOPE of ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on whale 

 biology, particularly population studies. 



season of OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: North Pacific 

 Ocean. Working field consists of coastal water of 

 Japan, the Bering Sea, and the Antarctic Ocean. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; research 

 collections of external parasites of whales ( including 

 diatoms and Amphipoda), whale food (copepods and 

 euphausiids) and cetacean skeletons; type specimens 

 of beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, and type 

 specimens of parasitic diatoms Plumosigma Imstedti, 

 P. riniosum, and Sla?iro>!eis omurai. 



major current ri;search projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Population study of large whales (Hideo Omura) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: The Scientific Reports of the 

 Whales Research histitiite (annually published jour- 

 nal) 



H'lroshiuia Daigakti, M/ikaisbimn Rinktti Jik- 

 kensho 



HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, 

 BIOLOGICAL STATION 



MUKAISHIMA MARINE 



GFIRUI KENKYUSHO, TOKYO 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Mukaishima-cho (Onomichi Post 

 Oflice), Hiroshima Prefecture, Nippon (Japan). 



LOCATION : Near Onomichi, Inland Sea. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Toshijiro Kawamura, Direc- 

 tor of Station and Professor, Hiroshima University, 

 Hiroshima. 



year FOUNDED: 1933. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine zoology and plankton ; graduate and under- 

 graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Setonaikai (In- 

 land Sea of Seto) ; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and 

 gravelly shores, and brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 2-3 visitors and 30 students; no fees 

 charged for research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water; small aquarium tanks ; research 

 and identified reference collections of Inland Sea 

 fauna ; machine and wood shop; vessels, 5 m LOA 

 motorboat, Venus, and 10 m LOA power vessel, 

 Spams. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROc;RAM : General invertebrate zool- 

 ogy, malacology, ichthyology, marine plankton, de- 

 velopmental and experimental embryology of sea ur- 

 chins, and general physiology. 



SIZE OF staff: Two at professional level; 1 technician. 



IMPORTANT species AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: 

 Echiuroidea: Thalassen/a gogoshinwnse. Ikeda taoii- 



oides 

 Mollusca: Tanianoralva Umax 

 B rach i opod a : Lingiila unguis 

 Echinodermata: Heliocidaris crassispina 

 Xiphosura: Tachypleus tridentatua 

 Enteropneusta: Glaudiceps hacksi 



