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MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Taxonomy and ecology of fresh-water sponges (Taiji 



Imamura) 

 Taxonomy of fishes and water-mites (Taiji Imamura) 

 Ecology of Polychaeta (Hisabumi Kikiichi) 

 Osmotic regulation in Crustacea (Jutaro Shinozaki) 

 Ecology of water plants (Nobuo Nomoto) 

 Taxonomy of water plants (Masatomo Suzuki) 

 Taxonomy and ecology of algae (Masami Sato) 

 Bottom ecology of Lake Hinuma (Yoshio Yamazaki) 



Kagawaken St/isan Shikenjo 



KAGAWA PREFECTURAL FISHERIES EXPERIMENTAL 

 STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Shido-cho, Okawa-gun, Kagawaken, 



Nippon (Japan). 

 LOCATION: Near Takamatsu. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Kojiro Tanaka, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1900. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on general 

 marine biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Seto Inland Sea; 

 brackish, shallow bays, and rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete 

 library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium 

 tanks ; research collections of fishes, Crustacea, Cepha- 

 lopoda, and marine flora including Chlorophyceae and 

 Phaeophyceae; identified reference collections of local 

 fauna and flora; machine and wood shop; one 11 m 

 LOA vessel. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional lex el; 11 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIi:S AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Algae: Porphyrii lenera. jWonostronut spp. 



Mollusca: Grypbae gigtis, G. denselamellosa. Gar- 

 dinin iiuilictaii, Solen gordoiiis, Sepia mbacnleata, 

 Polypus VNlgaris, P. fangsiao 



Crustacea: Pleuronicbtys corniitus, Aietapeiiaeops/s 

 barbatus, M. acelivis. Trachypeiiaens ciirvirostris, 

 Penaeus japoiiicns, P. nionoceros, P. semisiilcatns 



Pisces: Ei/gniul/s jdpon/cus, Ammodytes persoiitiis, 

 Satirida elongata, Conger tnyriaster, Leiognathus 

 riviilalnni. Apogoii linealiis, S/llago s'lhama. Pagro- 

 sonius major, Scoiiiberomortis niphon'ius 

 MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Pathology of shellfish (Kojiro Tanaka) 



Experiments on the cultivation of P. tenelLi (Teruo 



Takasugi and Shigemi Kambara) 

 Biological and chemical examination of sea water and 



bottom mud around oyster beds (Akira Kodo and 



Chitari Ono) 



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KAGAWAKEN SUISAN SHIKENJO 



Experiments on the cultivation of C inyriaster. (Tom- 



otada Matsuoka and Tomoyuki Nada) 

 Biochemical examination of meat of fishes (Yoshirobu 



Isa) 

 Physiological research of fishes of Seto Inland Sea 



(Shosaku Tokida and Kozo Takahashi) 

 Ecological survey of Atriuu jdponica (Kunio Takinoto 



and Muneo Takeuchi ) 



Kagosh'ima Daigakii, Snisati Gaktibti 



KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FISHERIES 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 470 Shimo-arata-cho, Kagoshima, 



Nippon (Japan). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: S. Konda, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1949. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology; undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: East China Sea; 

 oligotrophic lake. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



M.'VJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library; large outdoor ponds; research col- 

 lections of local fishes and marine algae of southern 

 Japan, Formosa, Okinawa, etc. ; identified reference 

 collections of Western Pacific flying fishes (life his- 

 tory stages) and local Protoflorideae, Potamogeto- 

 naceae and Hydrocalitaceae ; small machine and wood 

 shop, small electrical and electronic shop; vessels, 

 60. 'i m LOA, Kagoshima Alaru, 36 m LOA, Keiteu 

 Mani, and 14 m LOA, Shirnyama. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Aquatic zoology, ichthyol- 

 ogy, aquatic botany, plankton, aquatic ecology, physiol- 

 ogy of aquatic animals, embryology of aquatic ani- 

 mals, fisheries biology, oceanography, etc. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Forty-one at professional level; 15 

 officers of research-training vessels. 



