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plankton, etc.; identified reference collections of fresh- 

 water fauna and flora of Lake Biwa-ko and other 

 Japanese inland waters; boats and outboard motors. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Fresh-waler fauna and 



flora, plankton, and limnology. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Five at professional level; 1 technician. 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Zooplankton: Taxonomy of Rotatoria, ecology of 



plankton (Kokichi Yamamoto) 

 Phytoplankton: Taxonomy of diatoms, ecology of 



fresh-water algae (Ken-ichiro Negoro) 

 General ecology of fresh-water organisms (Syuiti 



Mori") 

 Paleolimnology and pleistocene ecology (Shoji Horie) 

 Ecology of fishes (Taiso Miura) 



Kyushu Dtiii'ukti, Suisangakn Kyosh'ttsu, Sn't- 

 san jikkeusho 



KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES, 

 FISHERIES RESEARCH LABORATORY 



POSTAL .address: 



jMaiii laboratory: Hakozaki-machi, Fukuoka, Nippon 



(Japan). 

 Branch laboratory: Tsuyazaki-machi, Fukuoka Pre- 

 fecture. 

 EXECUTIVE officers: 



Main laboratory: Professor Tetuo Tomiyama, Chair- 

 man. 

 Branch laboratory: Otohiko Tanaka, Director. 

 YEAR founded: 



Main laboratory: 1941. 

 Branch laboratory: 1944. 



scope of activities: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search on aquatic resources (population dynamics), 

 oceanography, plankton, ichthyolog)', phycology, 

 fishery chemistry and technology, water pollution and 

 marine mycology; graduate and undergraduate instruc- 

 tion. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Hakata Bay 

 (main laboratory), Genkai-Nada (branch laboratory) ; 

 open ocean, sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions, and brackish, shallow 

 bays. 



facilities for visiting scientists: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters nearby. 



MAJOR research AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea and fresh-water; 

 extensive research and identified reference collections 

 of fishes and marine algae; machine and wood shop, 

 electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop workman 

 available; one 11.3 m LOA vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Ichthyology, population dy- 

 namics, oceanography, plankton, fishery technology', 

 pollution, phycolog)', marine mycolog}'. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Nine at professional level; 8 technicians 

 and research assistants. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Phaeophyceae: Sargassum spp. 

 Polychaeta: Rhizodrilm: limastis 

 Arthropoda: Tachypteiis tridentatus Leach 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Fishery biology of bottom fishes; life history of fishes 



(H. Tsukahara) 

 Epiphytic algae of the drifting Sargassum (T. Sawada) 

 Pelagic copepods of the Japanese waters (O. Tanaka) 

 Reaction of fishes to toxic substances (S. Ishio) 

 Mineral metabolism of fish by use of radioisotopes 



(T. Tomiyama) 

 Quality studies of fish using antibiotics (T. Tomiyama) 

 Growth-promoting substances in liver (T. Tomiyama) 

 Antibiotic activity of oxidized oils (M. Toyomizu) 

 Marine yeasts (Y. Tomiyasu and S. Suehiro) 



M'te Kenritsu Da'tgaku, Sn'isan Gakubn 



PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MIE, FACULTY OF 

 FISHERIES 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Otanichoe, Tsu, Mei Prefecture, 



Nippon (Japan) . 



The faculty of Fisheries maintains both a marine 



biological laboratory and a fresh-water biological 



laboratory' in addition to the headquarters at the 



university. 

 location: Near Nagoya. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Yaichiro Okada, Dean 



and Professor of Marine Zoology and Ichthyology. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine and fresh-water biology; instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



physical environment ACCESSIBLE: Ise Bay, Pacific 

 Ocean ; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, 



Mir KENRITSU DAIGAKU, SUISAN (,AKI lU 



