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MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; identified 

 reference collections of Lamellibranchia of Mutsu Bay ; 

 machine and wood shop, skilled shop workman avail- 

 able; one 8.5 m LOA vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General zoology, plankton, 

 zoophysiology, and embryology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 2 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Hydrozoa : Cladonema uchidai 

 Pelecypoda: Caecella chine nsis 

 Brachiopoda: T erehr alalia oceanicit 

 Holothuroidca: Paracaudina chilensis ransoiinetii 

 Echinoidea: Strongylocenlrolus puhherrimus, S. 



nudus 

 Ascidiacea: Halocyuthia roreizi, Chelyosonia siboja 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS : 



Experimental investigations on the early development 



of marine animals (Isao Motomura) 

 Physiology of marine animals (Kiyoshi Aoki) 

 Synecological investigation of the tidal zone (Mutsuo 



Kato) 

 Investigations of the life cycles of invertebrate marine 



animals (Eturo Hirai) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: The Bulletin of the Marine 

 Biological Station of Asamiishi (regularly published 

 journal) 



Tokyo Da'i^aku, Nogaknhu Fuzokn, Su'isan 

 Jikkensho 



TOKYO UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FISHERIES LABORATORIES 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Two laboratories are described here: 



1. Shinmaiko, Chita-machi, Chita-gun, Aichi-ken, 

 Nippon (Japan) . 



2. Ikawazu, Atsumi-machi, Atsumi-gun, Aichi-ken, 

 Nippon (Japan). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professor Dr. Yoshio Hiyama, 

 Director, Shinmaiko Laboratory. 



year FOUNDED: 1936. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on biological 

 and chemical oceanography, general marine biology, 

 fish conservation, and fish culture. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Ise and Mikawa 

 Bays; open sea; estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow 

 bays, and fresh- and brackish-water fish ponds. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 

 visitors at each laboratory; no fees charged; living 

 space at Ikawazu and near the Shinmaiko laboratory. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and tanks. 



IK.^WAZU FISHERIES LABORATORY 



small aquarium tanks ; identified reference collection 

 of young fishes gathered in littoral Zostera zone; small 

 boats and outboard motors ; one 1 1 mm LOA vessel. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pelecypoda : Venernpis philippinarum 

 Crustacea: Penaeus japonicus 



Pisces: Cjpriniis ca)pio, Cara.uiiis aiirattis. Anguilla 

 japonica, M//gil cephaliis 

 CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC LEADERS: 



A Study on the phenomenon of the Tobi-Koi or shoot 



carp (N. Nakamura) 

 A study on the productivity of eel culture ponds (N. 



Nakamura) 

 A study on the anchor worm (Lernaea) parasitizing 



the eel (S. Kasahara) 

 An ecological study on Undaria pinnatifuLi (Y. Saito) 



Tokyo Daigaku, Rigakubu Fuzokn, Al/saki 

 Rinka'i Jikkensho 



TOKYO UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, MISAKI 

 MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Nip- 

 pon (Japan). 



LOCATION: Near Yokosuka. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Itiro Tomiyama, Director. 



\EAK founded: 1887. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology; undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE; Sagami and 

 Tokyo Bays; open ocean, sandy and silty beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 8 or 

 more visitors ; fees charged ; living space for 2 at the 

 station, other living quarters available nearby. 



