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New Zealand 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: (at Wellington) 

 Gastropoda : Ha/ hi is iris 

 Crustacea: Jasns lalandii 

 Pisces. Galeorhiniis aiistralis, Cheilodactylns macrop- 



terus, Chrysophrys auratus, Coridodax piiUtis, Salmo 



trutta, Carassus auratus 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Fresh-water angling statistics, expenditure surveys and 

 stream bo'.tom fauna investigation (Kenneth Rad- 

 way Allen) 



Tarakihi and snapper investigation (Margaret Kemp 

 McKenzie) 



Management investigations, Rotorua lakes. Lake 

 Taupo, Lake Alexandrina, etc. (Brian Turnbull 

 Cunningham) 



Ecology of rainbow trout in the lakes (Rotorua Labo- 

 ratory) (Geoffrey Robert Fish) 



Interrelations and ecology of eels and brown trout in 

 rivers ( Christchurch Laboratory) (Alfred Maxwell 

 Ralph Burnet) 



Ecology of oysters, Ostrea siiiiiata ( David Henry 

 Stead) 



Investigations into ecology of flatfish ; feeding habits 

 of seals ; whale marking (work carried out from 

 Lyttelton) (Terence Brian Simpson Gorman and 

 Robert John Street) 



New Zealatid Oceanographic Institute 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 8009, 177 Thorndon 



Quay, Wellington C.l, New Zealand. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: James W. Brodie, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Department of Scientific and 



Industrial Research. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1954. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on general 

 marine biology, geology and physical oceanography. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Southwest Pa- 

 cific Ocean, Tasman Sea, Wellington Harbour; sandy 

 and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, and 

 brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 research collections of benthos, plankton and sedi- 

 ment microfauna from New Zealand region, tropical 

 southwest Pacific, Southern Ocean and Ross Sea; ex- 

 tensive reference collections of local fauna and flora 

 available at nearby Dominion Museum; machine and 

 wood shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop 

 workman available; vessels, 220 ft LOA, M.V. 

 Taraiiui, and 18 ft LOA, motor launch, Taihoa. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Thirteen at professional level; 13 tech- 

 nicians. 



NEW ZEALAND OCEANOGRAPHIC INilllL-it 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Phaeophyceae: Macrocystis pyrifera, Carpophjilum 



maschalocarpum 

 Rhodophyceae: Gigartina spp. 

 Mollusca: Ampbibola sp., A»iphidesma sp., Haliolis 



spp. 

 Coelenterata : Phylactenactis sp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Ocean circulation in Southern Ocean 



Deep currents (A. E. Gilmour) 



Regional circulation studies (D, M. Garner) 



Benthonic ecology of shelf regions (D. E. Hurley) 



Benthonic ecology of Ross Sea (J. S. BuUivant) 



Phytoplankton distribution, systematics and ecology 



(U. V. Cassia) 

 Microdistribution of plankton (R. M. Cassie) 

 Amphipod and isopod systematics (D. E. Hurley) 

 Ecology of marine bacteria (T. M. Skerman) 

 Recent Foraminifera, distribution, systematics and 



ecology 

 Distribution of shelf sediments (H. M. Pantin) 

 Deep sea sediments 



Regional bathymetry and interpretation! J. W. Brodie) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: 



Netii Zealand Journal of Science (D.S.I.R. regularly 

 published journal which includes papers from the 

 Oceanographic Institute) 



Neil' Zealand Oceanographic liislilute Menioirs (occa- 

 sionally published) 



Portobello Marine Biological Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Box 8, Portobello, New Zealand. 



location: Near Dunedin. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Elizabeth Batham, Senior 



Lecturer in Marine Biology. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: University of Otago. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1904. 



