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DOVE MARINE LABORATORY. CULLERCOATS 



sandy beaches, rocky and i;ravelly shores, estuarine 

 conditions. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 6 visitors; fees charged; hving quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library; small aquarium tanks, large, private 

 aquarium for research; identitied reference collection 

 of local marine fauna; machine and wood shop, skilled 

 shop workman available; one 53 ft vessel, R. V. 

 Alexander Aieek. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General marine biology; 

 post graduate research leading to M.Sc. or Ph.D. 

 degrees from the University of Durham. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Five at professional level; 5 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Foraminifera: Astrorhiza liniicnla 



Anthozoa: Melridiuin senile 



Turbellaria: Piocerodes tilva 



Polychaeta : Nereis sp. 



Diptera : Coelopa sp. 



Lamellibranchia: Mya arenaria 



Crustacea: Carciniis maenas, Honiariis ndgaris 



Selachii: Raia radiala 



Teleostei : Gadus rnorhua 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFK 

 LEADERS: 



Ethology of the lobster, other crustaceans and hsh 

 (H. O. Bull) 



Benthonic communities in relation to sediments, cur- 

 rents, and feeding (J. B. Buchanan) 



Biology of Crangon allniani; the ligament of Luci- 

 nacea; development of Pandora (J. A. Allen) 



Plankton distribution in relation to water movements ; 

 inshore current systems (F. Evans) 



National Institute of Oceanography 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, Eng- 

 land. 

 LOCATION: Near London, England. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Dr. G. E. R. Deacon, Director 



of Institute. Mr. R. I. Currie, Head of Marine Biolog- 

 ical Program. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: National Oceanographic Coun- 

 cil (Governmental). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1949. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research in general 

 oceanography, including marine biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: North Sea, Eng- 

 lish Channel, Irish Sea, Atlantic Ocean. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 3-4 postgraduate workers only; no fees charged; 

 living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 research collections of the Discovery, mainly Southern 

 Ocean plankton; machine and wood shop, electrical 

 and electronic shop, skilled shop workman available; 

 261 ft LOA, R.R.S. Discovery II. 



SIZE OF STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE: Fifty at professional 

 level; 25 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND 

 SCIENTIFIC LEADERS: 



Bionomics of whales (N. A. Mackintosh, R. M. Laws 



and S. G. Brown) 

 Productivity of oceanic waters (R. I. Currie and P. 



Foxton) 

 Taxonomy and distribution of Southern Ocean 



Chaetagnatha (P. M. David) 

 Biological and ecological studies on E/zphaus/a s/ipeiha 



(J.\V. S. Marr) 

 Ecological and productivity studies of the Southern 



Ocean (T. J. Hart) 

 Studies on sperm whales (R. H. Clarke) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Discovery Reports (published 

 regularly) 





NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, WORMLEY 



