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PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; machine 

 and wood shop, electrical and electronic shop ; skilled 

 shop workman available; one 45 ft LOA vessel. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 8 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



The distribution and accumulation of fission product 

 wastes by marine organisms in the North Irish Sea 

 (J. Mauchline) 



The study of the effect of fission product wastes dis- 

 charged into fresh-water (V, M. Brown) 



University of Liverpool, Marine Biological Sta- 

 tion 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Port Erin, Isle of Man, England. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: John S. Colman, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1885. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology ; undergraduate and graduate instruc- 

 tion. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Irish Sea; sandy 

 and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine 

 conditions, shallow bays, streams, wide variety of sea 

 bottoms. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 8 visitors; fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, 

 small aquarium tanks, public aquarium, seafish hatch- 

 ery; identified reference collections of many marine 

 fish, invertebrates and algae ; machine and wood shop, 

 skilled shop workman available; small boats and out- 

 board motors, diesel vessels; 60 ft LOA, W^iUiam 

 Herdtmn, and 29 ft LOA, Cypris. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General marine biology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Eight at professional level; 5 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Algae: Lciininaria hyperborea 

 Pisces : Pletironectes platessa 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Bottom fauna; taxonomy of Cumacea (N. S. Jones) 

 Herring and scallop fisheries (A. B. Bowers) 

 Zooplankton; decapod larvae (D. I. Williamson) 

 Submarine algae (Joanna Kain) 

 Chaetognatha (J. S. Colman) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: L. M. B. C. Memoirs (on typi- 

 cal marine plants and animals) (published occa- 

 sionally) 



University of London, Queen Mary College, 

 Marine Biological Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Sea Wall, Whitstable, England. 



LOCATION: Near Canterbury, England. 



EXECUTIVE officer: G. E. Newell, Professor of Zool- 

 ogy, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London 

 E. 1, England. 



year founded: 1952. 



SCOPE of activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 biology, behavior and physiology of shore fauna; 

 graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



season of operation: Mainly March to November. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Thames Estuary 

 and English Channel ; sandy and silty beaches, estu- 

 arine conditions, brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 5 visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea water, small aquarium tanks; 

 identified reference collection of local fauna and flora 

 available at Laboratory and at Queen Mary College, 

 London; vessels may be hired from local inshore 

 fishermen. 



iN,STRUCTiONAL PROGRAM: Short courses in marine 

 biolog}' are given usually during vacation periods; in 

 alternate years a 1 week course in comparative physi- 

 ology is offered. 



SIZE OF .STAFF: One technician. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: All common species of the English coast 

 are available. A fauna list has been published in the 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Physiology and behavior of intertidal mollusks (G. 



E. Newell) 

 Behavior of small intertidal Crustacea (J. D. Carthy) 

 Physiology of trematodes (R. F. H. Freeman) 

 Chemical and physical properties of sands in variation 



to respiration of burrowing animals (H. M. Fox) 



Water Pollution Research Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Elder Way, Stevenage, Herts, Eng- 

 land. 



LOCATION: Near London. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. B. A. Southgate, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Department of Scientific and 

 Industrial Research. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1927. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Officially restricted research on 

 the prevention of the pollution of rivers and other 

 sources of water supply. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



