200 United Stales of Ameri( 



Chemicals commonly found in industrial wastes (Ruth 

 Patrick, John Cairns) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Proceedings 3Lnd Memoirs (regu- 

 larly published scientific journals) . 



Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas 

 Laboratories 



POSTAL address: 



Headquarters: Department of Oceanography and 

 Meteorology, A. & M. College of Texas, College 

 Station, Texas, USA. "^i ' ; i , 



Marine Laboratory: A. & M. Marine Laboratory, 

 Building 311, Fort Croci<ett, Galveston, Texas. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Dale F. Leipper, Head of De- 

 partment of Oceanography and Meteorology. 

 season of operation: All year. 

 YEAR FOUNDED: Department of Oceanography and 



'i\IWMM\ M,\l;r..L L Mii_'H-\lul-.V 



Meteorology, 1949; A. & M. Marine Laboratory, 

 1953. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted oceanographic re- 

 search; graduate instruction. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of Mexico; 

 open ocean, sandy beach, estuarine conditions, and 

 brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: At the Depart- 

 ment, space for 5 visitors; living quarters available 

 nearby. At the Galveston Laboratory, research and 

 living space for 5 visitors. 



MAJOR FACILITIES: Laboratory; 60,000 square ft, partly 

 air conditioned, basic research facilities. Research 

 vessel, Alaminos, 180 feet, 770 gross tons, 6,000 mile 

 range, air conditioned, bow propulsion unit, thermal 

 tow, gravity meter, two 30,000 foot hydrographic 

 winches, dredging winch, other standard equipment; 

 ready July 1963. Instrumented offshore platforms, 

 Panama City, Florida, 3 and 11 miles from shore in 

 60 and 100 feet of water respectively, unmanned obser- 

 vations, 40 sensor channels. Two buildings on campus 



with offices, classrooms, and fully equipped laboratories 

 for oceanography and meteorology; 10 cm and 3 cm 

 weather radars; laboratories for biological, geological, 

 and chemical oceanography; library; also 2 mobile in- 

 strumented trailers for micrometeorological research. 

 Campus Data Processing Center (IBM 650 and 709 

 available) and Nuclear Science Center. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM : All aspects of oceanography 

 and meteorology including physical, chemical, biolog- 

 ical, geological, and engineering. B.S. in meteorology, 

 and M.S. and Ph.D. programs in both oceanography 

 and meteorology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Thirty-two in research and instruction; 

 69 other full-time; 70 part time, including research 

 assistants. 



SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



IMPORTANT 

 STUDIES 



Crustacea : 

 Mollusca: 



Peiiaeus setiferiis, Palaeiuonetes piigio 

 : Ostrea virginica, Modiolus modiolus 

 Pisces : Galeichthys spp., Fundulus spp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Organic materials and trace elements in sea water (D. 



W. Hood) 

 Marine fatty acids (D. W. Hood) 

 CaCO^ saturation level (D. W. Hood) 

 Reef environments (Louis Kornicker) 

 Primary productivity in the southern ocean (Sayed Z. 



El-Sayed) 

 Effects of antibiotics on fungus parasites in oysters 



(Sammy Ray) 



Alabama Marine Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Bayou LaBatre, Alabama, USA. 



LOCATION: Near Mobile. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: George W. Allen, Chief, Alabama 



Division of Seafood. 

 SPONSORING AGENCIES: Alabama State Department of 



Conservation and University of Alabama. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search directed towards management of seafood re- 

 sources. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of MexicO, 



Mobile Bay, Mississippi Sound; open ocean, estuarine 

 conditions and brackish, shallow bays. 



provisions FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space for 3 visitors; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



major RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water; machine and wood shop; small 

 boats and outboard motors; vessels, 32 ft and 38 ft 

 LOA. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level; 2 tech- 

 nicians. 



