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Bears Blnfj Laboratories 



POSTAL address: Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina,, 

 USA. 



LOCATION: Near Charleston. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: G. Robert Lunz, Jr., Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: South Carolina Wildlife Re- 

 sources Commission. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1946. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research in marine 

 and fresh-water biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: 



Wadmalaw and North Edisto Rivers. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: 



ing space for 6 visitors; no fees charged for research 

 space. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea water, large outdoor ponds, small aquarium tanks ; 



Atlantic Ocean, 

 Research and liv- 



BEARS BLUFF LABORATORIES 



identified natural history collection at Charleston 

 Museum; machine and wood shop; vessels, 65 ft, 40 ft, 

 and 26 ft LOA. 

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

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Crustacea: Pejtaeus spp., Calliiiectes sapidus 

 Mollusca : Crassostrea virginica 

 Pisces : various species 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



General survey of shrimp industry: determlniation of 

 abundance of shrimp, crabs, and fin fish normally 

 taken in otter trawls (C. M. Bearden and G. Robert 

 Lunz) 

 Pond cultivation of shrimp (G. Robert Lunz) 

 General survey of oyster beds, their productiveness and 

 oyster pest study (Henry W. Hodges) 



Beandette Foundation, Institute of Marine Bio- 

 research 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 1597 Calzada Rd., Santa Ynez, Cali- 

 fornia, USA. -'' "" '^^ '-'' 



EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Palmer T. Beaudette, President, 

 Beaudette Foundation. 



SPONSORING agency: Privately financed laboratory. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1958. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on the tax- 

 onomy and ecology of fauna and flora of Pacific Latin 

 America. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space for 2 visitors; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks ; extensive research collections of algae 

 of eastern Pacific, California to Panama, Mexican in- 

 vertebrates ; identified reference collections of Mexican 

 Amphipoda and eastern Pacific algae; machine and 

 wood shop; small boats and outboard motors; 103 ft 

 LOA power vessel under construction. 



SIZE OF staff: Two at professional level ; 2 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 



Red algae of Mexico (E. Yale Dawson) 

 Marine flora of El Salvador (E. Yale Dawson) 

 Amphipoda of eastern Pacific Ocean (J. L, Barnard) 

 Hydrobiology of San Quentin Bay, B. California (J. L. 



Barnard and staff) 

 Abyssal Amphipoda of Galathea and Vema collections 



(J. L. Barnard) 

 Atoll marine Amphipoda of Micronesia (J. L. 



Barnard) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Pacific Naturalist (occasionally 

 published journal) 



INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIORESEARCH, CALIFORNIA 



