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MARINE LABORATORY. FLORIDA STATE 

 BOARD OF CONSERVATION 



Florida State Board of Conservation, Marine 

 Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Maritime Base, Building 4, Bayboro 



Harbor, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Robert M. Ingle, Director of 



Research. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1955. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on general 

 marine biology for purpose of wise utilization of 

 biological resources. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of Mexico, 



Tampa Bay ; open ocean, sandy and silty beaches, 

 estuarine conditions and brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3-4 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks ; research and identified reference col- 

 lections of fishes, shrimps, parasites, algae and sea- 

 grasses ; machine and wood shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available; vessels, 25 ft LOA, Kiiigfish, and 34 ft 

 LOA, Gatnr. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Ten at professional level; 3 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Protozoa: Gynnwdiiiiiim breve 



Trematoda: Mesostephaniis appendictdatoides 



Crustacea : Penaeus duorarum 



Pisces: Braiichiostoma caribaeum, Gobiosoma robtis- 



titiii. Mollienesia latipinna, Lagodoii rhomboides 

 Seagrasses: Thalassia testudinum, Diplanthera 



ivriahtii 



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Algae: Gracilaria verrucosa, Hypiiea mtisciformis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Shrimp biology (Bonnie Eldred) 

 Fish biology (Martin A. Moe, Jr.) 



Coastal and estuarine ecology (Kenneth D. Wood- 

 burn) 



Marine botany 



Red tide (Lula P. Bravos) 



Parasites of marine and coastal animals (Robert F. 

 Hutton) 



Florida State University, Oceanographic Insti- 

 tute 



POSTAL ADDRESSES: 



Oceanographic Institute: Florida State University, 



Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 

 Florida State University Marine Laboratory: Route 1, 



Alligator Point, Crawfordville, Florida. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Albert Collier, Director, 

 Oceanographic Institute. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1949. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on devel- 

 opmental and cellular pihysiology of invertebrates, 

 marine ecology, mariculture, oceanography of Gulf 

 of Mexico, sedimentation and other basic marine 

 studies; graduate research. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Atlantic Ocean, 

 Apalachee Bay, eastern Gulf of Mexico ; sandy and 

 silty beaches, estuarine conditions, coral reefs and 

 oligotrophic lakes. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Research and 

 living space for 2-6 visitors ; no fees charged for 

 research space. 



major research AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 

 extensive library on Tallahassee campus; running sea 

 and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and tanks, small 

 aquarium tanks; identified reference collections of 

 invertebrates and vertebrates (check list available on 

 request) ; machine and wood shop, electrical and 

 electronic shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats and outboard motors ; one 34 ft LOA vessel. 



OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 



