214 United States of America 



FRIDAY HARBOR LABORATORIES 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research in marine 



sciences; graduate instruction. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year, but emphasis placed 



on summer program. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Washington and 



Puget Sounds, Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca; 



sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 



protected marine waters. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



living space available for 35 visitors; fees charged 



for research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks, aquatic cages ; machine and 

 wood shop; small boats and outboard motors; one 

 55 ft LO A vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Biological oceanography, 

 ecology, comparative invertebrate physiology, inverte- 

 brate embryology, phycology, general invertebrate zo- 

 ology, fishery biology, and marine meteorology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Hydrozoa: Halistaura cellularia 

 Polychaeta: Arctonoe fragilis 

 Amphineura: Cryptochiton stelleri 

 Cephalopoda: Octopus dofleini 

 Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus spp. 

 Crustacea; Cancer magister, Utnnoria lignorum 

 Ascidiacea: Chelyosoma prociuctum 

 Chondrichthyes: Hydrolagus colliei, Sqtialus suckleyi 

 Algae: wealth of species 



Very numerous other species of both invertebrates 

 and vertebrates. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Electrical, chemical and mechanical aspects of neuro- 

 muscular inhibition in decapod Crustacea (Ernst 

 Florey) 



Systematics of Copepoda (Paul L. lUg) 



Nutritional physiology of Limnoria (Dixy Lee Ray) 

 Comparative histology of the male gonad in inverte- 

 brates (Edward Roosen-Runge) 

 Study of the mechanism of uptake of radioactive 

 phosphate from sea water by embryos of sea urchins 

 (Arthur H.Whiteley) 

 Distribution of formate-activating enzyme in marine 



invertebrates (Helen R. Whiteley) 

 Reproduction in the Phaeophyta (Michael Neusul) 

 Comparative physiology of reproduction (Frederick L. 

 Hisaw, Sr.) 



Gidj Coast Research Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. 

 LOCATION: Near Biloxi, Mississippi. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Gordon Gunter, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Board of Trustees of Institu- 

 tions of Higher Learning of the State of Mississippi. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1947. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on all 

 phases of marine science, particularly biological; grad- 

 uate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year; instruction in sum- 

 mer only. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mississippi 

 Sound, Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Bay; open ocean, sandy 

 and silty beaches and brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 12 visitors; no fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks ; relatively complete collection 

 of marine flora and fauna of the region ; machine and 

 wood shop; small boats and outboard motors, one 40 

 ft LOA power vessel, one 65 ft vessel, and several 17 

 ft outboards. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Marine invertebrate zool- 

 ogy, marine vertebrate zoology and ichthyology, marine 

 zoology for teachers, marine geology, problems in 



TEACHING LABORATORY, GULF COAST RESEARCH LABORATORY 



