216 U7iited States of America 



Experimental tagging program (Donald Morris) 

 Shark control and research program (Donald Morris) 

 Life histor)' of bigeye scad {Tracburops crumenoph- 



thalmus (Donald Morris) 

 Artificial marine shoals and fish shelters (Donald 



Morris) 

 Life histor)' of moi {Polydactylus sexfl/s) (Donald 



Morris) 

 Life history of spiny lobster (Paiuiliy/is japoiiiciis and 



P. penicillatus) (Donald Morris) 



Hawaii Marine Laboratory 



POSTAL address: University of Hawaii, Honolulu 14, 

 Hawaii, USA. 



LOCATIONS: 



Coconut Island Branch: Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. 

 Waikiki Branch: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Vernon E. Brock, Director. 



SPONSORING agency: University of Hawaii. 



YEAR founded: 1951. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research in general 

 marine biology; graduate and undergraduate instruc- 

 tion in cooperation with the Departments of Zoology 

 and Botany. 



season OF operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Pacific Ocean; 

 estuarine conditions and coral reefs. 



provisions for visiting scientists; Space for 6-12 

 visitors ; fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR research AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Exten- 

 sive library; running sea and fresh-water, large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; identi- 

 fied general invertebrate and marine fish collections; 

 machine and wood shop; 46 ft LOA, M/V Salpa. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Courses at the University, 

 but offered in part at the Waikiki Branch of the 

 Hawaii Marine Laboratory: plankton, biological 

 oceanography, general and physiological ecology, em- 

 bryology, parasitology, phycology, general invertebrate 

 zoology, ichthyology, aquatic invertebrate and verte- 



SITE OF HAWAII MAUINI- l.AHOKATOHY, COCONUT ISLAND 



brate systematics, general and comparative physiology, 

 fishery biology, fisheries management, biometry, popu- 

 lation dynamics, algology, marine productivity, experi- 

 mental marine biology, oceanographic chemistry, and 

 marine geology. 

 size of staff: Seven at professional level. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: 

 Anthozoan corals: Pontes, Finigia, Montipora, etc. 

 Crustacea: Alpheid and palaemonid shrimp, portu- 



nid, xanthid and grapsoid crabs 

 Pelecypoda: Pinctada, ho gnomon, Ostrea, etc. 

 Gastropoda: Conns, Cypraea, Tethys, etc. 

 Echinodermata: Ecb/nome/ra, Tripneiistes, Diadenia, 



Holothiiria, Stichopiis. Opheodesoma, etc. 

 Enteropneusta: Ptychodera 

 Urochordata: Ascidia, Styela, etc. 

 Pisces: Tilap'ia, Cbaetodon. Acaiithiirtis and many 



other common reef and pelagic fishes. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biological origin of toxins in poisonous fishes (Albert 

 H. Banner, Philip Helfrich and S. Sasaki) 



Chemistry and pharmacology of toxins in poisonous 

 fishes (Albert H. Banner, Paul Scheuer, Philip 

 Helfrich and S. Sasaki) 



Zoogeography of snapping shrimp (Albert H. Banner) 



Susceptibility of birds to the Hawaiian Schistosome 

 (George Chu) 



Isotope techniques for the determination of algal 

 productivity (Maxwell S. Doty) 



Taxonomic studies on central Pacific fishes (William 

 A. Gosline) 



Uptake of radioisotopes and their transfer through 

 food chains in marine organisms (Sidney J. Towns- 

 ley and Delia Reid) 



Calcium uptake in sea urchin eggs (Sidney C. Hsiao) 



Factors affecting shark behavior (Albert L. Tester) 



Hopkins Marine Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Pacific Grove, California, USA. 

 executive officer: Dr. Lawrence R. Blinks, Director. 

 SPONSORING agency: Hopkins Trust (Stanford Uni- 

 versity). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1892. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research in general 

 marine biology; year around graduate instruction; 

 summer undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Monterey Bay, 

 Elkhorn Slough, Salinas and Carmel Rivers, Pacific 

 Ocean; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, 

 oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams, natural and 

 artificial saturated brine pools. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 10-12 

 visitors in winter and 4-5 in summer; fees charged; 

 living quarters available nearby. 



