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HOPKINS MARINE STATION 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Exten- 



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

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks, "Marino- 

 stat" (light and temperature controlled sea water); 

 reasonably complete identified reference collections of 

 algae and fish ; good local manuals of invertebrates 

 and algae; machine and wood shop, shop workman 

 available; small boats and outboard motors; one 40 

 ft LOA diesel powered vessel. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Summer session: ecology, 

 biochemistry, phycology, invertebrate zoology, ichthy- 

 ology, ecological physiology, physiology of algae, and 

 embryology. Academic year: research courses for 



graduate students. 

 SIZE OF staff: Five at professorial level; 5 techni- 

 cians. 

 important species available for laboratory 



studies: 

 Echinodermata: Stroiigy/ocei/tiot//s piirptiratiis, S. 



franciscanus 

 Mollusca: Haliotis (3 species), Cryptochitoii stelleri, 



1 Wytiliis call jo rnianus 

 Cephalopoda: Loligo opalescens 

 Asteroidea: Pisaster ochracea 

 Arthropoda: Aitemia salitia, Cancer magister 

 Echiuroidea: Urechis canpo 

 Pisces : Porichthys notattis 

 Chlorophyceae: Halicystis oralis, Bryopsis cortiai- 



laiis 

 Bangiales: Sinithora naiad nm 

 Phaeophyceae: Nereocystis Inetkeana 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Invertebrate zoology, ecology, development { Donald 



P. Abbott) 

 Biochemical microbiology (Cornells B. van Niel) 

 Taxonomy of various fishes, especially deep sea (Rolf 



L. Bolin) 

 Physiology of algae, especially photosynthesis (Law- 

 rence R. Blinks) 

 Invertebrate physiology (Arthur C. Giese) 

 Comparative biochemistry (John H. Phillips) 



Illinois Department of Conservation, Division 

 of Fisheries, Central Area Fisheries Head- 

 quarters 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Central Administrative office: Room 102, State Office 

 Building, 400 South Spring Street, Springfield, 

 Illinois, USA. 

 Field laboratory headquarters: Havana Field Head- 

 quarters, Havana, Illinois. 

 Field laboratories: The Division of Fisheries cooper- 

 ates with the Natural History Survey in the use of 

 its field laboratories. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: William J. Harth, Superintend- 

 ent, Division of Fisheries. 

 year founded: 1952. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on fishery 

 management. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Lakes Anderson, 

 Rice and Chautauqua; rivers and streams. 



provisions FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR research facilities: No library; large tanks 

 (used as a fish distribution point) ; machine and wood 

 shop; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF staff: Three at professional level. 



Illinois Natural History Survey Division, 

 Aquatic Biology Section 



postal ADDRESS: 



Central Laboratory: Urbana, Illinois, USA. 



Branch laboratories: 



Havana Laboratory, RED, Havana, Illinois. 

 Ridge Lake Laboratory, Fox Ridge State Park, 



Charleston, Illinois. 

 McGraw Hydrobiological Laboratory, 602 Higgins 

 Road, Dundee, Illinois. 

 executive officer: Dr. George W. Bennett, Head 

 of Section. 



RIDGE LAKE FIELD LABORATORY 



