234 United States of America 



facilities available at any time. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Coos Bay, Pacific 

 Ocean; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions and brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2-6 

 visitors; nominal fees charged; living quarters avail- 

 able nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea (summer only) and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks; herbarium of marine algae; 

 machine and wood shop, skilled shop workman avail- 

 able: one 36 ft LOA vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General invertebrate zool- 

 ogy, marine algae, invertebrate embryology, marine 

 ecology and parasitology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seven at professional level; 6 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Echinodermata: Stroiigylocentrotiis purpi/rdtus 



Gastropoda: Acmaea, various other species 



Sipunculida: Phascolosoma 



Amphineura: Ischnochiton and other genera 



Crustacea: Hemigraps»s, PachygrapsHs, Cancer 



Nemertea : Linens 



Anthozoa: Tealia, Melridiinn, Anlhoplenra 



Pisces: Cottidae {Oligocollus, etc.) 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Productivity of sessile diatoms (R. W. Castenholz) 

 Regeneration in nemerteans (Marie Tucker) 

 Antigen-antibody relations in Amphineura (B. 



McConnaughey ) 

 Recruitment, death and growth rates in Acmaea digi- 

 talis (P.Frank) 

 Taxonomy of apostomatous ciliates (E. Kozlotf ) 



Pacific Marine Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Dillon Beach, Marin County, Cali- 

 fornia, USA. 



LOCATION: About 50 miles north of San Francisco. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Joel W. Hedgpeth, Director. 



SPONSORING agency: University of the Pacific. 



year founded: 1948. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Research on marine ecology, 

 especially bottom organisms of Tomales Bay, plankton 

 of nearby ocean and general systematic study of local 

 fauna; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean; 

 Tomales and Bodega Bays; sandy and silty beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions (marine 

 bay), small streams, ponds, and mud flats. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space for 3-6 visitors; fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea water (under reconstruction); 

 small aquarium tanks; research collections of inverte- 

 brates, especially crustaceans and mollusks of Cali- 

 fornia coast; many other groups well represented but 

 unstudied; identified reference collections of common 

 local invertebrates and algae ; machine and wood shop, 

 skilled shop workman available; small boats and out- 

 board motors ; 36 ft LOA power vessel with deck 

 winch and gear, 26 ft whale boat, ocean going fishing 

 boat available on charter. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Intensive summer courses 

 in invertebrate zoology, comparative physiolog)' and 

 marine ecology; also geology, oceanography, or botany 

 as visiting staflF permits. Year round instruction in 

 invertebrate zoology, systematics and ecology on tu- 

 torial basis. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level (2 part-time), 

 also several research associates affiliated with local 

 institutions; 3 technicians. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Long term ecological-paleoecological study of Tomales 



Bay (R. G. Johnson and J. W. Hedgpeth) 

 Environmental physiology (John S. Tucker) 

 Monthly plankton and hydrographic sampling (J. W. 

 Hedgpeth) 



Potamological Institute 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 3005 Upper River Road, Louisville 7, 



Kentucky, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. William M. Clay, Executive 



Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: University of Louisville. 



YEAR FOUNDED: I960. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on potam- 



ology (biology and ecology of flowing streams); 



graduate and undergraduate instruction. 

 SEASON OF operation: All year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Ohio River. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3-6 



visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 



nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TI:aCHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks, direct pipeline to Ohio 

 River for raw river water; research and identified 

 reference collection of fishes of the Ohio River drain- 

 age system, limited herpetological collection, herb.irium 

 of the seed plants of Kentucky; small boats and out- 

 board motors; 23 ft LOA inboard cruiser, 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM : Conservation of aquatic re- 

 sources, fresh-water biology, ecology and economics of 

 flowing waters, ichthyology, limnology, and inverte- 

 brate zoology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 3 tech- 

 nicians. 



