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BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, LA JOLLA 



important species available for laboratory 



studies: 

 Pisces: SarJinops caerulea, Engraulis morJax. Pneii- 



matophoriis diego. Trachnrus symmetriciu 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Population size investigation (Elbert H. Ahlstrom) 

 Age and growth investigation (Robert S. Wolf) 

 Fecundity investigation (John S. MacGregor) 

 Year-class size investigation (David Kramer) 

 Physiology investigation (Reuben Lasker) 

 Sardine population dynamics investigation (Clyde C. 



Taylor) 

 Availability investigation (Charles P. O'Connell) 

 Plankton investigation (James R. Thrailkill) 

 Ecologically associated fishes (Frederick H. Berry) 



Biological Laboratory, Miljord, Connecticut 



POSTAL address: Cottage Street, Milford, Connecticut, 

 USA. 



LOCATION: Near New Haven. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. James E. Hanks, Laboratory 

 Director. 



YEAR founded: 1935. 



SCOPE of activities: Restricted research on marine 

 biology, particularly on commercial mollusks, includ- 

 ing studies of their physiology, ecology and control of 

 competitors and enemies. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Long Island 

 Sound; estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small hbrary but libraries 

 of Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory and Yale Uni- 

 versity are accessible; running sea and fresh-water, 

 large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks, 

 special lead-lined large troughs with continuously 



circulating sea water; research collections of fauna and 

 flora of Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory and Yale 

 University are accessible; machine and wood shop, 

 electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop workmen 

 available; small boats and outboard motors; vessels, 50 

 ft LOA, M/V Shang Wheeler, and the 65 ft State of 

 Connecticut Shellfish Commission boat is available 

 when needed. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: No Special instructional 

 programs are offered; however, graduate students of 

 Yale and other nearby universities, majoring in ocea- 

 nography or marine biology, frequently work on thesis 

 problems at this laboratory. Laboratory facilities, in- 

 cluding the research vessel, are also used by faculty 

 members and graduate students of Bingham Oceanog- 

 raphic Laboratory for studies of physical, chemical and 

 biological oceanography. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Ten at professional level ; 5 technicians. 

 important species available for laboratory 



studies: 

 Peleq'poda: Crassostrea virginica, Venus mercenaria, 



Alya arenaria, Mytilus edttlis, Pecleii irritdians 

 Echinodermata: Aslerias forbesi 

 Gastropoda : Urosalpinx cinerea, Eu pleura caudata 

 Crustacea : Cancer irroratus, Carcinides maenas 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Ecological factors affecting existence of certain lamelli- 



branchs (J. E. Hanks) 

 Physiological and ecological requirements of bivalve 



larvae (H. C. Davis) 

 Utilization of salt water ponds for cultivation of 



lamellibranchs (W. S. Landers) 

 Microbiota affecting growth and survival of bivalves 



(R. Ukeles) 

 Hatchery techniques for producing commercial mol- 

 lusks (W. S. Landers and Henry Cook) 

 Control of enemies of commercial mollusks (J. E. 



Hanks and C. L. MacKenzie, Jr.) 



BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. MILFORD 



