252 United States of America 



U.S. NAVY MINE DKlENSh LABOK.MOKV. HANAMA CITY 



tanks, small aquarium tanks, indoor test tank; machine 

 and wood shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled 

 shop workmen available ; all sizes of boats from small 

 up to 191 ft LOA. 



SIZE OF STAFF: About 200 at professional level. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Marine environment vs. echo variability (G. B. 



Austin) 

 Arctic oceanography (G. B. Dowling) 

 Porpoise noise vs. shark behavior (F. C. W. Olson) 



United States Naval Radiological Defense 

 Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: San Francisco 24, California, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Captain J. H. McQuilkin, Com- 

 manding Officer and Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1946. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on the physi- 



U.S. NAVAL RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE LABORATOKY, 

 SAN FRANCISCO 



cal and biological effects of hazardous nuclear and 

 thermal radiations ; undergraduate instruction under 

 a cooperative educational program, and graduate in- 

 struction for employees. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean, 

 San Francisco Bay System ; sandy and silty beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, 

 brackish shallow bays, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space available 

 for a few visitors at a time on a case basis ; a scientist- 

 in-residence program is being developed; no fees 

 normally charged for research space; living quarters 

 available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 



tensvie library; small explosives test pond under con- 

 struction; research and identified reference collections 

 of the University of California and the California 

 Academy of Sciences are accessible; machine and wood 

 shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop work- 

 men available; surface craft requirements must be 

 justified and requested through Navy channels on a 

 case basis. 

 SIZE OF staff: Two hundred and forty-six at profes- 

 sional level, 87 technicians. 



U fitted States Public Health Service 



LABORATORIES: 



1. Arctic Health Research Center 



2. Communicable Disease Center, Puerto Rico Field 

 Station 



3. National Water Quality Network Laboratory 



4. Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, 

 Aquatic Biology Section 



5. Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Shell- 

 fish Sanitation Laboratory 



(Descriptions follow.) 



Arctic Health Research Center 



POSTAL address: Box 960, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. A. B. Colyar, Medical Officer 

 in Charge. 



year founded: 1948. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on fresh-water 

 organisms, particularly zoo- and phytoplankton in re- 

 lation to environmental conditions in low temperature 

 areas. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Dystrophic lakes 

 of central Alaska and of Kenai peninsula. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Space for three 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



major research facilities: Very extensive library; 

 small aquarium tanks ; identified herbarium at Univer- 

 sity of Alaska, Fairbanks; machine and wood shop, 



