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UNIVERSIIV Ol WASIIINOTUN, DLl'ARTMENT OF 

 OCEANOGRAPHY, SEATTLE 



University of Washington. Department of 

 Oceanography 



POSTAL address: Seattle 5, Washington, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Richard H. Fleming, Professor 

 and Executive Officer. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1951. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research in general 

 oceanography; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Puget Sound, 

 Strait of Juan de Fuca, northeast Pacific Ocean, Lakes 

 Washington and Union; sandy and silty beaches, rocky 

 and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, brackish, 

 shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for a few 

 visitors; no fees charged for research space; living 

 quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library ; running sea and fresh-water, closed sea 

 water system ; research collections of plankton, poly- 

 chaetes, and barnacles ; machine shop, electrical and 

 electronic shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats and outboard motors; 114 ft LOA vessel. 

 Brown Bear, and 65 ft ex-tug, Hoh. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Survey of oceanography, in- 

 troduction to oceanography, methods and instruments 

 in oceanography, field experience in oceanography, 

 general oceanography, biological oceanography, 

 benthos ecology, nekton ecology, advanced plankton 

 ecology, seminar in biological oceanography, and 

 marine microbiology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twenty-four at professional level; 30 

 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Oceanographic studies in Puget Sound and northeast 

 Pacific (R. H. Fleming and staff) 



Plankton ecology of the Chukchi Sea (K. Banse, W. 



Dawson, and T. S. English) 

 Productivity studies in Puget Sound (G. C. Anderson) 

 Zooplankton production (G. C. Anderson, K. Banse, 



and Y. Komaki) 

 Nekton studies (I. S. English) 

 Studies of level bottom infauna in Puget Sound (K. 



Banse and U. Lie) 

 Ecological studies of barnacles of eastern Pacific Ocean 



(D. P. Henry) 

 Foraminifera from northeastern Pacific cores (J. S. 



Creager and B. J. Enbysk) 

 Recent sediments in northeastern Pacific ( }. S. Creager 



and Y. R. Nayudu) 



University of Wisconsin Hydrobiological Lab- 

 oratory 



POSTAL address: Hydrobiology Laboratory, University 

 of Wisconsin, Madison 6, Wisconsin, USA. "■ ' 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Arthur D. Hasler, Professor 

 of Zoology. 



YEAR founded: 1896. 



scope of ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted basic limnological 

 research; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



season of OPERATION: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Lakes Mendota, 

 Trout, Superior, and Michigan; eutrophic and oligo- 

 trophic lakes, rivers and streams, bog lakes, and 

 marshes. 



provisions PCJR visiting scientists: Space for 3 visi-*' 

 tors; living quarters available nearby. 



major research and teaching facilities: Very ex- 

 tensive library; large outdoor ponds, small aquarium 

 tanks and aquatic cages; machine and wood shop, elec- 

 trical and electronic shop, skilled shop workmen avail- 

 able; small boats and outboard motors; vessels, 40 ft 



UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CAMPUS, WITH HYDROBIOLOGICAL 

 LABORATORY IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER 



