(5) " Poisonous and Otherwise Dangerous Marine x\nimals of the 



Western Pacific," by Charles J. Fish and Mary C. Cobb. A 

 review of inedible, venomous or ferocious species of coelen- 

 terates, molluscs, echinoderms, elasmobranchs, teleosts, and 

 reptiles, based on published records and unpublished military 

 documents. 



The following reports are in preparation : — 



(6) " Bioluminescence in the Western North Pacific," by Charles J. 



Fish. Regional and seasonal occurrence and the biology of 

 the organisms involved. 



(7) " Sonic Marine Mammals of the Pacific," by Marie P. Fish. 



Existing information on the production of subsurface noise 

 b}' rnammals, the character of the sounds produced, and 

 distribution records charted from Submarine War Patrol 

 reports. 



(8) " Zooplankton of the Western North Pacific," by Charles J. Fish. 



Quantitative and qualitative analysis of available data on 

 zooplankton correlated with environmental factors. To this 

 end the methods of presenting the quantitative distributional 

 data are being made as nearly uniform as possible with those 

 , used in the report on phytoplankton. 



As originally planned, the comprehensive biological oceanography 

 field programme, closely correlated with physical oceanography^ and high 

 seas fishery research programmes now under development, would begin 

 upon completion of the present studies. It is now evident, however, 

 that before any major expansion in this field can take place new 

 personnel must be trained. Provision is therefore being made for the 

 training of a limited number of carefully selected graduate students 

 for basic research in biological oceanography. 



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