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McAllister (1953) has reported that the distribution of surface 

 plankton in the southeastern Beaufort Sea reflects the physical ocean- 

 ographic features of the area. His analysis indicates that the produc- 

 tivity of the region is significantly lower than that of the Chutchi Sea. 



BRIEF REPORT ON OCEANOGRAPHICAL RESEARCHES 



IN CHINA 



By Chu Tsu-Yao 



Before World War II there were many people in universities who 

 studied Marine Biology. Some papers were published. Some meteoro- 

 logical observatories took observations of water temperature and salinity 

 of the coastal waters. These research works have been interrupted since 

 the beginning of the war. Now, in Taiwan, we carry on research work 

 in different phases of Oceanography. For example Dr. Ma, who is a 

 geologist in the Taiwan University, studies the topography of the sea 

 bottom, coral reefs, etc. Mr. Ko, who is a zoologist in the Teacher's 

 College of Taiwan Province, studies the economic fishes in the district of 

 Taiwan. The Research Laboratory of the Fisheries Rehabilitation Ad- 

 ministration and the Fisheries Institute of Taiwan Province make stu- 

 dies both on biological and physical oceanography. Besides, the Tai- 

 wan Weather Bureau maintains fine stations on the coast in which we 

 take observations of water temperature and salinity regularly. We are 

 planning to establish a research Center on fisheries and oceanography 

 hoping to unite all the people concerned in one organization. Perhaps 

 we can get some aids from the MSA mission to China. Research work 

 in Oceanography is expensive and China financially still is not very 

 stable. Owing to the shortage of funds and lack of technical experts, 

 some difficulties may be encountered. We will do our best to overcome 

 all these difficulties in the hope of making progress step by step. We 

 also hope to participate in all activities in cooperation with other coun- 

 tries in research work in the oceanography of the Pacific. 



OCEANOGRAPHY IN INDIA 

 By N. K. Panikkar 



It cannot be said that oceanographical research work is receiving 

 active attention in India, although a great deal of preliminary effort is 

 being made to organize research on the various problems. What little 



