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Pisces. Five papers by J. A. F. Garrick, J. M. Moreland, W. J. 

 Phillips, and L. R. Richardson. 



Mammalia. Southern Ocean Seals, two papers by E. G. Turbott 

 and the "Elephant Seals of Campbell Island" by J. H. Sorensen. 



The algal papers deal with systematics, ecology, zonation and al- 

 gal provinces. The authors are M. P. Ambler, J. A. Carnahan, V. J. 

 Chapman, R. F. de Berg, U. V. Dellow, and V. W. Lindauer. 



Biological Work in Progress in New Zealand 

 FISHERIES BRANCH, MARINE DEPARTMENT, WELLINGTON. 



Survey of Snapper (Pagrosomus auratus) spawning grounds in the 

 Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, to log the distribution and density of eggs 

 and larvae. 



Routine trawls in the Hauraki Gulf to record the seasonal varia- 

 tion in the composition of fish stocks. 



Investigation of the spawning areas for Tarakihi (Dactylopagrus 

 macropterus) in the Gisborne-East Cape area. 



VICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, WELLINGTON. 



The Zoology Department is encouraging students to specialize in 

 the systematics of groups. In recent years students of the Department 

 have investigated Amphipoda, Cephalopoda, Macrozooplankton and Os- 

 tracoda. Staff members are at present working on Coelenterata, Hiru- 

 dinea, Crustacea Brachyura, Echinodermata and Pisces. A study is 

 in progress also on optimum and lethal points of environmental fac- 

 tors for marine larval organisms. In addition an investigation of the 

 Cook Strait Whaling Industry and the ecology of the humpback is 

 continuing. 



DOMINION MUSEUM, WELLINGTON. 



A survey of m.arine bottom communities in Wellington Harbour 

 and Cook Strait. The compilation of a molluscan check-list for the 

 Cookian Province. R. K. Dell. 



The Relationships of the Kermadec Mollusca (paper for the Eighth 

 Pacific Science Congress) R. K. Dell. 



A revision of the shore fishes of New Zealand. J. Moreland. 



AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. 



In the Botany Department three papers are in progress. A conti- 

 nuation of the study of the mangrove and salt marshes in New Zealand, 

 by Professor V. J. Chapman. 



Study of life history and taxonomy of certain red algae, in parti- 

 cular Porphyra, Lomentaria and Apophloca, by Miss Jane M. Trevar- 

 then. A study of the factors determining the occurrence and distribu- 



