CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS-MASS., NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA 187 



New Yohk 



Department of Tropical Research of the New York 

 Zoological Society ('37) 



History or origin: The department developed as an 

 outgrowth of the scientific work of the Depart- 

 ment of Ornithology of the New York Zoological 

 Society under the direction of Doctor William 

 Beebe. It was established under its present 

 name in January, 1916. Oceanographic work 

 has been stressed since 1925. 

 Location: Permanent Home Laboratory, New York 

 Zoological Park, New York City. 

 Permanent Field Laboratory, New Nonsuch, 



St. Georges, Bermuda. 

 Field Residence, Bermuda Biological Station, 

 to which researches are accredited jointly with 

 the N. Y. Z. S. 

 Field Stations and Vessels: Arcturus Oceano- 

 graphic Expedition, 1925 (S. Y. Arcturus); 

 Hudison Gorge Expeditions, 1928 (S. T. Light 

 Horse); Nonsuch Lsland, Bermuda, 1929, 

 1930, 1931 (S. T. Gladisfen); Bermuda Bio- 

 logical Station, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 (S. T. 

 Freedom, S. T. Powerful, S. T. Gladisfen); 

 Templeton Crocker Expedition, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, 1936 (Y. Zaca). 

 Organization to which attached: New York Zoological 



Society. 

 Purposes: The purpose of the Department is to 

 provide means for investigating the animal life 

 of the deep sea. Li this respect it Ls the policy 

 of the Department to confine its activities in the 

 main to a limited section of the ocean, in.stead of 

 undertaking lengthy expeditions with wide- 

 spread stations. Thus for seven years all work 

 has been confined to the animal life of a circle of 

 ocean eight miles in diameter, situated five miles 

 south of Bermuda. 

 Scope of activities: The scope of activities Ls confined 

 mainly to the ecological aspects of the oceanic 

 fauna, and particularly the life-hLstories of deep- 

 sea fish. Observations upon the living organism 

 is especially stressed, and this has given rise to 

 the use of the Diving Helmet and the Bathy.sphere 

 as means of investigating the life of deep-sea 

 anunals. Little attention has been paid to the 

 physical side of oceanography, owing to the 

 intensive work in this field of other institutions. 

 Equipment: The home laboratory is completely 

 equipped with a large library and necessary 

 instruments for the accomplishment of biological 

 research. A considerable amount of this material 



is transferred to the field laboratory when it is 



in operation, and additional field equipment is 



available for soimding and for dredging, trawling, 



and tow-netting to depths of three miles. The 



Bathysphere and its machinery is also used for 



observations to depths of one half mOe. 



Sta.jf: Scientific: Dr. William Beebe, Director; 



Mr. John Tee-Van, General Associate; Dr. 



William K. Gregory, Scientific A.ssociate; Miss 



Gloria Hollister, Re.search Associate; Miss 



Jocelyn Crane, Laboratory Associate. 



Technical and clerical: Varies considerably with 



each expedition; all clerical details are taken 



care of by the clerical offices of the New York 



Zoological Society. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Varies according 



to expedition. 

 Income: Source: Donations from private individuals 

 and from the Board of Directors of the Zoologi- 

 cal Society. 

 Amount: Has varied in the past from $3,000.00 

 to $20,000.00, annually, not including the 

 salaries of the staff. 

 Provision for publication of results: All technical 

 publications are published in "Zoologica," the 

 Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoologi- 

 cal Society. Less technical matter finds its place 

 in the Bulletin of the Society, as well as many 

 other publications, and in book form. 



North Carolina 

 United States Fisheries Biological Laboratory ('37) 



History or origin: The United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries found its origin in a joint resolution 

 passed by the Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives in 1871. Beaufort, N. C, was found to be a 

 place especially well suited for the study of the 

 marine fauna and flora. In 1899 the first fisheries 

 laboratory became established in a rented build- 

 ing. In 1900 Congress authorized the erection 

 of a biological station which was completed and 

 opened to investigators for the first time in 1902. 



Location: Piver's Island, Beaufort, North Carolina. 



Organization to which attached: Department of 

 Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries, Division of 

 Scientific Inquiry. 



Purposes: Investigations of marine biology, espe- 

 cially in relation to species of fish and shellfish 

 of commercial importance. 



Scope of activities: Chief investigations at present 

 dealing with the biology and culture of the oyster 

 and diamond-back terrapin. 



