Recent Research Accomplishments 



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by-product of an oceanographic institution, 

 have contributed substantially in recent 

 years to interpretation of life conditions in 

 the sea. These are so diversified and often 

 so unrelated as to preclude a short discus- 

 sion of recent accomplishments. 



For several years it has been difficult to 

 obtain the necessary financial support for 

 marine biology, as the outcome of such in- 

 vestigations has been uncertain. In the 

 past, data accumulated so rapidly that much 

 of it was only superficially examined and 

 reported upon. This was due to the slow 

 and crude methods both at sea and in the 



laboratory. New and more (juantitative 

 methods are necessary. New gear for use 

 at sea while a vessel is underway is in the 

 developmental stages, and new laboratory 

 procedures to replace the older time-con- 

 suming methods of counting and identify- 

 ing the various species are being tested. 

 With the new understanding of water move- 

 ments, it will be possible to formulate the 

 problems more exactly and thus obviate 

 much unnecessary collecting of data. In 

 short, when funds become available, marine 

 biology should make greater strides than 

 have been possible in the last fifty years. 



