102 



tradition, ^nd present activity, the Institution leads Oceanoffr phy on 

 the Pacific coast. 



It is only within the l = st ye-a- th-t the Hopkins J/.arine St-^tion 

 at Pacific Grove, C3lifornia, haw definitely expanded its pros:rqm to 

 include Oceanography. But arrangements have now been made to'carry 

 out Plankton and other biolo^rical studies with chemical analyses of 

 the water in connection with the periodic cruises just mentioned 

 fppge 99). And at the new Jac-ues Loeb Laboratory of the Station, 

 plans are maturing to devote special attention to problems in the 

 physiology of marine animals and plants, likewise to marine bacteri- 

 ology. This Station may, therefore, be expected to serve before long 

 as one of the centers for the development of oceanic biology. 



Important 

 ton are now in 

 of Washington, 

 also been made 



studies on the chemistry of sea water and on the Plank- 

 progress at the Friday Harbor Station of the University 

 where measurements of the penetration of light have 



The Laboratory of the Biological Board of Canada f.t Nanaimo , B n 

 IS the headouarters on the Pacific coast of Canada, for participation 

 by various uniTercities in the «.arine investigations of the Board, 

 just as St. ..ndrews Laboratory is in the ^itlantic coast. The oceano- 

 graphic work being most actively prosecuted at Nanaimo centers at 

 present about the physical and chemical factors influencing the Plank- 

 ton m the Straits of Georgia and adjacent waters. Observations are 

 made through tne year, with special reference to temperature, salinity, 

 hydrogen-ion concentration, oxygen content, etc; correlated with the 

 circulation of the Water and with the distribution and character of 

 the plankton. Records are also beine: taken less retrularlv in other 

 nearby localities. .nd since 19^6 these have been extended to the 

 open Pacific off the Fraser River mouth. Physiological problems, 

 oceanic ^n bearing, are also actively attacked from the Nanaimo Labora- 

 tory, as uhcy aifect the economic species of fishes and crustacea, and 

 a great variety of more strictly bioloffical problems are constantly 

 under investigation. ' ^ 



The Biological Laboratory of the University of Hawaii must also 

 be mentioned, as headquarters for extensive experiments on the Scoloev 

 01 corals, °"' 



rn .+?° ^.^L^"" "'' ''^'' l3arn, no other seaside Laboratory in America 

 (^'■^orth, iiddle, or South\ other than those mentioned above, is now 

 regul-rly carrying on oo eanographic investigations as a primary object, 

 although several others are admirably situated for this, and have 

 boats large enough for work in their local waters. On the east coast 

 01 the United States, the new estaolishment of the University of N -w 

 Hampshire at the Isle of Shoals, is especially well situated for in- 

 tensive studies in the northern sector of the coastal water; th. marine 

 Biological Laooratory at A'oods Hole for the sector next to the South 

 The Beaufort Laboratory of the Bureau of Fisheries is eoually well 

 situated for the South Atlantic Sector. Should pres-nt plans for the 

 r..organization of the Bermuda Biological station successfully mature, 

 Its location would give it a unique opportunity to serve as headouartt- 

 th^ iS?f' n'"'' f Pl°^^,^ie^ °f the chemistry, physics and circulation q::" 

 ^n?. ?^ ^^ ^^'^-^^ °^ ^^' Atlantic, and of th. physiology of d.ep-sea 



