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representing eighteen educational and sci- 

 entific institutions, ranging from Boston to 

 the Pacific Coast, and from Florida to 

 Montreal. Of these Harvard furnished 

 eight, Columbia five, the University of 

 Pennsylvania and the College of the City 

 of New York two each. 



The subjects of research may be some- 

 what arbitrarily classified as follows, al- 

 lowing for the fact that certain investi- 

 gators devoted their time to more than one 

 subject : 



Reactions to stimuli, animal behavior, etc 9 



Faunal and floral distribution (including sur- 

 vey work) 7 



Taxonomy 6 



Embryology 3 



Ecology ( exclusive of distribution ) 2 



General Physiology ( exclusive of ' behavior ' ) . . 2 



Regeneration 2 



Miscellaneous 6 



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While much of this work is calculated to 

 be of ultimate value in the solution of 

 practical fisheries questions, it is true that 

 little of it has in view immediate and 

 obvious economic results. The most no- 

 table exception is a study of the potential 

 food value of various unused or little-used 

 marine organisms. This liberal attitude 

 toward biological investigation is one of 

 the traditions of the United States Fish 

 Commission and its successor, the Bureau 

 of Fisheries, which have never failed to 

 recognize the vast indebtedness of industry 

 to pure science. 



In addition to those who have been listed 

 as investigators, two painters of animal 

 life, Messrs. Chas. R. Knight and S. F. 

 Denton, made use of the facilities of the 

 laboratory for a part of the season. 



Robert P. Bigelow, Ph.D., instructor in 

 biology, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology: systematic study of the stomato- 

 pods collected by the steamer Albatross 

 (continued). 



Leon J. Cole, assistant in zoology, Har- 

 vard University: Biological survey of local 

 waters. Mr. Cole had immediate super- 

 vision of the dredging work of the steamer 

 Fish Hawk, and of the preservation and 

 identification of material incidental thereto 

 (salaried assistant). 



Joseph A. Cushman, assistant curator, 

 Boston Society of Natural History: Sys- 

 tematic study of the Foraminifera col- 

 lected during the dredging operations of 

 the steamers Fish Hawk and Phalarope; 

 likewise collection of local marine ostracods 

 for future identification. 



Bradley M. Davis, Ph.D., assistant pro- 

 fessor of botany. University of Chicago: 

 Local marine flora. Dr. Davis continued 

 his services in the capacity of botanist of 

 the biological survey (salaried assistant). 



Donald W. Davis, Harvard University: 

 Dredging work of biological survey, also 

 at Menemsha Camp (salaried assistant). 



Pauline H. Dederer, lecturer in zoology, 

 Barnard College, Columbia University: 

 Studies upon the larval development of 

 Amaroecium. 



Irving A. Feld, Austin teaching fellow 

 in zoology. Harvard University: (1) Fur- 

 ther investigations of the food of certain 

 fishes (principally Raja erinacea) ; (2) the 

 food value of some hitherto unused or little 

 used marine animals (fishes, Crustacea and 

 molluscs), tested by various cooking 

 methods (e. g., steam, under pressure) ; 

 (3) experiments to determine the effect of 

 concussions caused by gun-fire upon fishes 

 (salaried assistant). 



Alexander Forbes, A.M., graduate stu- 

 dent. Harvard University: Experiments 

 upon the attachment of oysters. 



William K. Gregory, A.M., assistant at 

 American Museum of Natural History: 

 Comparative anatomy of local teleost fishes. 



Addison Guliek, A.M., graduate student, 

 Harvard University: (1) Experiments 

 upon chemical sense of Sycotyp-us canalic- 



