Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 5 Dec 1971

MARINE SCIENCE LABORATORY 景全心中究研學科洋海 The Laboratory complex The Marine Science Laborator y of the University was completed in June 1971. It functions, together with the new University Science Centre, as one of the more advanced centres of higher learning in Asia. The Marine Science Laboratory seeks to encourage basic research in all facets of marine science. The Laboratory complex is primarily designed for research but some teaching is also included. Foreign and local research workers in the marine sciences are encouraged to utilize its facilities. Location and Representative Biota The Laboratory is located on the western shore of Tolo Harbour, on the campus of the University in Shatin. Owing to the seasonal variability of the sea surface temperature (12.5°C. to 31°C.), the biota varies significantly at different times of the year. Thus, Tolo Harbour and adjacent environs demonstrat e some Indo- Pacific biota and some from the colder China Sea to the north. Salinity varies with the rainy season, but areas of less salinity change are found close to the Laboratory, thus facilitating studies on either euryhaline or steno- haline biota. Coral patches, and their associated biota occur close to the Laboratory. Level bottom communities, rocky shores, sandy beaches, and mangrove areas are all easily accessible for study. Research Interest Present research includes investigation s on amphibious fishes, pollution, quantitative benthi c biology, commensal relationships, and systematic s of selected fauna. Facilities The Laboratory complex is divided into three buildings, one housing the research laboratories and watchman's quarters, one 300-square foot sea water room, and one small ship's storeroom. Two ten-foot diameter holding tanks are associated with the sea water room ， and the entire complex is supplied with a running sea water system. A small pier provides docking. The Laboratory operates a 44-foot diesel research launch equipped with winch and sonar, and a seven-passenger Land Rover for shore investigations. A wide variety of oceanographic apparatus is availabl e for use, and more sophisticated instrumentation is availabl e at the University Science Centre, only a quarter of a mile away. Staff Prof. Malcolm S. Gordon from the University of California, Los Angeles, is Visiting Professor of Zoology at the Laboratory. Dr. L.B. Trott ， Lecturer in Biology, Chung Chi College, has been appointed Director of the Laboratory concurrently. Prof. Malcolm S. Gordon Prof. Malcolm S. Gordon graduated with a B.A. degree with High Honours in Zoology from Cornell University in 1954 and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Zoology in 1958 from Yale University. He joined the Department of Zoology of the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958 and assumed professorship in 1968. While on leave from the University in 1968-69, he worked as Assistant-Director- Research of National Fisheries Center and Aquarium, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. In 1970 he was appointed Director of the Institute of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology of the University. He assumed duties in September 1971 as Visiting Professor of Zoology at the Marine Science Laboratory and will be staying for one academic year. Prof. Gordon has received the National Science Foundation Regular Predoctoral Fellowship, Fullbright Fellowship and Guggenheim Fellowship. Prof. Gordon's research interests are comparative physiology of fishes and amphibians and experimental 授敎頓哥 Prof. Malcolm S. Gordon - 3 -