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THE report of 1937 (No. 50) of the Marine Biological Station at Port Erin, Isle of Man, drawn up by Dr. R. J. Daniel, director, shows the largest number of students using the building in any one year and also the greatest number of visitors to the aquarium. More plaice larvae have been liberated than during any previous season and there has been the highest percentage survival of lobsterlings in the hatchery. The new Fauna List is now published—a most useful and complete volume—which will be of the greatest assistance to all students. The main work of the Laboratory has been directed towards the breeding of oysters, a research which has now been going on for more than three years. The chief difficulty in obtaining proper spatfalls in the experimental pond is the varying temperature—a very low temperature ruining a promising beginning. To combat such conditions, a number of oysters were kept at a raised temperature-level in the culture house. Some oysters were also kept in dishes in the hatchery and the spawn from these has provided the basis for the limited series of culture-house experiments. These are still going on, and work is maintained in the improvement of methods and feeding of the larvae in specially adapted vessels.
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Research at Port Erin, Isle of Man. Nature 142, 249 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142249a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/142249a0