. : - nat we - . . - aot _ . ot : . vo : : At o . 7 le . . t ' Boy .? i Dey R. 8S. Cowan - oo oS ‘ vs . st a . , AugBUSE 3 1987 mo es | Lo wore it . , Specialieta ware not availoble to study tha remsindar of the invertebrate groups, including meny of the decapod shrimps, the erinoildo and asteroida, the mysida, the corals3, and most of the - worm Stoups. . 4, a aan Set My tas ! . . 2 Q on Methodology for assemoling information on the Bikind_aractest © ot collections: oo Ce Co , oe” Information on the number!8 of spocdmens received from Biting under each transaction could protably be provided by the Hegistrar's | Office; two of the numbers involved are 172224 and 172536, With this “information the records and specimen holdings of aach division would have to be examined to determine the disposition and presant iocathon .of the materfals. It would be o very tice-consuaing operation to © = obtain this information, perhaps more complicated than the accumulation “Of information on Antarctica carried outby. the Borting | Center several; year8 280» CR : : ©. 4 Cn [ren Ll o3Amount |‘Of study needed |to_ceapléee‘the proleat: Tae a J “rt am not certain.‘there ‘ta a good answer ‘to.‘chia “question. Spoctnans fro the Pacific ares were gent out to spectaliste - ‘in: 1952, and as can be “an the lest five years. Fow studica have been published that’ specificallyno ‘treat the Bikini material, Limiting factors in this.:oparation would seen _to be tho paucity of specialista and lack: of tine for the.Spectaliats to ‘makeFoutine identifications. — * . 6. " Addtetonal support forcuratoretal activities:ao Os Many of the invertebrates {identified‘under’‘the. auspices of the A '. AEC program have not bean processed into our collections. The exception _ : . ig in the Mollusca, whare thousands of specimens wa incorporated into _ .. : ‘the* Benaxal holdings by Dr. Rosewater when. he Joinedour staff in 19596": . be a mt sf ' ¥ wer ea, ine! 72. Mies iin. iets Rae eee. + b ’ mies xe Ls‘antietpated that the:return of the“remainder of the $1, o00F pon-nolluskan specimens sent out for. identification under the AEC. . me ~Progran will1 placeaa_ Break.strain on out already. ovarworked technical: :