te \ , . * * ‘ ‘ , - " v. 408307 - we. RS. Cowan, Director . a ce ae Nuscun of Natural Hiscery- 9. P : . “ 7 ts a 2 % m “ + . :/ BR. B. Manning, Chairman. le tee Department of Invertebrate | % e oar Bikini Coliccttons we nh, / ao ie eS US pe 7 ; \ a eS al : - ee : > _ ee Corks 4 ti i oP& Thanks to the diligence of Fenner A. Chace; Jr., one of the arare principal investigators on the AEC-aupported investigations of the . ro ope sical Pacific fauna, I ean provide aozwn infornation on the status. . ee X mv" 1 | ) studies on the Bikini collectiona, Msterfal shipped out to-Se | : oon et spceialiors in 1962 under thea AEC program was not restricted to Se be specimens from Bikini, but included specimens from locslities 211 oes ever the tropical Pacific area. It would be very difficult to" Cr Setermingtha Status of the Bikint collections e : hona. sy he ri Nos ay IAHOWY JOQ TUBERS TORR TN ee, BNF ‘ * ag ~~ EERRIES, Speecenmm ¢ ETT es¥OL9ONPA piehclash eaeaysy read rr sop eae NAT a f ‘ BEST coPy 'Y AVAILABLE Se oe | : : ' ’ * \ SA one — : Ok a Pas : a 1 August 9, 1967 pa Ne } rn aE. : t _ ; . f L, AIH EN TE NEY, NET? TAPIAStee.v PE 1 wey \ tos ly rite ‘ ; Orr ape on Sot fon we .