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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION FOR THE PRESS EXPEDITION COMPLE’ITLSSURVEY OF MARINE LIFE AT BIKINI AND ENIWETOK An expedition sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission and assisted by the Navy Department has completed a survey of the effects of atomic explosions on marine life at Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls in the Pacific Ocean. The survey was conducted in July by .aparty of civilian scientists headed by Dr. Lauren R. Donaldson, Director of the Applied Fisheries Laboratory at the University of Washington, Seattle. Evaluation of the data and specimens accumulated by the expedition will be made by the Applied Fisheries Laboratory and will consume a period of many monthe. When the ~tudy has been completed, those’portions of the findinge which do not contain restricted data will be The expedition operated under a contract with the AEC’S Office of Hanford Directed Operations, Richland, Washington, and general technical direction was provided by the AEC’S Division of Biology and Medicine In Washington, D.C. The Navy provided forward area support, including surface craft, transportation and housing. Dr. Donaldson headed a previous expedition to Bikini in the summer of 1947. The results of the two eurveys will be correlated and combined to provide a continuing picture of the effects of the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests on plant and animal life in the la~oon, The marine life survey at Eniwetok was the first conducted there since the atomic weapons tests this spring. In addition to Dr. Donaldson, the members of the expedition were: Theodore H. Bullock, Assistant Professor of Zoology, University of California at Loe AngeleQ. University of Washington. Edward D. Held, Biology Department, University of California at Los Angele~. FOR AFTERNOON NEWSPAPERS
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John J. Koch, Research Assistant, University of Frank G. Lowman, Graduate Student of Zoology, University of Washington. Richard H. Osborn, Research Assistant, University Allyn H. Seymour, Research Associate, University of Qpencer W. Tinker, Director, Waikiki Aquarium, University Arthur D. Welander, Instructor and Research Associate, University of Washington. Asher A. White, Nicollet Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota; formerly Medical Officer with the Manhattan District, Hanford Plutonium Works, Washington. Lieutenant J. J. Schmidt, USN, R.F.D. No. 1, Middletown, Delaware, accompanied the expedition as Naval Liaison Officer.