History of the Marine Biological Laboratory

Methods for obtaining and handling marine eggs and embryos

Manual describing methods for handling embryological materials available at Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Created: 1957

Discovery Never Ends. 2011 MBL Annual Report. Marine Biological Laboratory.

Published in two parts. Printed document includes message from the Chairman and the President, research highlights, education highlights, MBL at-a-glance, finanicals, gifts and leadership. On-line only additional information includes details for research, education, MBLWHOI LIbrary, and people. Lists of employees, students and faculty are contained in the additional information section.

Created: 2011

2012 MBL Annual Report. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Published in two parts. Printed document includes message from the Chairman and the President, research and education highlights, MBL at-a-glance, finanicals, gifts and leadership. On-line only additional information includes details for research, education, MBLWHOI LIbrary, and people. Lists of employees, students and faculty are contained in the additional information section.

Created: 2012

2013 MBL Annual Report. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Published in two parts. Printed document includes message from the President & Director, highlights, MBL at-a-glance, finanicals, gifts and leadership. On-line only additional information includes details for research, education, MBLWHOI LIbrary, and people. Lists of employees, students and faculty are contained in the additional information section.

Created: 2013

Example of a simplified nutrient cycle from Ecosystems Center 1979 annual report

Caption reads: "Figure 1. The biotic systems that have built and now maintain the biosphere also influence the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfer, and other elements. The general pattern of movement is a series of exchanges between the atmosphere, the land, and the sea. Human activities worldwide have mobilized significant additional quantities of biotically important substances, including toxins, and have modified the natural cycles."

Created: 1979

Note from David Kirchman to Ivan Valiela at the Ecosystems Center

Note reads: "Ivan- You & the MBL Marine Ecology course got me going in this field. Thanks. David Kirchman"

Created: 2013

Ecosystems Center researchers' model of nutrient flows in an estuarine ecosystem

Caption reads: "Figure 4: A diagrammatic model of carbon and nitrogen flow in an estuarine ecosysem that emphasizes inputs of organic carbon and nitrogen and inorganic nutrients from upland watersheds and processing by the estuarine food web. Compartments of the mathematical model are shown in the box. The inorganic nutrients compartment comprises both ammonium and nitrate. The organic matter compartment comprises three distinct components: labile nitrogenous material, labile carbohydrate material and refractory nitrogenous materal."

Created: 1993

Ecosystems Center researchers' figure of element cycles in terrestrial ecosystems

Caption reads: "Figure 3. Major element fluxes within terrestrial ecosystems."

Created: 1986

Map of Ecosystems Center researchers' forest watershed fertilizer study in Maine

Caption reads: "Figure 1: The dashed lines mark two catchments (watersheds) at the Bear Brooks Watersheds site in Maine. Both catchments are located on a southeast-facing slope and drained by streams that persist throughout the year (dark lines). The shaded catchment was treated with fertilized labeled with 15N during 1991; the other served as a control. Filled trianges show sampling locations in the fertilized area."

Created: 1992

Simulation of global annual net primary production from Ecosystems Center researchers' Terrestrial Ecosystem Model

Caption reads: "Figure 2. Annual net primary production (NPP) for undisturbed mature vegetation of the earth's ecosystems as determined by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) for current climate at atmosphereic carbon dioxide levels."

Created: 1992

The Origins of the Grass Foundation

From the Biological Bulletin 201 (October 2001)

In the fall of 1935, Albert M. Grass and Ellen H. Robinson both came to the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School (HMS). This entirely fortuitous confluence of their lives led to their marriage, to a commercial endeavor-the Grass Instrument Company-that would provide equipment of high quality to neuroscientists and other physiologists for over half a century, and finally to the formation of The Grass Foundation, which has benefited the neuroscience community since 1955.

Created: 2001-10

Biological lectures from the Marine Biological Laboratory Wood's Holl, Mass., 1898

Biological lectures given at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in the summer of 1898

Created: 1899

Biological lectures from the Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Holl, 1899

Biological lectures given at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in the summer of 1899

Created: 1900

Biological lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl, 1896-1897

Biological lectures given at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in the summer of 1896-1897

Created: 1898

Biological lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl in the summer session of 1893

Biological lectures given at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in the summer of 1893

Created: 1894

Biological lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl in the summer session of 1894

Biological lectures given at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in the summer of 1894

Created: 1895

Biological lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl in the summer session of 1895

Biological lectures given at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in the summer of 1895

Created: 1896

Biological lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl in the summer session of 1890

Biological lectures given at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in the summer of 1890

Created: 1891

100 Years Exploring Life, 1888-1988: the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole

In 1988 the Marine Biological Laboratory celebrated its centennial. In this well-researched, sometimes humorous, always human "biography" of this eclectic institution, historian of science Jane Maienschein catches a glimpse of what it is that has made the MBL so special to all who have spent any time there.

Created: 1989

Collecting Net. v. 9, 1934

Vol. 9. 10 numbered issues published from June 30-Sept. 1, 1934. Numbered both as issues 1-10 and issues 72-81.

Created: 1934

Collecting Net. v. 8, 1933

Vol. 8. 11 numbered issues published from July 1-Sept. 9, 1933. Numbered both as issues 1-11 and issues 61-71.

Created: 1933

Collecting Net. v. 7, 1932

Vol. 7. 10 numbered issues published from June 25-Aug. 27, 1932. Numbered both as issues 1-10 and issues 51-60. Issue 10 [60] includes Marine Biological Laboratory Chemical Room Formulae and Methods II, edited by Oscar W. Richards.

Created: 1932

Collecting Net. v. 6, 1931

Vol. 6. 10 numbered issues published from June 27-Aug. 29, 1931. Numbered both as issues 1-10 and issues 41-50.

Created: 1931

Collecting Net. v. 5, 1930

Vol. 5. 10 numbered issues published from June 28-Aug. 30, 1930. Numbered both as issues 1-10 and issues 31-40. Includes anniversary supplement in honor of Professor Frank R. Lillie, published June 28, 1930. Includes supplement published August 30, 1930 - Marine Biological Laboratory Chemical Room Formulae and Methods, edited by Oscar W. Richards.

Created: 1930

Collecting Net. v. 4, 1929

Vol. 4. 8 numbered issues published from July 6-Aug. 25, 1929. Includes the following supplements: Serial publications held by the Marine Biological Laboratory, June 15, 1929; "?????" news supplements vol. 1, no. 1-3, published July 25, 1929, July 29, 1929, and August 5, 1929; Woods Hole Log, vol. 1, no. 5-7, published August 19, 1929, Sept. 4, 1929, and Sept. 18, 1929.

Created: 1929