Descriptions and further information about photographs and other artwork that appears on the Hatfield Marine Science center "virtual tour" pages.
Map of Hatfield Marine Science center grounds, Newport,
Oregon:
This map shows the layout of the HMSC campus on the south shore of
Yaquina Bay in Newport. (The map includes clickable links to additional Web
pages about particular labs. You may also access those links via the text
navigation bar at the bottom of the page). North of the center is the bay
and docks for Oregon State University research vessels, including the R/V Wecoma,
which are based at the center when they are not conducting research at sea.
Immediately south of the bay is the public parking area for the HMSC
Visitor Center, where exhibits and activities illustrate the kind of research
conducted here. Proceeding south beyond the Visitor Center are laboratories,
aquaria and support facilities for researchers affiliated with OSU and various
state and federal agencies which have research labs here. At the extreme southern
end of the HMSC campus are bunkhouses for visiting research fellows, and the
regional office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
COMES Fish Disease Research: Dr. Paul Reno holds a sample under a microscope at the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station fish disease lab.
Photo: Prudy Reno, wearing the white coat of a lab technician, uses a pipette to transfer bacterial material into a petri dish for culturing. Reno is a technician in the bacterial lab that is part of a larger fish disease research facility operated by her husband microbiologist Paul Reno.
HMSC Water Treatment System: Photo: A row of five red fiberglass domes, part of the sand filtration system that helps remove impurities from an estimated one million gallons of sea water each day that is pumped from Yaquina Bay into the Hatfield Marine Science center's labs and marine exhibits.
Marilyn Potts Guin Library. Photo: OSU graduate student Cindy Anderson stands next to a bookshelf at the HMSC Guin Library holding a large, red book about cormorants, seabirds which are the subject of her graduate research.
Plankton farms. Photo: A double row of water-filled tanks inside a greenhouse-like structure grows enough plankton to feed 100,000 baby oysters, or "spats."
Spats. Photo: Sean Matson, a graduate research assistant at OSU's Molluscan Broodstock Program, smiles as he leans over a growing tank and holds up a red bag crammed with thousands of baby oysters, or "spats."
Sablefish. Photo: A large sablefish swims in a tank at the National Marine Fisheries Service lab in Newport.
Researcher. Photo: Dr. Allan Stoner stands between rows of blue-lined tanks, about the size of a washtub, where he studies how fish react to different water temperatures.
Mixer. Photo: Looking like a back-yard wading pool, a 15-foot tank called a mixer helps researchers study how fish react when caught in a net.
Fish and Wildlife. Photo: Roy Lowe of the US Fish and Wildlife Service looks at an ornamental wall at his agency's office at the HMSC. The wall is carved to look like sandstone and features a mural of flying ducks and geese, along with plaque bearing the agency's logo.
Research ship. Photo: The Research Vessel Wecoma, about 56 meters long and featuring onboard cranes for hoisting equipment in and out of the sea, sits by the dock at the Hatfield Marine Science center.