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{{Short description|Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology}}
[[Image:KerckhoffLab-2009.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory,<br/>Corona del Mar, Orange County, California]]

The '''[[William G. Kerckhoff]] [https://kml.caltech.edu Marine Laboratory]''' is owned and operated by the [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech). It is located 101 Dahlia Street, in the [[Corona del Mar, Newport Beach|Corona del Mar]] district of Newport Beach, in Orange County, California.

== History ==
The marine laboratory was established by biologist [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]] in 1928 to replicate the facilities at the [[Stazione Zoologica]] in Naples, Italy. Caltech made the decision to purchase the facility in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/196/1/marine.pdf|website=calteches.library.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-12-17|title= Caltech's Marine Laboratory | publisher=California Institute of Technology}}</ref> It is one of the oldest marine laboratories on the [[West Coast of the United States]]. From 1962 until his death in 2002, Dr. [[Wheeler J. North]] conducted numerous studies on the ecology of the California [[kelp forest]]s while based at this laboratory.  During the 1990s and 2000s investigators included members of the [[Eric H. Davidson|Eric Davidson]] lab working on various marine biology related projects.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/196/1/marine.pdf | title= Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory | publisher=California Institute of Technology | accessdate=19 Dec 2009}}</ref> The current Director of the Kerckhoff Marine Lab is Prof. [[Victoria Orphan|Victoria J. Orphan]], who maintains an active [https://orphanlab.caltech.edu/research/blue-carbon research program] there.

==See also==
*[[Marine biology]]
*[[Marine ecosystem]]

==Notes==
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