The William G. Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. The lab, located 101 Dahlia St., in Corona del Mar, CA, was established by biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan in 1928 to replicate the facilities at the Stazione Zoologica in Naples, Italy. It is one of the oldest marine laboratories on the U.S. West Coast. From 1962 until his death in 2002, Dr. Wheeler J. North conducted numerous studies on the ecology of the California kelp forests while based at this laboratory. Current investigators include members of the Eric Davidson lab working on various marine biology related projects.[1]