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Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kitoi 

 Bay Research Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Kodiak, Alaska, USA. ^7 /^ 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: William L. Sheridan, Research 

 Biologist. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1954. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted basic research on life 

 history and population dynamics of salmon and trout. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Kitoi Bay, Ishut 

 Bay on Afognak Island; open ocean, sandy beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, 

 brackish, shallow bays, oligotrophic lakes, rivers and 

 streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space available for visitors; fees charged for 

 research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; limited 

 research and reference collections of fauna and flora; 

 machine and wood shop, skilled shop workman avail- 

 able; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF staff: Three at professional level; 3 tech- 

 nicians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Salmonidae: Oncorhynchtis nerka, O. gorbnscha, O. 



kisHtcb, Salveliiitis mahna 

 Cottidae: Cotttis aleuticus 

 Gasterosteidae: Gasterostens acid eat lis 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Sockeye salmon studies (Robert R. Parker) 

 Pink salmon studies (William L. Sheridan) 

 Watershed nutrient dynamics (Richard Dugdale) 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Biological oceanography, 

 parasitology, general invertebrate zoology, aquatic in- 

 vertebrate and vertebrate systematics, submarine 

 geology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seven at professional level. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: All species found along the coast of southern 

 California. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Oceanic survey of the southern California shelf (R. E. 



Stevenson) 

 Benthonic Foraminifera as indictators of pollution (R. 



E. Stevenson) 

 Sulfur isotopes in sediments (S. C. Rittenberg and 



K. O. Emery) 

 Benthos of submarine canyons (Olga Hartman and 



K. O. Emery) 

 Oxygen in basin waters (K. O. Emery) 



THE ALLAN HANCOCK FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 



The Allan Hancock Foundation for Scientific 

 Research 



POSTAL ADDRESS: University of Southern California, 

 Los Angeles 7, California, USA. / i^ O w 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Leslie A. Chambers, Scientific 

 Director. 



SPONSORING agency: Privately financed laboratory. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1940. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Research fields restricted to 

 fundamental studies on marine biology, geology and 

 oceanography; graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Oceean. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space available 

 for visitors. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Large re- 

 search and identified reference collections of algae, 

 marine invertebrates, especially crustaceans, mollusks, 

 polychaetes, and echinoderms ; machine and wood 

 shop; 110 ft LOA oceanographic vessel, Velero IV. 



Ecological survey of mid-water fishes and crustaceans 



(J. S. Garth and J. M. Savage) 

 Monograph of Pacific American Cancroidea (J. S. 



Garth) 



Auburn University, Farm Ponds Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Fisheries Building, Auburn Univer- 

 sity, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: H. S. Swingle, Fish Culturist. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Alabama Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of Auburn University. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1934. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Extensive research on fresh-water 

 pond management and river and impoundment sur- 

 veys ; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Streams, ponds 

 and large impoundments. 



