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FISHERJES BUILDING, FARM PONDS I.AHORATOKY, 

 AUBURN UNIVERSITY 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library; 154 experimental ponds, small 

 aquarium tanks, feeding troughs; machine and wood 

 shop, skilled shop workman available ; small boats and 

 outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Limnology, plankton, ecol- 

 ogy, general and comparative physiology, biochemis- 

 try, embryology, parasitology, phycology, general in- 

 vertebrate zoology, ichthyology, aquatic entomology, 

 fishery biology, biometry, population dynamics, iisheries 

 and hatchery management and pond construction. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 6-10 tech- 

 nicians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Aquatic plants: Pilbophora, Anachar'is spp., Pota- 

 mogeton spp.. Microcystis, Hetera/ilbera ditbia, 

 Alteriianthera philoxeroides. 

 Trematoda: GyroJactylus sp., Daclylo gyrus. 

 Gastropoda: Physa sp. 

 Insecta: Chironomidae. 



Pisces: 35 species of fresh-water fishes in ponds in- 

 cluding Tilapia nilotica and T. mossamhica. Other 



AERIAL VIEW OF 48 OF THE 164 EXPERIMENTAL FRESH- 

 WATER PONDS OPERATED BY THE AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENTAL STATION, AUBURN UNIVERSITY 



local species available include Lepomis macro- 

 chirus,, Micropterus salmoides, Pimephales promelas, 

 Ictalurus puiictalHs and /. catiis. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Parasites of fish (Ray Allison) 



Fish food organisms (J. S. Dendy) 



Chemical control of pond weeds (J. M. Lawrence) 



Sport fish management (H. S. Swingle and E. E. 



Prather) 

 Minnow production (E. E. Prather) 

 Commercial fish production (H. S. Swingle) 

 Screening aquatic herbicides (J. M. Lawrence, Don 



Davis and R. Blackburn) 

 Toxicity of rotenone formulations to fish (F. E. 



Hester) 

 Biological weed control (E. W. Shell) 

 Surveys of Alabama rivers (Staff) 

 Biological control of snails (Ray Allison) 



Battelle Memorial Institute, North Florida Re- 

 search Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 5222 South Peninsula Drive, Daytona 

 Beach, Florida, USA. 3^0/ ¥ 



EXECUTIVE officer: B. J. Merrell, Operator. 



SPONSORING agency: Battelle Memorial Institute, 

 Columbus, Ohio. (Industrial research organization 

 which contracts individual research programs for in- 

 dustrial firms, governmental agencies, etc.) 



YEAR founded: 1948. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Research on the protection of 

 materials from deterioration in marine environments. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, and estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS for visiting SCIENTISTS: None. 



major research facilities: No library; marine dock 

 designed for exposure of specimens to sea water; small 

 reference collection of principal fouling and wood- 

 destroying organisms; small machine and wood shop, 

 skilled shop workman available; small boats and out- 

 board motors. 



SIZE of staff: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Crustacea: Balaiuis ebnrneus. B. iinprovisus and other 



species of barnacles; Limnoria tri punctata 

 Pelecypoda: Anomia simplex, Crassostrea virginica, 



Mytiltis sp.. Teredo sp., Baiikia sp., Marlesla sp. 

 Polychaeta: Hydroides sp. 

 Hydrozoa: Bugula sp. 



major current research projects: 

 Corrosion of metals 



Durability and effectiveness of protective coatings 

 Wood preservatives 

 Anti-fouling coatings 



