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BENNER SPRING FISH RESEARCH STATION 



Benner Spring Fish Research Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS ; P. O. Box 200C., R. D. No. 1. Belle- 

 fonte, Pennsylvania, USA. I ia'^ oL Z 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. Gordon L. Trembley, Chief 

 Aquatic Biologist. 



SPONSORING agency: Pennsylvania Fish Commission. 



YEAR founded: 195^. 



SCOPE of activities: Research on fishery management 

 and fish culture. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Fresh-water 

 streams and lakes (eutrophic and oligotrophic) of 

 Pennsylvania. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR research FACILITIES: 25 acres; one two-story 

 building, 100 ft by 40 ft; small library; three labora- 

 tories; research collection of fresh-water fish; hatching 

 facilities; small aquaria; 150 experimental concrete 

 ponds, raceways and earthen ponds for trout; numer- 

 ous large ponds for warm water fish species; machine 

 and wood shop, skilled shop workmen available; small 

 boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Five at professional level; 13 technicians. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Blood group studies and immuno-genetics in trout 



(JamesE. Wright, Jr.) 

 Selective breeding, nutrition and improved mechanical 



techniques for trout culture; refinements in esocid 



culture (Keen Buss) 

 Diseases of fishes, and immunological studies (Arthur 



D. Bradford) 

 Experimental electro-fishing gear (Jack G. Miller) 



Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 2025, Yale Station, New 



Haven, Connecticut, USA. 

 executive OFFICER: Dr. Daniel Merriman, Director. 



SPONSORING agency: Yale University. 



year founded: 1930. 



scope of activities: Unrestricted research on bio- 

 logical and physical oceanography and general marine 

 biology; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



season of operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean, 

 Long Island and Block Island Sounds; sandy and silty 

 beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions 

 and brackish, shallow bays. 



provisions for visiting SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library ; running sea and fresh-water, small 

 aquarium tanks ; laboratory for handling radioactive 

 materials; good research and reference collections of 

 invertebrates and fishes ; machine and wood shop ; 

 vessels, 30-60 ft LOA available by charter. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Plankton, biological, chem- 

 ical and physical oceanography, ichthyology, and fishery 

 biology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Nine at professional level; 3 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces : Vnnchilus heteroclitiis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Teleost eggs, larvae and juveniles (S. W. Richards) 

 Oceanography of Long Island Sound (Gordon A. 



Riley) 

 Fish taxonomy (Alfred W. Ebeling) 

 Plankton: seasonal cycles and abundance (G. B. 



Deavey) 

 Physical oceanography (Alyn C. Duxbury) 

 Fish endocrinology (G. E. Pickford) 

 Elasmobranch life history (Daniel Merriman) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Jounial of Marine Research 

 (regularly published journal) 



BINGHAM OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY 



