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major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Limnologxcal investigations and surveys (Frank F. 



Hooper) 

 Warm water fisheries research (John E. Williams) 

 Fish pathology (Leonard N. Allison) 

 Stream trout research (David S. Shelter) 

 Sea lamprey research (Thomas M. Stauffer) 

 Experimental fish management (Walter R. Crowe) 



Michigan State University, Department of 

 Fisheries and Wildlife 



POSTAL ADDRESS: East Lansing, Michigan, USA. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Peter L Tack, Head. 



YEAR founded: 1940. 



scope of activities: Unrestricted research on funda- 

 mentals of aquatic productivity; graduate and under- 

 graduate instruction. 



season of operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Lake Lansing 

 (eutrophic lake), Red Cedar and Grand Rivers. 



provlsions for visiting scientists: None. 



major RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library ; large outdoor ponds and tanks, 

 small aquarium tanks; limited research collections of 

 vertebrates and Great Lakes area flora; identified refer- 

 ence collections of most local vertebrates as well as 

 nearly all loc.il plants; small boats and outboard 

 motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Limnology, plankton, ecol- 

 ogy, parasitology, general invertebrate zoology, ichthy- 

 ology, aquatic entomology, general physiology, fishery 

 biology, biometry, population dynamics and fisheries 

 management. 



SIZE OF staff: Ten at professional level; 2 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: 



Study of primary productivity in a warm water stream 



and estimation of total community metabolism 

 Study of productivity in a trout stream ecosystem 

 Tracing of nutrients through the food complex (radio- 

 active isotope tracer study) 

 Relationships of food production to predation in a fish 



population 

 A study of the ecological importance of stream drift 

 Study of methods of estimation of primary production 

 in a stream ecosystem 



Minnesota State Department of Conservation, 

 Division of Game and Fish. Fisheries Re- 

 search Unit 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: 390 Centennial Building, St. Paul 1, 



Minnesota, USA. 

 Branch Laboratories: 



1. Brainerd District Headquarters, 315 Charles 



Street, N.W., Brainerd, Minnesota; John E. 

 Maloney, Aquatic Biologist. 



2. Detroit Lakes District Headquarters, Detroit 

 Lakes, Minnesota; D. E. Olson, Aquatic 

 Biologist. 



3. Glenwood District Headquarters, Glenwood, 

 Minnesota; Dennis Schupp, Aquatic Biologist. 



4. Grand Rapids District Headquarters, Grand 

 Rapids, Minnesota; Fritz Johnson, Aquatic 

 Biologist. 



5. St. Peter District Headquarters, St. Peter, Minne- 

 sota; Donald E. Woods, Aquatic Biologist. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. John Moyle, Research Super- 

 visor. 



YEAR FOUNDED: Central laboratory in 1941; Brainerd 

 laboratory, 1949, Glenwood and St. Peter laboratories, 

 1950. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on applied 

 aquatic and fisheries biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Eutrophic and 



oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks ; machine 

 and wood shop, skilled shop workman available at 

 central laboratory. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Ten at professional level; 5 technicians. 



Missouri Cooperative Fishery Unit 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Department of Zoology, University of 

 Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Robert S. Campbell, Chair- 

 man, Department of Zoology. 



SPONSORING agencies: University of Missouri; Mis- 

 souri Conservation Commission ; U. S. Fish and Wild- 

 life Service; industrial direct support; private support. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1937. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on limnol- 

 ogy and fishery biology; graduate and undergradute 

 instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Rivers, streams, 



farm ponds and reservoirs. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; large outdoor ponds; machine 

 and wood shop; skilled shop workmen on University- 

 wide basis available; identified reference and research 

 collections of Missouri fishes; small boats and outboard 

 motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM : Limnology, ecology, gen- 

 eral and comparative physiology, biochemistry, embry- 

 ology, phycology, general invertebrate zoology, ichthy- 

 ology, fisheries biology, biometry, population dynam- 

 ics, fisheries management and methods in hydrobi- 

 ology. 



