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E. SYDNEY STEPHENS HALL, HOUSING THE MISSOURI 

 COOPERATIVE FISHERY UNIT 



SIZE OF STAFF: Five at professional level in limnology 



and fisheries. 

 important species available for laboratory 



studies: 

 Pisces: Aplodinotiis giunniens, Micropterus sal- 



moides, AL dolomieu, Pomoxis aimiddris, Lepomis 



cyanellus, L. macrochkus, Funduliis catenatiis, F. 



kansae, Lepisosteus osseus, Ictalurus lacustris. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 The white crappie in the Niangua Arm, Lake of the 



Ozarks (Arthur Witt, Jr.) 

 Length frequency distributions of ancient and recent 



fresh-water drum (Arthur Witt, Jr.) 

 The limnology of Lake Taneycomo, Missouri (Robert 



S. Campbell) 

 Distribution of fishes in the Platte River, Nebraska 



(Arthur Witt, Jr.) 

 Growth of channel catfish in the Platte River, Nebraska 



(Arthur Witt, Jr.) 

 Life history of the longnose gar (Arthur Witt, Jr.) 



Montana State Department of Fish and Game, 

 State Fisheries Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Department of Zoology and Entom- 

 ology, Montana State College, Bozeman, Montana, 

 USA. 



EXECUTIVE officers: John R. Heaton, Department of 

 Fish and Game. Dr. C. J. D. Brown, Professor of 

 Limnology. 



SPONSORING AGENCIES: Montana Department of Fish 

 and Game and the Montana State College Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 



YEAR founded: 1948. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search on applied limnology and fisheries of fresh- 



wa'ers ; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Headwaters of 

 Missouri River and reservoirs on cold water streams 

 and mountain lakes. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space available for 2-3 visitors; no fees charged for 

 research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library ; small aquarium tanks, use of 

 fish hatchery facilities in the State; research collecjons 

 of aquatic plants, fish and aquatic invertebrates; identi- 

 fied reference collections of fish and plans; machine 

 and wood shop at the College; small boats and out- 

 board motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: The following courses are 

 offered by the Department of Zoology and Entom- 

 ology, Montana State College: limnology, ecology, 

 biochemistry, embryology, microbiology, parasitology, 

 ichthyology, fisheries management, aquatic plants, ad- 

 vanced aquatic ecology, aquatic insects and fish culture. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two full-time and 4 part-time scien- 

 tists at professional level (6 additional professional 

 staff on the College faculty) . 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Salmo gairdneri, S. clarki, S. tnitta, Salvelinus 

 jontinalis, S. ttialma, Prosopium williamsoni, 

 Nnti/rus fiavus, Catostomiis and several species of 

 Cyprindae. 

 Insecta: Many species of stoneflies. Caddis, mayflies, 

 etc. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Trout test stream studies (Jack E. Bailey) 

 Montana fishes (C. J. D. Brown) 

 Age and growth of Montana fishes (John Heaton) 

 Phytoplankton production in reser%'oirs (John C. 



Wright) 

 Reservoir influences on cold water streams (John 



Heaton and J. Stober) 

 Lake population studies (J. Posewitz and R. Johnson) 

 DDT effects on fish and fish foods (N. Schoenthal) 

 Life history of cutthroat trout ( H. Johnson) 

 Trout parasites (A. Fox) 

 Winter movements of trout (S. Logan) 

 Effects of Toxaphene on fish-food organisms (R. 



Needham) 



Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Salsbury Cove, Maine, USA. 



LOCATION: Near Bar Harbor. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Alvin F. Rieck, Director of 

 Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Marquette Uni- 

 versity School of Medicine, 561 North Fifteenth Street, 

 Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Privately financed laboratory. 



