260 U)i!ted SliUes of America 



INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF 

 NORTH CAROLINA 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE; Atlantic Ocean, 

 Bogue and Pamlico Sounds; sandy and silty beaches, 

 estuarine conditions, and brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 5 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and tanks, 

 small aquarium tanks; 2500 identified and catalogued 

 fish, 950 Crustacea and 705 Mollusca; machine and 

 wood shop, skilled shop workman available; skiffs with 

 outboard motors; 47 ft LOA power vessel with trawl- 

 ing and dredging gear and deck laboratory. 



SIZE OF staff: Six at professional level; 4 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Crustacea: Pendens (3 spp.), Callinecles sapidus, Uca 



(3 spp.), Balanus spp. 

 Pelecypoda: Crassoslrea virginica, Venus mercenarin, 



V ■ campechiensis 

 Gastropoda: Urosalphix c'inerea, Nassa obsoleta 

 Pisces: Paralichthys (3 spp.), Cynoscion (2 spp.) 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 



Plankton ecology of a positive bar-built estuary 



(Gerald S. Posner) 

 Biology and ecology of Paralichthys letho stigma ( Earl 



E. Deubler, Jr.) 

 Experiments on meristic structures in fishes (William 



E. Fahy) 

 Decapod crustaceans of southeastern United States 



(Austin B. Williams) 

 Influence of temperature on osmoregulation in Peiiaeus 



(Austin B.Williams) 

 Biology and ecology of \'ei!ns mercenaria and V. 



campechiensis (Hugh J. Porter) 

 Setting behavior of oyster larvae ( A. F. Chestnut) 



University of Oklahoma Biological Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Lake Texoma, Willis, Oklahoma, 

 USA. ^ 



LOCATION: Near Madill. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Carl D. Riggs, Director of 



Station, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



scope of ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on ecology, 

 taxonomy and biology of impoundments ; graduate and 

 undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year for research; June to 

 August for instruction. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lake Texoma, a 

 95,000 acre impoundment; rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space for 15 visitors; fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library ; large indoor and outdoor concrete tanks, small 

 aquarium tanks, cages in lake; large research collections 

 of local flora and fauna ; identified reference collections 

 of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles; machine and wood 

 shop ; small boats and outboard motors; one 36 ft LOA 

 vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Summer courses in algol- 

 ogy, ecology of aquatic plants, herpetology, natural 

 history of invertebrates, natural history of vertebrates, 

 ichthyology, limnology, biology of fishes, and other 

 courses in biology; 5 research courses. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Ten at professional level, 6 graduate 

 assistants; 2 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: Typical mid-continental lake fauna and 

 flora. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Effect of lake level fluctuations upon marginal plants 



(Wm. T. Penfound) 

 Parasites of the fishes of Lake Texoma (J. Teague 



Self) 

 Osteology and the lateral line-system of centrarchid 



fishes (George A. Moore) 

 Life histories of local fishes (Carl D. Riggs) 



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UNIVPRSITY OF OKLAHOMA HIOLOGICAL STATION 



