264 United States of America 



LOA diesel powered launch and a barge 8 ft by 24 ft 

 with submersible observation chamber. New Hydro- 

 biology Building, 18,000 sq ft on Lake Mendota. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Limnology, physical and 

 biological oceanography, plant and animal ecology, gen- 

 eral and comparative physiology, biochemistry, embry- 

 ology, microbiology, parasitology, invertebrate zoology, 

 aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate systematics, fishery 

 biology, biometry and population dynamics, ecology 

 of fishes, genetics, biophysics, cytology, algae and 

 bacteriology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Fifteen at professorial level; 3 tech- 

 nicians and 15 research assistants. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Rocctis chrysops, Perca fiavescens 



Crustacea : Daphnia pulex 



Insecta: Chironomus 



Normal plant and animal communities of temperature 

 zone, soft and hard water lakes, ponds and streams. 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



Mechanisms of orientation in migratory fishes (A. 

 Hasler) 



General limnology (A. Hasler) 



Nitrogen fixation (J. Neess) 



Circulation dynamics (R. Bryson) 



Heat budgets (R. Ragotzkie) 



Chemical budget and pollution abatement (G. 

 Rohlich and Fred Lee) 



Physiology of algae (O. Holm-Hansen) 



Bacteriological ecology (W. Sarles) 



Limnological instrumentation (L. Whitney and D. 

 Livermore) 



Dynamics and ecology of fish populations (G. Schu- 

 mann) 



Sedimentation (R. Batten) 



Marine geology (L. Cline) 



Radio-limnology (J. Anderegg) 



Marine geophysics (G. Woollard) 



Vhgm'ta Institute of Marine Science 



POSTAL address: Glouchester Point, Virginia, USA. 

 LOCATION: Near Williamsburg. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. William J. Hargis, Jr., In- 

 stitute Director and Dean, School of Marine Science. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1940. 



scope of activities: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search on basic and applied marine biology ; physical, 

 chemical and geological oceanography; and fisheries. 

 Graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Atlantic Ocean, 

 Chesapeake Bay and tributaries ; sandy and silty 

 beaches, estuarine conditions and brackish, shallow 

 bays. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Re.search space 

 available for 10-16 visitors. 



major research and teaching facilities: Moder- 

 ately complete library; radiobiology laboratory; run- 

 ning sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and 

 tanks, small aquarium tanks; research collection of 

 monogenetic trematodes, benthos and phyto- and zoo- 

 plankton ; identified reference collection of fishes, mol- 

 lusks and crustaceans ; machine and wood shop ; small 

 boats and outboard motors; two vessels, 55 ft, R/V 

 Pathfiiider, and 80 ft LOA, R/V Langley. 



instructional program: Courses offered in the 

 School of Marine Science of the College of William 

 and Mary: limnology, biological, chemical and physical 

 oceanography, ecology, general invertebrate zoology, 

 ichthyology, fishery biology, biometry and fisheries 

 management, cybernetics, microbiology, marine pollu- 

 tion, radiobiology, taxonomy and phylogeny, marine 

 biology, and others. 



size of staff: Thirty-four full-time and 1 part-time 

 at professional level; 24 full-time and 16 part-time 

 technicians. 



IMPORTANT species AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: 

 Spermatophyta: Zosteni marina (eel grass) 

 Mollusca: Crassoslrea rirgii/ica, Alya arenaria, Aler- 



cenaria mercenaria, Urosalpinx cinerea 

 Crustacea : Callinectes sapid us, Xanthid crabs 

 Pisces: iWicropogon iindulatus, Breroortia tyranniis, 



Opsanus tan 

 An annotated check-list of organisms is available trom 



the Director) . 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Epidemiology of oyster diseases (J. D. Andrews) 

 Study of disease-producing microorganisms affecting 



shellfish (J. L. Wood) 

 Productivity and phytoplankton (B. C. Patten) 

 Pollution problems in estuaries (M. L. Brehmer) 

 Study of offshore spawning grounds of several com- 

 mercially important finfishes (Edwin B. Joseph) 

 Host-specificity and zoogeography of monogenetic tre- 



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