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WISCONSIN CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT. FISHERY 

 RESEARCH STATION 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twelve at professional level; 10 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIHS AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: Pisces: Brook, brown and rainbow trout, 

 walleye, muskellunge, northern pike, lake sturgeon, 

 fresh-water drum, bluegill, largemouth ,ind small- 

 mouth bass. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Evaluation of muskellunge stocking (Leon Johnson) 

 Evaluation of liberalized angling regulations (warm 



water species) (Warren Churchill and Howard 



Snow) 

 Effects of various angling regulations on a wild brook 



trout population (Robert Hunt) 

 Life history and management of lake sturgeon 



(Thomas Wirth and Gordon Priegel) 

 Evaluation of walleye stocking (Warren Churchill and 



Donald Mraz) 

 Evaluation of habitat development practices (Ray 



White) 

 Survival and growth of stocked trout (Oscar Brynild- 



son and Ray White) 



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 



Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. 

 Dr. Paul M. Eye, Director. 

 Privately endowed corporation. 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 

 executive OFFICER: 



SPONSORING agency: 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1930. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search in general oceanography. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean, 



Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Mediterranean Sea, 

 Indian Ocean; estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for a vari- 

 able number of visitors; no fees charged; living quar- 

 ters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library at the Marine Biological Laboratory, 

 small one at the Oceanographic Institution; large out- 

 door tanks, small aquarium tanks ; machine and wood 

 shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop work- 

 men available; small boats, 142 ft LOA diesel powered 

 ke^ch, Atlantis, 125 ft LOA cutter, Craivjord, 210 ft 

 LOA, twin screw oceanographic research vessel, At- 

 lantis II. 215 ft LOA ARS type ship. Chain, 110 ft 

 LOA diesel, Bear, 40 ft LOA flounder dragger type, 

 Asterias; three planes. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM; Occasional courses given 

 in the summer. Research fellowships. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One hundred and thirty-four at pro- 

 fessional level; 166 technicians (including shop, 

 crew and secretaries). 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: See A Catalogue of the Marine Fauna in A 

 Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and 

 Vicinity by Francis B. Sumner, Raymond C. Obsorn 

 and Leon J. Cole, Bulletin, Bureau of Fisheries 

 31:547-794 (1911). 



MAJOR current BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND 

 SCIENTIFIC LEADERS: 



Beach studies (John M. Zeigler) 



Chemistry and biology of sea water in relation to pro- 

 ductivity and ocean currents (Bostwick H. 



Ketchum) 

 Geology and geophysics of marine areas (Kenneth 



O. Emery, John W. Graham, J. Brackett Hersey 



and John M. Zeigler) 

 Development of oceanographic instruments (William 



S. Richardson and Karl E. Schleicher) 

 Underwater photography (David M. Owen) 

 Biogeochemistry (Vaughn T. Bowen) 

 Radioelement studies (Vaughn T. Bowen) 

 Environment of fish (Dean F. Bumpus) 

 Primary productivity of the sea (John H. Ryther) 

 Measurement of light in the sea (George L. Clarke) 

 Productivity of the benthos of coastal and deep waters 



(Howard L. Sanders) 

 Vertical movement of zooplankton ( Edward R. 



Baylor) 

 Environmental cetology (William E. Schevill) 

 Biology of the larger pelagic fishes (William C. 



Schroeder) 

 Environmental influences on reproductive cycles of 



benthonic marine invertebrates (Harry J. Turner, 



Jr.) 

 Feeding, metabolism and growth of zooplankton 



(George L. Clarke) 

 Composition of ocean deep scattering layers (Richard 

 H. Backus) 



