Estuarine : 



Alabama 2-3'i-R Johnle H. Cranoe 177,000 



Cooperative Gulf of Mexico estuarine inventory (Alabama) - This study of the estuarine areas 

 of Alabama is part of a Gulf of Mexico estuarine inventory in cooperation with other Gulf 

 States and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. The inventory includes the physical and bio- 

 logical characteristics of each estuarine zone to the 10-fathom isobath and consists of 

 four phases: area description, hydrology, sedimentology, and biology. 



Florida 2-53-R Edwin A. Joyce, Jr. $2-i,000 



A study of the effects of a conuuercial hydraulic clam dredge on benthic communities in 



estuarine areas - In Tampa Bay, Indian River, Apalachicola bay, and Ten Thousand Islands, the 



effects by hydraulic dredging on finfish, crustaceans, and invertebrates important in the 

 fisheries food chain in estuarine areas are investigated. 



Louisiana 2-22-R J. D. Broom $2/i/i,700 



Ecology of Louisiana's estuarine waters - This project is undertaken to: (l) study the compo- 

 sition, general distribution, and relative abundance of the commercially (or potentially) impor- 

 tant marine fauna in the estuaries and near offshore waters of the Louisiana coast, as well as 

 ecological factors influencing this fauna, and (2) to determine possible means of preserving the 

 estuarine areas. 



Maryland 3-26-R D. VJ. Pritchard Completed 1967 



Studies of the physical and chemical properties of the estuarine environment associated with 

 fish kills - A monitoring program by the Johns Hopkins University provided several hundred 

 temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and pH observations on upper Chesapeake Bay. Also, 

 surveys of fish kills and studies of blue crab movements were made in cooperation with the 

 monitoring program. 



North Carolina 2-9-R Austin B. Williams ■ Completed 1967 



Studies on macroplanktonic crustaceans and ichthyoplankton of the Pamlico Sound complex - 

 Data are obtained on how relative abundance and movement of larval shellfish and marine fin- 

 fish a re related to environmental changes caused by phosphate mining and other engineering 

 projects. 



Texas 2-12-R Roy B. Johnson, Jr. $21,6/^7 



An evaluation of t he effects of estuarine engineering p roject s - Physical and biological data 

 are obtained on how various engineering projects affect the ecology of Galveston Bay. 



Virginia 3-19-R "■ Edwin B. Joseph Completed 1967 



Characteristics of coastal estuarine fish nursery ground as natural commionities - The features 



of low-salinity nursery areas of the York River estuary suitable for larval and juvenile 



fishes of the coastal area are described. Also, the distribution and abundance of several 

 important species were determined. 



Fresh-water : 



Kentucky A-U&-B. Hunter M. Hancock 19,000 



Influence of the effluent from a concentrated industrial complex on a large river - Murray 

 State University has undertaken a 2-year study to determine how effluent released into 

 the Tennessee River affects the distribution of fish, water quality, and the chemical 

 composition of bottom muds, benthos, and fish tissue. 



Ohio AFCS-li/ C. E. Herdendorf $/;0,000 



A study of the physical characteristics of the major reef areas in the western basin of 

 Lake Erie - The Ohio Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Canada, 



1/ Jointly administered and funded by Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and Bureau of 

 Sport Fisheries and Wildlife 



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