WEST VIRGINIA (Cont. ) 



frequented by anglers. The project is designed to aid the angler in tv/o ways: 

 (1) Add more fishing waters to the State and (2) make more readily available the 

 least exploitable waters. 



Statewide, Hdqtrs. : Elkins; began October 1952, planned for 2 years; $10,000; 



Donald Peterson, Project Leader. 

 Address correspondence to: E. A. Seaman, Chief, Div. of Fish Mgt. , Conservation 



Commission of West Va. , Charleston, W. Va. 



West Virginia University 



1. The Limnology of Cheat Lake. 



The objective of this project is to determine the quality of the water on a year -around 

 basis; determine the plankton population and bottom organisms on the same basis. 

 This Lake is a 27-year-old impoundment which is polluted by acid mine waste. 



Began October 1952, continuing; $2,000. 



Address correspondence to: Bertil G. Anderson, Dept. of Biology, West Virginia 

 Univ., Morgantown, W. Va. 



2. Bioassay Methods for Using Daphnia Magna to Evaluate the Acute Toxicity of 

 Industrial Wastes. 



As title indicates. 



Began 1941, continuing. 



Address correspondence to: Bertil G. Anderson, Dept. of Biology, W. Va. Univ., 

 Morgantown, W. Va. 



Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Fishery Biology 



1. Etiology of Gill Diseases (Proj. 48). 



A study to determine which of the gill diseases are caused by pathogens and which 

 have nutritional origin. Isolation and determination of the eventual pathogens is 

 involved. 



Hdqtrs.: Leetown, W. Va. ; began 1947, continuing; S. F. Snieszko and P. J. Griffin, 



Leaders. 

 Address correspondence to: S. F. Snieszko, Dir. , Microbiological Lab. , Leetown, 



Kearneysville, W. Va. 



2. Study of the Effect of Pollution on the Bottom Fauna and Fish Population in the 

 Shenandoah River (Proj. 49). 



A study to keep constant watch on the effect of industrial pollution on the fish popu- 

 lation in the Shenandoah River. 



Hdqtrs. : Leetown, W. Va. ; began 1947, continuing. 



Address correspondence to: S. F. Snieszko, Dir. , Microbiological Lab. , Leetown, 

 Kearneysville, W, Va. 



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