OHIO (Cont. ) 



15. Sandusky Bay Fishery Project. 



This project is set up to obtain basic data on crops of fish in Sandusky Bay 

 and how these crops should be harvested. Anglers' data, test netting, tagging 

 to show movements, age and growth determinations, and commercial fish catch 

 reports are all utilized in the program. 



Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie; began 1953, continuing; Robert Cummins, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: E. L. Wickliff, as in No. 1 above. 



16. Fish Production in Small Impoundments. 



Twelve one-acre ponds, including check ponds, are set aside and stocked 

 with different numbers and sizes of largemouth bass and bluegills. Studies are 

 underway to obtain data on management of small impoundments, including farm 

 ponds. 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperating, Federal Fish Farm, Hebron; 

 began 1953, continuing; Ray Riethmiller, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: E. L. Wickliff, as in No. 1 above. 



State University 



1. Preparation of an Illustrated Key to Ohio Fishes. 



This is a long-term project with the background of collecting fishes in all 

 parts of Ohio over a period of 27 years. The key will contain structural draw- 

 ings of each species of fish collected in Ohio with a map to show its distribution. 

 The key proper will consist of text, using the usual system of dichotomus 

 characters. 



Hdqrs. Put-in-Bay; began May 1939, to close July 1954; $70, 000; M. B. Trautman, 

 Leader; reports available when published. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. Thomas H. Langlois, Franz Theodore Stone 

 Institute of Hydrobiology, Put-in-Bay, Ohio. 



2. The Phytoplankton of the Western End of Lake Erie. 



This project has been carried on to record changes in the character and 

 abundance of phytoplankton in western Lake Erie and to relate such changes with 

 variations in the lake as an environment. Particular attention is paid to light 

 penetration, turbidity, and currents in the area. 



Hdqrs. Put-in-Bay; began June 1938, continuing; $10, 000; Jacob Verduin, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. Thonaas H. Langlois, as in No. 1 above. 



3. Fisheries Bay of South Bass Island as an Ecological Unit in Western Lake Erie. 



More infornaation is needed on the use of shallow water areas by all organ- 

 isms in western Lake Erie. This study is of a shallow water area and will 

 attempt to establish its use by organisms and its relationship to the greater water 

 mass. 



Hdqrs. Put-in-Bay; began September 1953, to close June 1955; $4,000; David 

 H. Stansbery, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. Thomas H. Langlois, as in No. 1 above. 



4. Life History and Ecology of the Silver Chub and Troutperch in Lake Erie. 



The silver chub and troutperch occur in considerable numbers in the deep 

 water area of the western and central basins of Lake Erie. Their role as forage 

 fish species remains to be determined, and this study is directed toward estab- 

 lishing the relationships of the species to their environment, including predators. 



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