OKLAHOMA (Cont. ) 



Game and Fish Department cooperating; Little River System in central 

 Oklahoma; began spring 1953; indefinite; Carl D. Riggs and Gordon E. Hall. 

 Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Gordon E. Hall, as in No. 9 above. 



12. Age and Growth of Spotted Bass, White Bass, and Bluegill in Oklahoma. 



Objective of the project is to establish average rates of growth for these 

 species as an aid in comparing environmental conditions of various waters. 



Game and Fish Department cooperating; statewide; began January 1954, to 

 close December 1954; Robert Jenkins, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Robert Jenkins, Oklahoma Fishery Research Labora- 

 tory, Box 14, North Campus, Norman, Okla. 



13. Growth Histories of the Principal Fishes in Grand Lake (O'The Cherokees), 

 Oklahoma, Through Thirteen Years of Impoundment. 



The objective is to establish the history of growth fluctuations of the major 

 species in the oldest of the big impoundments in the State. Growth data based 

 on 6,570 scale and spine samples, taken by gill nets, seines, hoop nets, and 

 rotenone over a 5 -year period are being analyzed. 



Game and Fish Department cooperating; began June 1948, to close December 

 1953; Robert Jenkins, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Robert Jenkins, as in No. 12 above. 



14. Quantitative Estinnate of the Fish Population of Four Lakes Which Were Partially 

 Rotenoned in 1953. 



Methods will include trapping, seining, netting and marking by fin-clipping 

 during a 3-week period at each lake. At conclusion, a small rotenone sample 

 will also be taken. 



Garne and Fish Department cooperating; Ardmore City Lake, Stringtown 

 Lake, Pawhuska Lake, and Fort Supply Reservoir; to close November 1954. 



Address inquiries to: Robert Jenkins, as in No. 12 above. 



15. Limnological Study of Spavinaw Creek Between Upper and Lower Spavinaw Lakes. 



Current emphasis is on the qunatitative estimate of the bottom fauna of a 

 clear Ozark stream. 



Game and Fish Department cooperating; Delaware County; began Septem- 

 ber 1952, to close September 1954; Phillip Summers, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Phillip Summers, Southeast District Office, Oklahoma 

 Game and Fish Department, McAlester, Okla. 



16. A Biological Fishery Survey of Upper and Lower Spavinaw Lakes. 



The project is a biological inventory to obtain basic information for a man- 

 agement progran:!. 



Game and Fish Department cooperating; began January 1954, to close 

 January 1956; Sam. W. Jackson, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Sam W. Jackson, Oklahoma Fisheries Research 

 Laboratory, Box 14, North Campus, Norman, Okla. 



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