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NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY STAFF 
Introductory study of chemical processes in marine waters 
including composition of sea water, nutrients, carbon 
dioxide systems. 
POLLUTION BIOLOGY BREHMER 
Study of the various types of pollutants, domestic and 
industrial wastes, soils, insecticides, herbicides and 
radioactive materials and their effects on the marine 
environment. 
BIOENERGETICS PATTEN 
The biological processes of energy transformation: 
Elementary thermodynamics, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, 
metabolish, respiration and trophodynamics. 
LITTORAL PROCESSES NICHOLS, 
HARRISON 
Physical and chemical processes in the nearshore environ- 
ments including littoral waves, tides, currents, trans- 
portation of sediments and the formation of sedimentary 
features. 
ADVANCED PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY STAFF 
Dynamics of ocean currents, turbulence, wind currents, 
waves, water masses and circulation of the ocean. 
MARINE FISHERY SCIENCE STAFF 
Principles and techniques; including the theory of fishing, 
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age and growth, methods of defining stocks, catch statistics, 
description of world fisheries, and life histories of selected 
species, 
THESIS 
Original research in Marine Science or Fisheries Biology. 
Project to be chosen in consultation with the student's 
major professor and the Dean of the School. 
For information contact: 
Dr. William J, Hargis, Jr. 
Director 
Virginia Institute of Marine Science 
Gloucester Point, Virginia 
