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b. ‘lo explore the possibility that stresses on local organisms 
are indicative of changes in the marine environment in the Great Lakes, 
ce. Electrophoresis and chromatographic techniques are utilized 
in analyzing serum protein of vertebrates and invertebrates, 
d. $14,116 (present fiscal year) 
7. Uptake of organic compounds by marine invertebrates. 
a. Dr. G. C. Stevens, Asspociate Professor of Zoology, University 
of Minnesota. 
b. To study the capacity to absorb selected organic US LESLLSS 
among aquatic animals. 
c. fadioactive tracers are used to study changes in distribution 
of radioactivity between solutions and the experimental animal to determine 
the nature of the selective uptake of the material. 
8.. Microbiology of dilute enrichment. 
a. Dr. R. S. Wolfe, Professor of Microbiology, University of 
lllinois. 
b. To study Great Lakes organisms of potential nuisance walue. 
c. The ecology, nutrition, and physiology of these orgamisms 
is studied in the laboratory under conditions of continuous supplies of 
dilute nutrients. 
9. Growth and physiology of Alage. 
a. Dr. Olf-Hasen, University of Wisconsin. 
b.. To study the growth of various types of Great Lakes alage 
(green and blue-green) and fungi with respect to the uptake of nutrients. 
c. Growth patterns of these algae are examined under varied | 
concentrations of vitamin B-12 and: carbon 1-labeled bicarbonate and organic | 
substrates. 
10.. Biological factors in the management of lake flies. 
_a. Dr. William L. Hilsenoff and others, University of Wisconsin. 
b., Determination of conditions necessary for optimum frrowth 
of various Creal Lakes orpanisms, 
