384 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
#11, Morphogenesis in aquatic fungi. 
a, J. S. Livett, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological 
Sciences, Purdue University. 
b. To investigate the basis of growth, differentiation, and 
reproduction in simple and aquatic fungi. 
c, Nutrition and sexual reproduction of certain species 
are studied; the conditions necessary for reproducible synchronous germination 
and growth are analyzed; the biochemistry and phytology of the earliest aeece 
during zoospore germination aro analyzed. 
12, An investiyation of ecological succession in sand spit ponds. © 
a. E. J. Kormandy, Assistant Professor Zoology, Oberlin College. 
b. To study the ecological attributes of succession in ponds 
of comparable origin tin Lake Erie. 
c. Physical, chemical and biological characteristics are 
measured on Presque Isle on Lake Erie. Measurements include temperature, 
water level fluctuation, turbidity, morphometry and exposure. Dissolved 
oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, alkalinity, phosphate, nitrogen, and iron are 
also measured, 
13. Larval and adult Hydracarine and their insect pests. 
a, R. M, Crowell, Associate Professor of Biology, St. Lawrence 
University. 
b. To correlate water mites with their adult forms and insect 
hosts. 
c. Field collections of free living stages of mites are made 
with subsequence observations of developmental stages in the laboratory. 
*1). Continued studies of the water fungi, Blastocladiella and 
Emersoniia. 
a. E, C. Konteno, Professor of Botany, Michigan State 
University. ; 
b. To relate differentiation of resistant cells and rise 
and fall enzyme activities. 
¢. The aquatic phycomycete, blastocladiella emersoniia, are 
studied with respect to differentiation and enzyme activities induced by the 
bicarbonate concentration in the environment. 
