394. NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
c. Tentative methods of estimating the production rate of 
stream bottom organisms are evaluated. Drift rates are being measured 
between pools and riffles over a 2) hour period monthly. 
I. Coast Guard 
In its role as a menace to navigation ice in the Great Lakes is 
naturally of considerable interest tothe Coast Guard. This Service has 
carried out ice observations in the lakes for a number of years. Research 
has concerned transportation, ship structures, and considerations of the 
heat budget. The Coast Guard collaborates in this program with Northwestern 
University and the Great Lakes Research Division,which in turn is sponsored 
by the National Science Foundation. The Coast Guard funds this project at 
the approximate rate of $30,000 per year. 
J. Office of Saline Water 
The Office of Saline Water has no directly sponsored projects in 
the Great Lakes area as such; however, they are sponsoring two firms, W. L. 
Badger Associated in Ann Arbor, Machiean and Chicago Brick and Iron (who 
have gained considerable experience in the Great Lakes area) in operating 
experimental fresh water plants in North Carolina and New Mexico respectively. 
K. U. S. Air Force 
The United States Air Force is leading a large scale cooperative 
project known as the Great Lakes Seismic Experiment. The Geological Survey, 
ARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and the Coast Guard are cooperating with 
the Air Force to carry out a seismic survey in Lake Superior. The Coast 
Guard cutter WOODRUSH is being used as the experimental platform from which 
seismic shots are conducted and listened for by inland stations, in connection 
_with the U. S. program for the Upper Mantle Project. Institutions 
participating under sponsorship of the named agencies include the Carnegie 
Institute (coordinating agency), Oregon State University, Princeton University, 
Southwest Research Center, Southern Methodist, Pennsylvania State University, 
University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, and University of Michigan. 
