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INDEX TO
RESEARCH:
COASTAL
ANB- EgTUARINE
WATERS IN THE
UNITED STATES
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INDEX TO RESEARCH ON
COASTAL AND ESTUARINE WATERS
IN THE UNITED STATES
Compiled by
George R. Ditsworth, Oceanographer
Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory
200 South 35th Street
Corvallis, Oregon 97330
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Northwest Region
September 1967
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COPIES AVAILABLE FROM :
Director
Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
200 South 35th Street
Corvallis, Oregon 97330
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Contents
Introduction to Index . . a . a a , a a a a a a a a a . a a a a 1.
Table la. Projects on Coastal and Estuarine Waters,
Pacific Coast Area a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 2
Table lb. Projects on Coastal and Estuarine Waters,
Gulf Coast Area . . . . a a • a • . . . . • a a a a 8
Table Ic. Projects on Coastal and Estuarine Waters,
South Atlantic Coast Area a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 12
Table ld, Projects on Coastal and Estuarine Waters,
North Atlantic Coast Area a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 15
table 2. University/Agency Abbreviations Used in the index . a • . a a a 18
Table 3. Information Sources . . a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 20
Table 4a Responses to Inquiries on Research on Marine Waters in the--
4 aa Gulf Coast Area a a a a a a a a a a a a a • a a a a a a a a a a 22
4ba South Atlantic Coast Area a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 28
4c. North Atlantic Coast Area a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 32
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INTRODUCTION
This index describes more than 250 research projects on coastal and
estuarine waters of the United States that are in progress (during 1966)
or are planned for the near future by governmental, academic, and private
facilities 6 The projects encompass biological, chemical, geological, and
physical aspects of the marine environment.
The following information is listed for each project: 1) project
title; 2) state where research is conducted or the state from which the
study is conducted; 3) university or agency conducting the research;
4) principal investigator(s) and 5) the information source.
Arrangement of project index . Projects are grouped according to
four coastal regions: Pacific Coast (California to Alaska), Gulf Coast
(Texas to Florida), South Atlantic Coast (Georgia to Maryland), and
North Atlantic Coast (Delaware to Maine). (See Tables la-ld).
In each regional category, the projects are listed under subject
headings: Biological Studies; Physical and Chemical Studies; Waste
Disposal, Pollution and Water Treatment Studies; Multidiscipline Environ-
mental Studies; and Research Projects Planned. Exceptions to these sub-
ject headings are found under the Pacific Coast section for which no
Multidiscipline Environmental Studies or Research Projects Planned inf or-
mation was obtained, and under the South Atlantic Coast section for which
no Research Projects Planned information was obtained.
Sources of information for this index are the ten references listed in
Table 3, tInformation Sources”. To obtain more information on a project,
the information source (Table 3) should be consulted. When the informa-
tion source is “personal communication”, the”Response-to-Inquiry” tables
(4a-4c) should be consulted; these tables are grouped according to region-
state-university/agency. For these, the investigator’s name and univer-
sity are given along with a brief sunmtary (where available) of the project.
No Response-to-Inquiry table is given for the Pacific Coast. Inf or-
mation from personnel in this region was compiled in “Inventory of Research
in Water Pollution and Other Related Fields, Columbia Basin and Pacific
Coast”. This paper is referenced as information source number 6 in this
index .
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Table is
Current projects on coastal and estuarine waters, Pacific Coast area
University Investi-
Project title State or agency- ’ gator
Informa-
tion
source.V
Biological Studies
Calif. U .C .S 0 D 0 5
Calif 0 U 0 C 0 S 0 D 0 5
Calif 0 U .C 0 S 0 0 0 5
Calif . U 0 S 0 C 0 5
Calif. U 0 S 0 C 0 4
Calif 0 U.C 0 L 0 A . 5
Calif 0 IJOCOLOAC S
Calif 0 UOCOL.CA. S
Calif Occidental S
Calif. color 0 5
Calif 0 U 0 C.S 0 B. Holmes 5
Calif 0 U 0 C 0 S 0 B 0 Neushul 5
Calif Mills Bowers 5
Calif 0 S 0 P 0 S.C. Mackey 9
Calif 0 S ,J .S 0 C 0 Church 5
Calif 0 C 0 A .S 0 Manna 5
Calif o U 0 Chicago Johnson / 4
Calif 0 U .Pacific Tucker 9
Calif 0 U 0 C.S 0 B 0 Ebeling 6
Calif. “iJ S .F . Filice 6
Distribution and biology of Pacific zooplankton
Development of oceanographic instruments for
scattering layer studies
Zooplankters in the marine food chain
Comparative ecology of the midwater faunas
Ultraviolet absorption in coastal waters
Translocation in the giant kelp tq4 crocystisfl
Physiology and biochemistry of deep- sea organisms
Biological studies utilizing the Cousteau diving saucer
Ecology and zoogeography of three species of
blennoid fish
Nervous systems of crustaceans and other arthropods
Endocrine factors associated with the water and
electrolyte regulation of freshwater and marine
vertebrates
Subtidal marine algal communities
Distribution of beachdwelling marine arthropods
The ecology of a tidal marsh stream in California
Reproduction and population characteristics of
“Al loniscus perconvexus”
Biological effects of the Alaska earthquake
Research on the marine geology and biology of
Tomales Bay, California
Environmental physiology of two species of Pelecypods
Hydrobiology of an artificially fed, enclosed lagoon
at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Faunal constitution of South SarPrancisco Bay
Brinton
Boden
Strickland
Savage
Tibby
Parker
Cordon
Fager
Stephens
Wiersma
p a
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Table la
Pacific Coast (Cont 9 d)
University
Project title State orag ncyJJ
Investi-
gator
Informaa
tion
source.?
Biological Studies (Cont’41
Ecological survey of kelp beds near Point Loma Calif C 0 W .Q .C .B 0 North 6
Tb ” marine environment offshore of Point Loina,
San Diego Co 0 Calif 0 COWOQOCOBO Turner 6
Bionomics of fishes and shellfishes Oregon 0 0 S 0 U . Dimick 7
Study of Beggiatoa species Oregon 0 0 S.U . Morita 7
Biological oceanography Oregon 0 0 5 .U. Frolander 2
Annual phytoplankton production in Puget Sound waters Wash 0 U 0 Wash 0 Banse 10
Distribution of detnersal fishes in inshore waters Wash 0 U 0 Wash 0 English 10
Ecology and metabolism of intertidal sand flat
bottom community Wash 0 U .Wash 0 Pamatmat 2
Estuarine ecology Wash 0 U 0 Wash 0 Bevan 4
Oyster bed productivity study Wash 0 W 0 S 0 D 0 F . Westley 6
A study of the Pacific oyster and the estuarine
environment in North Bay of Grays Harbor Wash 0 Weyerhaeuser Herrman 6
Influence of wet storage on the commercial handling
of shellfish Wash 0 N.W.S.S 0 R 0 L. ,Jakubowski 6
Physical and Chemical Studies
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and its exchange
with the oceans Calif 0 U.C.S.DO Keeling 3
Isotopic oceanography and geochemistry Calif UOCOSODO Craig 5
Development of inexpensive deep-sea free
vehicles and instruments Calif 0 U ,C 0 S 0 D. Isaacs 5
Mathematical simulation of cyclic sedimentation Calif 0 Stanford Harbaugh 5
Determination of tritium in natural waters Calif U 0 C .S.D Suess 5
Initiation 9 development and mechanism of meandering
channels on tidal flats Calif. Stanford Pestrong 8
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Table la
Pacific Coast (Cont’d)
Uni
Project title State or
versity
agency!’
Investia
gator
Inforcna-
tion
sourceV
Physical and Chemical Studies (Cont d )
Land-sea boundary effects on smallescale circulation Calif o S 0 3 0 S 0 C 0 Miller 5
Dispersion in turbulent open channel flow Calif C 0 I 0 T Brooks 6
Biological and hydrographic survey of San Quentin U 0 S 0 Nat 6 l
estuary, Baja , Calif Mexico Museum Barnard 7
Removal of alkalinity from sea water by clay minerals Oregon 0 0 S 0 U 0 Deff eyes 5
Oregon oceanographic studies Oregon O 0 S 0 U 0 Burt 5
Research in airasea energy exchange Oregon O S .1.J Burt S
The physicalcchemical properties of sea water Oregon O S 1J Weyl 5
Research on foraminifera Oregon O 0 S 0 U 0 Fowler 5
Frontal and tidal currents on the continental shelf Oregon 0 0 S 0 U 0 Pattullo 5
A study of temperature microstructures at the ocean
floor and its implications with regard to heat
flow observations Oregon 0 0 S 0 U . Bodvarsson 6
Basic nature and environmental response of marine
psychrophilic bacteria Oregon O S U Morita 6
An investigation of fluxes of dissolved gases and
nutrients relating to biochemical and aeration
processes off the Oregon coast Oregon O 0 S 0 1 1 0 Park 6
Alkalinity of sea water Oregon O S U Park 6
Oregon oceanographic studies Oregon 0 0 S 0 15 0 Shafer 4
Columbia River effects in the northeast Pacific Wash 0 U 0 Wash 0 BarneS 4
Columbia River program Wash 0 U 0 Wash 0 Seymour 4
Oceanographic methods Wash 0 N 0 W 0 S 0 S 0 R 0 L 0 Kelley 4
Dynamics of the nitrogen cycle in the sea Alaska U 0 klaska Dugdale S
Evolutionary mechanics of rapidly changing characters Alaska U 0 Alaska Cutherie 5
The effect of conductivity discontinuities on
telluric currents Alaska U 0 Alaska Swift 5
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Table la
Pacific Coast (Cont d)
Waste Disposal 9 Pollution, and
Water Treatment Studies
Calif .
Calif
Calit 0
Calif
Calif
Calif
Calif 0
Calif.
Calif
Calif
Calif
Calif
Calif 0
Calif 0
Calif 0
Calit o
Cal if 0
Cal if 0
Calif 0
Calif
Calif
Calif
C .I .T 0
C 0 LT 0
U .5 0 C 0
U 0 S .C 0
U .S .C 0
U 0 C 0 S
S 0 D 0 L 0 A 0
U .C .B .
H . S 0 C 0
C 0 D • F 0 C .
C 0 D F , C .
C 0 D 0 W .R .
C 0 D 0 W .R .
C 0 D 0 W .R .
C 0 D 0 W 0 R 0
U 0 S 0 A 0 C .E .
E 0 S 0 1 .
W 0 R 0 E .
L 0 B 0 S 0 C 0
U .C .B 0
IJ .C .B
1J .C .B 0
U .C .L 0
Cast
Dunham
Bailey
Coy
Gibson
Gibson
none indicated
Ludwig
none indicated
Re ish
Selleck
Kaufman
Johnson
Tainplin
6
4
4
9
2
3
6
4
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
4
4
7
3
4
University
Project title State or agency. !!
Investie
gator
Informa
tion
sourcJ’ t
North
North
Bandy
Mohr
Tibby
Jones
Foxworthy
Pearson
Kelp habitat improvement project
Marine waste disposal and sea urchin ecology
Benthic foraminif era relationship to ocean pollution
The influence of pollution on marine invertebrates
Feasibility of waste disposal in the marine environment
Effect of organic substances from sea on bacteria
Dominguez channel study
An investigation of water and sediment quality and
pollutional characteristics of San Francisco Bay
Environmental surveillance program for the Georgia
Pacific and Crown Simpson pulp mills, Humboldt Co 0 ,
Cal if ornia
Striped bass mortality investigation
Dissolved oxygen dynamics study of the Sacramentoo
San Joaquin Estuary
Delta Fish and Wildlife protection study
DeltaoSuisun Bay pollution investigation
DeltaoBay water quality investigation
San Francisco Bay and SacramentooSan Joaquin Delta,
California, water quality and waste disposal study
Improved waste treatment design of submarine disposal
Mathematical model of hydraulic and water quality
characteristics of Suisun Bay and San Pablo Bay
Studies on indicator species of marine pollution
Estuarine water quality interrelationships
Nuclide uptake by algae and zooplankton
Oceanographic factors in the waste disposal systems
Aquatic transport of nuclear debris
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Table la
Pacific Coast (Cont’d)
.
University
Project title State or agency!’
Investie
gator
Informa
tion
source i ’
Waste Disposal, Pollution 9 and Water Treatment Studies (Cont i4 )
An economic evaluation of water pollution control Oregon O S U Castle 4
An economic evaluation of water pollution control
Yaquina Bay, Oregon Oregon O 0 S 0 U 0 Castle 4
Pulp mill waste degradation in marine waters Oregon O 0 S 0 U 0 Burgess 4
Effects of pesticides on estuarine organisms Oregon 0050110 Millemann 4
Ecological and radiological study of the benthos
in the Pacific Ocean off Oregon Oregon 0 0 S 0 U 0 Carey 4
Ecological studies of radioactivity in the Columbia
River Estuary and adjacent Pacific Ocean Oregon O 0 S 0 U 0 Osterberg 4
Estuarine water quality Oregon 005011. Curl 6
Relationship of aquatic flora to water quality
and pollution Oregon O 0 S 0 U . Phinney 6
Program for water pollution specialists in algal biology Oregon O 0 S . IJ . Curl 2
Marine radiobiology Oregon O S .U Osterberg 2
Freshwater and marine pollution biology program Oregon OOSGUC Warren 2
Components of kraft mill wastes and their toxicities Oregon 0 <5011 0 Marvell 2
Radiosensitivfty of marine orgeri 5ns Oregon O S U . Molten 2
Heavy metal poisons in waters and industrial wastes Oregon P 0 S 0 C Johnson 4
Benthic faunal indicators of polbztton in Coos Bay Oregon P 0 5 0 C 0 Macnab 4
Water pollutants determinable by ges chromatography Oregon P 0 S 0 C 0 Ferguson 9
Test device for collecting niartne invertebrates Oregon P 0 W 0 P 0 C 0 A 0 Clothier 6
Annotated bibliography of coastal and estuarine
waters of Oregon Oregon F 0 W 0 P 0 C 0 A 0 Ditsworth 6
The movement of radionuclides in the Columbia
River Estuary Oregon U 0 S G 0 S 0 Hubbell 4
The fate of iron and zinc in natural surface waters Wash 0 U 0 1l 1 0 O Connor 4
Environmental radiation studies Wash 0 U 0 Wash Donaldson 4
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Table Ia
Pacific Coast (Cont’d)
Informac
Project title
State
University
or agency! ’
Investic tion
tator source 2 1
Waste Disposal 1 Pollution, and Water
Treatment
Studies (Cont d)
Ecological studies for presence of toxinaproducing
gram positive spore forming bacteria
Wash 0
N 0 W 0 S 0 S 0 R 0 L 0
Beck 4
Washington State enforcement project
Wash
F 0 W 0 P 0 C 0 A 0
Karl 6
Pulp mill wastes in the marine environment
Wash 0
U 0 Wash 0
Carlson 6
Salt water entrainment for dilution in sewer outfalls
Wash 0
U 0 Wash 0
Nece 10
Effects of waste disposal into Puget Sound waters
adjacent to Metropolitan Seattle area
Wash 0
Metro
none indicated 6
A study of the water quality, ecology, and hydrology
of the CreenaDuwamisb Estuary
Wash 0
Metro
none indicated 6
Estuarine pesticide monitoring
Wash 0
W 0 5 0 D 0 F 0
Lindsay 6
Chemical control for oyster predators
Wash 0
WOSODOFO
Lindsay 6
Bioassay of marine waters of the State of Washington
Wash 0
WOSODOFO
Woelke 6
Ecology of paralytic shellfish toxicity in Washington
Wash 0
lJ 0 Wash 0
Sparks 9
Influence of industrial and municipal wastes on
estuarine and offshore water quality
Wash 0
U 0 S 0 C 0 S 0
Santos 4
Effects of inactivation of enteric viruses by
ultraviolet radiation in sea water
Wash 0
NOWOSQSOROLQ
Hoff 6
Effects of a large, raw sewage outfall on the
marine benthos
Wash 0
U 0 Wash o
Oglesby 6
Pesticides investigations
Alaska
B 0 C 0 P 0
Sears 6
1/ Abbreviations are defined in Table 2
2/ Information sources are cited in Table 3
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Table lb
Projects on coastal and estuarine waters, Gulf Coast area
University
Project title State or agency /
Investi-
gator
Informa-
tion
source.& ’
Biological Studies
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
U.Texas
U. Texas
Texas MM
Texas MM
Texas MM
Texas MM
Texas MM
B.S.F.&W.
L.S .tJ.
L.S.U.
L.S.U.
Gulf Coast
Research Lab
U. Florida
F.S.U .
F.S.U
F.S.U.
U 0 Miami
Behrens
Parker
Ray
El - Sayed
Ray
Vick
Pequignat
Mc xahan
Smitherinan
Smitherman
Smitherman
Abbott
Putnam
Collier
Oppenheimer
Menze].
Moore
Serpulidae worm fouling of water intakes
Metabolism of marine bays of Texas
Effects of antibiotics on fungus parasites in oysters
Primary production from a fixed platform off
Panama City, Florida
Laboratory study of toxic dinoflagellates
Seasonal abundance and distribution of the isthiophorid
fishes in relation to critical hydrographic
parameters in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Organic production of epifaunal organisms
Ecology of principal waterfowl foods of the Laguna Madre
Evaluation of various fish tagging methods and several
fresh-water fishes and estuarine fishes of Louisiana
Distribution and relative abundance of blue catfish,
Ictalurus furcatus , and channel catfish, Ictalurus
punctatus , with relation to salinity
Biology of the bowf in, Amia calva , in southwestern
Louisiana coastal impoundments
Nutrient cycles in estuaries
Primary production and decomposition in estuarine water
Role of nannoplankton in productivity
Effects of sediment diagenesis and compaction on
microbial activity
Artificial reefs: productivity
The biology of the infauna of a tropical soft
bottom area
1
10
I
I
I
I
1
4
1
1
1
1
10
1
5
1
7
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Table lb
Gulf Coast (Cont vd)
Un
Project title State or
iversity
agency! ’
Investi -
gator
Info rma-
tion
sourceV
Biological Studies (Cont ’d
Icthyofauna of a Florida coral reef Florida U 0 l4iami Starck 5
Research problems in marine microbiology Florida U 0 Miami Wood 5
Taxonomy and ecology of inshore marine microbiota Florida - Lackey 4
Benthic connunities Florida B 0 C 0 F . Taylor 4
Physical and Chemical Studies
Stable carbon isotope ratios and their changes Texas U 0 Texas Parker I
Isolation and characterization of principal organic
compounds in sea water Texas Texas MM Jeffrey I
The chemistry and analysis of trace metals in sea water Texas Texas MM Hood 4
Oceanography and meteorology of the Gulf of tiexico Texas Texas MM Pequegnat I
Dye dispersal characteristics in vicinity c E north
jetty at Freeport, Texas Texas Texas MM Angino 1
A study of the disposal of the effluent fro i it Iar s
desalination plant Texas Texas MM Pequegnat 1
Interaction of nitrosylruthenium compounds
particulates in an aquatic environment Texas U .Texas Gloyna 7
Chemistry and sea water laboratories Texas B .C.F. Marvin 4
Hydrology of the Mississippi embayinent area Wash 0 ,0 0 C 0 U 0 S 0 C 0 S 0 Cushing 7
Fluorescent tracing of sediments in coastai areas Florida U 0 Florida Bruun 10
Tracing of special material transport in ttte ocean
at Cape Kennedy Florida U 0 Flor da Bruun 4
Chemical environ Florida B .C 0 ? 0 May 4
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Table lb
Gulf Coast (Cont’d)
University
Project title State or agency!!
Investie
gator
Informae
tion
source 2 )
Waste Disposal 9 Pollution & Water Treatment Studies
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
U 0 texas
U 0 Texas
U Texas
Texas MM
Texas MM
Tulane
Tulane
Tulane
GOCOSOSCROCO
G 0 C 0 S S R 3 C 0
COCC SOS OROCO
COCOSOSOROCO
C OC C SOS 0 ROCO
U 0 Florida
U 0 Florida
U 0 Florida
U 0 Florida
U 0 Florida
U 0 Florida
F 0 S 0 U 0
F 0 S 0 U 0
Wohlschlag
Cloyna
Cope land
Hann
Hood
Blessey
Blessey
Blessey
Presnell
Tyo
Presne 11
Craft
Russell
Kiker
Kiker
Kiker
Kiker
Kiker
Kiker
Lit sky
Godfrey
Metabolic effect of polluted water on fish
Pollution investigations of Texas marine waters
Biological studies of polluted waters
Simulation of flow characteristics and waste loading
effects on the Houston Ship Channel
Conference on pollution and marine ecology
Pollution studies in Lower Mississippi River
Insecticide concentration in shrimp
Biological and radiological wastes from a
primate center
Ecology of bacterial indices of contamination
Chlorinated pesticides and chemical pollutants in shell=
fish from the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic states
Evaluation of the shellfish growing areas adjacent to
the Gulf Coast Shellfish Sanitation Research Center
Studies on toxic shellfish in Lemon Bay, Florida
Occurrence and distribution of toxigenic bacteria
in the Gulf Coast area
Study of water coagulation
Iodine disinfection of water supplies
Oxidation ponds in treatment of sewage
Antiopollution and sewage disposal for Florida
communities
Chemical and biological treatment of wood
reduction liquid wastes
Estuarine pollution problems
Survival of pathogenic bacteria in the marine environment
Marsh plants of Florida area as related to
water pollution
1
I
1
1
4
1
1
1
4
4
4
4
4
1
I
1
I
1
1
1
3
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0
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Table lb
Gulf Coast (Cont vd)
Informa=.
University
Project title State — or agency. !!
Investia tion
gator - sourceV
Multidiscipline Environmental Studies
Environmental research in the zerooenergy
land sea boundary zones Florida F 0 S 0 U 0
Warnke 1
Environmental studies of coastal areas and the
continental shelf Florida F 0 S 0 U 0
Goodell 1
Estuarine ecology study in relation to water use Florida U 0 Niami
Idyll 10
Dynamics of chemical and physical characteristics of
water, bottom muds and aquatic life in a large
impoundment on a river Alabama Auburn
Lawrence 1
Evaluation of estuarine data Texas B 0 C 0 F 0 (Galveston)
Chapman 7
Sedimentary and foraminiferal ecology, inner
continental shelf of South Louisiana Texas Rice U 0
Lanlcford 5
Research Projects Planned
Biological studies related to waste disposal Texas U 0 houston
Bennett 1
Studies of coastal environment Texas U 0 l louston
Nyrick 1
Accumulation of pesticides in plants and sediments Louisiana Tulane
Bléssey 1
Marine environmental studies Alabama U 0 Alabama
Rounsefell 1
Bacterial studies in two estuaries; one polluted
and one clean Florida U 0 Florida
Tyler 1
Physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of
Litsky &
the northeastern shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico Florida F 0 S 0 U 0
Oppenheimer 1
Effect of land utilization on biota of the land/sea
boundary Florida FOSOUO
Collier 1
Quantitative studies of beach profiles Florida F 0 S 0 U
Warnke 1
!/ Abbreviations are defined in Table 2
2/ Information sources are cited in Table 3
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Table lc
Projects on coastal and estuarine waters, South Atlantic Coast
University
Project title State or agency! ’
Investio
gator
Informa c
tion
source i ’
Biological Studies
Influence of cations on marine bacteria
Ecology and evolution of ecotypes of estuarine crustacea
Systetnatics and occurrence of fungi in marine
phytop lankton
Environmental effects on lanai development and shell
formation in Littorina picta PhiJ.ippi
Ecology of Coccolithophoridaceae of Atlantic
coastal waters
Daily vertical migration of planktonic copepods
Lacustrine and estuarine fungi
Eggs 9 larvae, and young of the fishes of the
Chesapeake Bay region
Georgia
Georgia
N 0 Car 0
N 0 Car 0
Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Maryland
U Georgia
Emory 1J0
Duke
Duke
Old Dominion
V 0 1 0 M 0 S 0
U 0 Naryland
U 0 Maryland
Payne
Burbanck
Johnson
Costlow
MarShall
Woodmansee
Paterson
Mansuet i
Physical and Chemical Studies
S 0 Car 0
Maryland
Maryland
Wash 0 ,D 0 C 0
U 0 S 0 Car 0
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins
o a Gas 0
Waste D4 posal 9 Pollution & Water Treatment Studies
Estuarine fluorides
Organics in water
Insecticides in the aquatic environment
Microflotation of algae
Utilization of organic nitrogen compounds by algae -
N 0 Car 0
N 0 Car 0
N 0 Car 0
N 0 Car a
N 0 Car 0
U 0 N 0 Car 0
U N 0 Car
U 0 N 0 Car 0
U 0 N 0 Car
U 0 N Car
WeiSs
JohnsoncWe i 55
Weiss
Lanib -Mah
Lamb-Mah
5
5
1
5
5
5
5
5
Chemical exchanges across sedimentowater interfaces
Biogenic carbonates and water
Sedimentation and mineral assemblages in estuaries
Effects of heated water in a tidal estuary
Ne 1 son
Lerman
Schubel
Gory
10
5
2
7
1
1
I
1
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Table lc
South Atlantic Coast (Cont°d)
Un
Project title State or
iversity
agency!/
Investi
gator
Informa
tión
source.a’
Waste Disposal 1 Pollution & Water Treatment Studies (Cont d )
Phosphate cycling in natural systems N 0 Car 0 U 0 N 0 Car 0 Kuinzler I
Removal of ammonia by bubble aeration N 0 Car 0 U 0 N 0 Car 0 Lamb 1
Shortterm biochemical oxygen demand tests N 0 Car 0 U 0 N 0 Car 0 Lamb 1
Oxidation ponds and tertiary treatment of municipal
wastes N 0 Car 0 U 0 N 0 Car 0 Weiss 1
Kinetics of acetate metabolism during sludge digestion N 0 Car 0 U 0 N 0 Car 0 SmithMah 1
Accumulation of radionuclides by vertebrates N 0 Car 0 UeNoCaro Baptist 4
Accumulation of radionuclides by invertebrates N 0 Car 0 U 0 N 0 Car 0 Price 4
Measurement of radionuclides in estuarine and
marine environments N 0 Car 0 BDCOFO Scheiske 4
Cycling of radionuclides and their effects upon
organisms in the marine environment N 0 Car 0 B 0 C 0 F. Rice 7
Accumulation of fission products by marine fish
and shellfish N 0 Car 0 B 0 C 0 F 0 Rice 4
Toxicity of industrial wastes to marine organisms Virginia V 0 1 0 M 0 S 0 Brebmer 10
Effects of thermal effluents on marine organisms Virginia V 0 1 0 M 0 S 0 Brebmer 3
An analysis of alternative pollution control systems
for the Potomac Estuary Wash 0 ,D 0 C 0 R 0 F 0 F 0 Davis 4
Low flow augmentation for stream pollution abatement Maryland Johns Hopkins Ceyer 3
Phosphate removal from activated sludge Maryland Johns Hopkins Jensen 1
Heat exchange in the aquatic environment Maryland Johns Hopkins Jensen 1
Storm drainage research Maryland Johns Hopkins Jensen 1
Thermal pollution effects on productivity Maryland U 0 Maryland Keller 1
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Table ic
South Atlantic Coast (ContBd)
Project title State
University
or agency!’
Investi
gator
Inforzna
tion
sourcsV
Multidiscipline Environmental Studies
U 0 N 0 Car 0
U 0 N 0 Car 0
Duke
V 0 P 0 1 0
VOIDNQSO
Weiss
Howells
I4enzies
Walker
Brebmer
1
1
5
5
1
Biological baselines N 0 Car 0
Multidiscipline research on North Carolina estuaries N 0 Car 0
Cooperative research and research training program
in biological oceanography N 0 Car 0
Inventory of water resources of Virginia Virginia
Multidiscipline research on Virginia estuaries Virginia
1/ Abbreviations are defined in Table 2
2/ Information sources are cited in Table 3o
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Table Id
Projects on coastal and estuarine waters, North Atlantic Coast area
University
Project title State or agency!!
Investi —
gator
Informa —
tion
soured!
Biological Studies
Lehigh
Lehigh
Princeton
Yale
U 0
woH 0 0 0 Io
W 0 H .O.I 0
W 0 1 1 0 0 .10
W .H.0 . 1 0
U .N . ! ! 0
Merkel
Sutc 1 if fe
Fischer
Deevey
Fish
Ar mstrong
Conover
Mather &
Schroeder
Sanders
S lanetz
Physical and Chemical Studies
Long saltobridge methods and lictuid junctions
Artificial mixing of stratified fluids
Mixing by a jet in a stratified fluid
The yearly nitrogen cycle in an estuary
Critical study of analytical methods for seawater
Computer interpretation of dye dump studies
Oxygen resources of tidal waters
Mixing, diffusion and circulation rates in ocean waters
Hydrocarbons in the marine environment
Dynamics of sedimentary processes
Sediment transport mechanics
Pa.
N .J .
N.J .
N .J .
N .Y.
N .Y .
N .Y.
N .Y.
Mass0
Mass 0
Mass 0
Swarthmore
Princeton
Princeton
Rutgers
N.Y.U.
N.Y .U.
Cornell
Columbia
M . I.T.
M.I.T.
M .I.T .
Mangelsdorf
McMichael -Brush
McNichael
Durand
Edwards
Mehr
Barlow
Ewing
Clark
1ppen Drinlcer
Kennedy &
Partheniade s
Proteolytic marine bacteria of Chesapeake Bay
Dynamics of oceanic zooplankton
Rhythmic skeletal growth fabrics in marine organisms
Life history studies on marine and freshwater
zoop lankton
Environmental relationships of benthos in salt ponds
Programs in invertebrate zoology and marine botany
Marine zooplankton community
Biology of larger pelagic fishes of the northo
western Atlantic
Composition, structure and dynamics of marine benthic
communities
Enteric bacteria and viruses in sewage, water and
shellfish
Pa.
Pa .
N .J.
Conn.
R. I.
Mass .
Mass.
Mass.
Mass
N .H.
I
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
9
7
1
1
7
9
10
3
4
2
5
fr -a
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North Atlantic Coast (Cont 9 d)
.
Uni
Project title State or
versity
agency±J
Investie
gator
Informs
tion
source i ’
Waste Disposal, Pollution and Water Treatment Studies
Turnover of materials between highlands, marshes
and the ocean
Basic toxicological problems
Metal poisonings of fish and invertebrates
Water studies of the Delaware Estuary and Bay
Shoreline dispersion of waste effluents and
tributary streams
The identification and the cause and effect relationc
ship of all the chemicals entering the Delaware Estuary
Waste assimilation characteristics of estuaries
Measurement of estuarine water quality
Effect of the effluent from an atomic power plant on
the adjacent portion of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
Finite difference methods of analysis of the dispersal
of pollutants in a tidal estuary
Eutrophication of tidal waters
Estuarine water quality and pollution
The microbiology of the Connecticut River
Biological, economic, and engineering aspects of
depurstion of shellfish
The effects of pollution on benthic marine
plant communities
Production of proc’ and anti=bacterials by marine algae
Survival of viruses in shellfish
Mechanics of aeration and dispersion in river and
estuary pollution
Del 0
p
Del
Del 0
Del 0
Del
Del 0
N 0 . 1 0
N© J 0
N 0 ? .
N 0 t
N 0 ?.
Conn 0
a. i
aol 0
Rot 0
Rot 0
Mass
U .Del.
lJ 0 Del .
U .De1 0
Del. .W,P
Del ,W 0 P 0 C.
Del .W 0 P.C.
De1 0 W 0 P .0 0
B .S .F.&W.
N .E . 5 .5 R .C.
N . Y . U 0
Cornell
Manhattan
T.T.Conn .
U 0 R . i.
U .R 0 1 .
U 0 R 0 I c i
N 0 E 0 S .S .R .C .
M .I .T .
Daiber
Wilber
Wilber
Bryson
Bryson
Bryson
Bryson
Prager
Campbell
Bell a
Barlow
0 Connor
Trainor
)larshall
Conover
Sieburth
Cabelli
Rarleman
1
1
1
8
8
8
8
4
4
1
10
10
I
1
10
3
4
4
0 ’
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North Atlantic Coast (ConVd)
University
Project title State or agency.!!
Informa-
Investia tiôn
gator sourcei ’
Waste Disposal, Pollution and Water Treatment Studies (Cont d)
Systems analysis for shipborne municipal incineration Mass 0 Harvard
Effect of organic substances from sea on bacteria Mass 0 Boston U 0
Effect of nitrification of organic wastes on waters
in the natural environment Maine U 0 Maine
Factors influencing survival of bacteria in sea water Ohio Cincinnati U 0
Silverman 4
Jones 2
Keshàven 4
Scarpino 2
Multidiscipline Environmental Studies
Estuarine studies R 0 1 o N.E.S.S 0 R 0 C 0
Raritan Bay Projectoocooperative survey of shellfish
resource and quality in Raritan Bay with P .B .S 0
Raritan Bay Project LI 0 N.E 0 S.S.R 0 C.
Estuarine research project Mass 0 M.D .M.F .
Kelley 4
Macother 4
Fitzpatrick 4
Research Projects Planned
Estuarine studies Del 0 U .De]. ,
Effects of oil pollution N .J. Rutgers
Oxygen regeneration of polluted streams N 0 J . Rutgers
Estuarine studies in Maine Maine U .Maine
Wilber 1
Hunter 1
Whipple 1
Dean 1
!/ Abbreviations are defined in Table 2
1 / Information sources are cited in Table 3.
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Table 2
University/Agency Abbreviations Used in the Index
Abbreviation
Nanteof University/Agency
A. E 0 C
B.C.F .
B.S.F.&W.
C.A 0 S .
C .D.F.G.
C .D.W .R .
C.I.T.
C.W.Q.C.B.
Del€W.P.C.
E ,S ,I ,
F 0 S .U.
F.W.P.C.A.
C.C.S.S.R.C.
H.S ,C.
L.B.S.C.
L ,S ,U.
N • D • N • F.
METRO
M.I.T.
N. E. S . S .R.C.
N .W. S S .R .L.
N.Y.U.
o.S ,U.
P . 5.0.
K • F . F 0
S.D.L.A.
S.F.S.C.
S.J.S.C.
U.C.B.
U 0 C .L.
U .C .L.A.
U , Conn.
U .C . S
UC.S.D.
U ,Del .
U .” .
I i ,N. Car.
U.N.H .
I i • R • I.
U .S .A C. E.
U .S .C.
U ,S.Car.
U .S .G .S.
University of
University of
University of
University of
University of
University of
University of
University of
University of
University of
University of
United States
University of
University of
United States
California,
California,
California,
Connecticut
California,
California,
Delaware
Ill mo is
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Rhode Is land
Army Corps of Engineers
Southern Cal if ornia
South Carolina
Geological Survey
Berkeley
Livermore
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy Commission (U.S.)
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (U 0 S.)
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (U.S.)
California Academy of Sciences
California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Water Resources
California Institute of Technology
California Water Quality Control Board
Delaware Water Pollution Commission
Engineering-Science Incorporated
Florida State University
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Gulf Coast Shellfish Sanitary Research Center (U.S.)
Humboldt State College
Long Beach State College
Louisiana State University
Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northeast Shellfish Sanitary Research Center (U.S.)
Northwest Shellfish Sanitation Research Laboratory
New York University
Oregon State University
Portland State College
Resources For the Future
Sanitation District of Los Angeles
San Francisco State ColLege
San Jose State College
Santa Barbara
San Diego
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Abbreviation Name of University/Agency
U 0 Wash o University of Washington
VOIOMOSO Virginia Institute of Marine Science
V 0 P 0 1 0 Virginia Polytechnic Institute
W 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Woods Role Oceanographic Institute
WOPOHOSO Washington Public Health Service
W 0 R 0 E 0 Water Resources Engineers, InCo
WOSODOFO Washington State Department of Fisheries
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Table 3
Info nation Sources
Source
Number Source Citatiofl
1. Personal communicatiofl. (Also see Tables 4a4c).
2. Water Pollution Control Research and Training Grants. List of 1965 Awards :
Research Grants, Research Fellowships, Training Grants, Damonstration
Grants. Public Health Service Publication No. 1100, 1965 Edition. U. S.
Department of Health, Edu atton and Welfare, Public Health Service, Division
of Water Supply and Pollution Control, Washington, D.C.
3. Water Pollution Control Research and Training Grants- . Index of 19624964 .
Repoz t WP 47 Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, U. S. Depart-
ment of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1966.
4. Notice of Research Projects . Science Information Exchange, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., 1966.
5. Grants and Awards . National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1965.
6. Inventory of Research in Water Pollution and Other Related Fields, Columbia
Basin and Pacif4c _ Coast , mimeographed report. Pacific Northwest Water
Laboratory, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, U. S. Department
of the Interior, Corvallis, Oregon. 1966.
7. Water Resources Research Catalog, part 1, Federally Supported Research in
Progress . Office of Water Resources Research, U.S. Department of the -
Interior. U.S. Goverument Printing Office, Washington, D.C., September
1965.
8. Water Resources Research Catalog, part 2, Non-Federally Supported Research
in Prop reas. Office of Water Resources Research, U.S. Department of the
Interior. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., September
1965.
9. Research Grants Index Fiscal Year 1964 . Public Health Service Publication
No. 925 (in 2 volumes) 1964 edition. U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institute of Health, Division
of Research Grants, Bethesda, Maryland.
10. Research Grants Index Fiscal Year 1965 . Public Health Service Publication
No. 925 (in 2 volumes) 1965 edition. U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institute of Health, Division
of Research Grants, Bethesda, Maryland.
Note: The Public Health Service, National Science Foundation, and Office of Water
Resources Research reports are available in most university libraries, from the
particular agency, or from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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Scientific investigators and program managers may obtain information on projects
listed by the Science Information Exchange by writing to the Director of the Science
Information Exchange, 209 Madison National Bank Building, 1730 I i Street, N 0 W 0 ,
Washington, D 0 C 0 20036
The “Inventory of Research in Water Pollution and Related Yields, Columbia Basin
and Pacific Coast States, 1965” has been distributed on a limited basis only Copies
of it may be obtained, if available, from the Laboratory Director, Pacific Northwest
Water Laboratory, 200 S 35th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 9733O
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Table 4a
Suwnary of Responses to Inquiries on
Researchain.Progress in Marine Waters,
Gulf Coast
University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
Center for Research in Water Resources0 Director: E 0 F0 Gloyna 0
Pollution investigations of Texas marine waters 0 Several surveys on pollution
in the marine waters have been conducted for the Texas Water Development Board 0
University of Texas, Institute of Marine Science, Port Aranaas, Texas 7&373
Director: D 0 E. Wohlschlag 0
Dr 0 Parkero Laboratory experiments are being conducted on stable carbon isotope
ratios aud their changes through a petrochemical industrial establishment
through effluent and through ordinary sea water and marine sediments 0
Dr 0 3. J. Copeland 0 Investigations of biological properties of polluted waters.
Dr 0 D. E 0 Wohlschlag 0 Metabolic effect of polluted water on fish 0 Experimental
work on the metabolic levels of fish and their depression by slightly polluted
waters over and above effects of low oxygen and salinity stresses 0
Dr 0 E. W 0 Behrens. Serpulidae worm fouling of water intakes 0 The geological
aspects of deposits made by serpulidae worms on the intake pipes of an
electric power plant are being investigated 0 Experiments are being conducted
to determine the nature of substrates to which these worms attach themselves
in relation to their general biological histories 0
Texas A & H University, College Station, Texas 17843
Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Division 0
Head: W. B . Davis 0
R 0 W 0 Hann Simulation of flow characteristics and waste loading effects on
the Houston Ship Channel 0
Departments of Oceanography and Meteorology 0 Acting Read; \‘Io E 0 Pequegnat
The 19644965 Suamiary of Research Projects of these departments lists 35
projects in progress or recently terminated 0 Because these departments
perform research in many parts of the world, some of the projects listed are
not pertinent to our interests 0 Only those relating to the Gulf of Mexico
are given 0
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Texas A & 14 (Cont°d)
Dr W 0 E 0 Pequegnat 0 Oceanogiaphy and meteorology of the Gulf of Mexico 0
Only a few parts of this multidiscip1.ine broad acoped study appear to
be of special interest to U S a These sre
l Airosea interaction studies conducted from offshore platforms
located at Panama City, Florida and from the Research Vessel “Alaminos
2 Instrument development0
3 Studies of biological fouling organisms near Panama City Florida 0
Professor Ray 0 Effects of antibiotics on fungus parasites in oysters 0
(Terminated)
All commercially available antifungal and antibacterial antibiotics were
screened to determine tbeir effects on Dermocystidium marinum in oyster
tissue
Professor Jeff reyo Isolation and characterization of principal organic com-
pounds in sea water 0 (Terminated)
An analytical scheme for isolating and characterizing major dissolved
organic components at various depths in the water column in the marine
environment was being developed 0
Professor Angiimo 0 Dye dispersal characteristics in vicinity of north jetty
at Freeport , texas (Terminated)
Mixing characteristics of ocean waters relative to seasonal and sea
state conditions were studied 0
Professor ElaSayedo Primary production from a fixed platform off Panama
City, Florida 0
Primary production here is compared to that found during monthly cruises
in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico 0 Seasonal and yearly variations of
productivity and chemical and physical factors influencing productivity
are also being studied 0
Professor Ray 0 Laboratory study of toxic dinoflagellates 0
Shellfish will be subjected to certain dinoflagellates to determine if
the shellfish will produce toxic symptoms when eaten by mammals and birds 0
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Texas A & N (Cont d)
Professor Vick 0 Seasonal abundance and distribution of the isthiophorid
fishes in relation to critical hydrographic parameters in the northeastern
Gulf of Mexico . (Terminated)
Catch records, hydrographic data, drift bottle data and other physical
data were correlated with distribution and abundance of these fish
(sailfish 0 spoonfish and marlin) 0
Professor Pequegnat 0 Organic production of epifaunal organisms 0
The rate of production and the distribution of organic matter produced
by epifaunal organisms on hard substrates in the shallow (<.50 meters)
sublittoral zone is being studied 0
Professor Pequegnat. A study of the disposal of the effluent from a large
desalination plant.
This long term study is designed to determine probable and actual
effects on the marine environment of the disposal of hot saline
effluent from a desalination plants
University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004
Department of Biology. Chairman: E 0 0 Bennett
Professor E 0 0. Bennett 0 Biological studies related to waste disposal.
A grant, relating to studies of this nature, is pending o
Cullen College of Civil Engineering 0 Chairman: J 0 E Hoff 0
Professor H 0 N 0 Myrick. Studies of coastal environment 0 These studies will
be initiated during the coming year 0
Louisiana
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Louisiana Cooperative Fishery Unit (School of Forestry and Wildlife Management
participating) Professor 1(0 O Smithenan, Unit Leader 0
110 0 Smitherman and w 0 1 (0 Latapie, Jr 0 Evaluation of various tagging methods
on several freshwater fishes and estuarine fishes of Louisiana 0
The retention rates of several types of tags, their effect on fish
tissue, tag loss, use of narcotizing agents and antiseptic materials
and growth and mortality rates of tagged and untagged fish are being
investigated 0
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Louisiana State University (Cont’d)
R 0 00 Sinitherman and W 0 G o Perry, Jr 0 Distribution and abundance of blue
catfish Ictalurus furcatus and channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus with
relation to salinity
Effects of salinity upon relative abundance and distribution of the
fishes, the food habits and food preferences and the age composition
and growth of the fishes are being studied o
K 0 Oo Smitherman and Gus Stacy 1110 Biology of the bowf in Ania calva in
southwestern Louisiana coastal impoundments
Food habits and food preferences, growth rates and sge composition, sex
ratios, breeding habits and fecundity and habitat preference of the bow -
fin in impoundments on the Lacassine and Sabine Refuges are being studied 0
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Department of Civil Engineering, Professor Walter E 0 Blessey , Head 0
Stream pollution study of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of
New Orleans 0
A study of insecticide concentration in shrimp in the Mississippi
River in tbe New Orleans areac
A study of the biological and radiological wastes from a primate
center and the impact upon the environment, namely the Abita River,
the Boque Falaya River, and the Tchefuncte River 0
The accumulation of pesticides in plants and bottom sediments and
pesticide transport from Lake Boeuf and Bayou Boeuf into Lac Des
Allemanus
Mississippi
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39.564
Dr 0 Gordon Gunter, Directors
Dr 0 Walter Abbott 0 Nutrient cycles in estuaries under hyper fertilized
conditions o The dynamics of nitrate and phosphate utilization in laboratory
model systems and estuarine ponds are being studied 0
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Alabama
Auburn University 9 Auburn, Alabama 36830
Department of ZoologyEntomology 9 Professor F 0 S 0 Arant, Head 0
Professor J 0 H 0 Lawrence Dynamics of chemical and physical characteristics
of water 9 bottom muds and aquatic life in a large impoundment on a river 0
The objective of this study is to accumulate data on the amounts of incoming
plant nutrients, their sites of accumulation and their abundance in tai1
waters from the dam 0
University of Alabama, University, Alabama 35486
University Marine Laboratory Director: G 0 A 0 Rounsefell 0
This is a new laboratory from which multidiscipline research in marine
waters will be conducted
Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32601
Department of Bioenvironmental Engineering Chairman: .J E 0 Kiker 0
Comprehensive study of water coagulation
Iodine disinfection of public water supplies including physiological
effects o
Application of oxidation ponds in treatment of residential sewageo
Antic-pollution and sewage disposal for Florida communities 0
Chemical and biological treatment of wood reduction liquid wastes
Primary production and decomposition in estuarine water 0
A study of estuarine pollution problems 0
Department of Bacteriology 0 Chairman: N 0 E Tyler 0
Preliminary studies of bacteria from two estuaries, one heavily polluted
and the other relatively clean, have been conducted 0 Further research
is contemplated
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
Oceanographic Instituteo Director: C. H Oppenheimer 0
Profesaor Warren Litsky. Survival of pathogenic bacteria in the marine
environment
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Florida State University (ContVd)
This study is attempting to determine, using specially designed equipment
and procedures, the viability in the marine environment of several pathoc
genie bacteria, including Coliform and Enterococci groups 0
Professor Albert Collier 0 Role of nannoplankton in productivity
Nannoplankton, which includes diatoms and flagellates in the size range
of I to 10 ja, are capable of efficient utilization of low nutrient
levels The current study is aimed at determining their contribution
and qualitative composition in oceanic waters 0
Professor Winston Heuzel Artificial reefs 0
Basic productivity is being investigated at an artificial reef To date
it has been found that basic productivity here compares favorably with
natural areas
Professor Detlef Warnke 0 Environmental research in the zerooenergy land-sea
boundary zones 0
Quantitative study of three factor families (surface geometry, traff ice
ability and vegetation) have been studied 0 Results based on these
studies will be used to establish parameters for use in the study of
growth and decay in this environment and rates of change that man may
expect to find 0
Professor Grant Goodell 0 Environmental studies of coastal areas and the
continental shelf a
Environmental studies of coastal areas, bays, lagoons and estuaries
will establish baselines from which future studies of environment
alteration or pollution may depart 0
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Table 4b
Sununary of Responses to Inquiries on
Research-in-Progress in Marine Waters,
South Atlantic Coast
North Carolina
University of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
School of Public Health 0 Dean: W 0 F 0 Mayes 0
Dr 0 J 0 D 0 Johnson, Dr 0 C . N 0 Weiss and Mr 0 L. 0 . Hill 0 Estuarine fluorides 0
Concurrent with the development of phosphate mines in the Pamlico River
Basin, chemical and biological studies of the River and Estuary were under-
taken 0 Environmental baselines are being established and effects of the
mining and ore benefication activities will be monitored 0
Dr 0 J. D 0 Johnson, Dr 0 Co N. Weiss and Mr 0 R 0 W o Creekmore 0 Organics in water.
A liquid-liquid extraction system for the separation of organics from
water was investigated 0 exane was used as an internal, recycling solvent
in s continuous multichaLter liquid-lLquid extractor to extract organtcs
f row the aater 0 The so ,vtn solutions were evaporated under vacuum and
the restdues redisno nd i i ether for ntalyses by infrared absorption
spect:ar’stry and by g s a chrnatography 0 The techniques were cencnably
sat&s tsctory except that :es&due impurities in the hextae nnked some of
the details of the unkncna ‘ihsn analyzed 0
Dr . C. N. Lain and Nr. J 0 H. Cakstatter and Mr 0 F. C. Wilkes 0 Insecticides
in the aquatic environment 0
In one phase of this study it has been demonstrated that a large percent-
age of DDT and Dieldrin absorbed by fish may be located in visceral fat
deposits 0 In the second part of this study Daphnia magna were exposed to
DDT and then fed to dragon fly nymphs. DDT concentrations in the nymphs
were found to be one to 4000 times greater than ambient concentrations in
the surrounding waters 0
In both studies the insecticides were tagged with C-l4 0 Water samples
were directly extracted with an equivalent amount of toluene containing
suitable organic scintillators. Biological specimens were dissolved in
one molar methanolic Hyamine lO-X hydroxide before addition of the toluene .
Dr. C. N. Weiss and Mr 0 D. P 0 Chynoweth 0 Biological baselines 0
As part of baseline studies in Pamlico River and Sound a survey of
benthic macroinvertebrates is being conducted 0 In addition to analyzing
bottom samples, organisms which attached to artificial substrates hung
in the water were enumerated 0 Preliminary studies indicated that by
selecting sampling periods of suitable duration the quantity of organisms,
as well as seasonal biota communities, can be optimized 0
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University of North Carolina (Cont°d)
Dr 0 J 0 C 0 Lamb, III , Dr 0 R 0 A 0 Nah, and Mr 0 Oliver Henderson, Jr 0 Microflo
tation of algae 0
variab1 es suspected to be significant in the microflotation removal of
algae from oxidation ponds are being investigated 0 These variables are
the particular genera of algae, concentration of cells, gas flow rate,
pH of the system, collector concentration and physiological state of the
cell 0 Particular emphasis is being placed on the role of pH and collector
concentrations 0
Dr 0 J 0 C 0 Lamb, I I I, Dr 0 K 0 A 0 Nab, and Mrs 0 L 0 W 0 Little 0 Utilization of
organic nitrogen compounds by algae 0
Processes by which organic nitrogen wastes are broken down and stabilized
in oxidation ponds are under investigation 0 Five nitrogenous compounds,
all amides, (urea, formamide, acetamide, thtoacetamide, and thiourea)
which are associated with various industrial processes are being studied
to establish their effect on growth 9 respiration and photosynthesis on
Ch lorella ellipsoidea on algae species prevalent in oxidation ponds 0
Dr 0 E 0 J 0 Kuenzler 0 Phosphate cycling in natural systems 0
Because phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plants its concentra.
tions in water may cause limited algae production or dense blooms 0
This study is attempting to measure the actual rates at which different
algae species obtain phosphate at various phosphate concentrations in
order to establish growth limiting values for each species 0
Dr 0 J 0 C 0 Lamb, Charles Wentworth and Larry Lawson 0 Removal of ammonia by
bubble aeration 0
Using an aeration system consisting of a 34.inch inside diameter,
48 inch long Pyrex column, ammonia was extracted from water by clean
air introduced at the bottom of the column 0 Three critical variables,
temperature, pH and gas flow rate were carefully controlled 0
Dr 0 J 0 C 0 Lamb, Hr 0 August Vernimen and Mr 0 E 0 K 0 Henken 0 Short-term bio
chemical oxygen demand tests 0
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a shortotám biological
oxygen demand test which could be used for estimating fiveoday BOD 0 A
limited amount of substrate was added to activated sludge in the endogs
enous phase of respiration and the temporary increase in respiration
rate of sludge was measured 0 This additional amount of oxygen consumed
beyond that consumed by the endogenous sludge represents a shortterm
biochemical oxygen demand exerted by organisms 0
Dr 0 C 0 M 0 Weiss, Mr 0 W 0 L 0 Huff, A 0 S Maynard and W o K 0 Hartley 0 Oxidation
ponds and tertiary treatment of municipal wastes 0
Thermal stratification causes the ponds to operate less effectively than
ponds that are well mixed 0 To overcome this, a series of .over/under
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University of North Carolina (Cont’d)
weirs were developed to facilitate mixing. Waste water held for three
or four days in a series of ponds has concentrations of indicator
organisms (coliforms and enterococci) reduced to levels that are asso-
ciated with uncontaminated water.
Dr 0 P . H. Smith and Dr. R. A. Mali , Kinetics of acetate metabolism during
anerobic sludge digestion 0
Acetic acid labeled with C-14 was inoculated with sludge from a primary
tank of a sewage treatment plant in a laboratory digeator. Gas samples
were withdrawn from the digestor and the amount of methane measured.
Results of the experiment indicate that about 73 percent of the methane
resulted from degradation of acetic acid.
Water Resources Institute. Director: D. H. Howells.
Nultidiscipline resesrch on North Carolina estuaries. Summaries of work
being conducted on estuaries in North Carolina are included in “Proceed-
ings, symposium on estuarine ecology, coastal waters of North Carolina”
published by the Water Resources Institute.
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706
Department of Botany. Chairman: I. W. Johnson.
Professor T. W. Johnson. Systematics and occurrence of fungi in marine
phytop lankton.
Virs4nia
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
Director: W. J. Hargis, Jr.
Professor N. L, Brehmer. Multidiscipline research on Virginia estuaries.
A VT.MS Special Scientific Report on the complete biological, chemical,
geological and physical characteristics of the James River Estuary is
scheduled for publication in Late 1967.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Department of Civil Engineering. Head: H. M. Morris.
F. E. McJunkin and W. R. Wslker. “Water resources of Virginia, an
inventory of printed information and data.” This is a nonannotated
bibliography of papers pertaining to water of Virginia.
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Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20142
Department of Zoology. Read: Ceorge Anastos.
Professor E. C 1 Keller, Jr. Thermal pollution effects on productivity 0 A
30-mile segment of the Patuxent River Estuary surrounding an effluent
site from a steam generating plant is being investigated.
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Department of Sanitary Engineering and Water Resources 0
Professor L. D. Jensen. Phosphate removal from activated sludge 0 This
investigation is primarily concerned with the removal of various phosphates
from activated sludge effluents prior to their disposal into an estuarine
bay.
Professor L. D, Jensen. Heat exchange in the aquatic environment. Physical
and biological effects of discharge of heated water from the condensers of
central steam electric power operating stations are being investigated.
Professor L. D. Jensen. Storm drainage research , The influence of storm
drainage waters upon water resources is being investigated.
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Table 4c
Summary of Responses to Inquiries on
Research-in-Progress in Marine Waters,
North Atlantic Coast
Connecticut
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut O62O8
Department of Bacteriology 0 Acting Head: J 0 A 0 Cameron 0
Department of Botany . Head: H . N. Andrews.
Marine Research Laboratory, Noank, Connecticut 0 Director: J. 50 Rankin, Jr .
Personnel from these departments are conducting intensive investigations
on the microbiology of the Connecticut River near an atomic power-
generating plant site which is about 15 miles upstream from Long Island
Sound. Because of plant design it is expected that significant thermal
pollution will result from it.
Delaware
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711.
Department of Biological Sciences, Marine Laboratories 0 Director: DroCsG.WtLber.
Dr 0 Wilber. Recently wrote a book entitled “The Biological Aspects of Water
Pollution” which has been published by Rhinehold Publishing Company 0
Dr 0 Wilber. Studies on basic toxicological problems associated with water
pollution. Currently these studies encompass the effects of hyper-
oxygenation and metal poisonings related to fish and invertebrates 0
Dr. Daiber , Investigation of the turnover of material between highlands and
the ocean. This research, being carried on principally in the tidal marsh
areas of Delaware, is concerned with changes in materials between the
hinterland and the ocean complex.
New Jersey
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
School of Engineering and Applied Science. Chairman: N. J. Sallenberger.
Professors F. C. NcMichael and L 0 M. Brush. Artificial mixing of stratified
fluids. The object of this research is to develop engineering design
information on the operation and control of density gradients in lakes
and reservoirs.
Professor P’ C. McNichael , Mixing by a jet in a stratified fluid 0
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New Jersey (Cont d)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
Water Resources Research Institutes Director: William Whipple 0
Several pollutionerelated projects are planned Those affecting
tidal areas include the ones given below:
Professor Whipple 0 Effects of oil pollution 0
Professor Whipple 0 Oxygen regeneration of polluted streams 0
New York
New York University, University Heights, Bronx, New York l0453
School of Engineering and Sciences Chainnan: James Michalos 0
Dr 0 110 E 0 Dobbins . Under the direction of Dr 0 Dobbins, Mr 0 David Bella is
doing research on finite difference methods of analysis of the dispersal
of pollutants in a tidal estuaryo
Pennsylvania
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
William H 0 Chandler Chemistry Laboratory 0
Head, Department of Chemistry: E 0 D. Amstutz 0
Professor Jo R 0 Merkel 0 Proteolytic marine bacteria of Chesapeake Bay 0
Dr 0 Merkel is especially concerned with the isolation and the nature of
enzymes which cause proteolysis 0
Rhode Is land
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
Graduate School of Oceanography 0
Dean: J A 0 Knauss, Narragansett Marine Laboratory 0
Professor Nelson Marshall 0 Biological, economic and engineering aspects of
depuration of shellfish 0 This study related to production of quahogs for
market is being approached’from economic, engineering and biological points
of view 0
The publication “The Economics of Quahog Depuration” discusses the
work being done in this area of research 0
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