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THE seventh annual report for the year ending March 31, 1939, shows that the Freshwater Biological Association of the British Empire is flourishing. The director, Dr. E. B. Worthington, in his review and forecast, states that in last year's report it was forecast that the year now under review would see the launching of new ventures by the Association, building on the foundation laid down during the previous seven years of the Association's history. Of these new developments, three are of primary importance. First, the investigation of the bacteria of fresh water, financed by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, has started and the changes in the bacterial flora of Windermere and other waters have now been followed through nearly a whole annual cycle. Secondly, the investigation of coarse fish, financed by the fishery interests themselves, has commenced, and after a preliminary period of exploring possibilities, a sub-station for this special study has been set up in Cambridgeshire. Thirdly, a scheme for close co-operation between Wray Castle and the former Avon Biological Research, situated in the southern chalk stream area, came into effect from April 1, 1939. Under this seheme the Avon Research henceforth becomes a part of the Association as the “University College, Southampton, Branch for Southern Rivers”. It will work under the scientific guidance of the Association while retaining its own individuality of control, and the advantage of being still closely associated with the University College. Thus the position of the Association is improved in overy way, and, judging from the report on the work done, one may expect much valuable work in the future.
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Research in Freshwater Biology. Nature 144, 590–591 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144590d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144590d0