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Biological research - tagged stones. Tagged stones were regularly examined todetermine the number of aquatic insects important as fish food. Records ofinsect abundance before and after the stream watershed has been sprayed withDDT enabled BCF biologists to evaluate the effect of pesticides on fishpopulations. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)