PREFACE 



This Directory stems from a recommendation made by the Hydrobiology Committee of the 

 American Institute of Biological Sciences in 195 1, which resulted in the publication of the Direc- 

 tory of Hydrobiological Laboratories and Personnel in North America. Although aware of the 

 need for a world directory, the Hydrobiology Committee was not prepared at that time to tackle 

 a project of this magnitude. Substantial further impetus was given the idea of a world directory 

 at the International Conference on Marine Biological Laboratories sponsored by the Interna- 

 tional Union of Biological Sciences held in Rome, Italy, in 1955. Participants in this meeting 

 were impressed by accounts of the apparently large number of laboratories throughout the 

 world devoted to research and instruction in marine biology, yet none of the assembled 

 leaders had a comprehensive view of the extent and location of these centers. Accordingly, 

 a small international committee was formed to expedite the compilation of a world-wide 

 directory of marine biological stations. Professor Louis Page (France) was appointed chair- 

 man, and the committee consisted of Professor A. Buzzatti-Traverso (Italy), Professor Robert 

 W. Hiatt (United States), Dr. F. S. Russell (LInited Kingdom), and Professor Gunnar 

 Thorson (Denmark). 



Although both the AIBS Hydrobiology Committee and the Biology Branch of the U. S. Office 

 of Naval Research had placed a world directory high on their lists of important projects since 

 1951, the magnitude of the task and the considerable costs involved in the preparation of such a 

 directory resulted in its delay until 1959. At this time, the Biology Branch of the U. S. Office of 

 Naval Research, long a forceful advocate of improved exchange of information among aquatic 

 scientists, found it possible to finance the preparation of this world directory under the aegis of 

 the AIBS Hydrt)biology Committee, with the writer undertaking the responsibility for the compil- 

 ation. The committee formed at Rome was mobilized and proceeded with the task. 



In view of the similarity in facilities and general objectives of both marine and fresh-water 

 biological laboratories, and because of the great need for a world-wide inventory of all such 

 centers, the committee agreed that the Directory should encompass both marine and fresh-water 

 institutions. Accordingly, Professor Arthur D. Hasler (United States) was invited to join the 

 committee to advise on the fresh-water facilities. 



In the course of initial correspondence between Professor Fage and selected country repre- 

 sentatives, it was discovered that UNESCO had also embarked on a compilation of marine 

 scientific stations. Further correspondence between Professor Fage, Dr. A. Perez- Vitoria (re- 

 sponsible for compiling the UNESCO directory) and the writer resulted in a collaborative 

 project between UNESCO, FAO, and the international committee, whereby UNESCO made 

 all their data available for inclusion in the present Directory. 



The purpose of the Directory is to describe, on a world-wide basis, existing facilities, 

 together with the scope of activities in research and instruction in the marine and fresh-water 

 biological sciences. Early in our compilation, it became apparent that some restrictions would 

 have to be placed on the kinds of institutions to be included, so as to maintain a reasonable 

 degree of homogeneity among the centers listed. 



Accordingly, only laboratories are included which are devoted exclusively, or to a great 

 extent of their total program, to marine or fresh-water biology. Within this context we have 

 excluded marine and fresh-water scientific institutions devoted exclusively to physical and 

 chemical sciences, laboratories involved exclusively with fishery technology, and college or 

 university departments or institutes not concerned exclusively with marine or fresh-water 

 biology. The committee is well aware that a great amount of the significant research and 

 instruction in marine and fresh-water biology is accomplished in regular departments of 



