Austria 



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BIOLOGISCHE STATION, LUNZ 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Boats, 



trucks, motors, tanks, chemical laboratory, full supply 

 of limnological gear. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Short courses in limnology 

 and fisheries. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: 



Chemical limnology 



Production studies of plankton and fish. 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Oesterre'ich'ische Fischerei. W. 

 Einsele, Editor. 



Inst it nt fner Hyclroh/olo^ie nnd Fischereiwirt- 

 schitft 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lunzer Seen, 

 River Ybbs; oligotrophic lake. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 15 visi- 

 tors; fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; small aquarium tanks; machine 

 and wood shop, skilled shop workman available; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Plankton, bottom fauna and 

 flora of lakes. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level; 2 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Primary production of Austrian lakes (Ingo 



Pindenegg) 

 Taxonomy of Rotatoria ( Ruttner-Kolisko) 



INSTITUTE FOR HYDROBIOLOGY AND FISHERY 

 MANAGEMENT 



POSTAL address: Hochschule fuer Bodenkultur, Feist- 

 mantelstrasse 4, Wien, Oesterreich (Vienna, Austria). 



executive officer: Doz. Dr. Reinhard Liepolt, 

 Direktor. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Bundcsministerium fuer Un- 

 terricht (Federal Ministry for Education). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1897. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on theo- 

 retical and applied limnology, fishery biology; instruc- 

 tion. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



provisions for visiting SCIENTISTS: Space for visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged. 



instructional program: Limnology and fishery 

 biology. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks. 

 SIZE OF staff: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



Bioides'nist'ittit fuer Gewaesserforschung und 

 F/schereiuirtschaft 



FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR HYDROLOGY 

 FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS 



AND 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Scharfling am Mondsee, Oesterreich 

 (Austria). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. W. Einsele, Direktor. 



YEAR founded: 1945. 



scope of ACTIVITIES: Limnological and fishery re- 

 search ; production of fish stock for lakes and research 

 in hatchery methods. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Many oligo- 

 trophic and dystrophic alpine and lowland lakes ; 

 mountain streams; Danube River. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 5-20 investigators. Space upon appli- 

 cation. 



HOCHSCHULE FUER BODENKULTUR, WIEN 



