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ESTACAO EXPERIMENTAL DE BIOLOGIA E I'lSClCUI 1 URA 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on the biol- 

 ogy and culture of fresh-water fishes. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mogi GuasSU 



River (tributary of the Parana) . 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 5 vis- 

 itors; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; identified 

 reference collections of fishes and other fresh-water 

 fauna; small boats and outboard motors. 



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

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biology and systematica of fresh-water fishes (Otto 



Schubart) 

 Tagging of fresh-water fishes (Manuel Perira de 



Godoy) 



I us/ It lit o Oswaldo Cruz, Estacao de Hidro- 

 hiolog'ta 



OSWALDO CRUZ INSTITUTE, HYDROBIOLOGICAL 

 LABORATORY 



POSTAL address: Caixa Postal 926, Rio de Janeiro, 



Brasil (Brazil) 

 LOCATION: Pinheiro Island, Guanabara Bay. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Lejeune P. H. de Oliveira, 



Residente Ohcial. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministerio de Saude (Ministry 



of Health). 

 YEAR founded: 1937; at present location since 1947. 

 SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology and plankton in relation to mortality 



of fishes and other marine life in polluted sections of 



the Rio de Janeiro harbor; limnology of brackish 



water lagoons. 

 season OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean, 

 Guanabara Bay; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and 

 gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow 

 bays and lagoons, and mangroves. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 2 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 small museum of marine animals ; piartially identified 

 reference collections of local fauna and flora ; machine 

 and wood shop, electrical and electronic shop at main 

 headquarters of the institute which is nearby ; one 

 small boat and outboard motor. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 7 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT species AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: 

 Brachyura: Uca olympioi and other Uca spp., Ctiiili- 



soma guanhiim'i, Cdlhiectes sapidus 

 MoUusca: Aiioinalocard'ui brasiHaiia 

 Echinodermata: Ennplopalirici emiirg'iihita 

 Algae: Aihihaeiia sp/rohies. Microcystis aeruginosa, 



Gle)iodinium. OsciUatoria putrida. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Ecology of Guanabara Bay (Lejeune de Oliveira) 

 Pollution ecology (Lejeune de Oliveira) 

 Mortality of fishes in the coastal lagoons of Brazil 



(Lejeune de Oliveira) 

 Echinodermata ( Luiza Krau) 

 Plankton of brackish water lagoons (Luiza Krau) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Meiuorias do hulitnto Osivaldo 

 Crtiz (regularly published journal) 



Laboratorio de Biologia Marinha de Sao 

 Sebastiao 



SAN SEBASTIAN MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Caixa, Postal 11.230, Sao Paulo, 

 9, Brasil (Brazil). 



LOCATION: Near Sao Sebastiao. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Paulo Sawaya, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Departamento de Fisiologia 

 Geral e Animal, Universidade de Sao Paulo (Univer- 

 sity of Sao Paulo, Department of General and Animal 

 Physiology) . 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1951. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology; graduate and undergraduate instruc- 

 tion. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean; 

 sandy beaches, rocky shores, estuarine conditions and 

 brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 20 visitors; fees charged for living 

 space. 



