32 Canada 



SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL BUILDING 



ALBERTA liK;l (ll.lLAL MA HON 



Lac la Ronge 

 habitats in Sas- 



None. 

 library; 



small 



studies, statistical studies and pollution investigations. 

 SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: 



and other lakes and fresh-water 

 katchewan. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Smal 



aquarium tanks; research collections of bottom fauna, 

 plankton, and fish collections; small boats and out- 

 board motors; one 30 ft LOA power fishing boat. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS; 



Pollution survey of Qu'Appelle River (J. P. Doyle) 

 Biological survey of Madge Lake (E, D. Kirch) 

 Biological survey of Buffalo Pound Lake (R. P. 



Johnson) 

 Ecology of carp (R. P. Johnson) 



University of Alherta, Alberta Biological 

 Station 



POSTAL address: Department of Zoology, University 

 of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Head, Department of Zoology. 



SPONSORING AGENCIES: Province of Alberta and Uni- 

 versity of Alberta. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: April through October and 



irregularly during winter. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Sheep River 



(South Saskatchewan drainage). 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



living space for two visitors for short period ; no fees 



charged for research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library at field station. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: No formal instructional 

 program, but field practice in limnology, fisheries 

 management and ecology. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Salmonidae: Sahiw gaircineri, Salnio dark/ 

 Corcgonidae: Prosopium wiUiamsoiii 



University of British Columbia, Institute of 

 Fisheries 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Vancouver 8, British Columbia, 



Canada. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr.' P. A. Larkin, Director. 

 YEAR founded: 1953. 

 SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on fish 



physiology, systematics, population dynamics and 



limnology; graduate instruction. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Straits of 



Georgia, Fraser River, many small oligotrophic and 

 eutrophic lakes, streams, open ocean, sandy and silty 

 beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions 

 and brackish, shallow bays. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space available 

 for visitors; no fees charged; living quarters nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea water, outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; large research 

 collection of fresh-water fish from Pacific northwest, 

 eastern tropical marine fishes and British Columbia 

 marine fishes; identified reference collection of all 

 fresh-water and marine fishes from British Columbia 

 waters; shop facilities available at the University; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Fisheries (fisheries law, hy- 

 draulics, anthropology, economics), limnology, fisher- 

 ies biology and management, systematic ichthyology, 

 fisheries technology, seminar in fisheries biology, prob- 

 lems in ichthyology, marine zoogeography. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seven at professional level; 1 tech- 

 nician. 



