36 Chile 



CHILE 



Estacion de Biologia Pesqttera, San Antonio, 

 Chile 



SAN ANTONIO FISHERY BIOLOGY STATION 



POSTAL address: Casilla 492, Correo 2, San Antonio, 

 Chile. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Oscar Miranda Brandt, Jefe. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Departamento de Pesca y Caza, 

 Direccion de Agricultura y Pesca, Ministerio de Agri- 

 culture; Centre de Investigaciones Zoologicas, Uni- 

 versidad de Chile (Department of Fish and Game, 

 Division of Agriculture and Fish, Ministry of Agri- 

 culture; Zoology Investigations Center, University of 

 Chile). 



YEAR FOUNDED: I960. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on fishery 

 biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Bahia de San 

 An'onio, Playa Barrancas, Llolieo (sandy and silty 

 beaches) and Rio Maipo. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

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

 search space. 



MAJOR resi:arch FACILITIES: No library; small aquar- 

 ium tanks. 



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



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES; 

 Pelecypoda: Mesodesnia Joidciinii. Chorouiytilns 



chorus 

 Cephalopoda; Dosodicm t/iiiicaUi 

 Crustacea; Ciincer porteri, HoiihiLips'ti plana 

 Pisces; Merlnccius gayi, H'lppoglossina tnacrops, 



Ocloiithesthes regia. Geiiypterns bhuodes 



ESTACION OF. niOI-OGIA PESQUFRA. SAN ANTONIO 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Population dynamics of Merlncciiis gayi and associated 



species (Oscar Miranda B.) 

 Relationships between interstitial fauna and size of 



sand grains (Tarsicio Antezana) 



Institiito de Zoolo^ia, Universidad Austral de 

 Chile 



ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF 



CHILE 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: Casilla 956, Jola Teja, Valdivia, 



Chile. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Ernest Kilian, Professor. 



YEAR founded; 1955. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES; Unrestricted research on shore 

 ecology and fresh-water biology; undergraduate and 

 graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Humboldt Cur- 

 rent, sandy and silty beaches, rocky shores, estuarine 

 conditions and rivers. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 at 

 the marine laboratory at Mehuin; space for 2 at the 

 fresh-water laboratory in Valdivia. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES; Small 



library; running sea water, small aquarium tanks; iden- 

 tified reference collections of sponges and fishes ; small 

 wood and machine shop; small boats and outboard 

 motors; 1 vessel 8.2 m LOA. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROCiRAM : General invertebrate zool- 

 ogy, limnology and fish culture. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Annelida; LiiDihnciis lerreslris. Rhahdilh sp. 



Onycophora ; Peripatus sp. 



Crustacea; Daphiiia pulex. Parastaciis iiicoleti 



Pisces: Giilaxia macidatHS 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED; PrihI. Scieinificds de la Unirer- 



sidad A/iitral (occasionally published journal) 



Ministerio de Agricidtiira, Departincnto de 

 Pesca y Caza, Laboratorio de Biologia 

 Pesqttera 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF FISH 

 AND GAME, FISHERIES LABORATORY 



POSTAL address; Casilla 183-V, Valparaiso, Chile. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Wilhelm Brandhorst, Experto 

 en Oceangrafia y Biologia Marina de la Asistencia 

 Tecnica de la Republica Federal de Alemania (Expert 

 in oceanography and marine biology of the Foreign 

 Technical Assistance Program of the Federal Republic 

 ot Germany) . 



YlAR founded: 1960. 



