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SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on com- 

 mercially important fishes, and the relationship be- 

 tween physical conditions in the ocean and the fishery 

 for various species; no experimental studies. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Open ocean, up- 

 welling water of the Humboldt Current, water of 

 subsurface Gunther Current, sandy and silty beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, brack- 

 ish, shallow bays, eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, 

 rivers and streams. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: No library; hatcheries; 

 research collection of fish available at the Museo 

 Nacional de Historia Natural; vessel in planning 

 stage. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level; 7 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEAIIERS: 



Descriptive oceanographic expedition "Marchile I' 



(W. Brandhorst) 

 Anchoveta investigation in the Northern and Central 



zone of Chile (W. Brandhorst) 



Unhersidad de Chile, Centra de Investigaciones 

 Zoolo^icas, Departamento de H'ldrobiolog'ta 



UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, CENTER FOR ZOOLOGICAL 

 INVESTIGATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF HYDRO- 

 BIOLOGY 



POSTAL address: Casilla 10135, Santiago, Chile. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Guillermo Mann, Director del 

 Centro. Maria Teresa Lopez, Jefe del Departamento. 



year founded: 1955. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on the 

 biology of local marine and fresh-water fauna ; instruc- 

 tion. 



season of operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Sandy and silty 

 beaches, estuarine conditions, oligotrophic lake, rivers 

 and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR viSTiNG SCIENTISTS: Space for a few 

 visitors. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; small boats and out- 

 board motors. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General and marine zo- 

 ology'. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Crustacea: Aegla laer/s, Cervhnunida johiii, Jiisus 

 lalandi. Heterocarpus reed/. Parastacin pf/g7hix 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Ecological aspects of Aculeo pond (N. Bahamonde and 

 others) 



Taxonomy of Crustacea (N. Bahamonde and Maria T. 



Lopez ) 

 Studies on populations of AegLi htefis from Mapocho 



River (N. Bahamonde and Maria T. Lopez) 

 Biology of some commercial shrimps (N. Bahamonde 



and Maria T. Lopez) 

 Systematics of Chilean fishes (Fernando De Buen) 



Universidad de Chile, Estacion de Biologia 

 Marina 



UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, MARINE BIOLOGICAL 

 STATION 



POSTAL address: CasiUa 13-D, Vina del Mar, Chile. 



LOCATION: Near Valparaiso. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Parmenio Yanez Andrade, Direc- 

 tor. 



YEAR founded: 1945. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Valparaiso Bay; 

 open ocean, sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores. 



provisions for VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 4 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



major RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive Hbrary; 

 running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and 

 tanks ; research collections of fishes, bottom fauna and 

 plankton ; identified reference herbarium of local 

 algae ; small museum of comparative marine zoology 

 with Chilean specimens ; machine and wood shop, 

 skilled shop workman available; small boats and out- 

 board motors, one 22 m LOA vessel under construc- 

 tion. 



SIZE OF staff: Eight at professional level; 7 tech- 

 nicians. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Rev/ilu de Biologia Marina 

 (regularly published journal) 



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