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Chile 



Un'tverstdad de Chile en la Zona Norte, De- 

 partaniento de Invest} gaciones C'lentificas 

 Antojagasta, Seccion de B'lolo^ia Marina 



UNIVERSITY OF CHILE OF THE NORTH ZONE, DE- 

 PARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OF 

 ANTOFAGASTA, MARINE BIOLOGICAL SECTION 



POSTAL address: Casilla 12-iO, Antofagasta, Chile. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Celestino Castro A., Jefe de 



Seccion. 

 YEAR founded: 1958. 

 SCOPE OF activities: 



marine biology. 



Unrestricted research on general 



SEASON of operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean; 



sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores. 

 provisions FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; identified reference col- 

 lections of birds, fishes and plankton; machine and 

 wood shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop 

 workman available; small boats and outboard motors, 

 one 10 m LOA vessel. 



UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, EN LA ZONA NORTE, DEPARTAMENTO DE 

 INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM : Course in marine biology. 

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

 nician. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Rhodophyceae: Ahiifeltia durvillaei 

 Pisces : Sardinops sagaz, Engraulis ringeiis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Cataloging of marine species of the North Zone of 

 Chile (Celestino Castro) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Zoimrida (regularly published 

 journal) 



Universidad de Concepcion, Instituto Central 

 de Biolo ^ia 



UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION, CENTRAL INSTITUTE 

 OF BIOLOGY 



POSTAL address: Casilla 301, Concepcion, Chile. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. H. L. Barrales, Director. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on plank- 

 ton, bottom ecology and systematic zoology; under- 

 graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean, 



Bahia de Concepcion, San Vicente, Golfo de Arauco, 



Bio-Bio River; eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-3 



visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 



nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 insects and fishes, herbarium and other collections in 

 preparation ; identified reference herbarium and ento- 

 mological collection ; skilled shop workman available; 

 boats and larger power vessels may be rented. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Courses at the University in 

 general and systematic zoology and botany leading to a 

 B. Sc. in Biology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 12 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Larval development of fishes ; systematics (Walter 



Fischer) 

 Plankton investigations (Elda Fagetti) 

 Systematics and ecology of mollusks (Jose Stuardo) 

 Systematics and ecology of polychaetes (Fidel Geldes) 

 Sublittoral communities (A. Gallardo) 



CHINESE PEOPLE'S 

 REPUBLIC 



The following laboratories are known to be in exist- 

 ence although no detailed information is available con- 

 cerning their research facilities, physical environment 

 accessible, species available for laboratory studies, current 

 research projects, etc.: 



Ministry of Fisheries, Peking. 



1. Yellow Sea Fisheries Institute, Peking. 



2. Huang Hai Fisheries Research Institute, 



19 Lai-Yang Road, Tsing Tao. 



