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OBORA FIELD STATION 



Karlova LJn'ivers'ita, Prirodovedecka Fakidta, 

 Hydrobiologicke Oddeleni 



carl's university, faculty of natural his- 

 tory, HYDROBIOLOGICAL DEPARTMFNT 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



HeacUjitarlers : Vinicna 7, Praha 2, Bohemia, Ceskos- 



lovensko (Prague, Czechoslovakia). 

 Field station: Obora (near Blatna), South Bohemia. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Jan Lellak. 



YEAR founded: About 1920. 



SCOPE of activities: Research on the biology of 

 Czechoslovakian fresh-water communities and fish 

 ponds, especially biocoenology, taxonomy and ecology; 

 instruction. 



season of operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Lakes, fish 

 ponds, and water reservoirs on the rivers. 



PROVISIONS for visiting scientists: Research and 

 living space for about 15 visitors; no fees charged for 

 research space. 



MAJOR research AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library in Prague, small librar)' in Blatna; large 

 outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; re- 

 search collections of the bottom and plankton fauna 

 and flora of Bohemian fish ponds; machine and wood 

 shop; small boats and outboard motors. 



instructional program: Hydrobiology, saprobiol- 

 ogy, biocoenology and taxonomy of fresh-water fauna 

 at Carl's University. 



size of staff: Four at professional level; 2 techni- 

 cians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Ciliata: Paramecium caudatiim 

 Crustacea: Daphnia magna 



Pisces: Many species of central European fresh-water 

 fishes 



major current research projects and scientific 



LEADERS: 



Productivity of benthos in ponds (Jan Lellak) 



Crustacean communities in Czechoslovak waters (V. 

 Korinek) 



Pobocka Ceskoslovenskej Akadeiuie Polnohos- 

 podarskych Vied, Laboratorinni Rybarstva 



CZECHOSLOVAKIAN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL 

 SCIENCES, LABORATORY OF FISHERY BIOLOGY 



postal ADDRESS: Cesta mladeze, Zelezna Studienka, 

 806, Bratislava, Ceskoslovensko (Czechoslovakia). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Ing. Frantisek K. Havlena, Di- 

 rektor. 



YEAR founded: 1953. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on ichthyol- 

 ogy, fisheries biology and hydrobiology — specifically 

 taxonomy, life histories, growth, nutrition, hybridiza- 

 tion, acclimatization, morphology and ecology of 

 fishes; instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Eutrophic and 

 oligotrophic lakes, rivers and riverine lakes of Slovakia. 



MAJOR research AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library; no water supply and tanks at present; 

 ichthyological research collection; one 7 m LOA power 

 vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Freshwater invertebrates, 

 phytoplankton and ichthyology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Nine at professional level; 6 techni- 

 cians. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Life history, growth and fish populations (E. K. 



Balon) 

 Dynamics of bottom organisms (N. D. Borodic) 

 Biometry, morphology and fecundity of fishes (L 



Bastl) 

 Taxonomy and ecology of algae (F. Hindak) 

 Food of fishes, experimental ecology of water organ- 

 isms (F. K. Havlena) 

 Faunistics, taxonomy, growth and hybridization of 



fishes (J. M. Holc'ik) 

 Morphology and growth of fishes (A. Kirka) 

 Biometry and faunistics of fishes (V. Misik) 

 Fish pathology (S. Pacak) 



Vysoke Skoly Zeniedehke V Brne, B'lologicka 

 Stanice 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, BRNO, BIOLOGICAL 



STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Hydrobiological and Ornithological 

 Departments: Zamek, 1, Lednice na Morave, Cesko- 

 slovensko (Czechoslovakia). 



LOCATION: Southern Moravia, near town of Breclav. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: RNDr. Bohumil Losos, Direktor, 

 Vodova 96 v Brne, Ceskoslovensko. 



