50 Federal Republic of Germany 



FEDERAL REPUBLIC 

 OF GERMANY 



Anstalt jner Bodenseeforschung 



LAKE CONSTANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 56 Schiffstrasse, 775 Konstanz, Bun- 

 desrepublik Deutschland (West Germany). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. M. Auerbach, 

 Direktor. 



SPONSORING agencies: City of Konstanz with aid of 

 state. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1919. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted limnological re- 

 search of Lake Constance. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT accessible: Bodensee (Lake 

 Constance), Obersee (oligotrophic lake), and Un- 

 tersee (eutrophic lake). 



provisions for visiting scientists: Space for l vis- 

 itor; no fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Library; small boats and 

 outboard motors; vessels, 5 m and 17 m LOA power 

 vessels, and a 6.5 m floating blind for ornithological 

 observations. 



SIZE OF staff: Five at professional level; 3 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Permanent currents of the Rhine in Lake Constance 



(M. Auerbach) 

 Distribution of water in the different parts of the 



Untersee (M. Auerbach) 

 Ecological studies on the genus Ddphnia (Crust. 



Cladoc.) (R. Muckle and G. Rottengatter) 

 Internal seiches and temperature in the Uberlinger See 



(H. Lehn) 



water pollution control ; general fresh-water and waste 

 water biology, ichthyology, bacteriology, fish diseases, 

 fish pond culture. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Rivers Donau 

 (Danube) and Main and tributaries, Lake Starnberg 

 and other Upper Bavarian lakes (eutrophic and oligo- 

 trophic), streams, springs and fish ponds. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 vis- 

 itors; living quarters available in Munich and at 

 laboratory in Wielenbach. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, 

 small aquarium tanks; research collection of fish para- 

 sites ; identified reference collections of local fish fauna 

 and water organisms ; skilled shop workman available; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General zoology, parasitol- 

 ogy, hydrobiology, fish biology and fish diseases, 

 chemistry of water and sewage treatment, and waste 

 water biology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seventeen at professional level; 32 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Cyprinus carpio, Sahno iricleiis, S. triitta, S. 

 far/0, Tinea tinea, Sahelinus alpinus, Aiigtiilla 

 anguilla, Abramis brama, Lebistes reticulatus 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biological and chemical research on water quality in 

 Bavarian lakes and rivers for a Bavarian Water 

 Quality-Atlas 



Chemical research on induslrial wastes, especially 

 B.O.D. and population equivalent 



Self-purification of fresh-waters ; chemical research 

 on sludges and industrial wastes 



Bacteriological research on fish diseases; bacteriologi- 

 cal research on polluted rivers 



Universitaet Muenchen, Demoll-Hofer-Institttt, 

 Bayerische Biolog'tsche Versiichsanstalt 



UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH, DEMOLL-HOFER INSTI- 

 TUTE, BAVARIAN BIOLOGICAL TESTING STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Heaclquarlers: Kaulbachstrasse 37, Muenchen 22, 

 Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Munich, West 

 Germany). 



Branehes: Teichwirtschaftliche Abteilung, Wielen- 

 bach, Oberbayern. Abwasserversuchsfeld Gross- 

 lappen b. Muenchen. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. Hans Liebmann, 



Vorstand. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1900. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Officially restricted research on 



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UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN, BAYERISCHE BIOLOGISCHE 

 VERSUCHSANSTALT 



