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MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FUER MEERESBIOLOGIE 



SIZE OF STAFF: Sixteen at professional level; 17 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRFNT RESFARC:H PROJECTS AND SCIINTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Nucleo-cy'oplasmic relationships, especially on Acela- 



b/ilaria and other cells (Joachim Haemmerling) 

 Morpholot,'y and physiology of chromosomes, espie- 



cially giant chromosomes; physiology of mitosis and 



meiosis ; cytological mechanism of sex determination 



( Hans Bauer) 



Niedersaechsisches Institut juer B'niuenfischere't 



FRESH-WATER FISHERIES STATION OF LOWER 

 SAXONY 



POSTAL address: Lavesstrasse 79, Hannover, Bundes- 



republik Deutschland (Hanover, West Germany). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. Friedrich Schie- 



menz, Direktor. 

 sponsoring agency: Niedersaechsisches Ministerium 



fuer Ernaehrung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten (Lower 



Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry). 

 year founded: 1951. 

 SCOPE of activities: Unrestricted research on fishery 



biology and technology. 

 SEASON OF operation: All year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Large rivers, 



brooks, lakes and canals of Lower Saxony. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 



visitors; no fees charged. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 



aquarium tanks. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level ; 2 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Planting of submerged plants (Friedrich Schiemenz) 

 Providing shelters for submerged fauna in regulated 



rivers and in sewage oxidation fish ponds (Friedrich 



Schiemenz) 

 Improvement of fish-passes (Friedrich Schiemenz) 



Crangon, Mysis, Porliai/is, Carcinus, 



Senator jner das Bildiingsiiesen des Landes 

 Bremen, Institut jiier Meeresjorschiing 



COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BREMEN 

 LANDS, THE INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven G, 



Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West Germany). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. W. Hoehnk, Direktor. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1919. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, marine mycology, hydrography of 

 estuaries, ichthyology, chemistry and bacteriology of 

 fish and fish products. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Weser River 

 and estuary. North Sea ; sandy and silty beaches, 

 estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 2 visitors; no fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 machine and wood shop; 50 ft diesel powered trawler. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 14 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Crustacea: 



Eriocheir 



Pelycopoda: Mya, jWacnma. Card in in, Mytihis 

 Polychaeta : Many species 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Distribution, ecology and taxonomy of marine fungi 



(W. Hoehnk) 

 Morphology and ecology of fish (G. v. Wahlert) 

 Morphology and systematics of nemertines (H. 



Friedrich) 

 Sedimentation and erosion in the estuary (H. Luene- 



burg) 

 Chemistry of fresh fish and fish products (R. Dietrich) 

 Bacteriology of canned fish (V. Meyer) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Veroeffen/lichungei! des Inst'i- 

 tuts fur Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven (regularly 

 published journal) 



Untrersitaet Erlangen, Zoologtschen Institut, 

 Teichu'irtschaftliche Untersuchhungsstelle 



UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN, ZOOLOGICAL INSTI- 

 TUTE, DEPARTMENT OF FISHFARMS 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Universitaetstrasse 19, Erlangen, Bun- 

 desrepublik Deutschland (West Germany). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professor Dr. Wilhelm Wunder, 

 Leiter. 



YEAR founded: 1949. 



SCOPE of activities: Research on fresh-water fish and 

 the hydrobiology of fish farms (primarily carp pro- 

 duction). 



