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Federal Republic of Gerninny 



SEASON OF operation: ah year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Fish ponds and 

 fish farms. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large fish 

 ponds, small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 the fauna and flora of the fish farms in Germany. 



SIZE OF staff: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



important SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES : 

 Pisces: Cyprinus carpio, Tinga vulgaris, Esox luc/us 

 Insecta: Chironomidae 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Shore fauna in fish ponds (Wilhelm Wunder) 

 Bottom fauna in fish ponds (Wilhelm Wunder) 

 Histological investigations of the carp (Wilhelm 

 Wunder) 



Universitaet Hamburg, Inst'itiit jner Hydro- 

 biologie iitid Tischerei-Wissenschajt 



UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG, INSTITUTE FOR HYDRO- 

 BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Olbersweg, Hamburg- Altona, Bun- 

 desrepublik Deutschland (West Germany). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. Adolf Bueckmann, 

 Direktor, 



YEAR founded: 1947. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on fishery 

 biology and marine hydrobiology; graduate and under- 

 graduate instruction, 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: River Elbe, es- 

 tuarine conditions, and eutrophic lake. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1 vis- 

 itor; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running well water, running 

 artificial sea water if required, small aquarium tanks; 

 research collections of food fish for teaching purposes 

 only; machine and wood shop; small rubber boat, 7 m 

 LOA motor boat available from Direktor of Fish- 

 eries, Hamburg. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General fishery biology, 

 advanced marine and fresh-water fishery biology, pond 

 culture, fish diseases, physiology and behavior of fishes, 

 waste water problems, fishing gear, fishery economics, 

 biometry ; marine hydrobiology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 2 techni- 

 cians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Crustacea: Eriocheir sinensis. Eurylemora ajfwis 

 Pisces: Anguilla vulgaris, Osmerus eperlanus, Salmo 

 gairdneri, Alosa fall ax. Lota lot a, Leuciscus rutilus, 

 Ahramis hrama 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Methodolog)- of fishery biology (Dr. Bueckmann) 



Elbe fisheries and damming (Dr. Lillelund) 



Maternal efl?ects and survival in herring larvae (Dr. 



Hempel) 

 Behavior in herring larvae (Dr. Bueckmann) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Kurze Alitteilungen aus dem 

 Instittit fuer Fischereibiologie der Universitaet Ham- 

 burg (occasionally published journal ) 



Universitaet Hamburg, Zoolog'ischen Staats- 

 institut u}id Museum, Hydrobiolog'tsche 

 Abteih/tig 



UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG, ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE 

 AND MUSEUM, DIVISION OF HYDROBIOLOGY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Von Melle-Park, Hamburg 13, Bun- 

 desrepublik Deutschland (West Germany). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professor Dr. Hubert Caspars, 

 Leiter. 



YEAR founded: 1919. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on fresh- 

 and brackish water and marine ecology; graduate and 

 undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Elbe River; es- 

 tuarine conditions, eutrophic lake. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Research and 

 living space for 2 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



major research and teaching facilities: Small 

 library; small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 fauna and flora available at the Museum. 



instructional program : Limnology, marine biology 

 and aquatic invertebrates. 



SIZE of staff: Two at professional level; 1 technician. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Oligochaeta: Tubificidae 

 Insecta: Clunio (Chironomidae) 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Ecology of the Elbe estuary (Hubert Caspers) 

 Systematics and ecology of Tubificidae (Michael 



Dzwillo) 

 Comparative ecology of harbors (Hubert Caspers) 

 Biology of marine chironomids (Hubert Caspers) 



Universitaet Kiel, Instittit fuer Meereskunde 



UNIVERSITY OF KIEL, INSTITUTE FOR MARINE 

 SCIENCE 



POSTAL address: Hohenbergstrasse 2, Kiel, Bundes- 



republik Deutschland (West Germany). 

 executive officer: Prof. Dr. G. Dietrich, Director. 

 year founded: 19.37. 



