France 67 



birds; machine and wood shop, skilled shop workman 

 available; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF staff: Seven at professional level; 4 techni- 

 cians. 



^[ajor current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Study of rivers and lakes (Dr. Vibert) 

 Ecology (Dr. Jovet) 

 Oceanography (M. Percier) 

 Study of marine corrosion of metals (M. Hache) 



publications issued: Bulletin dti Centre d' Etudes el 

 de Recherches Scientifiques (regularly published jour- 

 nal) 



Centre National de la Recherche Scien- 

 tifique 



NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 



postal address: 



Headq//arter.\: 15, Quai Anatole France, Paris VII, 



France. 

 Branch laboratories: 



1. Centre de Recherches Hydrobiologiques 



2. Laboratoire de Chimie Bacterienne et Corrosion 

 Biologitjue 



(Descriptions follow.) 



EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Gaston Dupouy, Directcur- 

 General. P. Delaroche, Chef du Service des Activites 

 Scientifiques. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Mmistere de I'Education nation- 

 ale (Ministry of Public Education) . 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: 



A/males de la Nt/tritioii et de l' Aliinentalion. Archives 

 des Sciences Physiologiqties, Archives de Zoologie 

 Experimentale (all published regularly) 



Biospeleologicpies (published annually) 



Centre de Recherches Hydrobiologiques 



HYDROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Gif sur Yvette (Seine et Oise), 



France. 

 LOCATION: Near Paris. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: M. Lefevre, Directeur. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1946. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on plank- 

 ton and bottom ecology. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: 



oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: 

 itors. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquar- 

 ium tanks; research collections of livins; al^ae in clonic 



Eutrophic and 

 Space for 2 vis- 



CFNTRl- I>F 



lillimUFS HYl)KOHIOI-(K,lQIJHS, SEINE ET OISE 



culture, soil fungi and ciliates, machine and wood 

 shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available; small boats and outboard motors; one 

 6 m LOA vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General invertebrate zool- 

 ogy, phytoplankton, and comparative physiology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 7 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Many species of fresh-water algae and invertebrates. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Nutrition of Rotatoria (R. Pourriot) 



Morphogenesis of ciliates (M. TufFrau) 



Soil kicteria (Rhizospheres) (J. Duche) 



Biochemistry (G. Farrugia) 



Morphogenesis and nutrition of ciliates (E. Faure- 

 Fremiet) 



Systematics and ecology of fresh-water algae ( M. 

 Lefevre) 



Biologically active substances secreted from fresh- 

 water and thermal water algae (M. Lefevre) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Hydrnhinlogia (occasionally 



published) 



Laboratoire de Chimie Bacterienne et Corrosion 

 Biologiqtie 



LABORATORY OF BACTERIAL CHEMISTRY AND BIO- 

 LOGICAL CORROSION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 31, chemin Joseph Aiquier, (Bouches 



du Rhoene), France. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Jacques C. Senez, Directeur de 



Recherche au CNRS, Chef de Laboratoire. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1951. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on marine 



bacteriology and general microbiology. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mediterranean 



Sea. 



