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MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Interaction of alg.ie and bacteria (A, Wurtz) 



Station de Recherches Laciistres de Thouon 

 Thonon Station for Lacustrine Research 



POSTAL address: B. P. 41, 13 Quai de Rives, Thonon 

 les Bains, France. 



location: Near Lausanne and Geneve, Suisse (Ge- 

 neva, Switzerland). 



EXECUTIVE officer: P. J. Laurent, Directeur. 



YEAR founded: 1929. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted applied hydrobiolo^i- 

 cal research on lakes and alpine streams; graduate 

 instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lake Leman; 

 eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams; 

 and underground water. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 4 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; lake, spring and fresh tap 

 water; large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium 

 tanks; fish farm near laboratory; research collections 

 of fresh-water plankton and Astacidae from all parts 

 of France: identified reference collections of local 

 fishes; machine and wood shop, electrical and elec- 

 tronic shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats; one 9 m LOA power vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Courses on fresh-water 

 biology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level; '5 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Saltuo trutta, Sah'eUnui alpinm, Coregoiins 



spp. 

 Crustacea : Aslaais pal li pes 



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STATION DE RECHERCHnS LACUSTRES DE THONON 



Lake plankton 



Many spp. invertebrates of alpine streams. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 

 Chemistry, bacteriology and ichthyology of regional 



lakes (P. J. Laurent) 

 Lake trout studies (P. J. Laurent) 

 Studies on benthos of streams (Richard Vibert) 

 Studies on the fats of fishes (Morawa) 



Ins tit lit Oceanographique 



OCEANOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: 195 rue St. Jacques, Paris V^ France. 

 Laboratories: 



Physiologic des Etres Marins (Physiology of Marine 



Organisms) 

 Oceanographie Physique (Physical Oceanography) 

 Oceanographie Biologique (Biological Oceanog- 

 raphy) 

 Musee Oceanographique de Monaco (Oceanographie 

 Museum of Monaco) (See description page 135) 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Maurice Fontaine, 



Directeur. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Private institute. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1906. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 oceanography and marine biology; graduate instruc- 

 tion. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mediterranean 

 Sea, Atlantic Ocean ; estuaries of French rivers. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 vis- 

 itors; no fees charged; living quarters available in 

 Paris. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, 

 small aquarium tanks; research collections of the 

 Museum national d'Histoire naturelle accessible; ma- 

 chine and wood shop, electronic shop, skilled shop 

 workman available; small boats; one oceanographie 

 vessel, 20 m LOA, Vinaretta Singer. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Comparative physiology 

 and courses in biological and physical oceanography. 



SIZE OF staff: Fourteen at professional level; 4 tech- 

 nicians. 



.MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Littoral biology and biological oceanography (Prof. 



Pierre Drach) 

 Physiology of migrants (Prof. Maurice Fontaine) 

 Radioecology (Prof. Maurice Fontaine) 

 Oceanographie optics (Prof. LeGrand) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin de I'lmtitut Oceanog- 

 raphique; Annates de I'histil/tt Oceanographique 

 (both regularly published journals). 



