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France 



STATION BIOI.OGIQUE D ARCACHON 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 30 visitors; no fees chargecl for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHiNc; FACILITIES; Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks ; identified reference collections 

 of local Vertebrata and Invertebrata ; special exhibi- 

 tion on Oftred and local oyster culture; machine and 

 wood shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General invertebrate zool- 

 ogy. 



SIZE OF staff: Four at professional level; 5 techni- 

 cians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Coelenterata: Ti/btdarid, Aiieiiio)!id. Actiii'ui, Pleuro- 



hrachia 

 MoUusca: Sepia, Aplys/a, Os/rea, Mylih/s 

 Crustacea: Pa gurus, Maia 

 Echinodermata: Astropecteu, Opb'inthrix 

 Pisces: Torpedo, Hippocampus, Solea 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Neurophysiology of Torpedo (Prof. Fessard ) 

 Morphogenesis and nematocysts of actinians and 



hydroids (Prof. Weill) 

 Hormonal correlations in Hippocdnip/is (Dr. Bois- 



seau) 



Station Biolog'ique dii Lite cVOrecio>2 



LAKF, OREDON BIOLOGICAL STATION 



POSTAL address: Aragnouet, par Saint-Lary (Hautes 

 Pyrenees), France. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professeur Eugene Angelier, 

 Laboratoire de Zoologie, Faculte des Sciences, Tou- 

 louse, France. 



sponsoring agency: Universite de Toulouse. 



year founded: 1922. 



scope of activities: Research on the ecology of the 



aquatic and terrestrial fauna of high altitude. 

 season of operation: All year but dependent upon 



snow conditions. 

 PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Eutrophic and 



oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams, and all biotopes 



of high altitudes. 

 provisions for visiting scientists: Space for 16 



visitors. 

 major research and teaching facilities: Small 



library; 7 lakes and ponds, small aquarium tanks; 



one 3-5 m LOA vessel. 

 instructional program : Zoology. 

 size of staff: Four at professional level. 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



Ecology of high altitude lakes (E, Angelier) 



Ecology of Collembola (P. Cassagnau) 



Ecology of Diplopoda (J. P. Mauries) 



Ecology of Trichoptera (H. Decamps) 



Station Biolo^ique de Rosea jj (Laboratoire 

 Laeaze-Duthiers; Laboratoire Yves Delage) 



ROSCOFF BIOLOGICAL STATION (LACAZE-DUTHIERS 



laboratory: yves delage laboratory) 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Place Lacaze-Duthiers, Roscoff (Fin- 

 istere), France. 



location: Near Morlaix. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professeur Georges Teissier, Di- 

 recteur de la Station, Faculte des Sciences, 1, rue 

 Victor Cousin, Paris V"^, France. 



sponsoring agencies: Universite de Paris (Lacaze- 

 Duthiers) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scien- 

 tifique (Yves Delage). 



year founded: 1871 (Lacaze-Duthiers) ; 1949 (Yves 

 Delage). 



scope of activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology; graduate and undergraduate instruc- 

 tion. 



season of operation : All year but because of climate, 

 greater activity from June 1 -October 1. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: English Chan- 

 nel; sandy and silty beaches, rocky shores, estuarine 

 conditions, numerous islands and bays; tidal range of 

 8-10 m. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 30 visitors ; fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library at Universite de Paris, moderately 

 complete library at the Station; running sea and fresh- 

 water; research collections of Amphipoda, Porifera, 

 and Polychaeta; identified reference collections of 

 Algae, Bryozoa, Mollusca, Pisces and Hydroida; ma- 

 chine and wood shop; vessels, 20 m LOA, Pluteus, 

 12 m LOA, Mysis, and 6 m LOA, Cydippe. 



