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STATION ZOOI-OGIQUE DE VILLEFRANCHE 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 3-5 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library ; small aquarium tanks ; identi- 

 fied reference collections of local fauna and flora; 

 machine and wood shop ; small boats and outboard 

 motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Marine plankton (August 

 and October). 



SIZE OF staff: Twelve at professional level; 3 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT species AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: 



Echinodermata: Paracenlrotns I'lvidiis. Arbacia lixula 



Deep water plankton available in surface tows 



(siphonophores, medusae, chaetognaths, pteropods, 



heteropods, bathypelagic cephalopods, and fishes) 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Plankton of the depths (G. Tregoubotf) 

 Ecology of the Appendicularia (R. Fenaux) 

 Ecological role of heavy metals (P. Bougis) 

 Experimental embryology (R. Lallier) 

 Metabolism of calcium in mollusks (G. Gostan) 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, ecology, zoology, genetics, and biom- 

 etry. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Bay of the Seine, 

 Canal de Caen a la mer; sandy beach, rocky shore, 

 estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, and rivers. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 8-10 

 visitors at new laboratory. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water in new laboratory, 

 large outdoor tanks, small aquarium tanks; small boats 

 and outboard motors: one 6 m LOA vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Systematics, zoology, and 

 plankton. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Isopoda: Sphiteroma, ]aera, Idotheii. Ligia 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Genetics (C. Bocquet) 

 Marine acarology (F. Benard) 

 Physiological ecology (F. Benard) 



LJniversite Catholiqne de Lille, Statiou B'tol- 

 o^'tque, Ltihorato'ire Charles Maurice 



CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LILLli, BIOLOGICAL STA- 

 TION, CHARLES MAURICE LABORATORY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Ambleteuse (Pas-de-Calais), France. 

 LOCATION: Near Bouiogne-sur-Mer. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Professeur Henry Boulange, Di- 

 recteur. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1895. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology; graduate instruction. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: April to September. 



Lahoratoire Maritime de Lnc-Snr-Mer 



MARINE LABORATORY OF LUC-SUR-MER 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Rue Charcot, Luc-sur-Mer (Calva- 

 dos), France. 



LOCATION: Near Caen. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Professeur C. Bocquet, Directeur. 

 F. Benard, Chef de Travaux. 



SPONSORiNc; AGENCY: Universite de Caen. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1883; new laboratory founded in 

 1962. 



.STATION blOLOGIQUE. AMBLETEUSE 



