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Universite de Lyon, Laborato'ire de Zoologie 

 Generate 



Universite de Lyon, Station Alaritime de 

 Biologie 



UNIVERSITY 

 ZOOLOGY 



OF LYON, LABORATORY OF G12NERAL 



16, Quai Claude Bernard, Lyon, 



Rivers Rhoene 

 hypogean fresh- 

 Space for 2 vis- 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



France. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professeur J. Wautier, Directeur. 



YEAR founded: 1946. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on fresh- 

 water biology and zoology; graduate instruction. 



SEASON of OPERATION: Ail year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: 



and Saoene, Etangs des Dombes; 

 waters. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: 



itors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 Ephemeroptera, fresh-water Amphipoda {Gaiiniiiirus, 

 Niphargiii) ; small boats and outboard motors, motor 

 car. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General invertebrates, com- 

 prehensive zoology, ecology, and biocenotics. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twelve at professional level; 4 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



MoUusca: Giindlachid s\). 



Crustacea: Niphargiis orcinin rhei, Gdmnidriis (a/lex 

 pill ex. G. pill ex fossdrtiiii 



Insecta: Piosopisloiiid jolidceiini, Aiuroptenid les- 

 tdced 

 major current researc;h projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



General biocoenology of fresh-water ecology; biologi- 

 cal q'cle of a new Ancylidae (Giiucllachid); fauna 

 of streams (J. Wautier) 



Ecology and biology of aquatic cavern fauna (R. 

 Ginet) 



Ecology and grouping of stream invertebrates (S. 

 Fiasson) 



Stenothermy and eurythermy of aquatic invertebrates; 

 thermal adaptation as measured by respiratory me- 

 tabolism in planaria and insect larvae (E. Pattee) 



Interstitial lacustrine microfauna of littoral sand and 

 of benthonic areas ; ecological speciation of lacus- 

 trine regions (J. Juget) 



Ecology of epigeous fresh-water Amphipoda ; inter- 

 sterility of Gammarus piilex subspecies (A. Roux) 



Ecology and biology of Ephemeroptera (J. Fontaine) 



Rheotropism of Trichoptera larvae (M. Bournaud) 



Biospeleology ; microbiology and enzymology of sub- 

 terranean, submerged argils; food of limnetic cavern 

 fauna (A. M. Gounot) 



Respiratory metabolism and ecological distribution of 

 Trichoptera lar\ae (C. Collardeau) 



Digestive system of Trichoptera larvae (H. Tachet) 



UNIVFRSITY 

 STATION 



OF LYON, MARINL BIOLOGICAL 



POSTAL address: Avenue Michel Pacha, Tamaris 

 (Var) France. 



LOCATION: Near Toulon. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professeur Gabriel Peres, Di- 

 recteur de la Station, Faculte des Sciences, Universite 

 de Lyon, 30 rue Cavenne, Lyon, France. 



YEAR founded: 1899. 



SCOPE of activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology\ with particular emphasis on compara- 

 tive physiology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION : All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mediterranean 

 Sea. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 4 visitors; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, small aquarium tanks; identified 

 reference collection of marine fauna of the Mediter- 

 ranean ; small boats and outboard motors ; one 7 m 

 LOA power vessel. 



important species available; for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Mediterranean fishes and crustaceans. 



Unirersite de Paris (Sorhonne), Cetitre de 

 Recherches Geodynainiqiies 



UNIVERSITY OF PARIS (sORBONNe), GEODYNAMI- 

 CAL RESEARCH CENTER 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 45 avenue de Corzent, Thonon-les- 

 Bains (Haute-Savoie), France. 



LOCATION: Near Geneve, Suisse (Geneva, Switzer- 

 land). 



CENTRE DE RECHERCHES GEODYNAMIQUES. SORBONNE 



