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Institut jner Hochseefischerei tnid Fhchverar- 

 he'itnn (^ 



INSTITUTE FOR MARINE FISHERIES AND FISH 

 PROCESSING 



POSTAL address: Rostock-Merienehe, Deutsche Demo- 

 kratische Republik (Rostock-Marienehe, East Ger- 

 many) . 



EXECUTIVE officer: Herr Schneider, Direktor. 



SPONSORING agency: Deutsche Demokratische Repub- 

 lik. 



YEAR founded: 1953. 



scope of activities: Unrestricted research on fishery 

 biology, general marine biology, plankton, and ocean- 

 ography. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Baltic Sea. 



provisions for visiting scientists: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete 

 library; machine and wood shop, skilled workman 

 available; vessels, 56 m LOA trawler, 39 m LOA 

 logger, and a 32 m LOA cutter. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Eleven at professional level; 12 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Herring (Herr Schultz) 

 Codfish (Herr Biester) 

 Red |5erch (Herr Freund) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Vncbere'ijorschiing (published 

 regularly) 



Karl Marx Univers/taet Leipzig, Abteilitng juer 

 Tr'nik-. Branch- nud Abwasserbiolo^'te, am 

 Zoologischen Institut 



UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG, DEPARTMENT OF SEWAGE 

 AND WATERBIOLOGY OF THE ZOOLOGICAL 



INSTITUTE 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headqi/drters: Talstrasse 33, Leipzig C-1, Deutsche 

 Demokratische Republik (East Germany) . 



Branch: Laboratory for reservoir studies at Neun- 

 zehnhain. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. A. Wetzel, Lei:er. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1952. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on biological 

 self purification, running water, limnology of pol- 

 luted ponds and streams, plankton problems of reser- 

 voirs and ground water biology; graduate and under- 

 graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE; Rivers and 

 streams, hypertrophic ponds and the Lautenbach reser- 

 voirs. 



INSTiruT FUER HOCHSEEFISCHnHFI UND FISCHVERARBEITUNG, 

 ROSTOCK-MARIENEHE 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 

 library; small aquarium tanks; small boats and out- 

 board motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: For students: Limnologi- 

 cal methods, protozoa and unicellular algae, inverte- 

 brate animals, fishes, and water plants. For water 

 engineers: biological problems of sewage purification, 

 drinking water supply and supply of water for do- 

 mestic and industrial purposes. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 1 technician. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 

 Protozoa: Actinosphiieriuin eichhorn'i. Pjrjineciinn 



caiidatum 

 Turbellaria: Dendrocoehim Lie I emu 

 Crustacea: Daphnia magna 

 Gastropoda : L'liiinaea stagnalh 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Limnology of hypertrophic ponds (D. Uhlmann) 

 Limnology of polluted streams (W. Beer) 

 Biological oxidation demand (BOD-,) studies (K. 



Madler) 

 Nutrient problems of reservoirs (R. Hcdlich) 

 Groundwater biology (R. Wegelin) 



GREECE 



The Marine Biochemistry Laboratory 



postal address: St. George, Limni, Hellaes (Greece). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Anast. A. Christomanos, Pro- 

 fessor of Biochemistry, LIniversity of Thessaloniki. 



SPONSORING agencies: National Hellenic Oceano- 

 graphic Society with the collaboration of the Institute 

 of Biochemistry of the University of Thessaloniki. 



YEAR founded: 1954. 



