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HUNGARY 



Magyar Ttidomanyos 

 Kutato Intezete 



Akadeni'ta B'tologiai 



BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE HUN- 

 GARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



POSTAL address: Tihany/Lake Balaton, Magyarorszag 



(Hungary) . 

 LOCATION: Near Veszprem. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Elek Woynarovich, Director. 



YEAR founded: 1927. 



scope of activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 aquatic biology. 



season of operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lake Balaton, 

 River Zala; artificial fish ponds, eutrophic and oligo- 

 trophic lakes. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 2-5 visitors; no fees charged for 

 research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks, 

 running Balaton water; identified reference collections 

 of flora and fauna accessible at the Budapest National 

 Museum and University institutes; machine and wood 

 shop, electrical shop, skilled shop workman available; 

 two small boats and outboard motors; one 11m LOA 

 power vessel. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Fifteen at professional level; 7 techni- 

 cians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Algae : Foii/iiulis iWtipiret'ica 

 Crustacea: Daphnia sp., Leplodora sp., Gdmniariis 



sp., Linniomysis sp., Ceratium hiriiiidinella 

 Pisces: Luciopena sandro. Cypr'iniis carpio, Ahramis 

 brama, etc. 



MACYAK TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA BIOLOGIAI KUTATO INTEZETE 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



Oxygen consumption of various water organisms ; tem- 

 perature and environmental factors (Elek Woynaro- 

 vich) 



Fish breeding, feeding and growth (Elek Woynaro- 

 vich) 



Circulation of matter in ecological, physiological, and 

 biochemical levels, etc. (Lajos Felfoeldy) 



Role of aquatic plants in primary production of fresh- 

 water bodies ( Lajos Felfoeldy) 



Quantitative and qualitative estimation of natural 

 populations in phytoplankton (Lajos Felfoldy) 



Physiological investigations on unicellular algae (Lajos 

 Felfoldy) 



Fat metabolism of water organisms (Tibor Farkas and 

 Sandor Herodek) 



Effects of temperature, food, etc. on fatty acid com- 

 position of fresh-water organisms ( Tibor Farkas 

 and Sandor Herodek) 



Orszagos Mezogazdasagi M'iriosegvizsgalo 

 Intezet (Ommi), Hydrobiolog'ia't Osztalya 



NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL QUAL- 

 ITY TESTING, DEPARTMENT OF HYDROBIOLOGY 



POSTAL address: Fresh-water laboratory: 4, Herman 

 Otto ut 15, Budapest II, Magyarorszag (Hungary). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Erno Donaszy, Director of 

 Department. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministry of AgricTjlture. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1906. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted limnological research 

 on fish culture and reed culture; effects of water pollu- 

 tion on biology of fresh-water organisms ; graduate 

 and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Danube River 

 and its backwater "Soroksari Dunaag" ; eutrophic 

 lake and fish ponds. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 2 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters availa- 

 ble nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; research and identified 

 plankton collections from Hungarian fish ponds, col- 

 lection of local fresh-water flora. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Productivity of Hungarian 

 fresh-waters, limnology of Hungarian fish ponds, and 

 the reeds. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 6 techni- 

 cians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARC:H PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biological productivity of Hungarian fish ponds 



( Erno Donaszy) 

 Phytoplankton as an indicator of the productivity of 



fish ponds (Bela Veszpremi) 

 Ecology of Hungarian reeds ( Andras Ruttkay) 



