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Cirripedia: BjLihus aniphilrite 

 Amphipoda: Corophhim iriaenonoyx 

 Pelecypoda : Alar/es/a slrhi/a, Teredo jiircilLitiis 

 Gastropoda: Celliind spp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 

 Hydrography and plankton ot the Waltair coast (P. 



N. Ganapati) 

 Studies on marine fouhng and boring (P. N. Ganapati) 

 Hydrography and faunistic survey of the Godavari 



estuary (P. N. Ganapati, T. Satyanarayana Rao and 



S. Dutt) 

 Chaetognatha of the Waltair coast (T. Satyanarayana 



Rao) 

 Intertidal ecology of the Waltair coast { T. Satyanaray- 

 ana Rao) 

 Fishery biology of the Waltair coast ( S. Dutt) 

 Helminth parasites of marine fishes (K. Hanumantha 



Rao) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Aie»/o/is in Oceanography (oc- 

 casionally published journal of Andhra University) 



Annaniala'i Unltersity, Marine Biological Sta- 

 tion 



POSTAL address: Porto Novo, Madras State, India. 

 LOCATION : Near Madras. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor R. V. Seshaiya, Di- 

 rector. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1957. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, plankton, ecology, biochemistry, cytol- 

 ogy, cytogenetics; graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Bay of Bengal, 

 Vellar and Coleroon Estuaries ; sandy and silty beaches, 

 estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays and rivers. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 vis- 

 itors; no fees charged; living quarters available at the 

 University campus at Annamalainagar. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library ; large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium 

 tanks; research collections of fishes, polychaetes, crabs, 

 moHusks and plankton; identified reference collec- 

 tions of local fishes and polychaetes; small boats and 

 outboard motors; one 35 ft LOA power vessel, 

 /Weduui. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Marine biology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level; 1 techni- 

 cian. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Coelenterata: Edwardsia sp. 



Nemertinea: Cerehratithis sp. 



Mollusca: Umhnniiaii vestiariiini, Merelrix nierelrix, 



Oslrea madrasensis, Sangi/inolaria diphos 

 Brachyura : Uca anntdipes 

 Isopoda: Apseudes spp. 



ANNAMAhAl UNIVERSITY, MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABOHATOR^ . 

 POKTO NOVO 



Pisces: Boleopbtbahiiin hoddaerii, Ophiihth)s boro 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Ecology of the Vellar Estuary (R. V. Seshaiya) 

 Biochemistry of the integument of fishes ( R. V. 



Seshaiya ) 

 Plankton (R. V. Seshaiya) 

 Hydrography of the Vellar Estuary (J. Jacob) 

 Marine and estuarine fishes of Porto Novo (J. Jacob) 

 Cytochemistry and cytology of some marine and es- 

 tuarine animals (J. Jacob) 

 Polychaetes of Porto Novo (systematics) (K. Bala- 



subrahmanyan) 

 Ecology of marine and estuarine bottoms ( K. Bala- 



subrahmanyan ) 

 Copepods associated with mollusks (K. Reddiah) 

 Mackerel fisheries (P. Vijayaraghavan of the Central 

 Marine Fisheries, Government of India) 



Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute 



POSTAL address: 



Headcjtiarters: Barrackpore, Via Calcutta, India. 



Branch laboratories: Little or no detailed informa- 

 tion is available for the following stations, and 

 therefore these stations are not described in the 

 Directory. 



1. 28 Cantonment Road, Cuttack, Orissa State. 



2. Seetampcta, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh 

 State. 



3. 30 Panna Lai Road, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 

 State. 



4. Estuarine Fisheries Research Centre, Kakdwip, 

 West Bengal State. 



5. Estuarine Fisheries Research Centre, 47/1 

 Strand Road, Calcutta, West Bengal State. 



6. Lacustrine Research Unit, Thungabhadra Dam, 



Hospet, Mysore State. 



7. Chilka Fisheries Investigation Unit, Balugaon, 

 Puri District, Orissa State. 



