100 Italy 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mare Ligure 



(North Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Sea). 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for vis- 

 itors; hving quarters available nearby. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea water, small aquarium tani<s; small boats and out- 

 board motors. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Echinodermata : As/ropecfeii, Aster iint, Ech'tiiaster, 



Pardceiitrotns, Sphaerechititis 

 Mollusca: jMurex, Trochiis, Tapes, Venus, Card'iiim, 



Donax, Octopus 

 Crustacea: Paliiiurus, Homariis, ALi/a, Carc'inns, 

 Eryphia 



Centro Nazionale d'l Stndi Talassografici 



ITALIAN CENTER FOR THALASSOGRAPHIC STUDIES 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Riva dei Sette Martiri, Venezia, Italia 



(Venice, Italy). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore Umberto D'Ancona. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricer- 



che (National Research Council). 



Laboraforio Centrale di Idrobiolog/a 



CENTRAL HYDROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Piazza Borghese 91, Roma, Italia 



(Italy). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore C. M. Maldura, Di- 



rettore. 

 SPONSORING agency: Ministero dell'Agricolture e 



delle Foreste (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1927. 



scope OF activities: Unrestricted research on fishery 

 biology. 



physical environment accessible: Mare Tirreno 

 (Tyrrhenian Sea) ; sandy and silty beaches, brackish, 

 shallow bays, eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, and 

 rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS for visiting SCIENTISTS: None. 



major research FACILITIES: Very extensive library. 



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

 cians. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bollett'ino di Pesca, Piscicol- 

 tura e Idrohiolog'ia (regularly published journal) 



htituto Sper'inientale Talassografico di Messina 



MESSINA INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL 

 THALASSOGRAPHY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Spianata S. Rainicri, Messina, Italia 



(Italy). 

 LOCATION: Sicily. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore Antonio Sjiarta, Di- 



rettore. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministero dell'Agricolture e 



delle Foreste (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1916. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on marine 



biology, physics, and chemistry of the sea. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: StrettO di MeS- 



sina (Straits of Messina) and the Mediterranean Sea. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 4 vis- 

 itors; fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, small aquarium tanks ; research 

 and identified reference collections of principal flora 

 and fauna of the Straits of Messina and the adjacent 

 seas; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 2 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: Abundant Mediterranean marine plants and 

 animals easily available to the laboratory. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: 



Eggs and larvae of marine fishes, including abyssal 

 species from the rich fauna of the Straits of Messina 



Plankton studies 



Physiology, ecology, and biochemistry of marine plants 

 and animals 



Istitiito Sperituetitale Talassografico di Taranto 



TARANTO INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL 

 THALASSOGRAPHY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Via Roma 3, Taranto, Italia (Italy). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Aristode Vatova, Direttore. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministero dell'Agricolture e 

 delle Foreste (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1914. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of Ta- 



ranto, Mediterranean and Ionian Seas. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None, 



ISTITUTO SI'EIUMENTALE TALASSOGRAFICO DI TARANTO 



