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Italy 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for vis- 

 itors; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; electrical 

 and electronic shop ; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF staff: One technician. 



IMPORTANT species AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: 

 Crustacea: Girchih/es maeniu 

 Tunicata: Mogulas^p. 

 Pisces: Miigil sp., Gob'ms sp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Hydrography of the Lagoon of Venice (A. Vatore) 

 Primary productivity of water with the C-l4 method 

 (A. Vatore) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Nova Thalassui (occasionally 

 published journal) 



JJniversita di Perugia, Istitnto di Idrohiolog'ia 

 e Pescicoltura G. B. Grass'i 



UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA, G. B. GRASSI INSTITUTE 

 OF HYDROBIOLOGY AND FISH-CULTURE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Monte del Lago Sul Trasimeno, 

 Italia (Italy). 



location: Near Lago Trasimeno. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore G. P. Moretti, Di- 

 rettore. 



YEAR founded: 1956. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on limnol- 

 ogy, fresh-water biology, water pollution and fish- 

 culture; graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lago Trasimeno 

 (eutrophic lake) ; oligotrophic lake, rivers, streams, 

 springs, and hypogean waters. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 4 vis- 

 itors; fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; large outdoor tanks, small aquarium tanks; 

 research collections of aquatic birds, Crustacea, Tri- 

 choptera, Hydrophyta, and algae; identified reference 

 collections of birds, fishes, and Anopheles; skilled shop 

 workman available; 4 boats with outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Limnology (physics and 

 chemistry), aquatic botany, invertebrate zoology, water 

 pollution, fish biology, and biospeleology. 



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

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Aquatic plants: Pntamageton pecl'niattis. Mjriophyl- 



liim sp. 

 Insecta: Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Tri- 



choptera 

 Pisces: Atberina moihon, liuliliu rnhilio 



ISTITUTO DI IDROBIOLOGIA E PESCICOLTURA 

 G. B. GRASSI, LAGO TRASIMENO 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 



Hydrobiology and fish-culture (Giampaolo Moretti) 

 Genetics (F. S. Gianotti) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Rivista di hhobiologid (quar- 

 terly review) 



Istittito Italiano di Idrobiologia 



ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Pallanza Verbania, Italia (Italy). 



location: Near Milano (Milan). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professore Vittorio Tonolli, Di- 

 rettore. 



SPONSORING AGENCIES: Ministero della Pubblica Istru- 

 zione (Ministry of Public Education) and Consiglio 

 Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Coun- 

 cil). 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on limnol- 

 ogy, plankton, benthos, biometry and genetics of 

 fresh-water organisms, biochemistry of water and 

 sediments, and primary production. 





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