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SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lakes Maggiore, 

 Como, Lugano, Orta, Mergozzo and Varese (eutrophic 

 and oligotrophic lakes); rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 5-6 visitors; no fees charged for 

 research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks ; 

 machine and wood shop; small boats and outboard 

 motors, one 10 m LOA power vessel, Gar Jo II. 



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

 cians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



General limnology (Vittorio Tonolli and Livia 



Tonolli) 

 Primary production (Rich. A. Vollenweider) 

 Biochemistry of water and sediments (Domenico 



Povoledo) 

 Benthonic communities (Giuliano Bonomi) 

 Hydrachnida and Halacaridae (Anna Maria Nocen- 



tini) 

 Tardigrada (Giuseppe Ramazzotti) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: MeMo/ie Jeirislituto llal'uDio 

 d'l Idroh'iologia (regularly published journal) 



Ist'ituto Nazionale di Stiidi Talasso^rafc'i 



ITALIAN INSTITUTE FOR THALASSOGRAPHIC 

 STUDIES 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 1 364-A Riva dei Sette Martiri, 



Venezia, Italia (Venice, Italy). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore Umberto D'Ancona, 



Direttore. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Consiglio Nazionale delle 



Ricerche (National Research Council). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1947. 



ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI STUDI TALASSOGRAFICI, VENICE 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, oceanography, and plankton. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mare Adriatico 

 (Adriatic Sea), Laguna di Venezia (Lagoon of 

 Venice) ; sandy and silty beaches, estuarine conditions, 

 brackish, shallow bays, and rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FAc:iLiTiES: Moderately complete 

 library; machine and wood shop; small boats and out- 

 board motors. 



SIZE OF STAFFS Three at professional level; 4 techni- 

 cians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Plankton in the Italian seas (Umberto D'Ancona) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Archivio di Oceanografia e 

 L'nnnologia (regularly published journal) 



Vn'tversita di Bologna, Lahoratorio d't Biologia 

 Marina di Fano 



UNIVERSIT\' OF BOLOGNA, FANO MARINE BIOLOGI- 

 CAL LABORATORY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Viale Adriatico, Fano (Pesaro), 

 Italia (Italy). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore Enrico Vannini, Di- 

 rettore. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1941. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: LInrestricted research on marine 

 and fishery biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: Summer, 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mare Adriatico 

 (Adriatic Sea) ; sandy and silty beaches, gravelly 

 shores. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 vis- 

 itors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library 

 at Istituto di Zoologia ; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks; identified reference collection 

 of local Mollusca; machine and wood shop, electrical 

 and electronic shop, skilled shop workman available; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Mollusca: Sep/a sp.. Patella sp., Littorhia sp. 

 Echinodermata: Aslropecteii sp. 

 Crustacea : Dor/ppe lanate 

 Pisces: Hippocampus brevirostris 

 MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Fishery production and environmental conditions (A. 



Scaccini and M. Scaccini) 

 Chaetognaths and cuttlefish studies (E. Ghirardelli) 



