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Laborator'io per lo Studio Delia Contam'maz- 

 ione Radioattiva del Mare 



LABORATORY FOR THE STUDY OF THE RADIOACTIVE 

 CONTAMINATION OF THE SEA 



POSTAL address: Fiascherino (La Spezia) Italia 



(Italy). 

 TEMPORARY LOCATION: Fifteen km southeast of La 



Spezia. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Michael Bernhard, Direttore. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Comitato Nazionale per I'En- 



ergia Nudeare (Italian Atomic Energy Committee), 



via Belisario 15, Roma. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1959. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on a marine 

 pelagic ecological system with reference to radioactive 

 contamination of the sea. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Golfo La Spezia, 



Mare Ligure (Ligurian Sea), and Mediterraneo ; rocky 

 and gravelly shores. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1 vis- 

 itor; no fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea water planned for 1962, small aquarium tanks; 

 planned research and identified reference collections 

 of local fauna and flora; machine and wood shop, 

 skilled shop workman available; small boats and out- 

 board motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 14 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Echinodermata: Arbdcia Uxula. Sphaerech'inus graiiu- 



laris 

 Mollusca: Octopus vulgaris, Sepia sp. 

 Siphonales: Acetabtilaria mediterranea 

 Phytoplankton: Culture collection of pelagic phyto- 



plankton. 

 MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 



Qualitative and quantitative analysis of marine hetero- 

 trophic microorganisms and their function in the 

 marine ecosystem (Ulderico Melchiorri-Santolini) 



Qualitative and quantitative analysis of phytoplankton 

 and zooplankton (Leopold Rampi) 



Primary production measurements in relation to alc;al 

 physiology (Michael Bernhard) 



Accumulation of radioisotopes by marine organisms 

 (Michael Bernhard) 



Distribution of nutrients in the sea (Michael Bern- 

 hard) 



Development of special oceanographic apparatus for 

 light, depth, temperature, and current measure- 

 ments (Antonio Benedetti) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: PuhUcaz/oiii della Divisioiie 



Biologica del CNEN (occasionally published journal) 



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Universita di Pad ova, Stazione Idrohiologica 

 di Chio^^ia 



UNIVERSITY OF PADUA. CHIOGGIA HYDROBIOLOGI- 

 CAL STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Casella Postale 62, Chioggia (Vene- 



zia), Italia (Italy). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore Umberto D'Ancona, 



Direttore. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1940. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on the 

 hydrobiology of the Adriatic lagoons. 



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: Research space 

 for 4 and living space for 1 visitor; no fees charged 

 for research space; other living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: No library; running sea 

 and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and tanks, small 

 aquarium tanks; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF staff: Two at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Fish culture in the Adriatic lagoons (Umberto 



D'Ancona) 

 Biology of brackish water (Umberto D'Ancona) 

 Limnology of Lake Garda (Carlo Mozzi) 



Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 



NAPLES ZOOLOGICAL STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Napoli, Italia (Naples, Italy). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Peter Dohrn, Direttore. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministero della Pubblica Istru- 

 zione (Ministry of Public Education) ; Fondazione 



