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PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Memoives de I'bulUut de Re- 

 cherche Scieiitifiqiie de Madagascar, Serie F; Oceanog- 

 raphie; Nattiraliste Malgache (regularly published 

 journals) 



MALI 



Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie de Mopti 



MOPTI HYDROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 



POSTAL address: B.P. 91, Mopti, Mali. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Jacques Daget, Chef. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Service des Eaux et Forets de la 

 Republique du Mali (Mali Water and Forestry Serv- 

 ice). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1949. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on limnol- 

 ogy and ichthyology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Niger River; 

 swamps of the Niger. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; research and identified reference collections 

 of fresh-water Pisces and Mollusca; small boats and 

 outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General ichthyology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 2 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biology and anatomy of fishes (J. Daget) 

 Systematics of Mollusca (J. Daget) 

 Fishery techniques (A. Tembely) 



MARSHALL 



ISLANDS 



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ENIWETOK MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Coral reefs. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: The Laboratory 

 exists only for visiting scientists. Fifteen-20 persons 

 can be accommodated at once. Use restricted to U. S. 

 citizens. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, large indoor tank, small aquarium 

 tanks ; identified reference collections of Eniwetok 

 fishes, coelenterates, polychaetes, echinoderms, crus- 

 taceans, insects, foraminiferans, radiolarians, pelecy- 

 pods, gastropods and cephalopods, marine algae and 

 terrestrial plants ; machine and wood shop, electrical 

 and electronic shop, skilled workmen available; small 

 boats and landing craft. 



SIZE OF staff: No permanent professional staff. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: Ail tropical central Pacific coral reef 

 organisms. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Research projects vary with the visiting scientists. 



MAURITIUS 



Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii, USA. 



LOCATION: Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Robert W. Hiatt, Director. 



SPONSORING agency: U. S. Atomic Energy Commis- 

 sion, Division of Biology and Medicine, Washington 

 25, D.C., USA. 



YEAR founded: 1952. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 tropical marine biology, both field and experimental. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



Mauritius Institute 



POSTAL address: B.P. 54, Port Louis, lie Maurice 

 (Mauritius). 



executive officer: J. Vinson, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Government of Mauritius. 



year founded: 1880. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on the ecol- 

 ogy of marine invertebrates and algae. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: Ail year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Indian Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores. 



