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MOZAMBIQUE 



Direccaeo dos Servicos de Mar'inha, Estacaeo de 

 Biologia Aiaritima 



MARITIME DEPARTMENT, MARINE BIOLOGICAL STA- 

 TION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Direccaeo dos Servicos de Marinha, 

 C. P. 262, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Contra- Almirante J. Moreira 

 Rato, Director dos Servicos de Marinha. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1951. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year, but greater activity 



in July and December. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Baia de Lour- 



enco Marques, Indian Ocean ; sandy and silty beaches, 



DIRECCAEO DES SERVICOS DE MARINHA, EST.-iCAEO DF. 

 BIOLOGIA MARITIMA, MOZAMBIQUE 



rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, brack- 

 ish, shallow bays, and coral reef. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 6 visitors ; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, small aquarium tanks; identified 

 reference collections of corals, marine algae, and in- 

 complete collections of other marine fauna; small boats 

 and outboard motors. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES 



Anthozoa: 

 Crustacea : 

 Mollusca: 



Aladreporaria spp. 



Dotilla fenestrata, Uca spp. 



L'/ttoiina spp., Doiiax spp. 

 Protochordata: Balaiioglossiu spp. 

 Pisces : Periophthaliiius sobrinus 



HYDROBIOLOGISCH INSTITUT, NIEUWERSLUIS 



NETHERLANDS 



Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Weten- 

 scbappen, Hydrob'iolog'tsch hist'itiiiit 



ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, HY- 

 DROBIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Rijksstraatweg 6, Nieuwersluis, 



Nederland (Netherlands). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Vacant. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1957. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 fresh-water biology, biochemistry, and microbiology. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Vecht-plassen 

 (shallow eutrophic lake) . 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for visitors; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks ; machine 

 and wood shop; small boats and outboard motors, 

 larger vessels in planning stage. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 3 techni- 

 cians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biochemistry — cycle of elements in fresh water (H. 



L. Golterman) 

 Parasites in snails ; zooplankton ( B. Z. Salome) 



Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Weten- 

 schappen, Hydrohiologisch Institunt, Afde- 

 lin^ Delta-Onderzoek 



ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, HY- 

 DROBIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, DEPARTMENT FOR 

 ESTUARINE RESEARCH 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Vierstraat 28, lerseke, Zeeland, 

 Nederland (Netherlands). 



