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Philipp! 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors by arrangement; no fees charged; living quarters 

 available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; machine and wood shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available; one 31 m LOA vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General oceanography, 

 fisheries oceanography, marine machinery, navigation 

 and seamanship. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level; 3 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: No experimental work done. Laboratory 

 devoted primarily to oceanographic studies. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



A general oceanographic survey of important Philip- 

 pine fishing grounds (Teodoro G. Megia) 

 Marine productivity studies (Teodoro G. Megia) 

 An oceanographic model of Manila Bay (Romeo O. 

 Villarta) 



University of the Philippines, Marine Biologi- 

 cal Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, 

 Filipinas (Philippines). 



LOCATION : Near Calapan. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Chairman, Division of Natural 

 Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of 

 the Philippines, Diliman, Rizal, Philippines. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1925. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestrcted research on general 

 marine biology; graduate and undergraduate instruc- 

 tion. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: April and May. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Verde Island 

 Passage, South China Sea; sandy and silty beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores, coral reefs, rivers and 

 streams. 



UNIVERSITY OF THK PIIIIIPPINES, MARINE 

 BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: No li- 

 brary at the station, but library materials from the 

 university are brought to the station; small boats and 

 outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Phycology and field zool- 

 ogy- 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Marine algae: several groups 



Coelenterata: many species of stony and soft corals, 



Citniopea medusa 

 Echinoidea: Centrech'inus setosus 

 Asteroidea: Archaster typicus 

 Holothoroidea: Stichopas chloroiwtt/s, Holothuria 



sp. 

 Gastropoda : Dolobella gigas 

 Crustacea : Rem/ pes testudinarius 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 



Algae (G. T. Velasquez) 

 Scleractinians (F. Nemenzo) 

 Fish systematics (J. V. Yapchiongco) 

 PUBLICATICJNS ISSUED: Uii/versity of Philippines 

 Natural and Applied Science Bulletin (occasionally 

 published journal) 



POLAND 



InstytHt Biologii Dosuiadczalne] int. M. 

 Nenckiego 



M. NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 



POSTAL address: 



Headquciylers: ul. Pasteura, 3, Warszawa, 22, Polska 



(Warsaw, Poland). 

 Department of Experimental Hydrohiology: ul. Pas- 

 teura 3, Warszawa. 

 Hydrohiologicdl Station: Mikolajki kolo Mragowa. 

 (Descriptions follow.) 

 executive OFFICER: Professor Dr. Jan Dembowski, 



Dyrektor Instytutu. 

 SPONSORING agency: Polska Akademia Nauk (Polish 



Academy of Sciences) . 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiol- 

 ogii (regularly published journal) 



Zaklad Hydrobiologii Eksperymeiitabiej 



department of EXPERIMENTAL HYDROBIOLOGY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: ul. Pasteura, 3, Warszawa 22. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Romuald Klekowski, Chief of 

 Department. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1954. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on the lim- 



