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Poland 



Stacja B'lologkzna Gorki W^schodnie 



BIOLOGICAL STATION GORKI WSCHODNIE 



POSTAL address: Sobieszewo via Gdansk, Polska (So- 



bieszewo via Danzig, Poland). 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Professor Dr. Fryderyk Pautsch, 



Dyrektor. 

 SPONSORING agencies: Akademia Medyczna w Gdan- 



sku (Danzig Medical School) and Societas Scientiar- 



ium Gedanensis (Danzig Society of Arts and Sciences) . 

 year founded: 1955. 

 SCOPE of activities: Unrestricted research on zoology, 



comparative physiology, and brackish-water biology; 



gradua'e and undergraduate instruction. 

 season of operation: Ail year. 

 PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Baltic Sea; sandy 



and silty beaches, estuarine conditions, and brackish, 



shallow bays. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



living space for 12 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; skilled shop workman 

 available; small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Marine and brackish-water 

 invertebrates; marine and brackish-water fish, algae, 

 and crustaceans, and endocrinology. 



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

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Hydrozoa: Cordylophora caspia 



Scyphomedusae: Aurelia aurita 



Polychaeta: Nereis diver sicolor 



Crustacea: Idothea tallica (Isopoda), Crangon 

 crangon (Decapoda), Palaenionetes rarians (De- 

 capoda), Rhithropanopeits harrisi (Brachyura) 



Lamellibranchia: Mya areiiariah 



ST.'\CJA BIOLOGICZNA GORKI WSCHODNIE 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Embryonic and lar\'al development of the crab, 



Rhithropano pens harrisi (L. Lawinski) 

 Chromatophores of Rhithropanopens (Fryderyk 



Pautsch) 

 Hormonal regulation of the color change of Rhithro- 



panopeus (Fryderyk Pautsch) 

 Neurosecretory cells of Rhilhropaiiopens (Fryderyk 



Pautsch) 

 Diabetogenic hormone of Rhithropanopeus (Fryderyk 



Pautsch ) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Societas Scientiaritiiu Gedanen- 

 sis, Acta Biologica et Medica (occasionally published 

 journal) 



Uniiversytet Jagiellonski, Katedra Hydrobiol- 

 ogii 



JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY', DEPARTMENT OF 



HYDROBIOLOGY 

 POSTAL address: Oleandry Krakow, Polska (Poland). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. Karol Starmach, 



Dyrektor. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1957. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on the ecol- 

 ogy of bottom fauna and flora of streams and barrage 

 reservoirs; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Wisla and Vis- 

 tula Rivers ; oligotrophic lake, and barrage reservoirs. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None at present; 

 after 1963, space for visitors is anticipated in new 

 facilities. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; research collections of Ephemeroptera, Plecop- 

 tera, plankton of barrage reservoirs; machine and wood 

 shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General limnology, limnol- 

 ogy of rivers. 



SIZE OF staff: Three at professional level; 1 techni- 

 cian. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biocoenoses of the Carpathian streams (Karol Star- 

 mach ) 



Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopertiika, Stacja Lini- 

 nologiczna 



COPERNICUS UNIVERSIT\' LIMNOLOGICAL STATION 



POSTAL address: 10, Sienkiewicza Street, Ilawa, Polska 

 (Poland). 



executive officer: Professor Dr. Joseph St. Mikul- 

 ski. Director, Department of Ecology and Nature Con- 

 servation, Copernicus University, 30-32 Sienkiewicza 

 Str., Torun, Polska. 



year founded: 1958. 



