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SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 fresh-water biology of the Masurian lakes; graduate 

 and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lake Jeziorak 

 (eutrophic lake) . 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS; Research and 

 living space for 1-2 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library under construction; small aquarium tanks; two 



small boats and outboard motors ; vessels, 4 m and 6 



mLOA. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Summer course in general 



fresh-water biology. 

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



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



The history of lake deposits (Joseph St. Mikulski) 

 Phytoplankton (R. Bohr) 

 Zooplankton ( L. Bittel ) 



Horizontal plankton distribution (S. Ochocki ) 

 Ecology of Tendipedidae in small basins of llawa 

 district (A. K. Gizinski) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Pdpers from the Liiunolog'tcd 

 Station III llawa (regularly published journ.d) 



Wyzsza Szkola Rolnicza, Wydzial Rybacki 



HIGHER SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE, FACULTY OF 

 FISHERIES 



POSTAL ADDRESS; Olsztyn-Kortowo, Polska (Poland). 

 Marine Research Center: Wladyslawowo. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Prof. Dr. Wladyslaw Mankowski, 

 Dean of the Faculty. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Polish Ministry of Higher Edu- 

 cation. 



YEAR FOUNDED; 1951. 



SCOPE OF activities; a five-year course leading to the 

 Master of Sciences in Fisheries is offered to both 

 Polish and foreign students. The faculty has seven 

 departments, four of which perform research associated 

 with marine biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Various lakes 

 and rivers, Vistula Bay, and Baltic Sea. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Lecture 



rooms, laboratories, biological and technical museums, 

 aquaria; fish ponds and lakes; small boats and out- 

 board motors ; ocean going vessels. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General chemistry, general 

 botany, general zoology, plant physiolog)' ichthyoa- 

 natomy, ichthyoembryology, biochemistry, microbiol- 

 ogy, statistics, inland waters biology, ichthyophysiol- 

 ogy, marine biology, fish diseases, preservation of fish, 

 fish processing, and management of ponds, lakes, and 

 rivers. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Exact size is not known, but there are 



15 lecturers in the major subjects plus other technical 

 assistants. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS; 



Department of Oceanography and Marine Biology: 



Biology of the Baltic Sea and Vistula Bay 

 Department of Limnology: 



Thermical rebuilding of lakes as a method of inten- 

 sification of their productivity 



Benthal sediments as fertilizers 



Migration of plankton 



Benthal fauna of lakes 

 Department of Ichthyology: 



Vascularity of various organs 



Annual histo-physiological changes in endocrine 

 glands 



Physiology of embryonic development, particularly 

 respiration of embryos 



Growth, feeding, and migration of marine and 

 fresh-water fishes 



Epizootics among fishes 



Pathogenesis of diseases 

 Department of Fisheries; 



Dynamics of Baltic sprat shoals 



Productivity of Baltic fishing grounds 



Methods of lake husbandry 



PORTUGAL 



junta de hnestigacoes do Ultramar, Centro de 

 Biologia Piscatoria 



COUNCIL FOR OVERSEAS INVESTIGATIONS, CENTER 

 FOR FISHERIES BIOLOGY 



POSTAL address; 

 Headquarters: 



R. Dr. Antonio Candido No. 9, Lisboa (Lisbon) 

 1 , Portugal. 

 Branch laboratory: 

 Baia Farta, Angola. 



CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA PISCATORIA. LISBON 



