164 Republic of South Ajrica 



Crustacea (Macrura) : ]asus lalaiidi: 



Crustacea (Brachyura) : Po/iimo?i perlatus, Cyclo- 



grapsus puncliUus 

 Gastropoda: BuUia laevissima, Lillorhia kuysiiaetisis 

 Pelecypoda: My til us }iieridioiiaHs 

 Echinoidea: Parechinus u/igulosus 

 Tunicata: Pyura stolonifera, Ciona inlestinalis 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Marine flora and marine vegetation of southern Africa 



(W. E. Isaac) 

 Physiology of marine animals (B. J. Krijgsman and 



A. C. Brown) 

 Estuarine ecology (J. H. Day) 

 Distribution of benthonic marine animals in South 



African Seas (J. H. Day) 

 Taxonomy of Polychaeta (J. H. Day) 

 Taxonomy of Hydrozoa (N. A. H. Millard) 

 Plankton of Agulhas Current (P. Zoutendyk) 

 Hydrology of Agulhas Current (L. Trotti) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Publications of the Oceanog- 

 raphy Department (published biannually) 



REPUBLIC OF 



VIETNAM 



Hai Hoc V'ten Nhatrang 



OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE OF NHATRANG (wiTH 

 MARINE BIOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL AND GEOPHYSI- 

 CAL laboratories) 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Hai Hoc Vien Nhatrang, South 



Vietnam. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Nguyen Dinh Hu'ng, Director. 



Nguyen Hai, Vice Director. 

 SPONSORING agency: Government of South Vietnam. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1922. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, plankton, algology, bottom ecology, 

 and marine physics and chemistry. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: China Sea, west- 

 ern Pacific Ocean ; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and 

 gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow 

 bays, and coral reefs. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 18 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library; running sea and fresh-water, small 

 aquarium tanks; research and identified reference col- 

 lections of Seaweeds, Mollasca, Pisces, Crusi^acea, Fish, 

 Corals ; machine and wood shop, skilled shop workman 

 available; one 10 m motor boat. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: UNESCO training courses 

 in general invertebrates, plankton and fish. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 6 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: An abundant Indo-Pacific fauna and flora 

 is available. 



ROUMANIAN 



PEOPLE'S 



REPUBLIC 



Laboratories about Which No Detailed In- 

 formation Was Available: 



Marine biological laboratories: 



Acvar'inm Public "Prof. loan Borcea" 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Republicii, Constanta, Romania. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Ing. I. Stanciu, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Sfatul Popular al Orasului Con- 

 stanta (Public Council of Constanta). 



Statiunea de Cercetari Marine 



marine research STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Bd, V. I. Lenin Nr. 304, Constanta, 

 Romania. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Nicolae lonescu. Director, Insti- 

 tutul de Cercetari Piscicole al Republica Populara 

 Romina. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: InstitutuI de Cercetari Piscicole 

 al Republica Populara Romina (Institute of Fishery 

 Research), Bd. Ana Ipatescu Nr. 42, Buairesti (Bu- 

 charest), Romania. 



Statiunea de Cercetari Marine — Sulina 



SULINA MARINE RESEARCH STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Sulina, Romania. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Prof. Nicolai Gavrilescu, Direc- 

 tor. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Centrul de Cercetari Biologice 

 al Academiei Republica Populara Romina (Biological 

 Research Center of the Roumanian People's Republic). 



Statiunea Zoolo^'tca Marina "Prof, loan 



Borcea" 

 marine zoological station "prof. loan 



borcea" 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Agigea, Reg., Constanta, Rominia. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Prof. Paul Borcea, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Universitatea "Al. I. Cuza. " 



