172 Sweden 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lake Tornetrask 

 (317 km-', 168 m deep) ; eutrophic and oligotrophic 

 lakes, rivers and streams, and mountain waters undis- 

 turbed by man. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 25 visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop 



workman available; small boats and outboard motors. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Plant ecology (summer 



course) . 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 2 (4-5 in 



summer) technicians. 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



Limnological investigations (S. Ekman, G. Lohammar, 

 B. Pejler, W. Rodhe, H. Skuja) 



Goeteborgs Un'iversitet, Marinbotati'iska Inst'i- 

 tutionen 



GOTHENBURG 

 INSTITUTE 



UNIVERSITY', MARINE BOTANICAL 



Goeteborgs, 



POSTAL address: Froelundgagtan 



Sverige (Gothenburg, Sweden). 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Tore Levring, Director and 



Professor of Marine Botany. 



YEAR FOUNDED; 1948. 



scope OF activities: General marine botany; system- 

 atics, distribution, ecology, and physiology of marine 

 algae, cytology, culture methods. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Kattegat, Skag- 

 errak; fjords, rocky and gravelly shores, sandy and silty 

 beaches, and brackish, shallow bays. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks; research and identified reference col- 

 lections of local marine algae. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level. 



Kungl. Fiskeristyrelsen 



THE ROYAL BOARD OF FISHERIES 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Heddquarlers: Pack, Goteborg 5, Sverige (Gothen- 

 burg, Sweden). 

 Laboratories: 



1 . Havsfiskelaboratoriet 



2. Sotvattenslaboratoriet 

 (Descriptions follow.) 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Joran Hult, Director-in-Chief. 



Havsfiskelaboratoriet 



INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Lysekil, Sverige. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Hans Hoglund, Senior Offi- 

 cer. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1929. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted marine fishery research. 

 SEASON OF operation: All year. 



GOETEBORG UNIVERSITET, MARINBOTANISKA INSTITUTIONEN 



HAVSFISKELABORATORIET, GOTEBORG 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: North and Baltic 

 Seas, Skagerrak and Kattegat, the Sound; inshore 

 archipelagoes. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water; small aquarium tanks; vessels, 

 45.8 m LOA, Skagerrak, and 20.4 m LOA, Eystrasalt. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 8 techni- 

 cians. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: histitute of Marine Research 

 Lysekil, Ser. Biology, Report (occasionally published 

 journal) 



Soetvattenslaboratoriet 



IN.STITUTE OF FRESH-WATER RESEARCH 



POSTAL address: Drottningholm, Sverige. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Professor Sven Runnstrom, Senior 

 Officer. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1932. 



