United Arab Repiihl/c 187 



INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, CAIRO 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very small library; 12 

 outdoor ponds (Nile water supply), small aquarium 

 tanks; 6 m LOA launch. 

 SIZE OF staff: Four at professional level. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Moniiyrus spp., Schilbe spp., Clarias spp., 

 Bagras spp., Chrysichthys spp., Tilapia spp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Studies on the anatomy and biology of Nile fishes of 



commercial value (Riad Qura and staff) 

 Selective action of gear and nets (Riad Qura and staff) 

 Experimental studies on carp, TiLipia and mullet 

 (Riad Qura and staff) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Notes and Memo/res of the Hy- 

 drnb'tologicciJ Department (occasionally published 

 journal) 



Department of 



University of Alexandria, 

 Oceanography 



POSTAL address: Faculty of Science, University of 

 Alexandria, Moharrem Bay, Alexandria, United Arab 

 Republic. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. A. A. Aleem, Head of the 

 Department and Professor of Biological Oceanography. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1948. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on fisheries, 

 general marine biology, plankton and bottom ecology; 

 graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Eastern Medi- 

 terranean region, brackish water lakes (Lakes Maryut, 

 Idku, Manzala, Qarun) ; sandy and silty beaches, rocky 

 and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, brackish, 

 shallow bays, and eutrophic lake. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Upon arrange- 

 ment. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 diatoms, peridinians, marine algae, sea grasses, marine 

 and brackish bottom fauna and various marine inver- 

 tebrates; machine and wood shop available at Uni- 

 versity; vessel, 28 ft LOA, Bah'ith. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Biological oceanography 

 and fisheries, marine ecology, classification of marine 

 invertebrates, sea grasses and algae, brackish water 

 ecology, phytoplankton, comparative physiology, eco- 

 nomic oceanography, fisheries and fish biology, zoo- 

 plankton, history of oceanography, instruments and 

 methods of research, submarine sediments. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 1 technician. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Rhodophyceae: Pterocladia capillacea 



Pisces: Sardinella aurita, Mttgil, Tilapia spp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIl-NTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Marine algae and phytoplankton of Alexandria (A. 



A. Aleem) 

 Dinoflagellata (Y. Halim) 

 Primary production in Lake Maryut (A. A. Aleem 



and A. Samaan) 

 Fouling organisms (A. A. Aleem and A. Dowidar) 

 Biology of Egyptian sardines (El-Maghraby and 



Girguis) 

 Lake sediments (El Wakeel) 

 Hydrography of the Suez Canal ( Anton-Morcos) 



UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO. HYDROBIOLOGICAI. INSTITUTE 



University of Cairo, Hydrobiological Institute 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Ataqa, United Arab Republic. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Hamed A. F. Gohar, 

 Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: I960. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on marine 

 biology, plankton ecology, physiology and general 

 oceanography; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of SueZ, 



Suez Canal and lakes, Ismailia Canal ( fresh-water) ; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 

 brackish, shallow bays, rivers and streams. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



