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and wood shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats and outboard motors. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: All the basic courses in 

 University of Michigan graduate program; a special 

 course given in malacology. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Eight at professional level; 4 techni- 

 cians. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 MoIIusk; fresh-water Mussel: Actinonaias elVipsi- 



jorin'n 

 Mollusks; amphibious operculate: Pomatiopsis lapi- 



daria. P. ciiu-'iiinatiensis 

 Mollusk; fresh-water operculate: Goniobasis I'tvescens 

 Mollusks; fresh-water pulmonale: Aplexa hypiiorum, 

 Auslralorbis glabratits 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Studies of vector snails of schistosomiasis (Henry 



van der Schalie, Lowell Getz) 

 Snails involved in "swimmer's itch" (John Burch, 



Harold J. Walter) 

 Sphaeriids of North America (H. B. Herrington, 



William Heard) 

 Pleurocerids : ecology, life history and distribution 



(Bonifacio Dazo) 



library ; running sea and fresh-water, small aquarium 

 tanks ; machine and wood shop, skilled shop workman 

 available; 24.5 m LOA vessel, Herindii \\'\Uleiiberg 

 (belonging to the University). 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: See Universitaet Kiel, Insti- 

 tut fuer Meereskunde, page 60. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twelve at professional level; 5 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Morphology, embryology, systematics and ecology of 



marine invertebrates, especially interstitial fauna (A. 



Remane, R. Slewing, H. Korn, and staff) 

 Temperature adaptation of fresh-water fauna, etiology 



(Prof. Precht and Dr. Faukowsky) 

 Ecology of beach and salt marshes (Prof. Tischler, Dr. 



Remmert, Dr. Noodt, P. Olun and Dr. Heydemann) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED; 



Kieler Aleeresforsclnmgeu (regularly published jour- 

 nal) 



Fdunhthcbe Mitteilnngen aus Nordde/itscblaud (regu- 

 larly published journal) 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

 OF PHOTOGRAPHS 



Zooloi^'isches lust it tit und Museum der Uni- 

 versitaet Kiel 



ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF KIEL 

 UNIVERSITY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Hegcwischstrasse 3, Kiel, Bundes- 

 republik Deutschland (West Germany). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. A. Remane, Di- 

 rektor. 



YEAR founded: 1868. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine and terrestrial biology and ecolog)', interstitial 

 fauna; morphology, embryology and systematics of 

 primates, vertebrates and invertebrates ; general 

 morphology and phylogeny ; graduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Ostsee (Baltic 

 Sea), Nordsee (North Sea), Nordostsee-Kanal (Kiel 

 Channel) ; sandy and silty beaches, brackish, shallow 

 bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for about 

 3 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



1. Allan Hancock Foundation for Scientific Research 

 {S. C. photo) 



2. Benner Spring Fish Research Station (Pennsylvania 

 Fish Commission photograph) 



3. Fishery Research Station, Delafield, Wisconsin 

 {Wisconsin Conservation Department photograph) 



4. Kellogg Gull Lake Biological Station, Michigan 

 ( Kalamazoo Gazette photograph ) 



5. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole {photo- 

 graph by Edwin Gray, Falmouth) 



6. New York Aquarium {New York Zoological So- 

 ciety photograph) 



7. Patamological Institute {Cornier-] oiinial photo- 

 graph ) 



8. Ridge Lake Laboratory {Illinois Natural History 

 Surrey photograph) 



9. Saskatchewan Research Council building {Saskat- 

 chewan Photo Services) 



10. Underwater observation tank, Sagehen Creek Proj- 

 ect {AlBS Bulletin) 



11. University of Miami Marine Laboratory {Miami 

 Sesquarium photograph ) 



12. U. S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory {U . S. Navy 

 photograph) 



