518 THE MARINE BTOI.OGK'AL STATIONS OF EUROPE. 



the seat of ;i Avell-eqnipped <i()veinineiital station. (Plate xxxiii.) 

 The island has been long known as most favorable in collecting I'egions, 

 and its i)osition in the midst of the Korth Sea fisheries gives it especial 

 importance. Its present building is tliree-storied, of stone, situated 

 near the water in the small town on the Jutland side of the island. As 

 yet the station has not to compete with its larger rivals, but its work 

 has been so designed on the sides of pure biology, l)otany, and practi- 

 cal fisheries, that its growth seems an assured and speedy one. Work- 

 places are jjrovided for four investigators. Its director is Dr. F. 

 Heinke; his assistants, Brs. Hartlaub, Ehreubaum, and Kuckuck. 



The Istrian laboratory at l^ovingo, a favorable collecting y)oint on 

 the Adriatic, is to be included among the German stations. It was 

 destined by Dr. Hermes, its founder, as the supply depot of the Berlin 

 aquarium. Of its work-places, two have been rented by the Prussian 

 Government, and a third is at the disposal of Dr. Hermes. 



Germany, however, is facile prlnceps in its active aid in the promotion 

 of fresh water stations ; that sitiiated on the margin of the lake of Plon, 

 in Holsteiu, near the Baltic, deserves, oven in this connocticm, a passing 

 notice. Its building and equipment are certainly as complete as of the 

 best class of marine laboratories (PI. xxxiv); its management is an 

 entirely similar one, and its director, Dr. Otto Zacharias, has given it 

 every care to make its success permanent and increasing. The publi- 

 cation of its Forsclumgsberichte has already given it a immiinent 

 place among the stations of biological research. 



Norway, like Germany, is strengthening its interest in local marine 

 laboratories. Two permanent stations have quite recently been estab- 

 lished, one at Bergen, the other at Dnibak, a dozen miles south of 

 Christiana. The former is the larger, a dependency of the nuiseum of 

 Bergen. It is under the charge of Dr. Brunchorst, to whom its foun- 

 dation is due, andDrs. A])i)ellof and Hansen. Its two-storied villa like 

 building provides work places for eight investigators. A well-main- 

 tained aquarium on the first fioor is open to the public. The second and 

 smaller station is devoted almost exclusively to research in morphology. 

 It is a dependency of the University of Christiana and is under the 

 directorshi]) of one of its professors. Dr. Johan Hjort. With the rich- 

 est collecting resources these new stations may naturally be expected to 

 yield most important results. 



The Swedish station has long been associated with the work of its 

 late director, Prof. Loven. It is situated on the west coast near the 

 city of Gothenburg. Its three original buildings, a laboratory and two 

 dwelling houses, were constructed about fifteen years ago by a gift of 

 Dr. Kegnell, of Stockholm. The laboratory is a wooden building well 

 furnished with aquaria, provided in its second story with separate work- 

 places for investigators. It is at present maintained by governmental 

 subsidy. Its recently appv)inted director is Dr. HJalmar Theel. of the 

 State Museum at Stockholm. Its students are mainly from the Uui- 



