CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— ALGERIA, BELGIUM, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 



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Organization to which attached: Autonomous institu- 

 tion under supervision of the government. 

 Subventions obtained from various ministries. 

 Declared Institution of Public Utility. Con- 

 nected with the Musee Royal d'HLstoire naturelle 

 of Brussels. 



Purposes: To make an intensive biological survey 

 of the waters adjacent to the Belgian coast and 

 the Mer Flamande. Investigations on fisheries 

 in the southern part of that sea. 



Scope of activities: Exploration of the sea bottom, 

 observations on temperature, salinity, etc., in- 

 vestigations on fishes, plankton, organisms of the 

 coastal zone; trawling; dredging. 



Equipment: Small laboratory; study aquaria with 

 sea-water circulation; biological library. The 

 new building will be provided with general and 

 private working rooms. A public aquarium is 

 contemplated. Vessels provided by the Mini- 

 stere des Transports, AdminLstration de la Marine. 



Staff: Director, Professor G. Gilson of the University 

 of Louvain. (Internal organization not yet 

 arranged.) 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Working places 

 in the laboratory and materials provided as far as 

 possible. No lodgings. 



Income: Not yet fixed. 



Provision for the publication of results: Annales de 

 I'Institut Maritime de Bclgique. Three memoirs 

 have been published. 



CzECHOSLOVAKL\ 



Geographical Institute of the Charles University in 

 Prague (Geograficky ustav Karlovy university, 



Praha, Ceskoslovensko ; L'Institut de GcDgraphie 

 de rUniversite Charles IV, Prague) ('36) 



History or origin: The Charles University is the 

 oldest University of Central Europe, founded in 

 1348. Oceanographic research has been carried 

 on for five years, lectures on physical and an- 

 thropological oceanography have always been 

 included in the program. 



Location: Prague II, Albertov 6, Czechoslovakia 

 (Praha II, Albertov 6, Ceskoslovensko; Prague 

 II, Albertov 6, Tch^coslovaquie). 



Organization to which attached: Charles University, 

 of which the Institute is a department. 



Purposes: In.struction in oceanography as part of the 

 general instruction in geography. Research. 



Scope of activities: Researches in physical oceanog- 

 raphy with lectures in physical and human 



oceanography. Biological oceanography is car- 

 ried on separately in the departments of plant 

 and aninial physiology. Marine bottom deposits 

 are studied in the geological, mineralogical, 

 petrographical, and paleontological departments. 

 Equipment: The Institute occupies the second floor 

 of the Science Building with a floor-space of 1750 

 square meters, and has 750 and 114 square meters 

 of laboratories under the roof, altogether the 

 Institute occupies 2614 sq. meters. The Library 

 of the Institute has more than 25,000 volumes, 

 including a rich collection of oceanographic 

 books. The collection for the Polar Seas is one 

 of the richest in Europe. Well equipped is the 

 collection of Admiralty Charts of various states. 

 The Institute owns equipment for small oceano- 

 graphic and limnological researches. 

 Staff: Prof. V. Svambera, Director, lecturer on 

 Polar Seas and physical oceanography. 

 Prof. B. Salamon, lecturer on the geophysics of 



the ocean. 

 Prof. V. Dedina, lecturer on the geomorphology 



of the recent and former ocean basins and their 



coasts. 

 Prof. F. Stula, lecturer on oceanography in 



general with special regard to economic geog- 

 raphy. 

 Dr. V. J. Novlk, lecturer on the geophysics of the 



ocean. 

 Dr. J. Kunsky, research and lecturer on the 



special geomorphology of the ocean basins and 



their coasts. 

 Dr. J. Moschelesova (Miss), lecturer on human 



oceanography. 

 Dr. K. Kuchaf, cartographer and lecturer on 



cartography. 

 Dr. J. A. Zukriegel, research in physical 



oceanography and chemistry, sea-ice researches. 

 5 clerical assistants. 

 2 maintenance and operation workers. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: The Institute 

 and Library are open to all students of geography 

 of Charles University, at present about 200. 

 Income: State In.stitute with paid staff and a regular 

 annual income from the State of 40,000 Kc for 

 books, charts, and instruments. 

 Provision for publication of results: The Institute is 

 publishing a series entitled "Travaux g^o- 

 graphiques tcheques." The members of the staff 

 also publish papers in various scientific periodicals 

 at home and abroad. 



