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Dr. Semmelhack; Dr. Soltau; Ullrich; Liick; 



Oellrich; Lay. 



There are also a considerable number of scien- 

 tific and nautical helpers, as well as the personnel 

 for the administration. 

 Provision for visiting investigators: For visitors 

 engaged in scientific research a small number 

 of work places can be provided. 

 Provisions for publication of results: Periodicals 

 published : 



1. Annalen der Hydrographie und maritimen 



Meteorologie (1937 erscheint der 65 Band). 



2. Aus dem Archiv der Deut.schen Seewarte 



(1937 erscheint der 57 Band). 



3. Der Seewart. 



In addition to the regularly appearing periodi- 

 cals there are numerous other publication.s of 

 which a list is given on the inside of the covers 

 of the individual parts of the Ann. d. Hydr. and 

 also in the Jahresbericht der Deutschen Seewarte. 



Biologische Anstalt auf Helgoland ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1892. For its 

 principal purposes: (1) Researches in pure marine 

 biology by means of general biology, physical 

 chemistry, (2) zoological and botanical investiga- 

 tions in the North Sea, and (3) applied biology, 

 through investigations in the service of fisheries. 

 In the biology of fishes the following were the 

 principal tasks: Investigation of the fishing 

 grounds (the configuration of the bottom, the 

 fauna, and the production of edible fish), experi- 

 ments in fish culture, researches for the purpose of 

 ascertaining the proper limits of closed seasons for 

 edible fish, monographic descriptions of the most 

 important commercial fishes, and the investiga- 

 tion of the plankton as the basic source of food in 

 the sea.' 



• For the history of the Biological Station on Helgoland, 

 see article by Prof. W. Mielck entitled "Die Biologische 

 Anstalt auf Helgoland und die Seefischereiforschung": 

 Cons. Internat. Expl. Mer, Rapports et Proces-Verbaux 

 des R6unions, vol. 47, part 3, pp. 17 to 33, 1928. 



Other pertinent articles are as follows: 

 Mielck, Wilhelm, Die Preussische Biologische Anstalt auf 

 Helgoland: In Brauer, Lud'olph (et al.), Forschungsins- 

 titute, vol. 2, pp. 175-199, 6 plates, 2 figures each. 1930. 

 Hagmeier, A., Aufgaben und Bedeutung der Preussischen 

 Biologischen Anstalt auf Helgoland: Der Biologe, Heft 

 7, 3 Jahrgang, Juli, 1934, pp. 161-166, figs. 1-4. 

 Hertling, H., Die Biologische Anstalt auf Helgoland als 

 Meeresstation und Lehrinstitut: Ibid., pp. 167-173, 

 figs. 5-10. 

 Hagmeier, A., Okologische Untersuehungen der Biologi- 

 schen Anstalt. (a) Bodenfauna: Ibid., pp. 173-174. 

 WulfiF, A., Okologische Untersuehungen der Biologischen 

 Anstalt. (b) Plankton: Ibid., pp. 175-177. 



Location: On the Island of Helgoland in the North 

 Sea, 67 kilometers northwest from the coastal 

 city of Cuxhaven. 



Organization to which attached: Independent, but 

 immediately subordinate to the MinLsterium fiir 

 Wissenschaft, Erziehung, und Volksbildung. 



Purposes and scope of activities: I. In the field of 

 marine biology and oceanography: 



1. Scientific investigations especially in the 

 North Sea and northern waters; 



2. Scientific and practical work in applied 

 oceanography (for the use of high-seas fisheries, 

 coastal fisheries, and land reclamation) ; 



3. Zoological and botanical marine station 

 with work places and the supply of living and 

 preserved material for research. 



II. In the field of ornithology: 



4. Ornithological station (investigation of bird 

 migration, bird banding, protection of nature). 



III. For the completion of the instruction in the 



universities and the advancement of teach- 

 ing of natural sciences: 



5. Provisions for instruction in marine biology 

 and ornithology for students and teachers; 



6. Supply of living and preserved material for 

 instruction, and supply of North Sea animals, 

 sea water, and algae for aquaria. 



Connected with the Biologische Anstalt there are 



on Helgoland : An exhibition aquarium. North Sea 



mu.seum, seismological station, and a work place for 



the representative the Deutsche wissenschaftliche 



Komission fiir Meeresforschung. 



In Wesermiinde : Work places for the fisheries 



investigation of the Biological In.stitute in 



Helgoland and of the Institute of Sea Fisheries 



in Wesermiinde. 



Special subjects: Plankton, bacteriology, biology 



of useful fishes, oysters, lobsters, biology and 



physiology of other marine animals and algae, 



especially in their economic relations, marine 



fauna, fisheries biology, hydrography, marine 



bottom deposits, investigation of bird migra- 



Schreiber, E., Forschungen an Meeresalgen: Ibid., pp. 



177-178. 

 Buckmann, A., Die angewandte Meeresforschung an der 



Biolog. Anstalt. (a) Fischereiforschung: Ibid., pp. 



178-180. 

 Erdrnann, W., Die Angewandte Meeresforschung an der 



Biolog. Anstalt. (b) Ziichtung von Meerestieren : 



Ibid., pp. 180-182, fig. 11. 

 Wohlenberg, E., Die Angewandte Meeresforschung an der 



Biolog. Anstalt. (c) liiologische Landgewinnungs- 



arbeiten im Wattenmeer: Ibid., pp. 182-183, figs. 12-13. 

 Drost, R., Die Vogelwarte Helgoland: Ibid., pp. 184-186, 



figs. 14-15. 



