CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— ITALY 



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R. Laboratorio Centrale di Idrobiologia ('37) 



History or origin: Established 1924. 



Location: Roma, Piazza Borghese 91. 



Organization to which attached: Fisheries Office of 

 Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. 



Purposes: Sections of chemistry, systematics, 

 morphology, physiology of salt- and fresh-water 

 organisms. Is in cooperation with observers, 

 limnological and marine, and with the Experi- 

 mental Squadron of Fisheries. 



Scope of activities: Study of fresh- and salt-waters. 



Equipment: Library continually growing, and ap- 

 paratus for chemistry, physics, and biology. 



Staff: Director, Professor Gustavo Brunelli; Assist- 

 ant, Doctor Carlo Maldura; Assistant, Dr. 

 Lina Rizzo; Assistant, Dr. Gabriella Cannicci. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: One place for 

 re.search. 



Income: Source, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. 



Provision for publication of results: BoUettino di 

 Pesca, di Piscicoltura, e di Idrobiologia. 



Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia Marina di 

 Rovigno d'Istria ('37) 



History or origin: Founded by Dr. O. Hermes in 

 1891. Under the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft z. 

 Forderung d. Wissenschaften (Berlin) from 1910 

 to 1918. Under the R. Comitate Talassografico 

 It. from 1918 to 1931. Since 1931 transformed 

 into Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia marina. 



Location: Rovigno d'Istria (Italy). 



Organization to which attached: R. Comitato Talasso- 

 grafico (Italy) and K. W. Gesellschaft zur Forder- 

 ung dfer Wissenschaften (Germany). 



Purposes: Scientific, furnisher of material. 



(Scope of activities: Marine biology (morphology, 

 ecology, physiology), fauna and flora. 



Equipment: Laboratories, aquarium, library 12,000 

 volumes; two motor boats. 



Staff: Directors: Prof. M. Sella, Prof. A. Steuer. 

 Assistants: Doctor A. Vatova, Doctor G. Kramer. 

 Technical and clerical: 5. Maintenance and oper- 

 ation : 4. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: 18 places, 

 granted gratuitously. 



Income: Sources, Italian and German Governments; 

 Amount, 300,000 lire yearly. 



Provisions for publication of results: Two series of 

 publications, Thalassia, and Note dell 'Istituto 

 Italo-germanico di Rovigno. 



Istituto Demaniale di Biologia Marina di 

 Taranto'* ('37) 



History or origin: Formerly Laboratorio di Biologia 

 Marina del R. Ispettorato Tecnico del Mar 

 Piccolo, established in 1915 at Taranto. The 

 name was changed as indicated above in Alay, 

 1930. The construction of the new building was 

 completed on February 10, 1931. 



Location: Taranto, via Roma 3. 



Organization to which attached: Under the State 

 Ministry of Finance. 



Purposes: Control of culture of oysters and Mytilus 

 on lands belonging to the State in Mar Piccolo 

 di Taranto. 



Scope of activities: Biology of oysters and Mytilus, 

 general marine biology, including bacteriology 

 and parasitology; oceanography, including physics 

 and chemistry of sea water. 



Equipment: A large building with a basement, 

 ground floor, and two higher floors. Complete 

 laboratory equipment for the kinds of researches 

 listed under scope of activities. 



2 motor boats: Enrico Giglioli, 7 m. long, 

 1.9 m. wide, 8 hp., speed 5 knots per hour; and 

 Galeso, 10 m. long, 2.5 m. wide, 30 hp., speed 10 

 knots per hour. Also 2 sail-boats. 

 Aquarium and 5 large tanks. 

 The Institute possesses for the culture of 

 molluscs an experimental tract of 52,000 sq. 

 meters in area in the first Seno del Mar Piccolo. 

 A growing library. 



Staff: Director, Prof. Attilio Cerruti; Assistant, 

 Dr. Emilio Vardaro; Custodian, attendant mari- 

 ner, chauffeur-mechanic, and 10-12 workers on 

 the experimental grounds for culture of molluscs 

 in Mar Piccolo. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Besides various 

 other rooms, there are 4 large rooms specially 

 set aside for students and guests. It is intended 

 that any special research will be conducted in 

 the laboratory designed for that particular kind 

 of investigation. 



Income: Funds from the Ministry of Finances for 

 the maintenances of boats, for the .supply of 

 water, gas, electricity, etc., and, moreover, 

 18,000 L per year. 



*.For the history of the Istituto see, Cerruti, A., L'lsti- 

 tuto Demaniale di Biologia marina di Taranto, Ministero 

 delle Finanze Direzione Generate del Demanio Pubblico 

 e delle Aziende Patrimoniali, Taranto, 1932; L' Istituto 

 Demaniale di Biologia marina di Taranto, Riv. Biol. vol. 

 15, fasc. 3-4, Nov., 1933; and, L'Istituto di Biologia marina 

 di Taranto, Intern. Revue Hydrobiol. Hydrograph., Bd. 29, 

 Heft 3/4, 1933. 



