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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



Sociedad de Oceanografia de Guipuzcoa 

 ('27, Magrini) 



Location: San Sebastian (Rue Aldemar). 

 Organization to which attached: Private institution. 

 Purposes and scope of activities: The popularization 



of the problems of oceanography and fisheries. 



It renders valuable service in oceanographic 



investigations in Spain. 

 Equipment: Laboratories for oceanography and 



marine biology. Fisheries school. Library. 

 Provision for publication of results: Bulletin. 



Laboratorio de Santander ('34) 



History or origin: Through the efforts of D. Augusto 

 Gonzales Linares, this station was established 

 in May, 1886, under the name of Estacion 

 maritima de Zoologia y Botanica experimentales. 

 It became a part of the Instituto Espanol de 

 Oceanografia when the latter was established in 

 1914. 



Location: Santander, on the Gulf of Biscay. 



Organization to which attached: Instituto Espanol 

 de Oceanografia. 



Purposes and scope of activities: The study of the 

 flora and the fauna of the coastal regions. For- 

 mation and increase of the scientific collections 

 of museums and institutions of learning and 

 the application of scientific studies to the develop- 

 ment of maritime industries. Teaching of marine 

 zoology and botany to students of the University 

 of Madrid and to serve as a place of research for 

 Spanish and foreign naturalists and biologists. 



Equipment: Aquarium, various chemical and bio- 

 logical laboratories, store house for oceanographic 

 instruments and fishing gear, and a complete 

 museum of local marine organisms, library, collec- 

 tions for study, various work rooms, et cetera, 

 some boats, two of them provided with motors. 



Staff: Director, Dr. Luis Alaejos; Assistant, Dr. 

 Juan Cuesta. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Investigators 

 both national and foreign are received, also 

 pupils, principally for summer school. 



Income: From the State and from the corporations 

 of the locality. 



Provision for publication of results: In the publica- 

 tions of the Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia. 



Laboratorio de Vigo ('34) 



History or origin: Established in 1934. (In process 

 of organization.) 



Locatio7i: Vigo. 



Organization to which attached: Instituto Espanol 

 de Oceanografia. 



Sweden 



Borno Research Station ('37) 



History or origin: Built in 1901 by 0. Pettersson 

 and G. Ekman, passed into state ownership in 

 1932. 



Location: Half way up the Gullmar-fjord, the 

 largest and deepest of Swedish fjords. 



Organization to which attached: Svenska Hydro- 

 grafisk-Biologiska Komissionen. 



Purposes: Center for carrying out the hydrographical 

 part of the Komissionen's program. 



Scope of activities: Base of the hydrographic expedi- 

 tions with the Skagerak. Running observa- 

 tions of internal water-movements, daily hydro- 

 graphic soundijigs since 1909. 



Equipment: A stock of instruments, partly of special 

 construction, for the study of internal waves, 

 currents, light penetration, et cetera, and an 

 observation pier ailording 34 meters depth, 2 

 motorboats mainly used for traffic. 



Staff: Director, Professor Hans Pettersson (not 

 salaried); 1st Assistant, Licentiat B. Kullenberg; 

 2nd Assistant, Licentiat N. Y. Gustafsson; Me- 

 chanic, A. Fries. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Guests are occa- 

 sionally received for carrying out special in- 

 vestigations. 



Income: Part of the state grant for the Komissionen 

 is allotted to Borno, about 16,000 Kr. 



Provision for publication of results: Svenska Hydro- 

 grafisk-Biologiska Komissionens Shrifter, Serie 

 Hydrografi, also occasional publications in Med- 

 delanden fr§, Goteborgs Hogskola Oceanografishe 

 In.stitution. 



Klubbans Biological Station ('37) 



History or origin: Founded by Professor A. Appellof, 



Upp.sala, 1915. 

 Location: In the fishing village of Fiskebackskil 



on the west coast of Sweden. Post address, 



Fiskebackskil. 

 Organization to which attached: University of Uppsala. 

 Purposes: The principal purpose is instruction of 



students of the University in the marine fauna. 



Wlien the finances are sufficient, independent 



researches are also prosecuted. 



