Institute of Hydrobiology-Monument, Wuhan, China

Institute of Hydrobiology () of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republi ...

is a research institute located in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city a ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The p ...

, China. It was founded in 1950 and specializes in freshwater organisms. It is involved in the study of the

finless porpoise ''Neophocaena'' is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. ...

and the now extinct baiji dolphin.

China Zebrafish Resource Center The China Zebrafish Resource Center (CZRC) is a non-profit organization located in 7 Donghu South Road, Wuhan, Focusing mainly on zebrafish resources. It was established in the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in October 201 ...

is housed in the institute campus.

The Gallery

File:Institute of Hydrobiology-Entrance, Wuhan, China.jpg, The entrance to Baiji Dolphin Hall of the Institute of Hydrobiology File:Yangtze River Snammer 01.jpg, A

swimming in the pool of Baiji Dolphin Hall File:Yangtze River Snammer 02.jpg, A finless porpoise being fed File:Yangtze River Snammer 03.jpg, A researcher feeding a finless porpoise

References

External links

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Official website (Simplified Chinese)
Research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Education in Wuhan 1950 establishments in China Aquaria in China {{biology-org-stub