Historical Notes The
Station was founded in the period 1934 - 1936 at the northernmost tip of
the island and the town of Rhodes, while the Dodecanese Islands were under
foreign occupation.  Initiating
its activities in 1937 as the "Reale Instituto di Ricerche Biologiche
di Rodi", the Station was handed to the Athens Academy right after
the liberation of Dodecanese Islands and their reunion with Greece, in
1945, to operate as a peripheral station of the Greek Hydrobiological Institute.
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Aquarium
The Aquarium, is located in the Station's basement and hosts - in its 40
tanks of 80,000 litres total capacity - a multicoloured population of interesting
Mediterranean invertebrate and vertebrate marine species such as sea anemones
and plants, urchins, algae, corals, bivalves, lobsters, octapuses, numerus
fish, sea turtles etc.
 Unique
in its layout and natural decoration the only public Aquarium in Greece
gives to its visitors the impression that they share the same environment
with the hosted species.
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Museum
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Research Activities & Development Drawing
on its rich research background and the N.C.M.R.'s full scientific support
the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes succefully tackles problems resulting
from the human impact on the marine and inland waters' environments, establishing
in that way its significant presence and major role in the Aegean Sea and
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Map of Rhodes Town
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Hosting
an Aquarium and a Museum, the Station has been operating since 1963 - under
the name: "Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes"- as a research
unit and department of the 
The
excellent physical, chemical and biological parameters of the marine environment
in the area along with the literally natural living conditions which are
provided for the hosted species are in favour for the effort of introducing
and managing species that require special treatment if to be hosted in
an Aquarium. Such kind of marine organisms are the chondrichthyes, representative
species of which are planned to be studied and exhibited in the new tank
- of 300,000 litres capacity.
Taxidermal
sea-mammals, large fish and other Mediterranean marine organisms in addition
to a collection of oceanographic instruments are exhibited in the Museum. 
The
scientific staff of the Station collaborates with colleagues from other
institutions, research centres and environmental organisations. Experiences
and know-how practices are exchanged concerning the improvement of the
Station's facilities, the preservation progects for endagered species (monk
seal, dolphins and sea turtles) and the research, educational and monitoring
projects..
In
1994 the Station launched an extensive but short-term renovation and development
programme. That includes the reconstruction, restoration and expansion
of the aquarium, museum and laboratory facilities, the supplementation
of the laboratory and field equipment, the introduction of new educational
methods and the construction of a new Conference Centre.
Should
that programme be completed it will enable the H.S.R. to expand its research
and educational horizons, the latter through the use of multimedia in the
Aquarium and the Museum for the presentation of the Station's activities
and exhibits as well as through seminars held in the Conference Centre. 
Greek
and foreign students and scientists, local producers - such as fishermen
and aquaculture farmers - and local govermental institutions' and organizations'
officers, all of them potentialy affecting marine and inland waters'ecosystems
by their decisions and activities, will be able to attend special seminar
classes, which will include laboratory analysies and complete field work
onboard the N.C.M.R.'s 
Cos
street, 851 00 Rhodes
+30(241)
27308/78320
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
April 1st - October 31st
09:00 - 21:00
January 1st - Easter Day - December 25th
+30(241)78321
Created
in April 1997 by the staff of the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes.
Photos: N. Kasseris,
1996