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founded in 1961 whose main function is to promote and coordinate the study of oceanography throughout the world. In 1968, cooperative investigations of the
Caribbean Sea and adjacent regions were initiated with the participation of 18 countries with interest in the area, carrying out physical,
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Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela where he promoted relations with the main universities in the world, which allowed the arrival of foreign researchers to reinforce the faculty with a view to imparting postgraduate studies in
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Notes on the genera
Apteronotus (Lacépéde, 1800), and Sternopygus (Mueller and Troschel, 1846) with a discussion on the zoological categories Apteronotoidea (nom. transI.), Apteronotidae Berg 1940, and Apteronotinae Berg 1940 nom.
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Croghan, P. C.; Curra, R. A.; Lockwood, A. P. M. (1 June 1965). "The
Electrical Potential Difference Across the Epithelium of Isolated Gills of the Crayfish Austropotamobius Pallipes (Lereboullet)".
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on November 21, 1958. The institute began its work in the facilities of the Marine Biology Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture in CaigĂĽire,
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in memory of the victims. A commemorative plaque with the names of all passengers and crew members was handed over to the administration of the
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declared three days of mourning, and ordered to raise the university flag at half-mast in all its university campuses.
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On December 12, 2018, family and friends of the victims of the Pan Am Flight 217 gathered at 301 West 57th Street in
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and university professor. He is considered one of the pioneers of oceanographic studies in his native country.
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International Coordination Group for Cooperative Investigations in the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions
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Curra, R. A. (1967). "A Key to Genera, Species and Subspecies of Astacinae (Nephropsidea: Astacidae)".
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Experimental marine aquarium for the Instituto Oceanografico, Universidad de Oriente, Cumana, Venezuela
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Notas sistemáticas sobre Urumara rondoni Miranda Ribeiro 1920 (Pisces: Gymnotoidei – Rhamphichthyidae)
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with registration N494-PA and named "Clipper Malay" was carrying 42 passengers and nine crew members.
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to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragedy, and deposited 51 flowers onto the waters of the
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Curra, R. A. (February 1964). "A Case of Negative Allometry in Austropotamobius Gill Growth".
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Curra, Rafael Antonio (1965). "An Instrument for the Measurement of Angles in Ichthyology".
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Curra, R. A., Holt, D. E., & Bleiberg, R. (1965). "
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that presented the results of his research on European
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Curra, R. A., Fukuoka, J., & Okuda, T. (1967). "
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430:by Presidential Executive Order 459 signed by
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693:currae Ganesan (1971) in posthumous tribute.
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