IBIWRAS

Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Biology of Inland Waters. ID Papanin RAS was created in accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences dated September 21, 1956 No. 515 as the Institute of Biology of Reservoirs of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

          The main direction of the Institute's scientific activity is the study of ecosystems of continental waters. One of the main tasks of the Institute is the annual monitoring of the reservoirs of the Volga cascade (mainly Rybinsk).