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Type of activities
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|  | research only |
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academic, education |
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envir. monitoring |
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Main sectors of research
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coastal ecology, systematics & taxonomy, living resources (e.g. fisheries aquaculture), ecotoxicology, biotechnology, physiology, hydrological processes, water quality & pollution, environmental impact assessment, environment & health, radioactive processes, environmental monitoring (oil, radionuclides, PCB, pesticides, etc.), modelling (growing producents of BAS)
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Current major projects
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Number of local permanent staff
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scientists :
132
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others :
211
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Indoor surface area (m2) available for
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research :
6500
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teaching :
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others :
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Conference room
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| no |
yes (number of seats : 100 ) |
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Research vessel(s)
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| | less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 1 |
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| | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 1 |
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Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
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R/V 'Professor Vodyanitskiy' : length 68,77 m ; depth 6,03 m ; tonnage 117269 rt ; labs 11 ; echo-sounder EK-500 ; computer center ; tocken-ring network ; GPS navigator ; CTD profiler ; neil brown water sampler MK II bathometers ; nets ; dredge etc.
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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11 laboratories-
specialized radio-biological building for work with radioisotopes, specialized laboratory building with aquarial complex, aquarium-museum, tanks and aquaria, lab cultures of algae, reference collection of algae and animals, luminoscan, fluoroscan 2, bioscreen C labsystems, microcalorimeter (LKB), ATP-luminometer 1250 (LKB), soctrade/fiastar 5010 system
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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most types of marine ecosystems
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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ichthyofauna, ichthyoplankton, phytoplankton, zooplankton, macro & meiobenthos, macro & microphytobenthos
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Specimen collections
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no |
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Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
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no |
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Training courses
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no |
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Capacity and brief description of library
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science library was founded in 1871 ; more than 1000 rare books including books published in Russia and abroad in 1766-1880 ; the scientific literature stock represents a rich diversity of disciplines and related aspects, with 150 000 titles including 75 000 in foreign languages
see http://www.ibss.iuf.net/index.html
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Type of research institution
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governmental, national |
| governmental, local |
| | international |
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academic |
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CIESM Guide of Marine Research Institutes
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