ISTITUTO TALASSOGRAFICO DI TRIESTE
Italy (20/24)	CNR - Viale Romolo Gessi, 2 34123 Trieste   ITALY Tel : + 39 040 305 403 Fax : + 39 040 308 941 Email : purini@ts.cnr.it Web Site : www.itt.ts.cnr.it Director : Dr Roberto Purini

	Type of activities
	research only academic, education policy/planning envir. monitoring other:
	Main sectors of research
	physical oceanography, chemical oceanography
	Current major projects
	UE/MATER, UE/VEINS, PRISMA (italian project on the Adriatic Sea)
	Number of local permanent staff
	scientists : 6 others : 7
	Indoor surface area (m2) available for
	research : 1000 teaching : others : 750
	Conference room
	no yes (number of seats : 50 )
	Research vessel(s)
	less than 12 m in length; number of vessels :
	more than 12 m in length; number of vessels :
	Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
	Other major research facilities and equipment
	CTD profiler, current meters, nutrient autoanalyzers, gas chrom., salinometers, mass spectrometer, meteo-marin station, platform and various automated systems
	Ecosystem types available nearby
	coastal area, estuaries, lagoons
	Areas of taxonomic expertise
	Specimen collections
	yes no
	Brief description :
	Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
	yes no
	50 m2 (1 person)
	Training courses
	yes no
	Capacity and brief description of library
	11.000 titles with a historical section
	Type of research institution
	governmental, national governmental, local international academic private other:
	CIESM Guide of Marine Research Institutes