|
|
Type of activities
|
|
|
| | research only |
 | academic, education |
| | policy/planning |
| envir. monitoring |
| | other: research |
|
|
|
Main sectors of research
|
|
|
|
|
phytoplankton, phycology, benthic populations & communities, systematics, zoogeography, zooplankton, limnology, ecological quality of running waters, marine and freshwater fishes, fisheries, human impact on benthic and fish communities
|
|
|
|
Current major projects
|
|
|
|
|
* NATURA 2000 : identification, evaluation and mapping of the ecotypes and flora and fauna of Greece (funded by EU) ;
* Study of the marine macroalga Gracilaria species and the echinoderm Paracentrotus lividus and their use as biological indices (funded by : General Secretariat of Research and Technology) ;
* Mapping of Posidonia oceanica meadows (funded by : Ministry of Environment and Management) ;
* Biological and ecological studies of the endangered sea anemone species Paranemonia vouliagmenensis Doumene, England & Chintiroglou 1987 and its assemblages (funded by : General Secretariat of Research and Technology) ;
* Ecological quality of Axios river (northern Greece) (funded by : General Secretariat of Research and Technology) ;
* Streams and rivers of Stratoni and Olympiada (Chalkidiki, Greece) (funded by : TVX Hellas S.A.) ;
* Construction and casting of model experimental refuges (artificial reefs) (funded by : General Secretariat of Research and Technology) ;
* ECOMARE : ecological effects of protection in Mediterranean Marine Reserves (funded by : EU) ;
* Comparative fixed gear selectivity studies in Portugal and Greece (funded by : EU) ;
* Trammel net selectivity studies in Portugal, Spain and Greece (funded by : EU) ;
* Sustainability of fisheries resources : how the scientific basis of stock assessment and management could be improved (funded by : EU)
|
|
|
|
Number of local permanent staff
|
|
|
|
|
scientists :
13
|
others :
15
|
|
|
|
Indoor surface area (m2) available for
|
|
|
|
|
research :
200
|
teaching :
80
|
|
|
others :
350
|
|
|
|
Conference room
|
|
|
| no |
yes (number of seats : 80 ) |
|
|
|
Research vessel(s)
|
|
|
| | less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 2 |
|
|
|
| | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : |
|
|
|
|
|
Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other major research facilities and equipment
|
|
|
|
|
spectra photometers, deep-freezers, stercoscopes, microscopes, electronic and portable balances, electrofishing devices, various types of samplers (e.g. nets, Niskin bottles, grabs), portable electronic devices for in situ measurements (of e.g. pH, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen), SCUBA diving equipment, fishing nets, other laboratory devices…
|
|
|
|
Ecosystem types available nearby
|
|
|
|
|
soft and hard substrata, lagoons, estuaries, lakes and rivers, Posidonia meadows, enclosed gulfs, open sea ecosystems
|
|
|
|
Areas of taxonomic expertise
|
|
|
|
|
cyanophyceae, Dinophyceae, macroalgae, marine phanerogams, porifera, cnidaria, polychaeta, decapoda crustacea, amphipoda, echinodermata, ascidiacea, marine & freshwater fishes
|
|
|
|
Specimen collections
|
|
|
| | yes |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
|
|
|
| | yes |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
accomodation facilities of the Aristotle University
|
|
|
|
Training courses
|
|
|
| | yes |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
for biology teachers of secondary education
|
|
|
|
Capacity and brief description of library
|
|
|
|
|
more than 800 books, concerning phytoplankton, zooplankton, marine macroalgae and phanerogams, zoology, botany, marine biology & ecology, freshwater biology and ecology, limnology, aquaculture, fisheries, aquatic pollution, dynamics, statistics ;
more than 80 international scientific journals
|
|
|
|
Type of research institution
|
|
|
| | governmental, national |
| governmental, local |
| | international |
| academic |
| | private |
| other: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CIESM Guide of Marine Research Institutes
|
