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Type of activities
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|  | research only |
| academic, education |
| | policy/planning |
| envir. monitoring |
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Main sectors of research
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physics, chemical oceanography, biological oceanography
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Current major projects
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* DiCANN
Dinoflagellate Categorisation by Neutral Network. An European research project. The main objective of this programme is to automate the identification of marine biological specimens from microscopic images, through the development of a neural based image analysis system.
* INTERREG 2
European research project regarding the formation and transformation processes of organic carbon in the Adriatic Sea.
* MAT
Research project regarding the mucilage phenomenon in the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian Seas.
Monitoring of coastal waters for the Italian Environment Ministry.
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Number of local permanent staff
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scientists :
10
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others :
2
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Indoor surface area (m2) available for
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research :
1100
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teaching :
300
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others :
300
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Conference room
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yes (number of seats : 45 ) |
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Research vessel(s)
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| | less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : |
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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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RV 'Effevi' : 17 m in lenght ; two main engine :'Iveco' 500 CV ; width : 4.60 m ; cruising speed : >20 knots ; draft : 0.90 m ; berthing : 3 crew, scientists 9 ; displacement : 22.5 tons ; endurance : 1-2 weeks ; the interior hull space provided two laboratories (wet and dry) totaling 15 mē ; the 380/220 V 50 Hz ship service and scientific use, 12/24 DC current is also available, together with running salt and freshwater in the labs ; a light oceanographic winch, davit, hydraulic crane and A-frame loads up to 1.0 tons are installed
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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major research equipments : Idronaut CTD profiler and SEA-TECH fluorometer ; Biospherical profiling natural fluorometer PNF-300 ; Perkin Elmer spectrophotometer, spectrofluorometer, flowspectrofluorometer, HPLC ; Alliance autoanalyzer ; Coulter counter Multisizer II ; Leitz and Zeiss inverted microscopes ; Leitz light and epifluorescence microscopes ; usual equipments for chemical analyses, for microbiological analyses ; plankton nets ; several PCs
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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coastal areas, estuaries, lagoons
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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picoplankton, nanoplankton, microphytoplankton, microzooplankton, netzooplankton, microphytobenthos, macrobenthos
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Specimen collections
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| | yes |
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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7500 volumes, 100 ancient books (1700), 500 periodicals
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Type of research institution
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| | governmental, national |
| governmental, local |
| | international |
| academic |
| | private |
| other: |
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CIESM Guide of Marine Research Institutes
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