|
Institute Of Oceanography and Fisheries
|
|
|
Type of Research Institution
|
| | Intergovernmental | | | Academic | |  | Governmental, national | | | Private | | | Governmental, local | | | Charity / Foundation |
|
|
|
Address : Setaliste Ivana Mestrovica, 63
21000 Split
CROATIA |
|
Phone :
+385 21 358 688
|
|
|
|
Director :
Dr Nedo Vrgoč
|
|
Contact person :
|
|
|
|
|
Number of permanent staff
|
| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 70 | | | others : 36 |
|
|
|
Type of Activities
|
| | Pure research | | | Academic | | | Applied research | | | Education / Outreach | | | Long-term monitoring | | | Policy / Planning / Consultancy | | | Technology for environmental applications | | | Conservation & Protection |
|
|
|
Main fields of research (at present - 6 max)
|
| physical & chemical oceanography, plankton, benthos, microbiology, fisheries, mariculture |
|
|
|
Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
|
|
|
|
|
Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
|
* Structural and trophic relations in the Adriatic Sea pelagic ecosystem
* Biological valorisation of the renewable resources of the Croatian coastal Adriatic
* Sustainable exploitation researches of the Adriatic resources |
|
|
|
Total area dedicated to research (m2)
|
|
|
|
|
Conference room
|
| no | | yes (number of seats : 70 ) |
|
|
|
Research vessel(s)
|
| less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 0 | | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 1 | | Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
trawl, echosounder |
|
|
|
Other major research facilities and equipment
|
| * AAS, GS, different kinds of microscopes, spectrophotometers, Beta liquid scintillation analyser, etc. |
|
|
|
Ecosystem types available nearby
|
| Direct access to sea | | No direct access to brackish / estuarine waters | |
Other ecosystems : coastal and offshore |
|
|
|
Areas of taxonomic expertise
|
| zoobenthos, phytobenthos, zooplankton, phytoplankton |
|
|
|
Specimen collections
|
| yes | | no |
|
|
|
Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
|
| yes | | no |
|
|
|
Training courses
|
| yes | | no | |
chemical, biological, fishery oceanography, aquaculture ; a large number (currently 27) of postgraduate students acquire a doctoral degree in science at the Institute |
|
|
|
Capacity and brief description of library
|
| 5000 titles, 430 periodicals (total holding), 290 periodicals (currently received), 11 000 other reprints ; library represents national library for oceanography of Croatia ; publishing activity: scientific journal 'Acta Adriatica' published since 1932 (www.izor.hr/acta/eng) |
|
|
 CIESM GUIDE OF COASTAL INSTITUTES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
Last update : 20/02/2020
|
