|
Morris Kahn Marine Research Station
University of Haifa
|
|
|
Type of Research Institution
|
| | Intergovernmental | |  | Academic | | | Governmental, national | | | Private | | | Governmental, local | | | Charity / Foundation |
|
|
|
Address : Kibbutz
Sdot-yam
ISRAEL |
|
Phone :
+972 5 48056091
|
|
|
|
Director :
Prof Dan Tchernov
|
|
Contact person :
Dr Leigh Livne
|
|
|
|
|
Number of permanent staff
|
| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 12 | | | others : 25 |
|
|
|
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)
|
| marine biogeochemistry, marine pathogens & microbiome, rocky reef biodiversity, integrated aquaculture, marine apex predators (sharks, tuna, large Teleostei, marine mammals), invertebrates, fish and algae biodiversity
|
|
|
|
Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
|
* Hopkins Marine Research Station
* Texas A&M University
* ACCOBAMS
* Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
* Bimini Biological Field Station |
|
|
|
Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
|
|
|
|
|
Total area dedicated to research (m2)
|
|
|
|
|
Conference room
|
| no | | yes (number of seats : 20 ) |
|
|
|
Research vessel(s)
|
| less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 1 | | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 1 | | Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
station researcher Dr Rami Tsadok & collaboration with EcoOcean (RV MedEx) respectively |
|
|
|
Other major research facilities and equipment
|
| * rosette collecting water samples from different depths, CTD device for measuring physical data of water, advanced underwater photography and documentation equipment, closed and controlled water system for aquaculture research, device for detecting and quantifying nutrients in the water (Seal AA3), robot for measuring isotopes in samples (GC-IRMS-MS), confocal microscopy, membrane mass spectrometer, servers for database backup and maintenance, AAUS diving club performing scientific technical dives, closed Circuit Rebreathers dives to allow deep, long, and safe dives, boat used as a platform for diving and marine monitoring on the continental shelf, laboratories for dissection, work rooms for student and guest researchers, meeting/conference rooms, AUV and ROV (Marine technologies lab), THEMO buoy for deep sea research, drones and other aerial devices |
|
|
|
Ecosystem types available nearby
|
| Direct access to sea | | Direct access to brackish / estuarine waters | |
Other ecosystems : intertidal, rocky reef (Kurkar ridges), estuarine, substrate, coastal sandy beach, deep sea (station capabilities to dive to 90 m depth with CCR SCUBA) |
|
|
|
Areas of taxonomic expertise
|
| Mediterranean invasive and native teleostei, marine mammals, elasmobranchs, cetaceans, marine invertebrates, microbiome, plankton, algae, pathogens, virome |
|
|
|
Specimen collections
|
| yes | | no | |
Brief description : collaborative capability with Dr Dani Golani from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
|
|
|
Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
|
| yes | | no |
|
|
|
Training courses
|
| yes | | no | |
Diving certification (open water to closed-circuit-rebreather) – over 300 certifications since 2010
Summer 2019 - AAUS scientific diving course, which was led by Dr Beverly Goodman and Dr Tali Mass, our station dive team, and the supervision of the Diving Safety Officer Eran Rozen. Its purpose was to teach students from The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences the essentials skills needed for safe and professional underwater scientific work
May 2019 - Dr Tali Mass held an advanced research methods course (part A)
July 2019 - the station hosted Professor Stephen Kajiura from Florida Atlantic University to give a week-long course on Elasmobranch ecology
|
|
|
|
Capacity and brief description of library
|
| 43 peer-review publications from 2015-2020 (as of February 2020) |
|
|
 CIESM GUIDE OF COASTAL INSTITUTES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
Last update : 02/03/2020
|
