Stazione di Biologia Marina
Università del Salento
Type of Research Institution
 Intergovernmental  Academic
 Governmental, national  Private
 Governmental, local  Charity / Foundation
Address : via Amerigo Vespucci
73010 Porto Cesareo, Lecce ITALY
Phone : +39 0832 298854
Web Site : https://museobiologiamar...
Director : Prof Stefano Piraino
Contact person :
Dr Anna Maria Miglietta
Email : anna.miglietta@unisalento.it
Number of permanent staff
 Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 11
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)
life cycles, embryonic development, community dynamics, zooplankton ecology, zoobenthos ecology, zoogeography
Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
* University of Barcelona, Spain
* University of Lille, France
* University of Sflax, Tunisia
* Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Russia
* University of Seara, Fortaleza, Brazil
Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
* plankton dynamics in Taranto seas (from 1990)
* benthic evolution of rocky coasts interested by date mussel prelevation
* plankton history based on cysts in layered sediments
Total area dedicated to research (m2)
800
Conference room
 no yes (number of seats : 40 )
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 :
"Pelagia" is a vessel realized in 2013, with a length (at water line) of 12,00 m and (all considering) of 14,30 m. The maximum wideness is 3,70 m, the gross tonnage is 12,52 tons, and the net tonnage is 8,51 tons. Pelagia is able to host up to 12 personnel units, and it is authorized to seal within 12 NM from the coastline.
Scientific instrumentations, onboard, are represented by : ROV Sirio Observer class AGEOTEC, with arm and 2 camcorder hd, compressor for air bottle re-charge, model ALKIN W32 Mariner - 320 LT/MIN - 225 Bar - 7,5Kw 400V 50Hz, set up to host Side Scan Sonar Klein 3900, set up to host Multibeam system R2 Sonic 2022, neuston net (mouth 1,0 x 0,5 m, length 3,5 m), plankton net (WP2), niskin bottle, multuiparametric probe (0-50 m) IDROMAR, bottom dredge
Other major research facilities and equipment
* Compound Microscopes (two inverted), Stereoscopes, equipped with camera lucida and camcorder; a room equipped for Molecular Biology analysis, a room equipped for Microbiology analysis, 7 complete sets for scuba diving and a compressor device for nitrox. Two off-road vehicles; the Avamposto Mare; an equipped small Marine Biology Station at Tricase Porto (Otranto Channel) managed by the international Institution CIHEAM, who collaborates with Stazione-Museo di Biologia Marina; the Marine Biology Museum “Pietro Parenzan”; a small Museum (350 m2), located at Porto Cesareo (Gulf of Taranto), funded in 1966 and hosting about 10,000 visitors per year.
Ecosystem types available nearby
 Direct access to sea Direct access to brackish / estuarine waters

Other ecosystems : Posidonia meadows, coralligenous bioconcretions, submarine caves, brackish-confined environments, deep sea white corals
Areas of taxonomic expertise
 annelida (polychaeta) , hydrozoa & anthozoa (cnidaria), copepoda (crustacea), nudibranchia (gastropoda, mollusca)
Specimen collections
 yes no

Brief description : hydrozoa of the Mediterranean (“F. Boero” collection) : 200 taxa, 1436 specimens
polychaeta (“A. Giangrande” collection) :440 taxa
mollusca of the Mediterranean (“P. Parenzan” collection) : 1720 taxa, 12000 specimens
mollusca nudibranchia (“G. Furfaro” collection): 245 taxa
other invertebrates in exhibition at the Marine Biology Museum: 690 taxa, 900 specimens
macroalgae (“I. Pierpaoli” collection) : 220 taxa, 700 specimens
Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
 yes no
Training courses
 yes no

Master degree (two years, second level degree) “Coastal and Marine Biology and Ecology”, the unique international course (in English) of Marine Biology, of Italian University System
Master (second level, 1 year) “Esperto della Qualità Biologica degli Ecosistemi Marini” (Experts on Biological Quality of Marine Environments), first edition 2020
Capacity and brief description of library
 185 titles (journals) in exchange with Thalassia Salentina (the journal of the Mar Biol Station), and a total number of volumes (also non journals) = 3,000
The Stazione-Museo di Biologia Marina publishes, from 1966, the journal Thalassia Salentina ISSN 0563-3745, international, freely accessible online. Editor in Chief: GENUARIO BELMONTE

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 Last update : 02/03/2020