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Postal address:
P.O. Box 101
Victoria Road
Aberdeen
AB 98 DB

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Monitoring contaminants at sea
The mobility, transformation and biovailability of contaminants
Environmental Impact of fish farming
Frontal Processes
Effects of disturbance on benthic communities
Biological Effects of Pollutants
Algal Blooms and Their Effects
Shellfish toxins
Pathology of marine fish and shellfish
Nitrogen Cycling in coastal ecosystems
Hydrography of the Faroe Shetland Channel
Assessment and Regulation of Demersal Fisheries
Assessment and Regulation of Pelagic Fisheries
Assessment and Regulation of Shellfish Fisheries
Stock Assessment Methodology
Development of Ecological Models
Early life history of fish
North Sea hydrography and Recruitment
Ecological Effects of fishing
Fishing gear hydrodynamics
Fishing gear selectivity
Fish survival following escape from fishing spears
Behaviour of salmon and other fish in coastal waters
Biochemical genetics of fish stocks
Disease of farmed salmon
Disease control of fish farms

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
MCs course in Marine and fisheries Science
B. Tech course in Aquaculture
Tailored short courses in marine science

Boats (please detail):
"Scotia" 68 metres
"Clupea" 27 metres
numerous boats < 10 m length

Other (please specify):
Extensive specialised aquarium of fish reaming facilities at Aberdeen at on The west coast of Scotland
ROV's of several types Extensive range of sonar equipment and sonar test facilities

Biological data:
Extensive data collection on fisheries + Hydrography

Research laboratories for visitors (no#, approx# surface):
Facilities available by special arrangement


Affiliation:
Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle et College de France

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
1) Marine Biotechnology
French-Norway cooperation (FNS)
E.U. FAR.
2) Development Marine Models
Ifremer associated team Nr. 14
3) Environment
National programme LNIEFF (Natural zone of ecological, floristic, faumistic) related to life or Natural 2000 programme
Fair: Deep sea Fisheries - 950655

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Ecophysiology of marine algae
ERASMUS course (Univ. of Birmingham, Lisbon, Brest and Bergen)
Prof. V.M. Leadheaten, Birmingham
Field courses
Univ. of Kiel (Prof. Lorengen)
Univ.of Oldenburg (Prof Dahms)
Univ.of Plymonth (Prof. Atrill)

Boats (please detail):
8,5 m research vessel, trawling, dredging at open sea and estuaries

Other (please specify):
Spectrophotometers (UV-visible)
Radioactivity counting (β,γ)
DNA cloning and sequencing
Tissue and cell culture
Large volume microalgae culture (600 litres)
Large capacity for marine animals handling (being rebuilt 97-98)

Wet sorting room(s):
Optical microscopes, Biochemistry equipment, tanks, boat

Deep sea:
All zones acessible to trawlers (59 oN to 47 oN)


Name of the Station:
Stazione Idrobiologica di Chioggia (SIC)

Affiliation:
Dipartimento di biolgia - Universita' di padova

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Phytoplankton communities and microphytobenthos of brackish water environments in the lagoon of Venice.
Cellular organization of the thallus in benthic algae of the lagoon with attention to their wall composition and structure.
Inventory and distribution of marine phanerogams of the lagoon of Venice.
Zooplankton and benthic populations of lagoon and marine environments.
Life cycles, reproduction, immune systems of marine filter-feeder invertebrates.
Ecological genetics of brackish water invertebrates.
Physiology, ecotoxicology and biological effects of different pollutants on organisms of the lagoon of Venice.
Procedures for evaluation and monitoring of organic pollutants in marine waters.
Detection of exposure and early effects of bulky mutagenic contaminants in selected marine organisms.
Evolution of fish reproductive strategies.
Biodiversity and structure of fish communities in the infralittoral zone.
Improvement in breeding of fish of economic interest.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Training courses for PhD students with financial support of the Regione Veneto:
1) The lagunar system: biological and hydrologic aspects;
2) Marine toxicology
3) Reproductive strategies of teleost fish in brackish waters;
4) Biodiversity and environment management in the lagoon of Venice;
5) Achievements and perspectives in fish farming;
6) Fishery and breeding of edible fish, molluscs and crustaceans of the lagoon of Venice and the Adriatic sea.

Boats (please detail):
1 outboard boat (5,5 m in length, engine 50 Hp)
1 outboard boat (4,5 m in length, engine 15 Hp)
1 outboard boat (3,0 m in length, engine 8 Hp)
1 outboard boat (7,5 m in length, engine 140 Hp)
under purchase

Flow cytometer:
Y (x; equipment indicated with x is available at the Department of Biology, Padova)

(Super-)Computer(s):
Masters.Sun 1041, PC 486, Scanner 286, Plotter

Controlled environment rooms:
1 at S.I.C., others at the Dept. of Biology, in Padova

On line searching(ESA-IRS: Biosis, Aabstracts etc#):
Does not possess a library. A well organized library is present at the Dept. of Biology in Padova;

CD-ROM searching:
Current contents, Biol. Abstracts, Medline, Science, Citation Index

Models:
Daily recording of temperature, salinity and pH of seawater

Beaches:
sandy beaches available in a range of 1-5 Km

Shallow coastal sea:
most of nearby waters are shallow coastal

Distance to the deep waters:
3 miles from the coast (30 metres of water depth)

Estuarine system:
Rivers Brenta (3 km), Adige (10 km), Po (30 km)

Lagoon:
SIC. in situated inside the lagoon of Venice


Name of the Station:
Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls sur Mer

Affiliation:
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, Centre National de la recherche Scientifique (CNRS / INSU [URA 117]

Associate Director(s):
Alain Dinet, Marie-Odile Soyer-Gobilard-Joseph Trave

Postal address:
Laboratoire Arago Avenue du Fontaule
F 66650 Banyuls sur Mer

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
National Program on determinisme du recrutement (populations marines)
National Program ond Biodiversite et Environnement
National Program on Oceanographic cotiere
National Program on Dorsales oceaniques
National Program on Recherche polarie (IFRTP)
Eurpean Program on Eurmarge
Eurpean Program on Paloma
International Program on JGOFS
French-spanish program on Hotes-parasites chez les mammiferes
French-spanish program on Etude de la recolonisation de la foret mediterraneenne apres incendie
Genome et cycle cellularie des eucaryotes primitifs Program, (IFREMER contract-University)
Controle moleculaire du cycle cellulaire Program (contract ARC collaboration with Institut Pasteur - Montpellier 1 University)
Phylogenie moleculaire et evolution Program
Morphogenese Program les phases condensees de la chittine et du collagene (IFREMER contract: collaboration with Lyon I University and Grenoble University).

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Topics
Marine and Terrestrial Ecology
Biological Oceanography
Cell and Molecular Biology
1) Formal Courses (20 Courses)
Courses of Unioversity P.M. Curie
DEA "Biological Organisms and Populations"
MOB, BOM
Maitrise Teaching
European Courses (ERASMUS)
(92 Students - 262 Students days)
Undergraduate course "applied Oceanology"
Phytobenthos
Evolutionary Biology
Special Courses
(277 Students - 1731 Students days)
Mediterranean Ecology (European)
Scientific Diving (continuing Education)
Biology of Development (Research Formation OTAN)
Univerities Toulouse & Montpellier
Affaires Maritimes Bordeaux
High School Teaching
2) Educational Facilities (27 Courses)
French Student groups
(133 Students - 742 Students days)
Universities Toulouse, Paris,..
Foreign Student groups
(374 Students - 3007 Student days)
Universities Basel, Zurich, Bern Liege, Southampton, Amsterdam

Boats (please detail):
N.O.Georges Petit. Length = 20 m
Nereis. Length = 12 m
Rufi. Length = 7,5 m

Diving (including supply and/or refill cylinders):
Yes - 1 Compressor Compare Luchard - 12 m3 /hour
15 Diving equipments (SCUBA tanks-SCUBA regulators, etc…)

CD-ROM searching:
ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts)

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
VIE ET MILIEU = Life and Environment quarterly

Published Fauna & Flora lists and indentification guides:
Marine fauna of Pyrenees Orientales
Terrestrial fauna and water fauna of Pyrenees Orientales Bionomy

Video, films:
Yes, Video and films on biological and technical activities of the lab

Current list of publications:
See joined Rapport d'activite scientifique 1991-1993

Historical data:
Survey of the beach of argeles-sur-Mer (since 1995)

Models:
Long term survey (LILI / LOLIGO)(following the surveys made during the EUROMARGE and PNOC programs)
Terrestrial ecology
Migration des oiseaux
ECOFEU
Meiofauna, microfauna from earth, curstaceous.

Specialized equipment open to visitors:
2 TP practical and demonstration rooms - 60 m3 each

Laboratory:
student : free researcher : 36,00 / days

Living accomodation at the station:
students 1 night = 65,00 F and 95,00 F (according to the category

Meals at the station (breakfast, lunch, dinner:
students : breakfast 10,00 ; lunch and dinner 12,70

Intertidal:
Mediterranean catalan coast- immediate vicinity

Shallow coastal sea:
Mediterranean catalan coast- immediate vicinity

Deep sea:
Mediterranean catalan coast- immediate vicinity 3000 m2


Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Primary and advanced courses in marine biology of all university levels for students from Copenhagen University International courses (ph. D.) are held each year covering various aspects, for instance in 1994; The biology of Sulphide and " Dynamics of swimming in marine fish"
Foreign universities often use the laboratory for courses, regularly university from N.K. Germany, Sweden

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Ophelia, appr 1 volume (3 numbers per year)

Specialized equipment open to visitors:
Classroom wht sea water, microscoped etc.

Wet sorting room(s):
All lab equipments and instruments are open to visitorrs

At the station (number of rooms, studios):
6 smide rooms, 2 dormitosics in quest house

Boat(s):
1000 dhr per hour, but foree of charge if joints project.

Living accomodation at the station:
Single room in quest house: 100 per day, 1500 dhr per month appartment: 2500 dhr per month


Postal address:
Archipelago Research Instute University of Turku
IN - 20500 Turku

Boats (please detail):
R/V Aurelia (15 m x 3 m)
Seili 5 (10 m x 3 m)
Seili 1 (8 m x 3 m), 
Alle these boats are equipped with winches, echo-sounder, radar, and radiotelephone, piston corers and common bottom and water samplers, 6 small boats with outboard motors

Flow cytometer:
Common use of specialised equipments together with the

Living accomodation at the station:
Students FIM 70, research workers 70 - 100

Meals at the station (breakfast, lunch, dinner:
Breakfast 15,-, lunch 20,-, diner 30,- evening meal 15,-


Name of the Station:
Biol. Anst, Helgoland, Locations; Hamburg, Marine Station Helgol. Littoral Stat. List/Sylt.

Affiliation:
Ministry at Research and Technology (Bonn), University Hamburg.

Associate Director(s):
Prof. Buchholz, Helgoland; Dr. Drebes, List

Postal address:
BAH Helgoland, Marine Station, 27498 Helgoland

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Dynamics of biological processes in the North Sea
Ecological exchange processes in the Wadden Sea
Marine population
Functional and structural adaptations of marine organisms
Taxonomy of marine organisms
In the frame of these programmes several projects funded by national and European funding agencies are integrated (e.g. KUSTOS, SWAP, TRANSWATT, SEFOS, BMFT, DFG)

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Helgoland: ca. 30 courses with 20-25 students on all dsciplines of Marine Biology are conducted by GAH, Univ. Hamburg and Universities throughout Germany

List: ca. 20 courses.

Boats (please detail):
RV "Heincke", 55 m
RV "Uthorn", 20 m
RB "Aade", 12 m
RB "Diker", 8 m (divers)
RB "Mya", 12 m (catamaran)

Diving (including supply and/or refill cylinders):
Research diving group (3), instruction course for research divers.

Other (please specify):
Analysators for mcrocomponents, (PCB, heavy metals etc.)

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, BAH-Reports, (4 * per year / irregular intervals)


Postal address:
St. Costiera, 336 - 34010 S. Croce/TRIESTE

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
NATIONAL
1) Evaluation of marine coastal eutrophication in the Gulf of Trieste (Municipality of Trieste);
2) Impact.assessment of new artificial reef in the Gulf of Trieste (Chamber of Commerce of Trieste);
3) Primary and secondary production of artificial reef located offshore, near submarine waste pipeline (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region);
4) Industrial activity and marittime traffic in the Gulf of Trieste: pollution monitoring and development of methods to evaluate pollution risk (Chamber of Commerce of Trieste);
5) Alexandrium, potentially PSP producer dinoflagellate: structure and ultrastructure studies PSP contamination of mussels (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region);
6) Impact of long-line mussels farms on marine environment (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region);
7) Water quality evaluation of Friuli Venezia Giulia coasts (Ministry of Environment);
8) PRISMA project (Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research, Ministry of Environment, C.N.R.): descriptive oceanography and Adriatic Sea dynamics; evaluation of external inputs; biogeochemical cycle;  and ecophysiological studies.

INTERNATIONAL
9) UNEP project "Enbancement" of data processing facilities at Mediterranean Action Plan";
10) Production and Accumulation of Labile Organic Matter in Adriatic (PALOMA) (CEE ENVIRONMENT)

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
UNEP/IOC/FAO - TRAINING WORKSHOP ON THE STATISTICAL TREATMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF MARINE COMMUNITY DATA. Laboratory of Marine Biology, 6-11 September 1993
UNEP - TRAINING WORKSHOP ON "ENHXNCEMENT OF DATA PROCESSING FACILITIES AT MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN" Laboratory of Marine Biology, Trieste 1995
UNESCO - TRAINING WORKSHOP ON THE ACTIVITIES IN MONITORING WATER QUALITY IN COASTAL AREAS COUPLING REMOTE SENSING AND MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY. Laboratory of Marine Biology, Trieste, 1995

Chemical oceanography; Hydrothermal vent chemistry;Control  of phytoplankton dominance; Microbial biomass and activity in the deep ocean.
Transfer of matter /energy in the Mediterranean (EUROMARGE); Ecological modelling / m6ilusc rearing; IMPACT II 
The effects of the German r.v.SONNE. 
Trace pollutants in the Irish atmosphere.

Boats (please detail):
motor boat "Noctilucall (1983, Scout 480, motocraft hydrog., 5 m length for coastal operations;
research vessel O.A.A., length 17m, width 4.60m, draft 0.90m, desplacement 22.5 tons, 2 main engine IVECO 500 cv, cruising speed: 20knots.

Chromatography:
Perkin Elmer HPLC CC12 Integrator, 250 binary LC pump, LS 30 luminescens spectrometer

Nets:
Wp-2, Wp-3, Bongo, Microzoo- and microphytoplankton

(Super-)Computer(s):
IBM AS400, 80386 and 80286 PC, MacIntosh Computers

Other (please specify):
SPECTROPHOTOMETER: PERKIN ELMER LAMBDA2
SALINOMETER: GUILDLINE- AUTOSAL
CHN ANALYZER: PERKIN ELMER 2400
AUTOCLAVE: PBI STEMATIC III
THERMOSTATS: MEMMERT
BALANCE: METTLER AT 250
CTD PROFILER: IDRONAUT + SEA TECH fluorometer
PROFILING NATURAL
FLUOROMETER: P

Biological data:
NETZOOPLANKTON~1972), MACROBENTHOS(1986), PHYTO (1980), MICROZOO (1986), CHLOROPHYLL(1986)

Biological data1:
AUTOTROPHIC AND HETEROTROPHIC, PICO AND NANOPLANKTON MICROPHYTO, MICRO, MESOZOOPLANKTON, MICROPHYTOBENTHOS, MESO AND MACROBENTHOS

Hydrographic data1:
TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, CHLOROPHYLL A AND PHEOPIGMENTS, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, NUTRIENTS, PAR, TSM, POC, ALGAL TOXINS(DSP).


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
NATIONAL
Mechanism of embryonic differentiation in sea urchin
Mechanisms regulating early developmental events
Signal transduction during activation of spermatozoa and eggs
Role of transglutaminase during embryonic development
Thyroid differentiation
Oxydative metabolism of tyrosine and related metabolites
Biological role of D-aspartate oxidase and D-amino acid oxidase and D-amino acid oxidase
Chemical transmission in the squid giant fibre system
Behavioural analysis abilities to learn in Octopus vulgaris
Reproductive cycles in marine planktonic copepod
Biotic and abiotic control in the dynamic of plankton communities
Dynamics of Cymodocea nodosa system and associated fauna
A functional approach to the Posidonia oceanica ecosystem
Ecophysiology and energy flow of phyto- and zoo-benthic populations in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic coastal biotopes
Phytoplankton distribution and succession

INTERNATIONAL
Physical oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean
Antarctic research programme
CEE programmes
Italian-Japanese Biological Association
Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood Hole (MA), USA
Institute for the History of Science, Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Courses
International School or Biological Sciences: Course From Immunity to Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Seagrasses: from the Molecule to the Ecosystem. Ecophysiology and molecular biology of seagrasses.
EMB0 Practical Course: DNA
Protein Interactions
Bottom trawling on the Irish Sea ecosystem; Coastal zone carrying capacity for molluscan cultivation.

Surface of buildings:
900 square m (main building); 1000 square m (laboratory in Ischia)

Diving (including supply and/or refill cylinders):
All necessary equipment for divingh. No supply/refill cylinders

Nets:
Indian ocean closing net, Nansen net (zooplankton); nets for seagrass fauna

Other (please specify):
Autosal 8400
CTD + Submersible fluorometer
Current meters
Molecular Biology equipment
Side Scan Sonar
PCR

On line searching(ESA-IRS: Biosis, Aabstracts etc#):
DIALOG; DATASTAR; ESA-IRS, MEDLARS, BRS Colleague

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Pubblicazionui Stazione Zooligica di Napoli, Marine Ecology, History and physiology of life Sciences

Biological data:
banks and benthic century (since the last century)

Biological data1:
Zooplankton and phytoplankton species composition (Data Sets since 1975); T-S, Oxygen Nutrients and Chlorophyll a (Data Sets since 1975)

Hydrographic data1:
Data Sets include time series at fixed station, (7 years) and several cruises in the Gulf of Naples and in the Gulf of Salerno.

Shallow coastal sea:
Inner Bay of Naples, Gulf of Gaeta (20 km), Gulf of Salerno (50 km)

Deep sea:
Thyrrenian Sea (3000 m. 50 nautical miles)

Lagoon:
Flegrean lagoons (20 km), Pontine Lagoons (50 km)

Other (specify):
Laboratory of Benthic Ecology on the island of Ischia located close to major benthic shallow systems (seagrass, just in front of the lab), rocky shores (1 mile), Beaches (200 m)


Affiliation:
CONSEJO SUPERIOR LE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Multidisciplinary Oceanographic Research in the Eastern boundary of the North Atlantic (MORENA)
Producción primaria y crecimiento del fitoplancton en las costas de Galicia
Nutrient dynamics in Iberian Upwelling (OMEX)
Campañias de investigación con peces de fondo en el Flemish Cap.
Stock dynamics, interaction and recruitment in north east Atlantic squid fisheries.
Estudios bioquímicos e histológicos de los cefalópodos relacionados con la aplicación de tecnologías convencionales y nuevas y con el control de calidad.
Estudio de la enfermedad del anillo marrón en la almeja japonesa (Tapes semidecussatus)
Caracterización y patogenicidad de los birnavirus aislados de rodaballo de Galicia.
Effect of broodstock management and broodstock nutrition on quality of turbot production
Effect of food protein content on growth-survival and metabolic rates in young turbot larvae.
Relación de alimento disponible vs alimento consumido y producción en los polígonos de mejillón.
Identification and quantification of species of marine products.
Monitorización y control de procesos óptimos de tratamiento térmico de conservas de alimento.
Tecnología de la plicación de atmósferas modificadas y utilización de agentes protectores externos para prolongar la vida útil del pescado refrigerado.
Un sistema modificado de fermentación en estado sólido. Diseño de un biorreactor para la producción de ácido giberélico a partir de efluentes del procesado de mejillón.
Determinación de toxinas paralizantes en moluscos y en cultivos de dinoflagelados. Dinámica de intoxicación y detoxificación de mejillones.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Potenciometry apply to sea water masses
Ecology and Primary Production of Phytoplancton
Biogeochemistry of rias and estuaries
Introduction to the chemist Ocanography
Sampling and measurement in Fisheries
Statistical Methods
Fishery Biology
Biology, Ecology and Explotation of Cephalopods.
Fish Pathology
Molluscan Pathology
Biological Recycling of wastes
Marine Food Technology

Boats (please detail):
One four meters long boat for estuaries
One nine meters long boat for estuaries
B/O "García del Cid", 39 m long available previous request (Base port: Barcelona)

(Super-)Computer(s):
Digital Vax connected to Fujitsu UP. 2000

Biological data:
Ría de Vigo biota, caphalopod statistics by species nutrient salt concentrations of the different Rías and the Galician continental shelf, phytoplankton.

Biological data1:
Galician cephalopod statisticts by species nutrient salt concentrations of the different Rías and the Galician continental shelf phytoplankton

Models:
Population dynamics, sea water masses circulation, upwelling

Research Aquariums:
one separate plant with aquarium of different sizes

At the station (number of rooms, studios):
3 rooms, five places (2 double and 1 single)

Distance to the deep waters:
variable (500 m deep approx. 60 marine miles)


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
NIOZ research: thematic
1. Dynamics of non-linear marine systems
2. Physical and chemical/biological processes in the water column: - ocean circulation and hydrography; - The carbon cycle and the functioning of pelagic systems
3. Chemical and biological processes at the water-bottom interface; - Biogeochemical processes in marine sediments; - structure and functioning of benthic systems
4. Actuo-sedimentology and palaeoclimate; - Dynamics and properties of particulate matter; - Palaeoceanography
5. Functioning of the Wadden Sea and similar coastal systems
6. Anthropogenic pertubations and natural variability in shelf-sea ecosystems

NIOZ research regional: Wadden Sea, North Sea, Shelf seas, Open ocean, Polar seas, Tropical seas
NIOZ research: programmatic

International programmes:
WOCE (World Ocean Circulation Experiment) and VvV-3
JGOFS (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study) and VvA-9
PAGES (Past Global Changes) and VvA-8
LOICZ (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone) and VvA-4
GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics)

EU programmes:
MAST II, AIR, Human Resources and Mobility and ENVIRONMENT
INP (Integrated North Sea Programme)

National programmes
NOP (Global Air Pollution and Climatic Change)
Global Change programme of NWO (Verstoring van Aardsystemen, VvA)
VvA-3: Ocean circulation and climate
VvA-4: Fluxes of organic and particulate matter and of nutrients through the North Sea
VvA-8: Deglatiations as natural experiments for modelling future scenarios of global systems
VvA-9: Carbon equilibriumin the oceanic mixed layer and air-sea exchange

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Courses: Remote sensing, part of the Tropical Marine Biology course of the University of Amsterdam.
Ecosystem of the Wadden Sea for students of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Introduction to Oceanology, part of the Marine Biology programme of the University of Groningen. 
Physical Oceanography, in co-operation with IMAU (University of Utrecht).
Marine Ecosystems, part of the Marine Biology programme of the University of Groningen.
Introduction to marine sciences, course for NIOZ PhD's and co-operating graduate schools

Boats (please detail):
Pelagia (length 16 m?)
Navicula (length 21 m?)
Griend (length 10 m)
Small open boat (7.5 m)

Collecting service for life material provided by the station:
fishing with traps has been done by the fisherman of the institute since 1960. From April to November the traps are investigated and emptied daily

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, at least one volume (4 numbers) each year

Video, films:
Video: Springtime in Antarctica; The Loch Linnhe project; Ersem (The European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model); Partners in science (Snellius II expeditie); Delta finale; De Pelagia; Annual fluctuation of chlorophyll in the North Sea; TV Snellius II (Aart G

Biological data:
Many years records of benthic organisms in the Wadden Sea

Models:
ERSEM is a comprehensive ecosystem model: which dynamically simulates the large-scale ycling of organic carbon, oxygen and the macro-nutrients N, P and Si over the seasonal cycle in the North Sea.
FYFY is a model of the algal succession in the southern No

At the station (number of rooms, studios):
25 one person rooms, 15 six person rooms, 10 appartments

Boat(s):
Pelagia: F 17000 / day; Navicula F 4000 / day; Griend F 800 / day

Meals at the station (breakfast, lunch, dinner:
Breakfast F 6.5; lunch F 7.5; dinner F 10


Associate Director(s):
DR. A. M. Bullock & PROF. J. B. l. Matthews

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Physical and biological oceanography and sediment processes.
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
Sea loch experiments
Land-Ocean interaction Study (LOIS)
MASTII - Processes in Regions of Freshwater Influence (PROFILE)
Environmental change at fisch farms and fish health
Benthic recovery programme
Organic waste disposal in the marine environment
Cultivation of toxic dinoflagellatesAutomated algal biossay of water quality bij means of the cage culture turbidostat
The ecological role of diatom resting-stages in coastal waters

Predator-prey and related studies
Studies on fish larvae
Feeding behaviour of juvenile flatfishes
Sensory aspects of feeding in flatfishes
Predation on juvenile flatfishes
Benthic and inschore ecology and biology

Deep-Sea pelagic organisms
Population biology
Continental slope current zooplankton
Spermatophore transfer
Morphology of Pleuromasma species

Deep-Sea benthopelagic fish
Structure and dynamics of pelagic biota in marginal oceanic basin, the Rockall Trough

Deep-Sea benthic dynamics
Temporal variability in deep-sea benthic populations
Deep-sea macrobenthic community structure and biodiversity
Shelf-edge studies

Invertebrate surface biology
Biology of sub-cuticular bacteria
Antifouling mechanisms

Marine Technology
Culture Collection
Algae and Protozoa
Diving support

Other (please specify):
Inshore research vessels 62' an 35' (Calanus and Seol Mara)
Experimental site - Dunstaffnage Bay
CCAP

Research laboratories for visitors (no#, approx# surface):
1 visitors labs with bench space (accommodates 4 people)

Teaching laboratories1:
(Subject to availability - needs to be booked well in advance)


Name of the Station:
Intituto per lo Sfruttamento Biologico delle Lagune

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
National: fry migration into lagoons; water depuration with artificial wetlands
CEE
Institutional: macrozoobenthos of lagoons; lagoon oceanography; fish aquaculture

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
CEE tempus project: aquaculture training

Boats (please detail):
2 Flat-bottomed boats, 6 m long (wood); flat-bottomed boat 5.2 m long (aluminium)

Hydrographic data:
Temperature and salinity of Lesina Lagoon

Hydrographic data1:
Temperature and Salinity of Lesina Lagoon

Research laboratories for visitors (no#, approx# surface):
facilities can be used by visiting researchers by prior agreement

Laboratory:
short operations are free. Foe larger scale work, funds must be found.


Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences (CCMS)

Boats (please detail):
R/V Squilla (20 m);
R/V Segia (12 m);
R/V Tumaris (13 m)


Associate Director(s):
Prof Dr Ilkay Salihoglu; Prof Dr Cemal Saydam

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
1. Projects With National Support: 
National Monitoring Programs: Northeastern Mediterranean Sea Sub-Project; Sea Of Marmara Sub-Project; Eastern Black See Sub-Project; Investigation Of Transport Paths of Atmospheric Pollutants To The Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Investigation of Post Operational Oceanographic And Atmospheric Factors of SEKA-TaSucu Paper Plant.
Determination Of Heavy Metal Pollution By Land Based Sources On The Central And Eastern Black Sea Coasts.
Productivity And Significance Of The Microbial Loop For The Cycling Of Matter Within The Upper Layers Of Our Seas.

II. Projects Supported By International Agencies
Physical/Biological/Chemical Oceanography Of The Eastern Mediterranean (POEM-BC)
Cooperative Marine Science Program For The Black Sea (COMSBlack)
Ecosystem Modelling As A Management Tool For The Black Sea: A Regional Program Of Multi-Institutional Cooperation (TU-Black Sea Project)
Measurements Of Selected Tracers, Modelling The Exchanges, Transport And Mixing Processes In The Black Sea.
A Comparative Study Of Primary Productivity, Transport And Shelf-open Sea Interactions In The Black Sea, Based On The SeaWiFS And CZCS Data
Monitoring Via Direct Measurements Of The Modes Of Mixing And Transport Of Wastewater Discharges Into The Bosphorus Underflow

Sea water supply:
no continuous sea water supply. The institute is located on the sea.

Teaching laboratories:
research labs are also used for training

Boats (please detail):
R/V Bilim: length 40.3m; Beam 9.5m; Tonnage 433 grop ton
R/V Lamas: length: 16m 28 gross ton, trawlery used in biological and fisheries survey.
R/V Erdemli: Length: 17m; used for coastal oceanog-raphic research.

Chromatography:
GC 6000 Carlo Erba Vega Series 2, with ECD and FID detectors and Packard M-428 GC with FID detectors

Autoanalysers:
four channel Technical (Model A-II) autoanalyzer

Nets:
planktonnets (Nansen closing net, Egg net, Naked Hai)

Dredges:
hydraulic controlled fish nets (bottom and mid-water trawl and gill nets)

Published Fauna & Flora lists and indentification guides:
Ichtyoplankton of the Black Sea (in Turkish); List of immigrant Red Sea Fishes.

Collected reprints available:
1978-1982 collected reprints, 1983-1994 loose reprints

Biological data:
1980-1989 Fisheries trawl data of  NE Mediterranean

Biological data1:
1991-1994 Ichtyoplankton data of the black sea.

Hydrographic data1:
1985-1994: CDT data of the Black Sea and NE Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara

Models:
Implementation of the Princeton Ocean Iviodel, (POM) to the eddy resolving, wind and thermohaline driven circulation of Black Sea (Oguz, T., P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, D. Aubrey, 1994)

Research laboratories for visitors (no#, approx# surface):
visiting investigators welcome to use our facilities if previous arrangement are made

At the station (number of rooms, studios):
2 studios (2 persons); 2 houses with 3 bedrooms (6 persons each); 2 houses with 2 bedrooms (4 persons each)

Beaches:
NE Mediterranean, Black Sea, Aegean and Marmara Sea

Deep sea:
NE Mediterranean, Black Sea, Aegean and Marmara Sea

Presence of front(s):
Asia Minor frontal current system along the southern Turkish (Mediter.) coast and rim current frontal zone along the Black Sea coast

Lagoon:
Akgöl (50 km); Tuzla (110 km); Yumurtalik (200 km); Paradeniz (50 km); Akyatan (110 km)


Name of the Station:
University Marine Biological Station, Millport (UMBSM)

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
EC Programme on Natural Antifouling Mechanisms
EPSRC Marine Antifouling Strategies
EC Shallow Dredging Effects
MAFF Disease of Nephrops
EC/MAFF Biology of Nephrops
NERC Biology of benthic scavengers
NERC Protistan ecology
NERC/MAFF Foraminaferan Biology
SSG/ CROWN ESTATE Wrasse ecology
Scottish NUCLEAR Mussel Fouling
Scottish NUCLEAR Heavy Metals and Seaweeds
MAFF Ecology of Maxmuellaria

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
30-40 universities bring courses to UMBSM (U.K. and Europe)
M.Sc. Aquatic resource management (Kings College, London) spends 5 weeks per year at UMBSM
M.Sc. Use of the sea (London School of economics) taught for 1 week
Occasional specialized taxonomic workshops
MBI courses (Easter-September) - 2 week marine biology courses for < 80 undergraduates.
MB2 course (August)- 2 week microbiology course (< 40 undergraduates)

Boats (please detail):
Aora 15 m (trawl dredges etc.) fully seagoing
Name not readable (trawl dredges etc.) 10 m coastal

Diving (including supply and/or refill cylinders):
Full diving facilities, recompresion chamber, 3 divers

Other (please specify):
Temperature control equipment
Underwater video
Editing suite
Low light video
X-ray machine
Ultra sound scanner

Biological data:
30+ years of biological data (Kames Bay)

Hydrographic data:
40+ years of sea temperature data
Continuation of above

Hydrographic data1:
Tidal data; daily temperatures (Air/Sea)

Meals at the station (breakfast, lunch, dinner:
breakfast 2.5 p; lunch 3.1 p; dinner 4.3 p


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Amongst others, the institute carries out research in the following fields:
- Processes of exchange of organic matter and energy in ecological sub-systems of the Baltic Sea;
- Climate and antrophogenic effects on Baltic Sea ecosystems and in Estonian marine waters;
- Dynamics and prognosis of fish stocks.
The institute is responsible for the Marine Monitoring Sub-Programme of the National Monitoring Programme and gives scientific advice to national fisheries administration for management of commercial fishery resources. The institute has experience from various international R&D projects (including through several EC funded projects) by involving marine and fisheries research institutions mainly form the Baltic Sea area, but also from other regions such as the Mediterranean, the North Sea and North America.

Dredges:
Y Apstein, Juday, Rass trawl, Hensen etc.

Main fields:
Fisheries, ichthyology, marine biology, physical oceanography

Biological data:
chl a, phyto-, zoo-, ichthyoplankto, nekto-, zoobenthos

Hydrographic data:
temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients (N, P, Si)

Biological data1:
chl a, phyto-, zoo-, ichthyoplankto, nekto-, zoobenthos

Hydrographic data1:
temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients (N, P, Si)


Name of the Station:
Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
The Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS) was founded in 1982 to bring together staff of the University concerned with estuarine and coastal issues across a wide range of disciplines. The Institute has its own laboratory and research equipment on the hull Campus and at Scarborough, as well as access to facilities elsewhere in the University. The main component of our activities is in applied marine science and management, particularly looking at actual and potential anthropogenic changes in estuarine and coastal areas. We also undertake pure research, as shown by a recent research council funding on sediment dynamics, and in supervising and housing research projects of undergraduates and taught and research postgraduates. The Institute works locally, on the Humber estuary and the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coasts; nationally, for example Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland, Plymouth Sound and the Solway Firth, and elsewhere in Europe, for example in co-ordinating EU projects and working with other laboratories such as RIKZ and KEMA in the Netherlands and the Universities of Aveiro and Lisbon in Portugal. At international level, IECS is involved in the Intenational EMECS Centre in Japan and in IGBP programmes such as LOICZ.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
BSc in Aquatic Biology and Coastal Marine Biology
MSc/Dip in Estuarine and Coastal Science and Management 
Post-graduate research: MSc by research, MPhil, PhD
BBC Blue Planet course on the web


Affiliation:
Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
IOLR carries out basic and applied research in the felds of oceanography, maricultue and marine biotechnology. In fulfillment of its mandate as a national institution, much of IOLR's scientific effort is directed to monitoring and assessing the status of Israel's Mediterranean coast, and predicting the response to environmental perturbations. The R&D effort in mariculture and marine biotechnology is directed at the development of technologies for exploitation of marine organisms for food and biochemical materials. IOLR also provides a range of professional services including: Hydrographic, oceanographic and water quality surveys, analyses and modelling; environmental impact assessments. The broad range of questions considered include such diverse topics as ocean circulation and mixing; air-sea interaction; coastal erosion; biogeochemical cycles; ecology of marine organisms and the dynamics of their populations; and the impact of human activities on coastal and marine ecosystems.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Training and educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students, and science-oriented youth.

Sea water supply:
indoor & outdoor experimental facilities provided with running seawater including aquaria, holding tanks and an experimental algae cultivation farm.

Research laboratories:
modern laboratories equipped with advanced instrumentation for chemical, biochemical and radioisotope analyses, and physiological and molecular work

Meeting/seminar room(s):
one auditorium seating 160, one meeting room seating 25

Boats (please detail):
R/V Shikmona, built 1963, steel hull, 27 m length, draft 3.7 m, Twin screw, 12v-71GM engines 254 kw each, crew 5, scientific crew 15, GPS navigation, Echo sounder, GMDAA communication, Wet lab 10.5 mm, dry lab 17.5 m, CTD winch, Hydrographic winch, A frame - 4 tonnes cap., side crane 500 kg.  R/V Etziona, built 1982, Fiberglass hull, 14.4 m length, draft 1.8 m, Twin engines 173 kW each, crew 2, scientific crw 13, GPS, Echo sounder, Dry lab 15 m, light winch.

Hydrographic data:
1947 - present, temp, salinity, wave currents, sea level

Models:
full hydrodynamic model for Levantine Sea, Wave model

Research laboratories for visitors (no#, approx# surface):
visitors can be accomodated within existing research laboratories

Beaches:
mostly sandy, some stretches of rocky shore

Other (specify):
soft bottom, rocky bottom, canyon, vermetid reef - within reach.  submarine canyon, vermetid reef


Name of the Station:
Stazione di Biologia Marina di Porto Cesareo

Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali

Postal address:
Ecotekne
Via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni
73100 LECCE

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Lifecycles of marine invertebrates (institutional) (Hydrozoa, Calanoida, Polychaeta).
Ecology and Diversity of coastal communities ( national) (rocky shores; brackish water basins; marine submerged caves).
Evaluation of biodiversity along the Otranto Cannel coasts (Interreg Prog.), 
Afrodite project on Marine Protected Areas
PEET (NSF) project on Hydrozoan taxonomy

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Analists of Coast Strip State (national) 1998
Design and Analysis of Biological Experiments 1999
Training Course of Inventories of Marine Benthic Habitats 1999
Corso internazionale di statistica applicata all’impostazione di disegni sperimentali in ecologia marina: “Design and analysis of biological experiments” 1999
Corso internazionale di statistica applicata all’impostazione di disegni sperimentali in ecologia marina “Design and analysis of biological experiments: an advanced Course" 2000.

Boats (please detail):
1 outboard boat (length 6m, engine 150 HP)

Maps:
carte IGM del Salento e carte nautiche della Puglia

Maps (detail please):
Sea bottom of Porto Cesareo AMP and of Torre Guaceto AMP

Other (specify):
brackish water lakes, submerged caves, coralligenous banks


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
The research at the Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology is focussed on the functioning of estuarine and coastal ecosystems, the impact of engineering and pollution on estuarine systems and on long term changes in ecosystems. The research is based on a multidisciplinary, integrated approach of aquatic ecosystems in which the different organisation levels and processes are coupled using synthetic techniques such as remote sensing and modelling. The major processes are studied in detail by using modern experimental techniques such as mesocosms and a flume tank. The institute is involved in and coordinating several national and international, especially EC, programmes.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Courses on Marine Ecology for PhD students

Sea water supply:
2 pipelines with direct connection to sea

Flow cytometer:
At the limnological center of the same institute

Main fields:
chemistry, geology, biology (all marine)


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Research activities are conducted under the UMR CNRS ELICO unit recognised by the National Ministry of Education, Research and Technology and CNRS which associates lecturer-researchers of the Université de Lille and of the Université du Littoral, Calais. 
Pluri-disciplinary research (physics, chemistry and biology including molecular biology) concerns three major interfaces:
1) Continent ocean interface : quantifying and nature of contaminants, pollutants and other inputs;
2) Ocean atmosphere interface, water colour, satellite observation, imagery and primary production;
3) Water sediment interface : physical, chemical and biological processes at the water sediment interface, action of turbulence on biological processes.
The geographical scale of these studies covers the whole of the Eastern English Channel including the Seine Estuary and the Southern North Sea ; however a few studies concentrate on the Dover straits, area of transition between the English Channel and the North Sea and where tide induced phenomena from the English Channel (megatidal sea), are strongest.
These studies are conducted on multiple scales of observation, from the micro- to meso- spatial scales and from the order of the second to long-term (>10 years) temporal scales. Two major topics are involved : topic 1 : Carbon fluxes and topic 2 : Contaminant fluxes. The two topics are linked by research in trophic web dynamics and the water sediment interface, assuring a coordinated development of studies.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
The Marine Laboratory of Wimereux is a Department of the University of Science and Technology of Lille (Lille 1). The laboratory has four main activities : 
University research, ‚ Host for researchers and students teaching and observation and study of both coastal and littoral environments.
The laboratory's capabilities as a host include : rooms for practical studies, classrooms, a restaurant and accommodation for up to 50 students on various field courses. Apart from student accommodation, there is additional space for up to 10 researchers working either on their own research programmes, or on the current research programmes of the various teams of the laboratory. The laboratory itself covers 2850 m2 of which 1000 m2 concern research purposes : laboratories, offices, aquariums and a library. An oceanographic research vessel, the "Sepia II" under the auspices of the "Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers" (INSU) of the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) is based at the port of Boulogne s/mer completing the oceanographic research facilities : sampling equipment for benthos and plankton, video camera, equipment for in situ benthic measurements, CTD salinity meter and a wide range of field and laboratory equipment. Research activities of the Marine laboratory of Wimereux are conducted under the UMR 8013 ELICO  recognised by the National Ministry of Education, Research and Technology which associates lecturer-researchers of the Université de Lille and of the Université du Littoral, Calais and researchers of the C.N.R.S. Pluri-disciplinary research (physics, chemistry and biology including molecular biology) concerns three major interfaces: Continent ocean interface : quantifying and nature of contaminants, pollutants and other inputs ; Ocean atmosphere interface, water colour, satellite observation, imagery and primary production ; Water sediment interface : physical, chemical and biological processes at the water sediment interface, action of turbulence on biological processes. The geographical scale of these studies covers the whole of the Eastern English Channel and the Southern North Sea ; however a few studies concentrate on the Dover straits, area of transition between the (megatidal sea), are strongest. These studies are conducted on multiple scales of observation, from the micro-to meso- spatial scales and from the order of the second to long-term (>10 years) temporal scales. Two topics are linked by research in trophic web dynamics and the water sediment intergace, assuring a coordinated development of studies. Finally, an Observation Team provide observations of biological, hydrobiological and chemical parameter on the littoral environment.

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Travaux de la Station Marine de Wimereux, 1/y

Laboratory:
all the prices change each year see web site

Boat(s):
all the prices change each year see web site

Specialized laboratory equipment:
all the prices change each year see web site

Specimens:
all the prices change each year see web site

Living accomodation at the station:
all the prices change each year see web site

Meals at the station (breakfast, lunch, dinner:
all the prices change each year see web site


Associate Director(s):
BIANCHI Micheline & BERTRAND Jean-Claude

Postal address:
Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille
Rue de la Batterie des Lions
13007 MARSEILLE

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Research Contracts carried out in 2001: Ifremer, CNRS, INSU, Région PACA, Europe (6ème PCRDT), CEA., INRIA,  Pechiney, Total Elf Fina, Port Cros, Groupement d'Intérêt Public pour la réhabilitation de l'Etang de Berre,Institut français de Systématique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut français de la Biodiversité. Main research Topics : Biogeochemical cycles of biogenic elements in the marine environment.
Hydrodynamic structures and biological answers (modeling). Production, transformation, transfers and biological breakdown of the organic matter in the deep-sea ecosystems (euphotic layer and deep water column) and coastal (modelling). Functional and taxonomic Biodiversity of the marine communities. Environmental changes and functioning of the observation of the oceanic environment within the framework of climatic change (Observatory function). Long term series observation. Biodiversity.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
COM is currently the only French university proposing a complete cursus in oceanography. The first degree DEUG STU is harmoniously complemented by a further two cursus of the second degree, and cursus of the third degree (DEA and DESS). This teaching is specialized in the field of fundamental and applied oceanography. The number of specialized formations proposed by the COM increased from four in 1995-96 to nine in 2001-2002,

Boats (please detail):
1 trawler (17m length), 1 boat (7 meter length), 1 rubber boat(5m)

Other (please specify):
Atomic absorption, spectrometer, mass spectrometer, flow cytometer, Coulter Multisizer Granulometer, CHN Analyser, Technicon multiparameter prohe, CTD profiler


Name of the Station:
Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (EcoServe)

Postal address:
Unit B19
KCR Industrial Estate
Kimmage
Dublin 12

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
NATIONAL PROJECTS
Marine and freshwater EIS
Intertidal and subtidal biotope mapping along the East coast of Ireland (SensMap)
Inshore marine mapping scoping study
Western River Basin Management Scheme (Water Framework Directive - Sept 2002)

EUROPEAN PROJECTS
Atlantic Coral Ecosystem study (ACES) (www.informatics.ie/aces)
BioMare (www.biomareweb.org)
COST-IMPACT (www.cost-impact.org)
MARBENA (Sept 2002)
EuroCat (Species 2000) (Sept 2002)

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Host for Leonardo da Vinci fellowship (Oct 2002)

Laboratory services:
small sorting and identification laboratory

Main fields:
Marine ecology, impact assessment, biodiversity, aquaculture, fish

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Marine Ecology Progress series, JMBA, Irish Naturalists, Biology and Environment,

Published Fauna & Flora lists and indentification guides:
Marine and freshwater ID guides and keys


Affiliation:
Inaugural meeting, Paris 7th of March 1994

Postal address:
Tvaerminne Zoological Station,
University of Helsinki,
10900 Hanko

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
LITTORAL STUDIES

Ecology of shallow coastal archipelago waters
Dr. Markku Viitasalo, markku.viitasalo@fimr.fi
Finnish Institute of Marine Research

Perennial macro algae communities
Dr. Ari Ruuskanen, ari.ruuskanen@helsinki.fi
Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki

PELAGIAL STUDIES  

Functional diversity in planktonic ecosystems. Comparative study of ecological transfer efficiency in freshwater, brackish water, brackish water and oceanic coastal habitats
Dr. Timo Tamminen, timo.tamminen@vyh.fi
Finnish Environment Institute

Experimental analysis of functional diversity and competition strategies of coastal phytoplankton assemblages 
Dr. Pirjo Kuuppo, pirjo.kuuppo@vyh.fi
Finnish Environment Institute

SIGNAL (Significance of anthropogenic/external nutrient loading to central Baltic nitrogen cycling)
Dr. Pirjo Kuuppo, pirjo.kuuppo@vyh.fi
Finnish Environment Institute
http://www.io-warnemuende.de/projects/signal/en_index.htm

Closing the carbon budget for the Gulf of Finland
Dr. Harri Kuosa, harri.kuosa@fimr.fi
Finnish Institute of Marine Research

Photobiology of planktonic cyanobacteria
M.Sc. Jukka Seppälä, jukka.seppala@vyh.fi
Finnish Environment Institute
http://www.vyh.fi/eng/fei/ird/bopt_en.htm
Tvärminne Studies 8: 15, 16

Effects of environmental factors on the feeding success of planktivorous fish larvae in the Baltic Sea
Dr. Markku Viitasalo, markku.viitasalo@fimr.fi
Finnish Institute of Marine Research

Mixotrophy in the Baltic Sea food webs
Dr. Riitta Autio, riitta.autio@fimr.fi
Finnish Institute of Marine Research

BENTHIC STUDIES 

Significance of bioturbation by the macrobenthic organisms for the oxygenation of Baltic Sea bottom sediments, and the effects of hypoxia on this process.
Dr. Magnus Lindström, magnus.lindstrom@helsinki.fi
Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki
http://rontti.helsinki.fi/tvea/Magnus/magnus.htm

The role of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis in the north eastern Baltic Sea: factors determining the distribution of the species at the edge of its range
M.sc. Mats Westerbom, mats.westerbom@helsinki.fi
Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki
Tvärminne Studies 8: 8

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Ice climatology of Okhotsk and Baltic Sea
Prof. Matti Leppäranta, matti.lepparanta@helsinki.fi
Department of Geophysics, University of Helsinki
http://geophysics.helsinki.fi/research/snow_ice/index.html
Tvärminne Studies 8: 31

Coastal Sea Ice and Oceanography of the Baltic Sea 
M.Sc. Antti Lindfors, antti.lindfors@helsinki.fi
Department of Geophysics, University of Helsinki
http://geophysics.helsinki.fi/research/snow_ice/index.html
Tvärminne Studies 8: 30

 
POPULATION BIOLOGY

Population dynamics of eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) in the Northern Baltic: a broad approach
Dr. Mikael Kilpi, mikael.kilpi@sydvast.fi
ARONIA Environment Åbo Akademi University & Sydväst Polytechnic
Tvärminne Studies 8: 32, 33, 46

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sexual selection, parental care and the evolution of breeding systems
Dr. Kai Lindström, kai.lindstrom@helsinki.fi
Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki
Tvärminne Studies 8: 37

The evolution of colony characteristics in social insects
Dr. Liselotte Sundström, liselotte.sundstrom@helsinki.fi
Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/ants/
Tvärminne Studies 8: 40 – 44

Evolutionary dynamics of a Daphnia metapopulation
Dr. Dieter Ebert, d.ebert@unibas.ch
Zoological Institute of the University of Basel
http://www.unibas.ch/dib/zoologie/ebert/hostpara.html
Tvärminne Studies 8: 36

BIODIVERSITY

BIOMARE: Implementation and networking of large-scale long-term MARine BIOdiversity research in Europe.
Dr. Eva Sandberg-Kilpi, eva.sandberg@helsinki.fi
Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki
http://www.biomareweb.org

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Each year ca 25 field courses are arranged at the station. Most of the courses deal with the brackish water environment. International courses are also arranged at the station each year.

Surface of buildings:
laboratory building2300 meter square, total ca 6000 meter square

Teaching laboratories:
two classrooms (150 meter square and 100 meter square)

Conference room:
two classrooms and one additional conference room

Boats (please detail):
"Saduria", 48 ft, crane and winches, laboratory onboard with 220V and 380 V AC, CTD, ADCP, deep freeze etc. "Clupea" 28 ft with crane and winches. Hudrocopter for weak ice conditions.

Diving (including supply and/or refill cylinders):
SCUBA diving possible, an international certificate (**). Refilling possible.

Collecting service for life material provided by the station:
Technical staff help in collecting live material

Corers:
Box corer, van Veen, Ekman-Birge, Limnos core sampler

Controlled environment rooms:
7 climatic chambers (4m2), 2 aquaria rooms (60m2, 75m2)

Other (please specify):
Stereo microscopes (Wild M3, M4, M5, M7, M8), light microscopes (Wild M11, M20 with and without phasencontrast), inverted microscope (Wild M40, Leitz Labovert, Leitz Dialux), epifluorescens microscope (Leitz Dialux 20), converted microscopes (Leitz Dialux with video apparatus), Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu UV-2101 PC), spectrofluorometer (Shimadzu RF-5000), salinometer (Autosal Guildline 8400A), C/N Analyser (Hewlett Packard 339A), carbon analyser, scintillation counters, CTD-probe (SIS CTDplus100), radiation senser (I-COR), balances (Mettler AE 100, PE 3600, PM 34, AE101, Cahn 25, Sartorius)

Main fields:
hydrobiology, brackish water biology, zoology. Collection includes 570 m of journals, books and reprints

Maps:
good collection of local maps and nautical charts

Publications:
Walter and Andre'e de Nottbecks scientific reports

Published Fauna & Flora lists and indentification guides:
Turbellarian Fauna of the Baltic proper (1974), Fauna Marina Tvaermenniensis (card-file), Check-list of the northern Baltic phytoplankton (1979)

Newsletter (name, freq#):
Tvaerminne Studies (research abstract collection), every 2-3 years

Current list of publications:
yearly lists are available on request and from our homepage (Tvaerminne Studies)

Historical data:
historical data available from publications

Biological data:
expeditions to the estuary Pojo Bay in early 1910, late 1930s, 1969-70, 1990-93 (especially phytoplankton). Zoobethos in Tvaerminne Storfjaerd, from 1962 onwards (older data from1920-40s), Turbellarians from 1902 -1969, primary production in the pelagial 1972-95, zooplankton in Tvaerminne Storfjaerd 1966-1984, 1992-, zooplankton in the pelagial 1985-1993.

Hydrographic data:
expeditions to the estuary Pojo Bay in early 1910, late 1930s, 1969-70, 1990-93, salinity and temperature in Tvaerminne Storfjaerd from 1962 and nutreint from 1992 onwards, hydrography and nutrients from the outer pelagial 1972-95.

Biological data1:
zoobenthos and zooplankton from Tvaerminne Storfjaerd


Name of the Station:
Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC)

Laboratory services:
Fishery Information System Lab, Brood-stock Labs, Hatcheries, Deep-Sea Technology Development, Chemical analysis Lab, Microbiology Lab, Satellite ground Station for NOAA imagery downloading, Multimedia Office

Surface of buildings:
Main building (2,600 m2), Aquaculture facility (4,000 m2), New installations of the "Thalassocosmos" complex (14,884 m2)

Sea water supply:
Mainly for the needs of the Aquaculture facility

Research laboratories:
Fisheries: 3; Aquacultrue: 5; Marine Ecology: 2; Oceanography: 4; Environmental Technology/Management: 4; Genetics: 2; Marine Info Systems: 2;

Boats (please detail):
R/V Filia; R/V Aegean Falcon (in contruction)

Chromatography:
Gas Chromatograph HP 6809; Gas Chromatograph HP 5890; Atomic Abs. Spectr. Perkin Elmer, 4100 ZL Spectrophot. Merc Nova 60

Autoanalysers:
Elementar Analyser (CHN) Perkin Elmer 2400, Nutrient Analyser Scalar, In Situ Nutrient Analysers (WS Ocean System, 2 units)

Image analysis:
2 Systems (Depts of Aquaculture and Fisheries)

Nets:
Trawls (Otter, Agassiz, Beam); Multiple Plankton sampler; Hyperbenthic sled

Corers:
multicorer (2), Box Coreres, USNEL-type corers (2)

(Super-)Computer(s):
Super-Computer: 1 (purchased); UNIX: 12; PC-Mac: 93

Main fields:
aquaculture,environment impact assessment,environmental studies,fisheries biology and management,fisheries technology,marine biology,marine chemistry,marine ecology,marine geology marine mammals,marine microbiology, marine pollution,oceanography

CD-ROM searching:
ASFA,World Biodiversity,Guide of proposals for E.U

Maps (detail please):
Hydrographic service of Greece,and few global

Other:
Automated Library System Geac Advance 6.7

Biological data1:
Fisheries Production (catch) monthly Jan96-present for commercially important species; Fisheries Landings monthly Jan83-present


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
The MBA promotes scientific research into all aspects of life in the sea, including the environment. The MBA programme of fundamental research in marine biology includes: an individual Fellowship programme of curiosity driven research within the NERC mission; basic biomedical research using marine organisms as experimental model systems; long-term studies of marine ecosystems using a body of information from over 100 years of research. Research areas include oceanography and fisheries; ecology, biodiversity and behaviour; functional and comparitive biology; molecular biology and physiology. Some projects are carried out entirely within the MBA, but many involve collaborations with other organisations, both within the UK and abroad.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
The MBA runs a Cell Physiology Workshop each year. This is attended by 16 students, with 40 tutors over a two week period. Both students and tutors visit from many different universities, about half coming from abroad. The MBA also disseminates information from research via its web site (www.mba.ac.uk), the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN, www.marlin.ac.uk), the MBA Newsletter, journal and annual report. Various activities are organised to increase the public understanding of science and to involve local schools. These include displays as part of National Science Week each year, visits to schools and "sea shore safaris". The MarLIN pogramme has initiated Sealife Signpost, which provides guidance on marine life recording schemes which members of the public can join. There are also training courses which are held in the MBA Resource Centre, but run by other organisations.

Sea water supply:
seawater supply pumped from Plymouth Sound

Research laboratories:
approx. 30, various sizes and facilities

Meeting/seminar room(s):
1 and common room with catering facilities

Workshops and stores:
workshops within the building and an offsite store

Main fields:
marine biology, chemistry, ecology, pollution, ocaeanography, fisheries.

Biological data:
National Marine Biologicla Library and also under MBA projects such as MarLIN, MarClim and the Marine Environmental Change Network

Present data:
Montioring of L4 and E1 sites off Plymouth Sound

Research laboratories for visitors (no#, approx# surface):
visitors have access to any suitable lab on site

Wet sorting room(s):
1 dedicated to visitors, others may also be used

Intertidal:
Citadel Hill is right on Plymouth Strand

Presence of front(s):
several tide fronts, Ushant front(E1 and L5 are frontal stations)

Estuarine system:
Plymouth Sound and associated estuaries (Tamar, Plum, Yealm), others within easy distance

Other (specify):
Three research vessels: Squilla for offshore work, Sepia for inshore/coastal work, Tamaris for estuarine work. Regular sampling programs.


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
National
Arctic Benthic Fauna: community/environment studies
Benthos-sediment interactions (Arctic emphasis, bioturbation & bio-availability)
National biodiversity monitoring programme (in development)
Taxonomic competence  (polychaetes, echinoderms and amphipods)
Applied biodiversity studies for coastal and off-shore enviromental management

International
Benthic studies in arctic seas (Norway/Russia)
Coastal benthic biodiversity around Svalbard (Norway/Poland)
Comparative digestibility of ice algae/benthos (Norway/ USA) 
Ecosystem & climate interactions  (Norway/ USA) 
Reconstructing benthic biodiversity changes using historical data (Norway/Alaska/Russia)
Taxonomy & systematics of fan-worms

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Mainly exchange visits in connection with on-going projects. Occasional doctoral and masters student openings.

Laboratory services:
Fully equipped benthic laboratory for 10 workers. Fulfils health & safety regulations.

Teaching laboratories:
benthic laboratory suitable for teaching

Meeting/seminar room(s):
2 meeting rooms at Akvaplan-niva, seminar room and further 2 meeting rooms available for hire

Workshops and stores:
Storage of samples & equipment available. Ventilation, freezer rooms available.

Boats (please detail):
Small-boat available for shallow inshore work, larger vessels available for charter from University of Tromsoe.

Library facilities:
Polar-oriented library in-house, international University library in Tromsoe

Biological data:
in house, 20 years national data, Russian cooperation partners have back to 1920s

Hydrographic data1:
local and overseas, mainly for environmental assessment

Models:
several in use, mainly benthic and dispersion modelling

Living accommodation for visitors:
one institute flat for hire, otherwise local accommodation

Deep sea:
approx. 500m near-shore (note - a peculiarity of Norwegian fjords is some can be very deep, some more than 500 m)

Tidal range:
slightly less than 2 m, 1-1.5 m mid-cycle range

Presence of front(s):
not at Tromsoe, but towards Svalbard is the Polar Front


Boats (please detail):
two larger research vessels (details see web-site "Forschungsschiffe")


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
The Marine Biology Section of the Department of Biology (University of Ghent, Belgium) has been involved in ecological and systematic research of marine ecosystems from 1970 onwards. The research started with the investigation of North Sea benthic communities, with special focus on the macro- and meiobenthos. From 1980 onwards, research was expanded to include the hyperbenthic and epibenthic compartments. Research is still going on in the North Sea and adjacent estuaries (SSTC and FWO programmes). European estuaries have been investigated in the framework of international programmes such as EC-MAST I-JEEP92, EC-ENVIRONMENT-MATURS, EC-ENVIRONMENT-ECOFLAT, EC-CONCERTED ACTIONS-ESTUARINE FISHEREIS. Since about ten years, other geographical areas have been included : Deep-sea areas in the Atlantic Ocean (EC-MAST I, II and III), Biology of the Antartic meiobenthos (DWTC-ANTAR III and IV; FWO), Ecology of +tropical estuaries and lagoons (FWO), Population dynamics of macrobenthos of coastal sandbanks (AMINAL, Flemish community) and several Ph.D. projects.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Next to biological courses provided through the licentiate's training at Ghent University, a one-year MSc course in marine and lacustrine sciences (MareLac) is provided,

Boats (please detail):
Two fully equipped research vessels available through other institutes

Centrifuges:
five types (high/low speed, different volumes,..)

Nets:
e.g. large and small hyperbenthic sledge

Other (please specify):
Automatic CN, DOC, TOC analyser, LS Coulter Counter, Fluorometer, Lyophylisator, -80°C freezer, microbalances, respirometer, microelectrodes, spectrophotometer, general field equipment (e.g. salinity, oxygen, PH, etc.), …

Main fields:
marine micro-, meio, macro-, hyper and epibenthos

Colected reprints:
VLIZ (Flemish Institute for the Sea) Collected Reprints

Publications:
collections of publications available for several subjects (e.g. polar, tropical, North Sea benthos research)

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
several journals available through Ghent University

Published Fauna & Flora lists and indentification guides:
identification guides to (worldwide) metazoan marine benthos present

Collected reprints available:
annual VLIZ collected reprints (inc. Lab. Publications)

Biological data:
Meio- and macrobenthos data since early '70; Hyper- and epibenthos data since late '80

Hydrographic data:
All biological sampling was accompanied by measurements of several environmental variables (e.g. sedimentology)

Biological data1:
Meio-, macro-, epi- and hyperbenthos sampling are continuedAll biological sampling was accompanied by measurements of several environmental variables (e.g. sedimentology)

Intertidal:
sandy beaches, artificial hard substrates, tidal flats, salt marshes (all: 0,5-1,5h driving)

Rocky shores:
Artificial hard substrates (groins, dykes, piers, harbour walls) along Belgian coast; nearest natural rocky shores at 2 h driving

Shallow coastal sea:
gravel, sand and muddy bottoms (0,5 h driving + sailing)

Estuarine system:
Westerscheldt estuary and nature reserve "Ijzermonding"

Other (specify):
Sandbank systems (0,5 h driving + 1,5 h sailing); very shallow (app. 0 m MLLWS) offshore intertidal sandbanks present


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
National: Structure and function of the coastal ecosystem (benthic and plankton ecology, HABs, biodiversity of coastal environment, dynamics of coastal sea including field measurements and modelling, biogeochemistry of shallow waters
National monitoring of coastal waters including point and non-point sources of pollution, trophic status of coastal waters, chemical monitoring (PAH, TM), biomonitoring
International: 5th framework programme BIOMARE, BIOFAQs (Q5RS-2000-30305), MAMA (EVR1-2001-00006); Interreg/Crossborder programme (Phare CBC); UNEP MED POL programme (MAP, ME/1100-98-02-2209); Bi-lateral projects with: Croatia, France, Israel, Italy, USA

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Marine Biology station is currently under reconstruction so momentarily no regular courses are held at MBS. 1th phase of reconstruction is expected to be finished by December 2002 and second by December 2003. In past national and international courses in biology, ecology, marine ecology, ecology of coastal waters, coastal zone management were held which are being planned also after reconstruction is finished

Meeting/seminar room(s):
30 persons, from December 2003, additional rooms

Boats (please detail):
Research boat SeaArk 40' dountless: Catterpilar 2x350HP Jet, 12m lenght over all, range 220nM, max speed 19nM/h.  Also wooden boat 7meters

Other (please specify):
Oceanografic buoy (ADCP, T, C, anemometer, etc.) at about 1nM offshore

Main fields:
marine biology, ecology, chemical and physical oceanography, marine pollution

Reports available:
In Slovenian language with English abstracts

At the station (number of rooms, studios):
from 2003 on (24 students, 2 professors)

Boat(s):
1845 per day(researh boat), 760 per day (wooden boat)


Postal address:
Sopot 81-712, street Powstancow Warszawy 55

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
IOPAS runs the basic marine research in Poland. It covers physics and dynamics of the sea, ecology, chemistry and biotechnology. Focus is on the climate- change related processes in the European Arctic and on the Baltic Sea environmental health. IOPAS got the status of EU Center of Excellence in Shelf Seas Research, participates in international programmes like EU BEEP, BIOMARE, COSA, VEINS etc.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
IOPAS runs the phD courses together with Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia, number of occasional seminars and training workshops are organised ad hoc every year by specific departments.

Boats (please detail):
research vessel r/v OCEANIA, 48 meters long

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
peer reviewed quarterly journal OCEANOLOGIA


Affiliation:
AAU/Environmental & Marine Biology (Dept. Biology)

Postal address:
FIN-22220 Emkarby, Aland Isl. / FIN-20500 Turku

Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Coastal & archipelago marine ecology and environmental protection. Long-term changes, eutrophication, importance of nursery grounds and key-habitats (sandy bottoms, seagrass beds, lagal belts and mats). Marine biodiversity and functional ecology (experimental approach). Decision-support systems for maintanance and governance of marine ecosystems under stress.

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Basic field ecology (primarily aquatic); experimental marine ecology; MSc and PhD level education

Sea water supply:
Surface water during ice free period (May to October

Research laboratories:
biology (benthos, fish), hydrography & chemistry

Teaching laboratories:
good overall teaching lab, including AV, IT & other equipment

Diving (including supply and/or refill cylinders):
standard diving facilities including refills

Specialized equipements:
plankton, vegetation, benthos & fish; sampling gear

Dredges:
Y (standard for coastal and shallow waters)

Corers:
Y (small box corers, cylinders & Van Veen)

(Super-)Computer(s):
Y (desktop computers; at campus access to main c.)

Network:
Y (local at field station; main through campus)

Controlled environment rooms:
Y (access to cold rooms with adjustable t & light)

Experimental ecosystems (mesocosms, microcosms):
Y (flexible aquarium facilities at station & campus)

Other (please specify):
Y good facitlities for field experimentation

Library facilities:
Y (main library at campus; www.abo.fi(bibl)

Main fields:
Broad biology & ecology & marine sciences

Maps:
Y (adequate sea charts and local terrain maps)

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Forskningsrapporter fr. Huso biol. Stat.; ca 3 issues per year. Compendia with identification keys

Maps (detail please):
Basic GIS-map of the Archipelago Sea & Aland Isl.

Current list of publications:
Y (at dept. library at campus & at field station)

Collected reprints available:
Y (through individual researchers & library)

Biological data:
Zoobenthos, fish, macrophytes & phytoplankton (ca 1970 --=

Biological data1:
Zoobenthos, fish, macrophytes & phytoplankton

Research Aquariums:
Y (summer at field station; winter at campus)


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
"Marine Biology and Ecology (phytoplankton, zooplankton, macrophytobenthos and zoobenthos, fish-stock assessment, biodiversity, response to environmental parameters – eutophication and pollution);
Marine Chemistry (monitoring and analysis of hydrochemical components in the sea, rivers and lakes, indicators of marine environment ecological state: nutrients, oxygen, suspended matter, POC, heavy metals in sea water and sediments);
Coastal zone Hydrodynamics (wind wave in deep sea and shallow water, wind wave climate, wind wave modeling, statistical wind wave models), Lythodynamics (sediment transport, contemporary bottom changes, beach dynamics and cadastre) and Coastal zone management;
Marine Physics (marine hydrology, water circulation, currents, hydrophysical aspects of marine pollution, semi-enclosed and enclosed basins modelling - Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea);
Marine Geology and Archeology (geological, geophysical and geochemical research, geological mapping, geomorphologic evolution and seabed processes, ancient sea coasts)
Ocean Engineering (developing of oceanographic instrumentation, specialised and precise devices, deep diving and hyperbaric systems, hydro- and geoacoustics)
The experts are involved in consulting decision and policy makers for elaboration of environmental friendly regulations and standards for sustainable management of Black Sea living resources at governmental and local authorities’ level. The scientific staff is qualified in environmental impact assessment expertise."

Research laboratories:
biology, chemistry, coastal zone dynamic, phycics, marine geology and archeology, oceanotechniques

Teaching laboratories:
biology, chemistry, coastal zone dynamic, phycics, marine geology and archeology, oceanotechniques

Diving (including supply and/or refill cylinders):
Research submarine,  working depth - 250 m., photo and video camera,  scuba diving equipment including refill cylinders

(Super-)Computer(s):
Y-workstations, scanners, printers, laptop, videobeam device, overhead projector,

Living accommodation for visitors:
Research station "Shkorpilovci" with 13 rooms


Main research programme (institutional, national and internation:
Several Projects with International (MARÉ, AMORES, ASIMOV, BASBLACK, FIEFA, VENTOX), National (MAROV, CORRAM, AMIR, CLIPE, CODFRA, MAREFISH, CETAMAR), and Regional funding (COLETA, MICA, POPA). For more details please see our web page under "Research". Several Programmes with international aim (Interridge), National aim (Working group on deep sea studies) and Regional aim (POPA).

Main training programmes (incl# national, international courses,:
Our researchers teach a Marine Biology course held in another research Department of the University of the Azores and cooperate with several Universities and Research Departments in master courses. Our research centre accepts students for final thesis, master and doctorat dissertations.

Research laboratories:
8 Labs (Marine Ecology and Biodiversity, Histology and Genetics, Optics and Ageing, Instrumentation and Calibration, Chemistry, Fisheries Resources, Aquaculture and Ethology, Oceanographic Monitoring and Modelling)

Electron microscope:
No, but easy access to SEM in the Azores

Image analysis:
Mac software with connection to b/w and coloured cameras

Plankton recorder:
Chelsea Autonomous Plankton Samples and Seasor

(Super-)Computer(s):
Internet and GIS servers, UNIX analysis system

Maps:
Azorean area maps, some from other regions

Scientific Journal(s) (name(s), frequency):
Arquipélago - Life and Marine Sciences, yearly

Published Fauna & Flora lists and indentification guides:
Fishes of the Azores cheklist, missions cheklist

Video, films:
Only for internal use and environmental awerness

Collected reprints available:
available for internal research and upon demand

Historical data:
some historical reports.  Long term biological/hydrographic data since 1976?

Research laboratories for visitors (no#, approx# surface):
Visitors use the same space as local researchers

Other (specify):
Deep-water Hydrothermal Vents; 200 miles


