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Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV)
CNRS - Sorbonne Université
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Type of Research Institution
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| | Intergovernmental | | | Academic | |  | Governmental, national | | | Private | | | Governmental, local | | | Charity / Foundation |
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Address : Port de la Darse
181 Chemin du Lazaret
06230 Villefranche Sur Mer
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Phone :
+33 4 93 76 39 06
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Director :
Prof Elisabeth Christians
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Contact person :
Administrative assistant
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Number of permanent staff
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| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 101 | | | others : 65 |
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Type of Activities
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| | Pure research | | | Academic | | | Applied research | | | Education / Outreach | | | Long-term monitoring | | | Policy / Planning / Consultancy | | | Technology for environmental applications | | | Conservation & Protection |
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Main fields of research (at present - 6 max)
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| ocean observing systems, biogeochemical cycle, plankton ecology, evolutionnary and developmental biology, acidification, genomics |
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Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
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Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
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| * National ocean obseration services: SOMLITNouvelle fenêtre (Service d'Observation en Milieu LITtoral), MOOSE (Mediterranean Ocean Observing System for the Environment); Argo FRANCE; internal observation services: radeHydro; radeZoo; National Biological resouurces services: EMBRC (European marine Biological ressources center) |
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Total area dedicated to research (m2)
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Conference room
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| no | | yes (number of seats : 70 ) |
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Research vessel(s)
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| less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 1 | | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 0 | | Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
'Sagitta' (8.5 m long, one seaman), serving local hydrochemical and plankton research near Villefranche ;
'Velelle' (7 m long, one seaman), serving local hydrochemical and plankton research, scuba diving, and providing living marine organisms for research and teaching |
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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| * standard instruments for physical and chemical oceanography ;buoys (EOL3, Boussole); hydrology equipments and plankton samplers ; sediment samplers ; high resolution seismic equipment, OBS ; specific instruments for measuring optic properties of sea water ; SHET (continuous chemical and physical data fish recorder) ; Argo floats; laboratory facilities : electron microscopy service, confocal microscopy, light microscopy and microsocpy facilities (MICA) ; laboratories for : isotopes, molecular biology, electrophysiology, biochemistry, trace metal analysis, water and particle ; constant temperature rooms, aquarium and culture room ; scuba diving : divers (collect of Echinodermes, Arbacia lixula, Paracentrotus lividus, Marthasterias glacialis. Ascidies, Phallusia mammillata, Halocynthia papillosa, Ciona intestinalis. Cnidaires, Anemonia sulcata. Macroplancto, fishes), compressor, cylinders, regulators ; computer network ; EMBRC (European marine Biological ressources center) |
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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| Direct access to sea | | No direct access to brackish / estuarine waters |
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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| marine protozoa, ctenarian & cnidarian, echinoderms (larval population), euphausiids, pelagic molluscs, chaetognaths, thaliaces, appendicularian |
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Specimen collections
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Brief description : 2 MCCV (cultured microalgae) collection and plankton collection centre |
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Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
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| yes | | no |
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Training courses
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in marine biology, oceanography, marine geology, numerical ecology, developmental biology (Bachelor and master degrees, summer schools, Sorbonne University) |
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Capacity and brief description of library
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| 7300 books, 300 research periodicals in the field of marine sciences |
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 CIESM GUIDE OF COASTAL INSTITUTES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
Last update : 24/02/2020
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