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Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
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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 : Villa Comunale
80121 Napoli
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Phone :
+ 39 081 583 31 11
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Director :
Ing. Fabrizio Vecchi
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Contact person :
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Number of permanent staff
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| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 50 | | | others : 50 |
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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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| neurobiology, marine botany, ecophysiology, benthic ecology, biochemistry, molecular biology |
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Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
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* Joint Research Unit EMSO
* EMBRC |
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Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
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| * INBALANCE - INvertebrate-BActeriaL Associations as hotspots of benthic Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine ecosystems. Flagship Programme I: Marine organisms: genomics, development and evolution. Flagship Programme II: Marine Observatory: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. Flagship Programme III: Contribution of marine biology and biotechnology to the "Blue Growth" |
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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 : 0 | | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 2 | | Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
"Vettoria:" GPS; radar; echo sounder; pultiparametric probe SBE 911Plus; hydraulic portal for oceanographic instruments and sampling of planktonic and benthic communities; hydraulic winch with double drum; 1500m cable for multiparameter probes and samplers; automatic sampler Carousell SBE with 12 bottles of 10 liters; steel cord (600 m, 5 mm diameter); wet laboratory.
"Hippocampus": electric winch with steel cable; depth sounder; GPS; Multiparameter probe SBE 19Plus V2 |
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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| * analytical equipment and automatic profilers for: inorganic nutrients, dissolved oxygen, POC, TSS, Chla (spectrofluorimetry and spectrophotometry), photsynthethic pigments (HPLC), absorption spectra, modulated fluorescence. Confocal microscopy and bioimaging. 1 TEM, 2 SEM. High performance computing machines for bioinformatics. 6 pelagic mesocosms in coastal waters for short (< 1 month) experiments (capacity 100 m3; depth 15m) equipped with a pumpim system for sampling at 0.2, 5 and 10 m depth, plus light and emperature sensors. Equipment for molecular analysis/sequencing: realtime qPCR, digital PCR, DNA sequencing, genotypin |
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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| Direct access to sea | | No direct access to brackish / estuarine waters | |
Other ecosystems : see Ischia Field Station |
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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| phytoplankton, zooplankton, phytobenthos, amphipods, molluscs, decapods, crustaceans, polychaetes |
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Specimen collections
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| yes | | no | |
Brief description : acantharia, anfipoda, antozoa, archianellida, polychaeta, ascidia, bivalvia, blnnida, briozoa,cefalopoda, chaetognata, copepoda, crustacea larvae, decapoda, demospongia, echinoderma, echinoidea, gasteropoda, idrozoa, isopoda, lampreys, mollusca, nudibranchia, ostracoda, platelminta, polychaeta, poyiplacophora, porifera, radiolaria, scleractinia, stomatopoda, teleostea (deep waters), teleostea (early stages), and other taxons. |
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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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summers schools, advanced courses (e.g. phytoplankton and zooplnakton courses), seminars and workshops; master degree, PhD |
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Capacity and brief description of library
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| the Zoological Collection Database contains 5,834 VR object movies, 19,422 static images and 8,396 label information (about 2,772 species) obtained from the preparations, that have been stored and maintained as the Zoological Collection at SZN since 1910. Also 38 ( 8,406 pages in total) important documents, in which taxonomical, ecological and phylogenical information have been digitized. |
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 CIESM GUIDE OF COASTAL INSTITUTES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
Last update : 01/02/2020
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