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CESAM
University of Aveiro
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Type of Research Institution
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Address : Campus Universitário de Santiago
3810-193 Aveiro
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Phone :
+351 234 372 594
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Director :
Dr Ana Lillebø
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Contact person :
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Number of permanent staff
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| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 71 | | | others : 2 |
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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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Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
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| * CESAM is member of various international networks such as ALTER-net; BlueBio Alliance, Eurocean and Euromarine. It also collaborates with several international universities and research centres, both in research projects or joint publications |
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Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
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| * LTER-RAVE (RIA DE AVEIRO) which is part of the European Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network ; ICOS-infrastructure for integrated monitoring of green-house gases in terrestrial ecosystems and atmosphere; HidroRia – Ria de Aveiro tidal prediction; air quality forecast; ocean and atmospheric forecast and weather forecast |
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Total area dedicated to research (m2)
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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 :
CESAM has a semi-rigid research boat (NEREIDE) equipped with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth Profiler to measure water parameters and turbidity sensors; Navigation range: 25 miles from coast |
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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* 2 laboratories located at Campus and ECOMARE- Laboratory for innovation and sustainability of marine biological resources of University of Aveiro (Center for Extension and Environmental and Marine Research and Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Marine Animals) located at Gafanha da Nazaré, near the sea.
* Laboratory facilities are prepared with equipment to perform research in the areas of physical oceanography, marine geology, meteorology, hydrology, analytical and environmental chemistry, atmospheric pollution, genomics, toxicology, ecotoxicology, biodiversity, ecology, biotechnology, and environmental planning and management
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2 meteorological towers equipped with pyranometers, anemometers and pluviometers
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CESAM share a Computational Infrastructure of University of Aveiro, a High Performance Computational System (ARGUS), a platform capable to fulfil the research work demands, namely on: i) Ocean modelling, ii) Atmospheric modelling, iii) Estuarine and Coastal modelling, iv) Air quality modelling, and v) Bioinformatics |
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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| Direct access to sea | | Direct access to brackish / estuarine waters | |
Other ecosystems : Ria de Aveiro |
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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| Marine annelidae, saltmarshes and seagrasses |
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Specimen collections
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Brief description : : The Biological Research Collection of Marine Invertebrates (COBI) is a repository of natural history specimens and jointly curated collections such as frozen tissues and other physical samples, e.g. DNA libraries and digital images. The collection contains specimens from coastal to deep-sea environments collected under sampling programs of several Research Projects. The specimens are being prepared in a way that ensures their utility and are accessible to all qualified users. Specimen-associated information is managed through archiving in Specify 6 and GIS databases.COBI also has a bibliographic collection of more than 4000 references that gives support to the biological collection
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Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
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Capacity and brief description of library
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 CIESM GUIDE OF COASTAL INSTITUTES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
Last update : 05/03/2020
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