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Type of activities
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|  | research only |
| academic, education |
| | policy/planning |
| envir. monitoring |
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Main sectors of research
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systematics & taxonomy, living resources (e.g. fisheries, aquaculture), microbiology, water quality & pollution, sediments & sedimentary processes
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Current major projects
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- MAMA (starting date: 2002; duration: 3 years);
- Provision of sustainable safe drinking water for the Palestinian refugees of the Nahr El Bared
(starting date: 2005; duration: 1 year).
- CEDRE (starting date: 2001; duration: 4 years).
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Number of local permanent staff
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scientists :
10
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others :
2
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Indoor surface area (m2) available for
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research :
1000
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teaching :
50
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others :
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Conference room
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| no |
yes (number of seats : 20 ) |
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Research vessel(s)
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| | less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : |
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| | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : |
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Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
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(we rent boats)
* On-board instruments: CTD, filets, multiparametre, benne
Filed equipment: diving equipment, sediments corers, fluorimetre
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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microscope à fluorescence, inverted microscope, stereoscope, fluorimetre, AAS Sieves, etc.
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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rocky terraces, sandy and rocky bottoms
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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phytoplankton, zooplankton, algae
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Specimen collections
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| | yes |
no |
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Brief description :
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small collection of macroalgae, phyto and zoo plankton collection, small collection of local fish, a collection of organisms from the local vermilted terraces and a small collection of representative coastal sand samples
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Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
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no |
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Training courses
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no |
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Capacity and brief description of library
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about 1000 volumes of local and regional interest, access to documentation unit of CNRS
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Type of research institution
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| | governmental, national |
| governmental, local |
| | international |
| academic |
| | private |
| other: |
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CIESM Guide of Marine Research Institutes
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