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Station Méditerranéenne de l’Environnement Littoral
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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 : 2 rue des Chantiers
34200 Sète
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Phone :
+33 4 67 46 33 70
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Director :
Dr Eric Servat
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Contact person :
Sébatien Mas
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Number of permanent staff
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| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 1 | | | others : 9 |
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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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| marine ecology, aquaculture, monitoring of marine ecosystems, impact of global changes on marine ecosystems, marine biotechnology |
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Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
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| * Project EU: AQUACOSM-plus (Network of Leading Ecosystem Scale Experimental AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries and Oceans in Europe and beyond) |
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Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
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| * National Programs: SOMLIT (Service d'observation en milieu littoral), COAST-HF (Coastal ocean observing system - High frequency), BENTHOBS (Réseau national d'observation du macrozoobenthos) and PHYTOBS (Réseau d'observation du phytoplankton) |
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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 : 80 ) |
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Research vessel(s)
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| less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 2 | | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 0 | | Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
depth sounder, GPS, sampling equipment, CTD profiler |
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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| * Experimental platform: MEDIMEER (MEDIterranean platform for Marine Ecosystem Experimental Research), analytic platforms (microbiology, biochemistry), sampling and measurement equipment, pontoon, diving room, divers, dry/wet laboratories, training activities room |
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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| No direct access to sea | | Direct access to brackish / estuarine waters | |
Other ecosystems : lagoon and coastal ecosystems |
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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| phytoplankton, zooplankton |
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Specimen collections
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| yes | | no |
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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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| yes | | no |
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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 : 01/03/2023
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