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MARE Madeira
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Type of Research Institution
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Address : Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI)
Edifício Madeira Tecnopolo, Piso 0, Caminho da Penteada
9020-105 Funchal
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Phone :
+351291721216
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Director :
Pedro Raposo de Almeida
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Contact person :
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Number of permanent staff
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| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 10 | | | others : 25 |
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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 and experimental ecology, marine invasions, marine mammal ecology, marine biology, habitat mapping, deep sea research |
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Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
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* Smithsonian Institution, USA
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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
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ICES Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO)
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IFREMER, France
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CEFAS, UK
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Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
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* Smithsonian Institution MarineGEO network, USA (since 2017)
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Global Approach by Modular Experiments (GAME), GEOMAR, Germany (Since 2011)
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Madeira Non-indigenous species monitoring program (Since 2013)
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Madeira Coastal Habitat and Community Monitoring Program (Since 2017)
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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 : 50 ) |
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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| * The Marine Organism Stress Simulator (MOSS) installed at MARE-Madeira, ARDITI, was designed to operate mostly based on cost-effective gravity. This MOSS infrastructure includes 6 pre-treated tanks (400 L) and 8 mesocosm units (500 L) and has the capacity to conduct several experiments simultaneously, such as thermal tolerance trials, stress ecology trials, or community-ecosystem ecology trials. MARE-Madeira also has a small sampling laboratory with several steremicroscopes and a variety of field and technical equipment including: multiple RPAS (multirotor and fixed wings) equipped with RGB and/or multispectral and/or infrared cameras (currently employed for habitat mapping and marine litter survey), a small ROV (for underwater surveys and inspections), SCUBA gear (for scientific diving activities) and multiple underwater sensors (e.g. light, temperature) with data logging capabilities. |
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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 : rocky shore, rocky reefs, seagrass, artificial substrates and reefs |
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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| macroalgae, tunicates, bryozoans, coastal and deep-sea fish, corals, nematodes |
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Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
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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 : 14/02/2020
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