DATA HOLDING CENTRE DESCRIPTION (EDMED Part A)


PART A1

*CENTRE-NAME:

CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia)

ex Istituto di Biologia del Mare

*VISIT-ADDRESS:

Castello 1364/a, 30122 Venice

*COUNTRY:

Italy

*CENTRE-WEBSITE:

www.ibm.ve.cnr.it


*DESCRIPTION: The Institute operates in the field of biological and descriptive oceanography. The main activities and research topics are: marine chemistry, primary production dynamics, optical properties of seawater, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology, suspended matter and sediment analysis, pollution and its physiological effects, acquaculture and genetics. Scientific programs were carried out in the lagoon of Venice, Northern Adriatic Sea, Southern Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Antarctica.
The methodological approach includes:
- standard data collection and specific sampling procedures;
- management and processing of measured parameter data;
- data interpretation.
The data held by the Institute are subject to different availability. The data collected in the frame of scientific programmes can be exchanged on bilateral basis, or by special arrangement with the scientists involved in their original collection. Other data, particularly those collected on behalf of research contracts, are of restricted availability awaiting final clearance by the contractor.

*CURRENCY-DATE: 1993-04-23
*REVISION-DATE: 2003-05-05


PART A2

*CONTACT-TITLE: Director
*POST-ADDRESS: CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia)
Castello 1364/a, 30122 VENEZIA
Italy
*PHONE: +39 041 2404711
*FAX: +39 041 5204126
*EMAIL: rabitti@ibm.ve.cnr.it
*CURRENCY-DATE: 1993-04-23
*REVISION-DATE: 2003-09-16


MEDAR Data Inventory


Last Modified: 16/09/2003
Maintained by: Alessandra Giorgetti