Marine Ecology, Biotic Indices, Ecological Quality, Water Framework Directive, Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Short description of the research team

Thematic fields of interest/research areas: Marine Ecology, Biotic Indices, Ecological Quality, Water Framework Directive, Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Manager/head of the team: Prof Michele Mistri

Team members: Dr Cristina Munari; Dr Nadia Bocchi

Research infrastructures: an ecology laboratory fully equipped for experiments in micro-and mesocosm, sorting, taxonomic recognition, the determination of the biomass of biological material; a laboratory for analysis of sediment, fully equipped for the determination of sediment texture and trophic content (protein, carbohydrates, lipids, chlorophyll), a hydrochemical laboratory, equipped with two spectrophotometers, multiparametric probes, auto-analyzer, and everything else necessary for quantitative analysis of the hydrochemical parameters of ecological interest, a cytogenetics laboratory, equipped with clean room for cell culture, a molecular biology laboratory, equipped with what is needed to investigate the genetic variability in marine organisms using genomic and mitochondrial markers ( microsatellites, RAPD, AFLP, etc.); a laboratory for histology, equipped for inclusions in paraffin and resin; a center of electron microscopy (SEM, TEM).

Prerequisites of the trainee researcher:

Level of education: “Marie Curie Individual Fellowship” Action requirements.
Research experience: N/A
Required working language: N/A

Contacts: Michele Mistri msm@unife.it