Name
Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla (ECIMAT)
Legal name of organisation
University of Vigo
Country
Spain
Continent
Europe
Organisation address
Illa de Toralla
E-36331 Coruxo
Vigo
Galicia (Spain)
Primary contact information (PI)
Antonio Villanueva (Manager at ECIMAT)
Jose González
Years of Mesocosm Experiments
discontinuous experimentation in mesocosms for more than 10 years, although facilities were totally renovated in 2015
Description of Facility
- Floating platform with 6 floating rings for bags with 1.2 m diameter.
- Land-based system with pelagic/benthic experimentation tanks.
Controlled Parameters
Temperature, light, nutrients, species composition
Research Topics
Marine Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Aquaculture, Physical Oceanography and Marine Geology
Facility location(s)
42.201979, -8.798505
Primary interests
Specialist areas
Equipment
Toralla Marine Science Station provides the following support services to marine researchers:
- Supply of Marine Organisms, Water and Culture media
- Use of Laboratories, Scientific Equipment and other Infrastructures
- Sample Processing and Analysis
- Support Services to Research Activities at Sea (Boats, Sampling Support, Diving Jobs, Diving equipment, etc.)
- Other Support Services to Research (Development of Experimental Cultures, Technical Advising on Marine Organisms Experimentation, etc.)
- Real-time monitoring of oceanographic and meteorological variables
Lodging
various size apartments available
Source of Information
http://www.ecimat.org
Photos of experiments/installations
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