details
- Name
- Institute of Marine Research, "Centro Interdisciplinar de Coimbra" (IMAR)
- Native name
- Instituto de Investigaçao marinha, "Centro Interdisciplinar de Coimbra"
- Address
- Department of Zoology Largo Marquês de Pombal University of Coimbra
- Zipcode
- 3004-517
- City
- Coimbra
- Country
- Portugal
- Phone
- + 351 239 836 386
- Fax
- + 351 239 823 603
- imar@ci.uc.pt
- Centre Website
- http://www.okeanos.uac.pt/en/
organisation profile
The network of centers which make up IMAR is quite diverse, and the IMAR central website is a way to provide a common linkage to all of them. Each site holds a detailed description of activities, projects, human resources, contacts and other information
IMAR - Instituto do Mar - Institute of Marine Research
IMAR – A brief introduction
The Institute of Marine Research - IMAR was created in 1991, as a non-profit private organisation. Its founder members are the majority of universities in Portugal which undertake research in Marine Science and Technology. The general objective of IMAR is the development of Marine Science and Technology in Portugal, through integration of different disciplines and promotion of sientific cooperation.
We aim to contribute to the scientific basis of policy support, to establish and promote key areas of scientific research on a multi-year scale, and to empower the Portuguese marine sciences community, making it competitive on a european and international level.
IMAR brings together an important part of the Portuguese national research effort in Marine Science and Technology, with specialists in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, different areas of engineering and technology, and modelling. Due to its make-up, IMAR is in a privileged position to execute interdisciplinary projects and research.
What we are
The Institute of Marine Research - IMAR was created in 1991, as a non-profit private organisation, whose founder members are the majority of universities in Portugal which undertake research in Marine Science and Technology. The general objective of IMAR is the development of Marine Science and Technology.
In order to achieve that objective, IMAR brings together an important part of the Portuguese national research effort in Marine Science and Technology, with specialists in physics, chemistry, biology and different areas of engineering. Due to its composition, IMAR is in a privileged position to execute interdisciplinary projects and research.
What we do
IMAR includes about 200 researchers, belonging to institutions from all over the country, and covers the majority of research areas in Marine Science and Technology. These include:
Aquaculture
Coastal Management
Ecological Modelling
Environmental Impact
Fisheries (including Technology)
Hydrodynamic Modelling
Instrumentation
Marine Biology
Pollution
Sediment Transport
Toxicology
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 567
- Collating centre
- Hydrographic Institute (IHPT)
- Latest update
- 10 September 2019 4:20:18 PM