The Oceanographic Research Unit collects and manages
oceanographic, biological and
ecological data by means several field of activities:
- Definition of circulation, dynamics and interdisciplinary
studies for water mass circulation (Adriatic sea, Ross sea Antarctica);
- Estimation of circulation and horizontal water fluxes and
nutrients transport; NRT meteorological and hydrological
data acquisition for hystorical data collection;
- Study of main physics parameters along water column : pressure,
temperature, salinity, fluorescence, turbidity,etc;
- Ennvironmental monitoring through sea water samples: chemical
parameters analysis (dissolved oxigen, pH, Phosphate, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia,
Silicate, etc) and biological parameters analysis (Phytoplankton Pigments);
- Study of biogeochemical processes in the water column, in
the water sediment interface and interactions of pollutants and xenobiotics in marine
sediments and fish.
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