The Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote research and education on processes in the marine environment, with emphasis on biological interactions and the sustainable use of resources. It is part of CIMAR, which is the foremost Portuguese Marine Sciences Associate Laboratory, a consortium with recognized excellence status in Portugal on the basis of international evaluation.
CCMAR has over 200 staff of which 80 are scientists and post-docs and 40 are PhD students. CCMAR programmes of research are directed at ecology, genetics and conservation biology, bio-resource management, behaviour and eco-physiology, marine biotechnology including aquaculture, genomics and metabolomics.
Contact details
Prof. Adelino VM Canario
Campus de Gambelas Ed. 7
8005-139 Faro
PORTUGAL
Tel.:+351 289800925
Email:acanario(at)ualg.pt
Institution Website: http://www.cimar.org
Campus de Gambelas Ed. 7
8005-139 Faro
PORTUGAL
Tel.:+351 289800925
Email:acanario(at)ualg.pt
Institution Website: http://www.cimar.org
