Institut de Ciències del Mar. CSIC. Barcelona (ICM)

Abstract

The Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) [Institute of Marine Sciences], a Institute belonging to the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) is a multidisciplinary centre for the study of the seas and oceans and is involved in research in Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, and Antarctic areas. To that end it has been organized around three departments: Oceanography and Marine Biology, Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography, and Renewable Resources and a number of support units. The ICM maintains international relations with 16 countries (70 centres) through joint projects and/or personnel exchanges and has two cooperation agreements, one with the Alfred Wegener Institüt für Polar- und Meeresforschung and another with several national and international institutions, within the framework of an European Associated Laboratory for Marine Science. In addition, the ICM is a member of two networks in Catalonia, one focusing on coastal and littoral resources and another on aquaculture, which link together different institutions to consider topics of broad general interest. During the period 1995-1996 the ICM participated in a total of 27 international projects, 28 national projects, and 42 oceanographic surveys, culminating in the completion of 10 Ph.D. theses and 264 publications [...]