AVAILABLE SERVICES
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| Microscopes | 1 Olympus BX51 Fluoreschence Microscope , 1 Olympus SZ61 Stereomicroscope, 3 Zeiss Microscope, 1 Leica EZ4D Microscope | |||
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| Weather station | temperature sensor and humidity control, wind direction and speed sensors, pyranometer, rain gauge, barometer | |||
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| Acquarium tanks | Set of 10 glass aquarium tanks to conduct in vitro experiments; 3 aquariums dedicated to Jellyfish | Pumps, oxygenators, heaters | ||
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| Laboratory equipments and chemicals | Bench space, cabinets, sinks, Laminar flow hood, Chemical fume hood, Tissue and sample preparation appliances, Micro-oven forced air. | Platic tubes of various capacity and size, Refrigerator and Freezer, Petri plates, Ethanol 99%, Formaline, different chemicals upon request, Micropipettes . Basic equipments to preserve and analyze biological samples | ||
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| Molecular analysis | Laboratory instruments for extraction of proteins and nucleic acids from samples | Immersion cooler Julabo FT902, Centrifuge HETTICH – MOD. MIKRO 120, Heating plate M520-PR, Vortex, Phmeter Mettler Toledo FiveEasy, Thermostatic bath M418-BASIC, Mortar and pestle, Micropipettes, | ||
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| Environmetal DNA Analysis | Laboratory instruments to collect and filtering water for eDNA Analysis | |||
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| Drones | 3 DJI Phantom 4 drone, a quadcopter with high sensing qual-ities, equipped with a 1/2.3′′CMOS camera sensor (12.4 MP) that can collect images with a resolution (R) of 4000 × 3000 pixels and an inte-grated GPS/GLONASS system |
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| Instrumentation testing activities | Support for testing and experimentation of advanced technologies for experimental field and laboratory activities | Consulting activity |
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| training and specialized courses on tropical marine ecology | Geomorphology of coral reef; Zoobenthos of coral reef; Sampling Techniques; Fishes of coral reef; Problems and conservation of coral reef; Symbioses in coral reef; Realisation of a scientific project: planning, sampling and data return |
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| training and specialized courses on Coral Reef Restoration | build mid water coral nursery; populate coral nurseries; out-plant corals onto a degraded reef site; improve your knowledge on corals identification; assess coral health conditions; carry out your own coral reef restoration project. |
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| training and specialized courses on tropical marine fishes | recognize the main families of tropical fish associated with the reef habitat; recognize at the level of genus or species the most important fish of the Indian ocean fauna; describe a fish community based on the trophic groups that compose it; understand and describe the temporal and spatial variations (nictimeral rhythms, reef zoning) of fish communities; list the main patterns and processes that influence the structure of a fish community; design and execute visual census operations, for the study and monitoring of fish communities; identify the signs of overfishing, which can damage entire biological communities; list the most significant indicator species in the area; collect useful photographic data as a search method or as visual documentation. |
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| Training and specialized courses on Mapping Technologies for Coral Reef Enviroments | plan a geomorphological survey in coral reef environments; collect, process and interpret terrestrial and submarine; topographic data using a wide range of technologies and software; packages (UAV, multibeam echosounder, ROV, bionomic transects and sediment sampling) integrate multi-scale terrestrial and marine data in a GIS environment and generate DEMs; identify the main carbonate producers in coral reef environments |
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| Training and specilized courses on Places and local Communities | local communities’ adaptation and resilience The human geography of small islands symbolic places and landmarks island’s mapping political ecologies of islands anthropology of Indian Ocean some key environmental issues: climate change, waste management and energy production coral reef conservation: introduztion to the ecology of tropical coral reef systems |
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| MaRHE Center provides diving support for guest scientists who need specific biota from the Maldivian | 2 Dive Instructors PADI, 1 Dive Instrucor FIPSAS, 4 Dive Master, 3 advance scientific divers | |||
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| Library | Fishes of the Maldives 19; Coral_Indo-Pacific Field Guide 20; Corals of the World (Vol. 1, 2, 3) 1; World Atlas of Marine Fauna 1; World Atlas of Marine Fishes 1; World Atlas of Seagrasses 1; Nudibranchs of the World 1; Mar Rosso 1; Fisheries Science Vol.2 1; Field Guide of Hard Corals 1; Maldives Trees and Flowers 1; La Comunicazione interculturale nell’Era Digitale 1; Field Guide of Hard Corals – Yemen 1; Sharks and Rays 1; Sharks of the Maldives 1; The Maldive Islanders 1; Island World of the Maldives 16; Acropora Staghorn Corals 1; Mysticism in the Maldives 1 | |||
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| support to enter vith Businnes VISA, and Sampling permission | support to enter vith Businnes VISA, and Sampling permission |