Biological resources
EMBRC offers access to living (culture collections) and preserved (biobanks) marine organisms from many different ecosystems and taxa. Other organisms can be sampled directly from the field.
CCMAR
Marine model organisms
Wide range of aquaculture fish species, invertebrates, macroalgae and model organisms namely sole (Sole senegalensis), seabream (Sparus aurata), seabass (Dicentrachus labrax), cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus); others on request
Organisms collected in the wild
Organisms collected in the Algarve Atlantic coast (South Portugal) and nearby estuaries (intertidal, subtidal areas). Small boats available
Rearing of aquaculture animals
Laboratories and aquaria facilities available including climate controlled rooms, mesocoms for acidification studies
Taxonomic services
Taxonomic identification of invertebrates, fishes, marine plants and algae under request
CIIMAR
Biobanks
Access to ecosystems of the Atlantic Western coast of continental Portugal and adjacent estuaries
Culture collections
LEGE Cyanobacteria collection (400 strains; https://lege.ciimar.up.pt). Actinobacteria, Planctomycetes and bacteria from different phyla (Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes)
Marine model organisms
Wide range of aquaculture fish species, invertebrates, macroalgae and model organisms
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Organisms collected in the wild
Sampling of species from the Atlantic Western coast of Portugal and adjacent estuaries
Rearing of aquaculture animals
Access to the aquarium facilities: 5L - 600 L tanks, RAS, salinity control, temperature, conductivity, redox, photoperiod control, diverse species tank, automatic feeders, faeces collectors, with technical support
Taxonomic services
Identification of marine bacteria
IMAR - UAC
Rearing of aquaculture animals
Flow-through tanks of sea water
UC - ACOI
​Biobanks​
Provision of preserved samples of microalgae and cyanobacteria
Culture collections
Provision of microalgae and cyanobacteria from ACOI collection (4000 strains; https://acoi.ci.uc.pt)
Organisms collected in the wild
Provision of fresh or preserved field samples from Portugal
Taxonomic services
Identification of cyanobacteria and microalgae