MARECO is the ICMATE marine laboratory for scientific research in materials and technologies in marine environment and marine environmental sciences: it is a multidisciplinary infrastructure open to public and private institutions active in experimental research in marine studies.
The lab stands in a converted 15-meters cave escavated in 1927 originally used as boats recovery.
MARECO is located in Bonassola, 20 km far from La Spezia and 70 km from Genoa
After being completely destroyed by a strong storm in 2018, ICMATE‘s Marine Experimental Station ‘MARECO’ laboratory was completely rebuilt in the period 2019-2023.
MARECO allows research and experimentation to be performed in real marine environments thanks to:
- Salty atmosphere over the sea-front terrace, were racks for specimens exposition are installed. Corrosivity class C4.
- Natural seawater flowing in 400 l mesocosms exposed/not exposed to the natural photoperiod for the separation of effects induced by the euphotic marine biology.
1 Well and pipes for seawater distribuition
2 400 l mesocosms exposed to the sunlight
3 400 l mesocosms not exposed to the sunlight
4 27 mq terrace
5 18 mq clima-room
Instruments to be achieved:
