GENOA FACILITIES
Overview
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 excavated in 1927 originally used as boats recovery.
- Lidia Armelao head of DSCTM
direttore@dsctm.cnr.it - Maria Losurdo head of ICMATE
cnr-icmate.direttore@cnr.it - Fabrizio Valenza head of ICMATE Genova
fabrizio.valenzaa@cnr.it - Alessandro Benedetti MARECO scientific manager
alessandro.benedetti@cnr.it
Location
MARECO is located in Bonassola, 20 km far from La Spezia and 70 km from Genoa.
Destruction and Rebirth
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.
Research and Experimentation
MARECO allows research and experimentation to be performed in real marine environments thanks to:
Salty atmosphere over the sea-front terrace, where 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.
Exposition in Real Seawater Environments
| Marine Environment | Exposition | Location | Equipment | Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere | Sea spray | Outdoor (terrace) | Frames | Corrosivity class C4 Cl⁻ deposition rate measurements |
| Seawater | Natural photoperiod | Outdoor (terrace) | Mesocosms 400 l | Renewal rate up to 0.25 m³ h⁻¹ |
| Seawater | Dark, No Photosynthesis | Indoor | Mesocosms 400 l | Renewal rate up to 0.25 m³ h⁻¹ |
Laboratory Environments
Well and pipes for seawater distribution
400 l mesocosms exposed to the sunlight
400 l mesocosms not exposed to the sunlight
27 mq terrace
18 mq clima-room
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Instruments to be achieved
Tensiometer for the investigation of interfacial liquid/liquid and gas/liquid properties
Electrochemical device for the investigation of corrosion phenomena
Station for underwater measurements of: Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR), Temperature (T), Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
Info & Contacts
Lidia Armelao, head of DSCTM
direttore@dsctm.cnr.it
direttore@dsctm.cnr.it
Maria Losurdo, head of ICMATE
cnr-icmate.direttore@cnr.it
cnr-icmate.direttore@cnr.it
Fabrizio Valenza, head of ICMATE Genova
fabrizio.valenza@cnr.it
fabrizio.valenza@cnr.it
Alessandro Benedetti, MARECO scientific manager
alessandro.benedetti@cnr.it
alessandro.benedetti@cnr.it
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MARECO
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.
Location
MARECO is located in Bonassola, 20 km far from La Spezia and 70 km from Genoa
Destruction and Rebirth
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.
Research and Experimentation
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.
Laboratory environments
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:
- tensiometer for the investigation of interfacial liquid/liquid and gas/liquid properties;
- electrochemical device for the investigation of corrosion phenomena;
- station for underwater measurements of:
- Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR);
- temperature (T);
- dissolved oxygen (DO).
Info & Contacts
- Lidia Armelao, head of DSCTM direttore@dsctm.cnr.it
- Maria Losurdo, head of ICMATE direttore@icmate.cnr.it
- Vincenzo Buscaglia, head of ICMATE Genova vincenzo.buscaglia@cnr.it
- Alessandro Benedetti, MARECO scientific manager alessandro.benedetti@cnr.it
