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Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

GBIF publisher since
5 January 2021

Description

The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) was founded in 1950. It is the first ocean research institute in China. At present, the institute has nearly 500 scientific and technical personnel, including 175 senior research technicians and 101 doctoral instructors.The institute has nine research divisions such Experimental marine biology laboratory, Key laboratory of marine ecology and environmental sciences, Department of marine organism taxonomy and phylogeny and the center for deep sea research. These research laboratories form a multidisciplinary research system that covers all major areas of marine science.Besides the CAS Marine Biological Specimen Museum is the largest of its kind in China and houses the most comprehensive collection in Asia, with more than 778,000 specimens. The museum has 1,475 type specimens discovered and named by institute scientists.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Zhaocui Meng
Telephone: 86-532-82898923
email: mengzhaocui@qdio.ac.cn
TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Zhaocui Meng
email: mengzhaocui@qdio.ac.cn
POINT_OF_CONTACT
Kuidong Xu
Telephone: 86-532-82898776
email: kxu@qdio.ac.cn
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 Nanhai Road
Qingdao
266071
Shandong
CN
email: iocas@qdio.ac.cn
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