Chioggia Facility
Location
Hydrobiological Station “U. D’ Ancona”, Isola S. Domenica 3, 35100 Chioggia (VE)
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: from 09:00 to 17:00
Facility manager:
Prof. Laura Airoldi
Staff
Boat services Cristina Breggion Andrea Sambo
Lab services Mattia Panin
Contacts
- stazione.idrobiologica@unipd.it
- 049 827 8920 (boat services) - 049 827 8921 (lab services)
Overview
The facility offers different boat services for sampling operations all over the Venice Lagoon and within 3 nm on its seaside. We have a fully operative 5.8-m boat with 100HP motor, a cruising speed of 24 knots, and a cruising range of 80 nautical miles. Another boat for shallow navigation and a zodiac will be available. The lab services include the use of an underwater fluorometer (also for working on the field), a CHNS/O elemental analyser, a Coulter counter and a laser liquid phase granulometer. For a more complete description of the labs and other equipments available at the Station visit this link.
Instruments
- DIVING PAM-II underwater fluorometer (Walz)
- Multisizer 4e Coulter counter (Beckman Coulter)
- FlashSmart CHNS/O gas cromatographer (ThermoScientific)
- LS 13 320 XR laser granulometer with Universal Liquid Module (Beckman Coulter)