Instituto Español de Oceanografía. Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo (CSIC)

Contact

Contact

Santiago Fraga Rivas

Administrator

Amelia Fernández Villamarín

Telephone

+34-986492111

Address

Subida á Radio Faro 50-52
Vigo
36390
Pontevedra
ESPAÑA

Email

santiago.fraga@vi.ieo.es

Website

http://www.ieo.es/es_ES/web/vigo

Colección de algas dañinas

Description

Collection of harmful marine microalgae that began as a result of studies about toxic marine phytoplankton and it relation to toxicity in mollusks. The oldest stump dates from 1985, though the Institute houses a portuguese stump from the end of the forties. The majority of the stumps were mainly isolated in Galician seas and other spanish marine areas, though the Institute has stumps of all oceans. This collection begins to the area of studies: "Marine environment".

Overall information

Goals

Harmful microalgae and toxin production

Access restrictions

Restricted

Taxonomic coverage

Scientific names

Algunos/as Bacillariophyceae, algunos/as Dinophyceae, algunos/as Haptophyceae, algunos/as Pinguiophyceae, algunos/as Prasinophyceae, algunos/as Raphydophyceae.

Common names

Algunos/as diatomeas, algunos/as dinoflagelados, fitoplancton, todo(s) macroalgas, algunos/as microalgas.

Geospatial coverage

Principalmente Mar de Galicia, algunos/as mundial, algunos/as otros mares españoles.

Temporal location

Temporal coverage

Todo(s) taxón existente.

Datasets of the collection/database

Types of objects

Todo(s) organismos enteros.

Types of datasets

Algunos/as cultivo, algunos/as observaciones.

Conservation method

Todo(s) sin tratamiento.

Digitalization

Nº of species

300

Percentage of computerization

100

Does it include Type specimens?

No

Access to datasets

  • N/A