Danube Delta National Institute
for Research & Development
Status: national institute, co-ordinated by the Ministry of Waters and
Environment Protection
http://www.indd.tim.ro/
Number and list of laboratories, units, departments ,... interested in
Diadfish:
- Fishery Research Group
- Sturgeon Research Group
Fishery Research Group
www.indd.tim.ro
Location: TULCEA
Head: Dr. Ion NAVODARU
Research themes:
- Diadromous : SHADS - Sustainable Use of Black Sea Shads, migrating in
Danube River
- others: SUFFS - Sustainable Use of Freshwater Fish Stocks
Annual budget: 70,000 € / year of external funding (2003)
Contact for Diadfish: Dr. Ion Navodaru, (navodaru@indd.tim.ro)
Scientists staff:
| Name |
Thematic |
Status |
|
Ion
Navodaru |
Fishery biology of diadromous and freshwater fish |
Head, senior scientist, PhD |
|
Mircea
Staras |
Fishery management |
Senior scientist, PhD |
|
Irina
Cernisencu |
Stock assessment |
Senior scientist, PhD |
|
Vasile
Eduard |
|
Assistant research staff, BSc. |
PhD students:
| Name |
Thematic |
University |
|
Florian Ene |
Exotic fish species
impact on Danube delta fisheries |
Greenwich, UK |
Technician staff:
Lionte POPA
Specialist facilities:
- research vessel / boat :
____o "Grigore Antipa" - 150 HP
____o Aluminium boat "Sylvan" -
15 & 35 HP outboard engines
- sampling and fishing equipment & tools :
____o stationary electrofishing equipment
"Deka - 7000";
____o portable electrofishing equipment "Backpack
Electrofisher model 12 - B"
____o Minitrawl (# 7.0 mm)
____o Bongo Net (# 0.5 mm)
____o Pop Net (# 5.0 mm)
____o Multimesh gill nets ( # 6 - 75 mm)
____o Drift nets (# 30.0 mm)
____o Fike nets (#32.0 mm)
____o Echo-sounder "Hummingbird 3DW"
- Laboratory :
____Binocular microscope
____Documator Zeiss
Sturgeon Research Group
www.sturgeon.indd.tim.ro - website under
construction (launching planned for end of June 2003)
Location: TULCEA
Head: Dr. Radu SUCIU
Research themes:
- Diadromous :
SCITES - Sustainable management of Danube Sturgeons under
CITES regulations
GEMS - Genetics, Eco-toxicology and Migration in Danube
River Sturgeons
- others:
GOBY - Chromosomal variability in Gobiidae species of
the Danube delta and Black Sea
Annual budget: 75,000 € / year of external funding
(2003)
Contact for Diadfish: Dr. Radu SUCIU, (radu@indd.tim.ro)
Scientists staff:
| Name |
Thematic |
Status |
|
Radu
Suciu |
Genetics, migration & spawning biology, fisheries
management |
Head, senior scientist, PhD |
|
Cristina
Ene |
Cytogenetics, Taxonomy |
Research staff, PhD - student |
|
Marieta
Suciu |
Bio-statistics |
Research staff, BSc |
|
Marian
Paraschiv |
Downstream movements of YOY |
Assistant research staff, BSc |
|
Dalia
Onara |
Molecular biology |
Assistant research staff, PhD student |
PhD students:
| Name |
Thematic |
University |
|
Cristina Ene |
Karyosystematics
of Roumanian species of fish families Acipenseridae, Cobitidae and
Gobiidae. |
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics - Libechov,
Czech Republic |
|
Dalia Onara |
Genetic
varition of alpha 2-macrogloobuline in eight
lines of common carp bred in Poland, in connection with their
desease resitence. |
Institute
of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture of Polish Academy of Science,
Poland |
Technician staff:
Marian IANI
Stefan PETCU
Specialist facilities:
- Research vessel / boat :
- aluminium fishing & tracking boat "SAM" - ( 2 x ) 75
HP outboard engine
- Rubber boat "Zodiac" - 15 HP outboard engine
- Fishing and tracking equipment & tools:
Telemetry equipment (Lotek, Canada):
- 7 automatic receivers
- 8 hydrophones
- 2 wireless hydrophone systems
- 70 sonic transmitters of different sizes, life duration and power
- Fishing, tagging and habitat characterization equipment:
- Shrimp trawl ( 8 m width )
- 22 gill nets (95 x 2.5m ), anchors and buoys for sturgeon fishing
- 2 bottom drift nets for egg and larvae (# 2 mm, 0.65 sq. m opening,
4 m length)
- 2 x frame trawls for YOY
- 2 x water current meters "Flow- Mate - 2000" with 35 m connecting
cable
- YSI multimeter (Oxygen, temperature, conductivity and salinity) with
35 m connecting cable
- USGS Sounding Reel model 3235C, holding 35 m of cable
- 2 x USGS Columbus Sounding Weights of 14 & 34 Kg
- 3 x Hummingbird fishfinder sonars of different types
- Spaghetti T-barr tags and 2 x implanting pistols
- Endoscope for sexing of sturgeon
- 3 Electronic scales for different fish size (200g; 20 kg; 250 kg)
- 7 x temperature Minologgers "Vemco", Canada
- Laboratories :
1. Fish Chromosome Research Laboratory - fully equipped for classic,
in vivo (destructive) and in vitro (from blood cell cultures) chromosome
preparation.
2. Biochemical & Molecular Genetics Laboratory:
- 2 x Horizontal starch gel electrophoresis apparatus
- Gel illuminator
- Kodak photocamera and hood for gels
- 4 x freezers of different types
- 3 x containers for liquid nitrogen
- microcentrifuge (15,000 rpm)
- Microwave oven "Whirlpool" for "cooking" of
gel
- Thermalcycler for PCR "ProGene" Cambridge, UK
- Kodak horizontal and vertical DNA electrophoresis units
- Vortex, Hot bath, pH - meter, etc
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