CCMAR offers:

1) Platforms equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for chemical and structural analyses (chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Spectrophotometry, Elemental Analysis, Sample Processing); bioimaging (widefield and lightsheet microscopes) support a variety of bioimaging modalities, including fluorescence, brightfield and contrast-enhancement techniques, applied to the study of specimens in 3D from the micro to the mesoscale, both live and fixed; biological assays and conduct advanced research in molecular biology and Omics; ProtMar, a marine protein pipeline that brings the necessary expertise and equipment for small and medium scale production and purification from a diversity of marine sourced biomass or recombinant production.

2) Ramalhete Marine Station (flow-through), LEOA (closed circuit) and a semi-industrial photobioreactor park can provide tanks for tailored experimental designs for aquatic production systems. Different-sized indoor and outdoor tanks, isolated rooms for studies that require environmental or behavioural control, and wet and dry laboratories are available. The facilities are used mostly for projects related to fish (seabass, seabream, sole), macroalgae, seagrasses, hard corals, zebrafish, seahorses, sea urchins, crabs and cultured microalgae.

3) Boats up to 12 m fully equipped for research in the coastal area, allowing basic work in oceanography, fishing, and acoustic telemetry and access to diverse ecosystems, some protected –intertidal rocky shores, lagoons, salt marshes, mudflats, saltpans, kelp forests or coral reefs, coastal and continental shelf (up to 30 miles), planktonic and pelagic communities.

4) Scientific diving supported by a fully certified diving team for sample collection, underwater experimentation, underwater video, and photography. Available equipment includes computers, diving equipment, an underwater scooter, a 6.5m boat with dual engines 90HP (180HP) prepared for diving with multi-beam sonar, and two vans (5 sets + 9 sets).

5) Telemetry supported by a permanent network of acoustic receivers - 10 acoustic receivers spread along the Algarve coast, from the Guadiana Estuary to Portimão, and an array in the Arrábida Marine Park and nearby areas, including the Sado estuary, consisting of >40 receivers with areas with overlapping ranges.