SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE IO RAS, Gelendzhik
Director of the Southern branch of the IO RAS Sergey Kuklev
Address:
1G Prostornaya St., Gelendzhik, Russia, 353467
Tel/fax 8-861-41-280-89
The Southern Branch of the IO RAS is located on the shores of the Blue Bay of the Black Sea, 15 km from Gelendzhik. The Branch employs 125 people, including 4 doctors of science and 12 candidates of science. There is a small research boat Ashamba available for scientific cruises.
Research directions
- Hydrological structure and its variability, convective processes and their role in the formation of water masses
- Sea and ocean currents, their variability, the transfer of water masses, heat and salts; eddies and the variability of hydrophysical and environmental characteristics of the sea
- Role of hydrological and biological processes in the self-purification of the sea from anthropogenic pollution
- Hydrochemical structure of water, dynamics of O2 , H2S, pH, forms of N, phosphates, etc.
- Сoastal zone dynamics
- Cenozoic geological history of the World Ocean and the formation of mineral resources
- Microplankton studies
- Development of technical means of studying the World Ocean
Laboratories of the Southern Branch of the IO RAS
Children categories
LABORATORY OF HYDROPHYSICS AND MODELLING
Head: Dr. Sergey Kuklev
The main directions of study:
Comprehensive hydrophysical monitoring of the Russian sector of the Black Sea.
Submesoscale water dynamics in the shelf zone (real and numerical experiments).
Spatio-temporal variability of the hydrological structure of the Black and Azov Seas.
Development of technical means and methods for operational oceanography.
LABORATORY OF LITHODYNAMICS AND GEOLOGY
Head: Dr. Ruben Kosyan
Information resources of the project "Dynamic processes of the coastal zone of the sea"
The main directions of study:
Hydro- and lithodynamic processes in the nearshore zone.
Methodology development for the above studies and technical provision.
Monitoring of the coastal zone of the Black and Azov Seas and their coast protection structures.
Wave climate research in the nearshore zone.
Relief and geomorphology of the Black Sea bottom.
Sediment slides on the Black Sea continental slope.
LABORATORY OF ECOLOGY
Head: Dr. Vladimir Silkin
The main directions of study:
Mathematical modeling of the water flow through the Bosporus and Dardanelles.
Glacio-eustatic level changes of the Black Sea and the World ocean.
Dynamics of the Black Sea pollution by oil products, heavy metals and radionuclids.
Plankton communities in the Black Sea littoral zone.
Invasions and their influence on the Black Sea ecosystem.
LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY
Head: Dr. Valeriy Chasovnikov
The main directions of study:
Interactions between the aerobic and anaerobic waters, redox layer dynamics.Interannual and seasonal variability of nutrients: climate trends and anthropogenic impact.
Environmental monitoring of the littoral zone, pollution assessment in the water column and bottom sediments.
Director of the Southern Branch of the IO RAS
PhD (Geographical Sciences)
