CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies

Webpage: CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies

"Associated Laboratory since 2005, CESAM includes around 500 researchers, 190 of whom with a PhD degree, and five departments of the University of Aveiro: Environment and Planning, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Geosciences; it also includes members from the Faculty of Sciences, of the University of Lisbon.  
CESAM's mission is to develop fundamental research in the Coastal and Marine Environment, understood in an integrated manner involving the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and anthroposphere."

"The mission of CESAM, an Associate Laboratory of the University of Aveiro, is to develop leading international research on the environment, with a special emphasis on the coastal and marine areas, with the aim of strongly contribute to the formulation and implementation of national and European strategies for sustainable development."

Source: http://www.cesam.ua.pt/