{"id":3941,"date":"2020-08-18T16:26:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/the-morris-kahn-marine-research-station\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:42:00","slug":"the-morris-kahn-marine-research-station","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/the-morris-kahn-marine-research-station\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morris Kahn Marine Research Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3941\" class=\"elementor elementor-3941 elementor-2689\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff3a618 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff3a618\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3711e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3711e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">The Morris Kahn Marine Research Station<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-454df6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"454df6a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-037d7db\" data-id=\"037d7db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2566d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2566d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Morris Kahn Marine Research Station<\/a> was established in order to provide baseline data and understanding of the marine ecological system in the Mediterranean Sea of Israeli coastal waters.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>The Station is a long-term ecological research station, focusing on the eastern Mediterranean basin\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/index.php\/contact-us\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">located in Kibbutz Sdot Yam<\/a>. The station focuses on six main research topics:<\/p><ul><li>Apex Predators<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/sediment-microbiome\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sediment microbiome<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/water-chemistry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fish Survey<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/index.php\/data-base\/water-chemistry\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Water chemistry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/index.php\/data-base\/marine-invertebrates\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marine invertebrates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/marine-pathology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fish pathogens<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>The Israeli coastal area and the eastern Mediterranean Sea is experiencing accelerated development and infrastructure projects along the coastline, and a massive exploitation of marine resources never experienced in our region and nation. Coupled with the effects of global climate change and local polluting factors, life in the shallow and deep sea are changing rapidly.<\/p><p>The Morris Kahn Marine Research Station is responsible for collecting biological and ecological data for long term research that will provide insight for understanding processes and predicting the effects of climate change and development on the environment.\u00a0 Such data will allow for science-based decisions that will greatly influence the interaction nature of future generations with the sea and the marine environment.\u00a0 This issue is particularly important given the fact that an majority of the water consumed in Israel is produced through desalinization of sea water, the main energy supply is based off of marine gas fields, aquaculture is gaining momentum as development allows for the cultivation of fish for human consumption in marine farms, and national projects referring to the sea as \u201cdevelopable land\u201d that can be dried and made into artificial islands for various infrastructures.<\/p><p>In order to accompany such a momentum in development without the collapse of the ecosystem and destruction of the sea as a natural resource, there is a need to provide reliable and in depth understanding as to how the system works.<\/p><p>To accomplish these goals, the station employs\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/index.php\/the-team\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">top of the line researchers specializing in the Mediterranean<\/a>\u00a0as well as\u00a0collaborate with other academic and research centres\u00a0in Israel, while providing the best equipment for research and analysis of data collected from the sea including;<\/p><ul><li>Rosette\u00a0collecting water samples from different depths<\/li><li>CTD\u00a0device for measuring physical data of water<\/li><li>Advanced\u00a0underwater photography\u00a0and documentation equipment<\/li><li>Closed and controlled\u00a0water system\u00a0for aquaculture research<\/li><li>Device for detecting and quantifying nutrients in the water (<a href=\"http:\/\/med-lter.haifa.ac.il\/index.php\/about\/equipment\/68-seal-aa3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seal AA3<\/a>).<\/li><li>Robot for measuring isotopes in samples (GC-IRMS-MS)<\/li><li>Confocal microscopy<\/li><li>Membrane mass spectrometer<\/li><li>Servers for database backup and maintenance<\/li><li>AAUS diving club\u00a0performing scientific technical dives<\/li><li>Closed Circuit RebreathersClosed Circuit Rebreathers\u00a0dives to allow deep, long, and safe dives<\/li><li>Boat\u00a0used as a platform for diving and marine monitoring on the continental shelf<\/li><li>Laboratories for dissection<\/li><li>Work rooms for student and guest researchers<\/li><li>Meeting\/conference rooms<\/li><li>AUV and ROV (Marine technologies lab)<\/li><li>THEMO\u00a0buoy for deep sea research<\/li><li>Drones and other aerial devices<\/li><li>Website for sharing information as well 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