Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

The Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (German: Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, abbreviated IOW) is a research institution located in Warnemünde (Rostock), Germany.

Employing about 160 people the main focus lies on interdisciplinary study of coastal oceans and marginal seas, especially on Baltic Sea related oceanography.

Central task of the institute is fundamental research but also teaching at the universities of Rostock and Greifswald.

IOW has direct access to the research vessel Maria S. Merian and can access by request a variety of other medium-sized vessels for longer trips and interdisciplinary tasks from the German research fleet.

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