Ridley Research Aquaria
The Ridley Building houses aquaria facilities that provide a unique environment for marine organism and marine environmental teaching and research.
The Ridley Research Aquaria consist of 4 commercially available re-circulating filter systems. Each individual aquarium can be fully and independently adjusted for temperature, salinity and photoperiod.
Services Offered
The four controlled environment rooms all have independent recirculating seawater systems, two have culture rooms for algal and invertebrate culture and there are a number of other constant temperature rooms.
Research laboratories provide excellent space for modern marine biological research including molecular biology. This space can be made available to visiting scientists under the newly instituted Visiting Scientist Programme.
The research facilities in the Ridley Building complement the space available at the Dove Marine Laboratory, the University's marine science and technology field station.
Further Information:
- Contact: David Whitaker
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6659
- E-mail: d.j.whitaker@ncl.ac.uk
- Website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/marine/about/facilities/ridleyresaquaria.html
- Contact: Peter Bowes, Facilities Manager
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6919
- Email: p.bowes@ncl.ac.uk