Name: Zoological Museum of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
Acronym: ZMMU
Email: olr@zoomus.bio.msu.su ivanov@zoomus.bio.msu.su
Phone: 203-29-32 203-31-34
Telefax: 203-27-17
Address:
6, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str., Moscow 103009 Russia
Contact person:
Olga
Leonidovna
Rossolimo
Role: Director
Phone: 203-29-32
Email: olr@zoomus.bio.msu.su
Address:
6, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str., Moscow 103009
Russia
Contact person:
Dmitry
Lyumbergovich
Ivanov
Role: Scientific Secretary
Phone: 203-31-34
Email: ivanov@zoomus.bio.msu.su
Address:
6, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str., Moscow 103009
Russia
External Institutional Framework:
M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
Institution type:
Governmental [29145]
Funding sources:
Core financing - state budget; additional financing
- grants by various foundations, etc.
Description:
Main research fields:
- storage of scientific zoological collections;
- scientific and enlightening activity in studying and protecting biodiversity;
- scientific substantiation of protecting taxonomic diversity, classification of animals, mostly northern hemisphere.
The Museum staff is 90 persons including 30 researchers (3 Doctors and 22 Candidates of Sciences).
Arctic involvement:
Storage and classification of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates from several Arctic seas collected in the 1920-ties and 1980-ties. The samples could be used for comparative analysis and
bioindication of pollution.
Major information sources:
Large-scale collection of Arctic marine
invertebrates, catalogs, database, scientific
library (over 850 000 items).
Publications:
The institute publishes "Fauna Research" journal
and contributes to "Arthropoda Selecta", "Acarina",
"Actis", "Russian Entomological Journal".
Area:
Arctic [30798], Russian Federation ) [30441]
Infoterra keywords:
Biological diversity and protected areas [12700], Fauna [12734], Wildlife [12784], Invertebrates [12748], Environmental Education [27130]
Other keywords:
Biological diversity and, Protected areas, Environmental education
Region:
Moscow