https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.8 2026-04-29T10:52:37.449Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/providers/6e7c7ec9-2cfc-4fbf-ab24-303102c90330 ES/CSIC/ICM The Institut de Ci'ncias del Mar (ICM, Institute of MarineSciences) was founded in 1951 as the Institute of FisheriesResearch. It belongs to the Consejo Superior de InvestigacionesCient'ficas (CSIC), within its natural resources area. Its mainobjective is the multidisciplinary study of the sea, throughresearch projects focusing on different aspects of the marineenvironments and ecosystems.The ICM has a public library with ca. 5000 volumes that keepsgrowing and is currently receiving 488 scientific periodicals,all of it about marine sciences. It also maintains a valuableBiological Reference Collection of fishes and crustaceans fromaround the world and especially from the Mediterranean.The Research Vessel and Polar Facilities Management Unit(UGBOIP) takes care of the operations of the 'R/V Garc'a delCid' of the CSIC, the management and maintenance of thescientific instruments of the 'R/V Hesperides' run by theSpanish Navy, and the Spanish Antarctic Base 'Juan Carlos I'.[Summary provided by Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)]