… samples of marine mammals from the Mediterranean Sea. It became operational in 2002. Since 1994, the University of Genova operates the  Antarctic Environmental … particulate matter, mosses, algae, fish, molluscs and sponges).  The Spanish Biscay Bay Environmental Biospecimen Bank (BBEBB) is established at the Research … is operated by the Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2001, the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank became part of the U.S. ESB Group. It …