F - 4
Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum Westküste (FTZ), Büsum
(West Coast Research and Development Centre)
GOOS related activity
Module
Research /
operational
Measuring data / products
Users
Measuring techniques
FTZ-Pl
Measuring methods and variables Controlling
plankton development In coastal waters
3,4
Research
Algal fluorescence parameters, data on
photosynthesis output In coastal waters,
phytoplankton species, spectra and size
distributions, C/N/P exchange rates through
sediment surface, variables controlling
primary production, predictions of the impact
of climate change on the Wadden Sea
Research institutions,
authorities with
monitoring tasks,
Wadden Sea National
Park offices
Biosensors, fluorometers, flow
cytometry of phytoplankton, plankton
probes: Immunofluoro-chromatic and
fluorescence kinetic measuring
techniques
Establishment of a station at Büsum-Mole for longterm
observation of phytoplankton and nutrient
dynamics in the Wadden Sea
Data and trend analyses of phytoplankton and
nutrient developments, primary production
data of the Wadden Sea, controlled variables
of primary production, process formulation
and operating data for modelling, basis data
for modelling the Impact of climate changes in
the Wadden Sea
Research Institutions,
public
decisionmakers,
authorities with
monitoring tasks,
Wadden Sea National
Park offices
Flow cytometry, conventional
microscopic methods, radiometric
methods (Cl 4), pulse-amplitude
modulation, I1PLC, autoanalyser
FTZ-P2
Development of a measuring system module for
marine phytoplankton monitoring for shipboard
use on ferries (Blue Box)
3,4
Research
Equipment development for marine
hiomonltoring, data on stocks, composition,
and photosynthesis output of phytoplankton
Authorities
performing
monitoring tasks,
public decisionmakers,
research
institutions,
Fluorometer with algal group
identification system
