List of Tables 
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System Nordsee 
Physical Oceanography 
Table 3-1: Calendar of daily circulation patterns in the German Bight in 2006. Unlike wind di 
rection current direction is the direction toward which the current flows 126 
Table 3-2: Calendar of daily circulation patterns in the German Bight in 2007. Unlike wind di 
rection current direction is the direction toward which the current flows 127 
Table 3-3: Frequencies of daily circulation patterns in the German Bight for 2000 - 2009 to 
gether with standardized departures from 10-year means (m). Bold: anomalies exceeding 
111 standard deviation (s) 128 
Table 3-4: Frequency distribution of wind set-up for 2006 and 2007 at tide gauge Cuxhaven. 
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Table 3-5: Storm surges for periods 1951 - 2007 and2006 - 2007 together with MFiW evolution 
(cm above gauge zero). Borkum: Until 1962 tide gauge Südstrand, thereafter Fischerbalje. 
140 
Table 3-6: North Sea heat content (HC) with SVT and SST based on 10 summer surveys with RV 
Gauß and RV Pelagia. Volume, area, and mean depth of analysis domain are 35.6 x 10 3 km 3 , 
404.1 x 10 3 km 2 , and 88 m, respectively. While HC ~ SVT, there is no simple relation to SST. 
150 
Table 3-7: Total North Sea salt content (S) and standardized departure (SA) from 2000 - 2009 
mean (1.142 ± 0.006 x I0 12 t, w/o 2001). Analysis based on data from summer surveys 
with RV Gauß and RV Pelagia 161 
Marine Chemistry 
Table 4-1: Monitoring cruises in 2006/07, and data used in this state assessment (X) 169 
Table 4-2: Calculated nutrient concentrations with 95 % prediction limits (pmol/L) for coastal 
water (S 30 ), sea water of the German Bight proper (S 33 ) and outer German Bight (S 34 ). 
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Table 4-3: PAH-concentrations (ng/L) in the river Elbe and the German Bight. 213 
Table 4-4: Assessment criteria (ng/L) metals in water. EU Water Framework Directive (EU WFD), 
OSPAR Convention, US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) 236 
Table 4-5: Assessment criteria (mg/kg) metals in sediment. German Bight Background Values 
in sediment fines (BSH (<20 pm) BC-low and BC-high), Background Concentration Values 
and Assessment Values (OSPAR, BC and BAC normalised to 5% Al) and effect assessment 
criteria (NOAA ERL) 237 
Table 4-6: Element concentration (ng/L) in filtered samples in coastal (salinity 30-32) and 
open North Sea (salinity > 34) near surface waters during the first quarter (JFM) of the ye 
ars 2006 and 2007. Given are the number of samples and the 25 %, 50 % and 75 % percen 
tiles 250 
Table 4-7: Average and standard deviation of surface sediment fines percent fraction of total, 
as well as element burden in surface sediment fines (< 20 pm). All 2006 and 2007 samples 
(<20 pm fraction, Al, Fe in (%) and all other elements in (mg/kg DW). Standard normaliza 
tion parameters are given in grey. 255 
Table 4-8: Activity of some natural radio nuclides for North Sea sea-water and sediment. 265