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List  of  Tables

Physical  Oceanography
Table  3-1:  Calendar  of  daily  circulation  patterns  in  the  German  Bight  for  2008-2011.  .  .  96
Table  3-2:  Annual  frequencies  of  daily  circulation  patterns  in  the  German  Bight  with
standardised  differences  from  the  10-year  average  (2000-2009).  Anomalies  of  more
than  one  standard  deviation  are  given  in  bold  print  97
Frequency  distribution  of  wind  set-up  for  2008  to  2011  at  tide  gauge  Cuxhaven  110
Table  3-3:  Frequency  distribution  of  wind  set-up  for  2008  to  2011  at  tide  gauge  Cuxhaven ­
  110
Storm  surge  frequencies  1951-2011  and  2008-2011  with  MHW  trend  (above  tide  gauge
zero)  111
Table  3-4:  Storm  surges  (water  level  more  than  150  cm  above  MHW)  between  1951-2011
  111
Table  3-5:  Total  heat  content  (ГНС)  and  mean  volume  temperature  (VT)  of  the  North
Sea,  data  from  summer  cruises  and  North  Sea  SST  averaged  over  cruise  duration.
AH  -  standardised  anomaly  (difference  to  reference  period  mean  in  standard  deviations) ­
  124
Table  3-6:  Total  North  Sea  salt  content  TSC,  data  from  BSH  North  Sea  summer  surveys.
AS  -  normalised  anomaly  (difference  to  reference  period  mean  in  standard  deviations) ­
  144
Marine  Chemistry
Table  4-1:  Monitoring  cruises  in  2008/11,  and  data  used  in  this  state  assessment  (x).  .  155
Table  4-2:  Compilation  of  mean  values,  medians  and  variation  coefficients  of  salinities  at
the  monitoring  stations  158
Table  4-3:  Chlorinated  hydrocarbons  near  Stade  (Elbe)  from  2008-2011  in  [pg/L]  199
Table  4-4:  Number  of  oil  pollutants  in  the  German  Bight.  204
Table  4-5:  PAK-concentrations  in  the  river  Elbe  and  the  German  Bight  208
Table  4-6:  Assessment  criteria  metals  in  water.  ELI  Water  Framework  Directive  (EU-WFD),
  OSPAR  Convention,  US  Environmental  Protection  Agency  (US-EPA)  235
Table  4-7:  Assessment  criteria  metals  in  sediment.  German  Bight  Background  Values
in  sediment  fines  (BSH  (<  20  pm)  ВС-low  and  ВС-high),  Background  Concentration
Values  and  Assessment  Values  (OSPAR,  BC  and  ВАС  normalised  to  5%  Ai)
and  effect  assessment  criteria  (US-NOAA,  Effect  Range  Low  ERL)  236
Table  4-8:  Element  concentration  in  filtered  coastal  water  samples  (salinity  30-32)  and
open  North  Sea  (salinity  >34)  near  surface  waters  during  the  first  quarter  (JFM)  of  the
year  2011.  Given  are  the  number  of  samples  and  the  25  %,  50  %  and  75  %  percentiles ­
  in  ng/L  (Hg  in  pg/L).  All  concentration  values  are  coloured  according  the  OSPARassessmen
  t  scheme  247
Table  4-9:  Average  and  standard  deviation  of  surface  sediment  fines  percent  fraction
of  total,  as  well  as  element  burden  in  surface  sediment  fines  (<20  pm).  All  2010  and
2011  samples  (<20  pm  fraction,  Ai,  Fe  in  (%)  and  all  other  elements  in  (mg/kg  DW).
The  number  of  observations  is  given  in  brackets  249
Table  4-11:  Activity  of  some  natural  radionuclides  for  North  Sea  seawater  and  sediment. ­
  260