PROJECT 
TIDAL ELBE 
9a 
- Interaction of abiotic (A) and 
biotic (B) processes in the 
Elbe estuary - 
SFB 327 
1. DFG 
9a 
(A) 
1a Modelling the current field 
and accompanying transport 
processes in the tidal Elbe 
2. Uni HH, IfM 
3. Sündermann 
9a 
1b Transport of suspended 
matter and trace sub 
stances 
2. GKSS 
3. Michaelis 
(A) 
2 The dynamics and biochemistry 
of the near-bottom boundary 
layer 
2. Uni HH, GPT 
3. Degens 
A, 9a 
3 Transformation and transfer 
processes within the sedi 
ment of the water and in the 
soil of the land lying in 
front of the dike 
2. 
3. Knauth/ 
Miehlich 
A Interaction between dissolved 
and particulate phases in the 
water column 
2. Uni HH, 
IOBioch/ 
TU Harb. 
3. Brockmann/ 
Forstner 
A major multi-disciplinary project involving 
intensive effort to collect field data on 
physical, sedimentological, biological, and 
chemical conditions with the aim of producing 
comprehensive models of environmental processes.