vii) Coasts/estuaries 
1, 9a 
Investigations in the 
coastal area about 
heavy metal input from 
land 
2. BAH 
3. Sperling 
(9a) 
Impact upon the estuarine 
ecosystem 
1. DFG 
(SFB 327) 
2. Uni HH 
9a 
Significance of the 
effect of the estuary 
between land run-off and 
ocean dispersal/burial 
1. DFG 
(SFB 327) 
2. Uni HH 
- Effects of sediment 
mobility upon benthos 
- Assessment of the sink/ 
source role of the estuary 
2. Uni HH: 
GPI 
IfM 
IHF 
2. Uni HH: 
GPI 
IfM 
IHF 
(9b) 
The influence of biotic 
transposition in the marine 
benthal upon the turn-over 
of nutrients and pollutants 
87-90 1. BMFT 
2. TU Harb. 
(9a) 
Heavy metal traces and geo 
chemical equilibrium between 
interstitial solution and sedi 
ments in the Weser estuary 
1. BMFT 
2. Uni Bremen 
Water analysis (incl. speziation) and analysis 
of different marine organisms. 
Observation and analysis of benthos 
- mainly hard-shelled - during the annual 
cycle and under brief conditions of stress. 
Analysis of hydrodynamic forces and selected 
organic components with respect to the 
sedimentation, erosion, and transport of 
particulate matter observed