Working group Ecology of benthic organisms - Projects
Assessment of habitats on the basis of the macrozoobenthos along the salinity gradient in the southern Baltic underlying the regulations of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) (2007-ongoing)
Internal project
- Sensitivity/tolerance of macrozoobenthos species in the southern Baltic (ES500.05-Werte)
Macrozoobenthos off South-West Africa (2004-ongoing)
Internal project; Analyses of the expeditions AHAB 2004 and Merian 2008
==> New species off Namibia and Angola
==> Macrozoobenthos in the Benguela upwelling system off Namibia
Benthos monitoring Baltic Sea (1992-ongoing)
Funding agreement: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
==> Final monitoring report for 2007
Monitoring and assessment of benthos, biotope habitats and non-resident species (Cluster 4, Benthos monitoring) (2011-2014)
Funding agreement: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, BfN
Amphipoda project (2011-2013)
Internal project; Compilation of species characteristics in terms of a determination key (Baltic and its river watersheds)
Fehmarnbelt project - Benthic Fauna (2008-2011)
Funding agreement: Danish Hydrographic Institute (DHI)/Fehmarnbelt-Konstortium
Benthos monitoring North Sea (2008-2011)
Funding agreement: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Benthic monitoring of NATURA 2000 areas in the German Baltic (2009)
Funding agreement: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, BfN
Field studies investigating possible impacts of offshore wind parks on the surrounding benthos ecology conducted on research platforms in the Baltic and North Sea (BeoFINO 2) (2005-2007)
Benthologic studies for the ecological assessment of potential windmill areas and mapping of NATURA 2000 areas in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Baltic (2002-2006)
Funding agreement: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, BfN
Accompanying ecological research on the use of offshore wind parks conducted on research platforms in the Baltic and North Sea (BeoFINO 1) (2001-2004)
WP 3: Effects of electromagnetic fields on marine organisms
Funding agreement: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, BMU
Accompanying ecological research on the use of offshore wind parks conducted on research platforms in the Baltic and North Sea (BeoFINO 1) (2001-2004)
WP 2: Processes in the near range of the piles Baltic
Funding agreement: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, BMU
Inventory and mapping of Baltic Sea areas sensitive for oil spills (2002)
Funding agreement: Special Branch of the coastal states to combat marine pollution, SLM
Macrozoobenthos database (2001-2002)
Funding agreement: Federal Institute for Hydrology, BfG