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Description: The dynamic and production of a natural population of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis (0.F. MÜLLER) were studied by regular field sampling at routine stations in the shallow Darss Zingst estuary, southern Baltic (3-7‰ S). Investigations of the horizontal distribution revealed significant population growth during the summer months at salinities above 3‰ S and at those stations characterized by high eutrophication. The first individuals hatch from resting eggs in May. Significant reproduction occurs from June to September, when temperatures are above 15° C. Mixis rates were highest during the exponential growth phase. Instantaneous rates of growth, birth, and mortality were estimated. Mean P/B ratios for the growing season were high (around 0.7 d-1) and were in the range of values obtained from mass cultures in the field under subtropical conditions. In Barther Bodden annual biomass production for 1982 was 1.1 g fw · m-3. In its natural habitat, B. plicatilis serves as a food source for fish juveniles and the mysid Neomysis integer, the seasonal dynamics of the rotifer population were not significantly affected by predators.

Description: Shrimps Crangon crangon L. were exposed to 5, 7.5, 10, 25 and 50 ppm of the anionic detergent alkylbenzene sulphonate (ABS) added to brackish water (7‰ salinity). The animals were incubated in these solutions from one to nine days at 15° C or 20° C. After 24 h and 108 h of incubation the activities of arylsulphatase (E.C. 3.1.6.1 ), acid phosphatase (E.C. 3.1.3.2) and cathepsin D (E.C. 3.4.4.23) were assayed in homogenates of the hepatopancreas. The influence of the detergent ABS on the moulting cycle of the shrimps was also investigated. The activity of all acid hydrolases assayed descreased by 20 % to 50 % in the experimental shrimps, depending on concentration of the pollutant, as compared with the control group. The moulting cycle of the shrimps exposed to the action of the detergent was shortened from 31 % to 51 %, and the body weight during one moulting cycle was reduced by 24 % to 36 %. Survival times were reduced in the animals exposed to the action of the detergent. Total mortality of the shrimps occurred after 194 h, in 5 ppm of ABS at 15° C and after 108 h in 50 ppm. The 96 h LC50 for shrimp Crangon crangon L. under laboratory conditions was estimated as 27 ppm of alkylbenzene sulphonate.

Description: Prior to 1975, average winter water nutrient concentrations at station Bokniseck in Kieler Bucht (Western Baltic} were 1.23 mmol/m3 total phosphorus and 12.7 mmol/m3 dissolved inorganic nitrogen. Nitrogen concentrations did not change until 1984. The mean of a few total phosphorus data from 1980-1984 is 1.94 mmol/m3. Mean nutrient concentrations in the area between the southern entrance of the Great Belt and Darss Sill increased between 1975 and 1984 from 0.8 to 1.6 mmol/m3 total phosphorus and from about 6 to 10 mmol/m3 inorganic nitrogen. Comparatively higher nutrient concentrations at Bokniseck station are correlated to higher salinity. However, no data are available on nutrient imports into Kieler Bucht with saline deep water. Unchanged nutrient concentrations at Bokniseck prior to 1975 are an argument against any dominant influence of anthroprogenic inputs which until 1974 increased to annually 1500 t of total phosphorus and 12700 t of total nitrogen, plus 5000 t of nitrogen from the atmosphere. Higher phosphorus concentrations 1980-1984 are correlated to severe oxygen deficiency in the deep water. Mobilization of phosphorus from sediments becoming anoxic could be the reason. Biota could be such sources and sinks of nutrients that influence the nutrient balance of Kieler Bucht. To sum up, there are several processes besides anthropogenic inputs that influence nutrient concentrations in water. An assessment of winter water nutrient concentrations alone is no adequate tool for the evaluation of the effects of anthropogenic nutrient inputs via rivers, sewage, land runoff, groundwater and from the atmosphere.

Description: Postglacial sequence of migration and extinction has been studied in a boring through 10 m deposits in Jutland, Denmark. The main profile contained freshwater and brackish water fauna in the bottom layer. Hydrobia ulvae was first recorded at -9.75 m. Next H. ventrosa was found together with H. ulvae. Then H. neglecta appeared, and all 3 species co-occurred at -8.75 m. At -4.95 m H. ulvae disappeared but H. ventrosa and H. neglecta were still abundant until a depth of -1.90 m. It is concluded that H. ulvae and H. ventrosa quickly colonized the Littorina Sea while H. neglecta may have arrived somewhat later. H. ulvae has the largest larval shell, especially in the Baltic, and H. ventrosa the smallest larval shell of the 3 species. The ecological significance of two markedly different shell forms of H. ulvae is discussed. Postglacial hydrobiids are compared with recent specimens of the 3 species.

Description: In situ measurements of the functional response (feeding, respiration and excretion) of Mytilus edulis and Ciona intestinalis showed that the effects of 2.5 µg 1-1 tributyl tin and 100 µg 1-1 cadmium on an assemblage of the two species was lower than what could be predicted from the response of the two species separately. This is explained by biological interactions between the species and by the fact that the two species may react in different ways to the same disturbance. Thus, results from single species tests seem inadequate for making predictions of pollution effects in marine environments, and tests should instead be carried out at the community or ecosystem level.

Description: In order to determine the time of settlement, growth and mortality of young bivalves, samples sieved on 250 µm screens were taken in parallel to ordinary samples (1 mm screen) in the western part of the Limfjord, Denmark. High densities of newly settled Corbula gibba (30000-67000/m2) and Abra alba (16000-22000/m2) in August 1986 were found at most stations. Growth of the juvenile Corbula gibba was very rapid and the specimens were retained by the 1 mm sieve a few weeks after settlement. Growth ceased in October at a length of 2.9-3.5 mm for Corbula gibba and 0. 7-2.1 mm for Abra alba. The juvenile bivalves suffered high mortality within the first month after settling. It is suggested that this mortality may be due to predation from epibenthic predators.

Description: Seawater samples for algal experiments and isolation of OHS (Dissolved Humic Substances) were taken in the Gdansk Bay during intense phytoplankton blooms. Bioassay experiments were conducted under controlled laboratory conditions with water containing natural phytoplankton communities. OHS was isolated from seawater by absorption on Amberlite XA0-2 according to the method of MANTOURA and RILEY (1975). It was found that the enrichment of the medium with OHS increased the production of chlorophyll a and cell numbers. OHS addition to the culture medium caused a change in the dominant species, especially in spring and summer phytoplankton. The results show that OHS influence not only the phytoplankton production but also the species succession by altering the species composition. The phenomenon of large phytoplankton blooms in coastal areas during the last decade should therefore be related (besides other physical, chemical and biological influences) to the presence of increasing concentrations of dissolved substances of the humic type.

Description: In 1986 and 1987 a transect off SW Åland, N Baltic Sea was sampled for macrozoobenthos at 14 stations ranging from 1 to 226 m depth. In connection to this survey comparative samples were taken at a "standard depth" of 19-20 m at 2 additional stations to estimate variability in space and time. The data were analyzed for primary community parameters (i.e. no. of species, abundance and biomass) including spatial and temporal differences, and the information is evaluated in relation to topography and hydrography. A more detailed analysis using the dominant components of the zoobenthic communities illustrated some of the difficulties in monitoring of the marine zoobenthos. There were significant differences in abundances and biomasses even over short distances. The differences get even more pronounced when trying to relocate an exact station with another boat and using different grab types on the same station. This is exemplified by samples from a 19-meter station using a modified Olausen box corer and an Ekman-Birge type grab sampling on different days from different vessels; the primary community data obtained with both grabs was 10 vs. 10 species (with Pontoporeia affinis vs. Macoma balthica dominating), 1945 ± 529 vs. 2168 ± 385 ind/m2, and 21.6 ± 9.5 vs. 209.0 ± 45.3 g/m2, respectively. Similarily, samplings at stations less than 1 n. mile apart at 20 m depth using the Ekman-Birge grab yielded 2168 ± 385 and 7000 ± 607 ind/m2; a highly significant difference. The no. of species (10/13) and biomasses (209.0 ± 45.3/184 ± 89.0 g/m2) showed no significant differences. The data also showed some depth dependency, but there was no correlation (r=0.22) between abundance and biomass for the entire material pooled, illustrating the importance of always measuring both. When using keyspecies for monitoring purposes, their natural distribution should also be known, as the dominance-patterns shows clear gradients with depth and sediment type.

Description: During the winter 1984 and summer 1985, a series of limiting nutrient experiments (enrichment tests) were performed with coastal Baltic water by scientists from the German Democratic Republic, Poland and Sweden. The water used for the experiments was collected outside Warnemünde (GDR); Rostock (GDR}, Sopot (P) and Falsterbo (S). The bioassays were performed under similar laboratory conditions. Nitrogen was the potentially most limiting nutrient for phytoplankton biomass formation in coastal water from Rostock, Sopot and Falsterbo. During winter, before the spring phytoplankton bloom had started, phosphorus was the "most limiting" nutrient in the Rostock area. For the Warnemünde area, no clear limiting nutrient was found, except during July 1984, when nitrogen addition doubled the phytoplankton biomass. The lowest algal standing stocks were found for Warnemünde and Falsterbo, followed by Sopot. Extremely high chlorophyll-a values were found outside Rostock. Our results show that these coastal areas in the southern Baltic do not differ essentially from each other with respect to the most limiting nutrient (sensu Liebig), although their nutrient levels are quite different. Nutrient limitation experiments are discussed in the context of the assumed eutrophication of the Baltic.

Description: The paper presents the assumptions of a one-dimensional mathematical model of turbulent diffusion of marine suspensions, as well as the results of numerical investigations on the influence of dynamic conditions in a defined basin on the chlorophyll-a concentration. The influence of the duration and disappearance time of a disturbance, and the thickness of the layer disturbing uniform media of varying degrees of turbulence on the vertical distribution of the chlorophyll-a concentration is analysed.

Description: A large scale quantitative survey of the benthic vegetation of the Kiel Bight (Western Baltic Sea) has been performed by analysis of underwater television observations and samples obtained by SCUBA diving during 1985-86. This investigation was compared to a semiquantitative survey carried out in 1962-64 by SCHWENKE (1964, 1969). For the total study area (2571 km2), distinct changes in biomass and species composition have been observed. There is an increase of biomass above the 12 m level (probably with exception of the 6 m level) and a decrease below 12 m. Extensive Furcellaria lumbricalis populations have disappeared. Furcellaria lumbricalis has been replaced by Phyllophora truncata and Phycodrys rubens which are the predominant species at present. Among other possible causes for these changes, the role of commercial stone fishing and effects of increasing eutrophication in the Kiel Bight are discussed.

Description: The establishment of an initial association of marine benthos was investigated during a colonization experiment at the "Nordsee" research platform at 25 m depth, from April to December 1985 and 1986. Settlement and the early stages of succession were studied by taking monthly series of soft-bottom samples. Parallel to the experiment, recruitment in the natural habitat was studied at a reference station close to the platform. Number of species, density, diversity and evenness of the initial experimental association showed 3 different phases, similar to those described by RUMOHR (1980) as "pre-opportunistic, opportunistic and post-opportunistic" phases. These stages appear regularly during early succession, but, are subject to strong seasonal and annual variability. Heavy spatfalls of several species occurred in both years of the investigation; e.g. Tellina tabula, Echinocardium cordatum, juvenile ophiuroids of the genus Ophiura (mainly in 1985) and Scoloplos armiger, Mediomastus aff. fragilis and Abra sp. (1986). Total density attained maximum values of approx. 30,000 ind. per 0.1 m2. In the natural environment the colonization process was similar, but as in Kiel Bay, the densities were much lower than on the experimental substrates. The successional pattern and role of opportunists during early succession is discussed.

Description: Sven EKMAN (1876-1964), zoogeographer and limnologist in Uppsala, wrote significant articles on marine glacial relicts, drew up a proposal of the natural history division of the Baltic Sea and wrote the textbook "Tiergeographie des Meeres", first of its kind and later published in English as "Zoogeography of the Sea". - Adolf REMANE (1898-1976), zoosystematician and ecologist in Kiel, was one of the first to analyse the faunal composition and communities of the Baltic in "Die Tierwelt der Nord-und Ostsee". A pioneering textbook by him and C. SCHLIEPER "Biologie des Brackwassers" appeared also in English. REMANE found the interstitial habitat. He described numerous new Gastrotrichs, Rotifers and Archiannelids. - Carl SCHLIEPER (*1903), zoophysiologist in Kiel, is the founder of the "School of Baltic physiologists". Studies by him and his many students on salt water tolerance and osmoregulation, ionic and temperature adaptation and high pressure tolerance of aquatic animals are known world wide. He is the co-author of four textbooks. Sven G. SEGERSTRÅLE (*1899), zooecologist in Helsinki, initiated the yearly monitoring of the bottom fauna in coastal waters of Finland. He studied the systematics and ecology of amphipods, especially the genus Gammarus and Pontoporeia and biology of the mussel Macoma balthica. His descriptive articles on the Baltic Sea and studies on marine glacial relicts are well known.

Description: The effect of siderophores, cysteine and Na2EDTA in cultures of Chlorella vulgaris and Anabaena variabilis containing copper or cadmium, on the chlorophyll-a content, as well as on the rate of carbon fixation, has been investigated. Experiments on copper accumulation in Chlorella vulgaris cells grown in the presence of organic compounds have been also carried out. The siderophores, cysteine and Na2EDTA reduced the toxicity of copper and cadmium to axenic strains of algae and natural phytoplankton. No correlation between the toxic effect of copper and its bioavailability was observed.

Description: In the last 14 years, trapnet catches of the Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras L.) have decreased drastically in the inner zones of the bays studied, but increased in the outer zones in the sea area of Turku, SW Finland. We deduce that the reasons for the decrease of catches have been eutrophication and sedimentation of the bays. The spawning grounds of the Baltic herring were studied by SCUBA-diving in the sea area of Turku in 1981-86. We studied 134 locations but found eggs in only 20 locations. Herring did not lay eggs on all suitable grounds, but regularly and intensively used some few locations from year to year. The most important spawning grounds were situated in the outer zones of the bays. We found eggs at 0-8 meters depth. In the inner parts of the bays, we did not find eggs with the exception of one shore, which is kept free of sediments by water currents. The spawning grounds comprised mainly sand and gravel. Most of them were covered by vegetation. Eggs were attached to Cladophora glomerata, Potamogeton perfoliatus, and red algae Furcellaria Jumbricalis and Phyllophora truncata. In the innermost zones of the bays the original littoral hard bottoms have changed to soft, muddy bottoms and consequently no eggs could be found there.

Description: In 1985 and 1986, a SW Finnish archipelago area was monitored for fish (using gillnets and seine), in order to investigate potential effects of salmonid fish farming on natural fish communities (population- and community level, growth and food choice). The results indicate some structural change eg. in total abundance and biomass values (increasing), on species composition (towards moore cyprinid-dominated communities), on growth rate (increasing) and food choice (increased proportions of fish consumed) of perch, and a general shift towards communities dominated by juveniles and small fish in areas influenced by fish farms.

Description: Recruitment and survival of Nereis diversicolor and Corophium volutator was studied in an artificial Saltwater Lagoon in the Danish Wadden Sea. The two species were the most successful colonizers of this lagoon and they have temporarily accounted for more than 80 % of the benthic individuals. Predation by waders, emigration and a low salinity in winter(〈2‰) appeared to be important regulators of the population sizes. Various field experiments have been performed to examine the effect of selected infaunal species on recruitment of C. volutator and N. diversicolor. The density of recruits of C. volutator was negatively affected by adult individuals of its own species, by C. arenarium, by Macoma balthica, and by Nereis diversicolor. C. arenarium was the only species that had a negative effect on N. diversicolor. At the intertidal flat a high recruitment of both, C. volutator and N. diversicolor, took place within cages enclosing the natural fauna, while the density of recruits on the adjacent bottom was low. The importance of epibenthic predators and cage artifacts on the density of recruits is discussed.

Description: The influence of eutrophication on the occurrence of the red algae Furcellaria lumbricalis and Phyllophora truncata was studied in the sea area of Turku. Due to increased sediment load and planktonic production, light penetration in the water has decreased in the northern parts of the study area. Furthermore, the quality of the sea bottom has changed. Plots of 1 m2 (N = 100} in the upper littoral zone (0.5-6 m} were studied by SCUBA diving, in order to investigate the factors controlling the occurrence of the red algae. Two transects were situated in the eutrophicated area, and two in the reference area. In the plots, the percentage cover of each plant species and of Mytilus edulis was documented, and the Secchi disc visibility and depth was measured. The numerical data were analyzed by correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis (BMDP2R}. In the eutrophicated area, abiotic factors (percentage cover of plain bottom and bottom quality} explained 81.28 % of the variation of red algae cover. In the reference area, the biotic factors (total number of species and Mytilus cover in %} were the most important factors, explaining 66.4 % of red algae cover.

Description: Major inflows of saline water into the Baltic Sea have a significant impact on the oceanological regime of the deep water in the central basins. Such events show seasonal characteristics, which are investigated here for the 80-year period from 1897 to 1976. The characteristic properties - i.e. salinity, temperature, density and oxygen concentration of the water bodies entering the Baltic during major inflows are analyzed for the first time. The significance of the season of the inflow event for its effects on the oceanological conditions in the deep water is discussed.

Description: 12-year quantitative phytoplankton data collected in the Tvarminne sea area in June-August from 1972-1985 were analysed in relation to environmental data collected at the same time. This was done by principal component analysis followed by canonical correlation analysis. A phytoplankton species succession which took place parallel to the increase in temperature was found to be the most important factor causing variation in species composition. The second most important factor was a change in phytoplankton species composition from the early 1970's towards the 1980's. This followed the same pattern as nutrient levels and total phytoplankton biomass. The species primarily responsible for the change were nanoplanktonic forms, such as unidentified flagellates, Cryptomonas spp., Monoraphidium contortum and Microcystis reinboldii, and a heterotroph, Ebria tripartita. It was concluded that this was due to increased levels of total phosphorus and organic load in the Gulf of Finland. Short-term weather conditions had no significant effect on species composition.

Description: The history of studies of benthic flora and fauna in the Northern Baltic Sea (N of 58° N, including the Gulfs) is briefly reviewed from the early naturalists of the Linnaean period (mid-18th century) to the early 1970's.

Description: Fish eggs and larvae were sampled during 1970 and 1971 at approximately monthly intervals in the Kiel Bay using a Bongo-Net. Samples of 0.5 mm mesh net were considered in this study. At every station temperature and salinity were measured. The most abundant fish eggs were of sprat origin, followed by flounder, cod and plaice. Spawning areas of this species are also described. Fish larvae showed high abundance from June to August with gobies predominance. Commercially important species such as herring, cod and plaice were present in low numbers. Species exceeding the 5 % relative proportion level (tow-year average) were herring, sprat, rockling, gobies and gunnel.

Description: The Bornholm Basin has a distinct hydrographical pattern in terms of temperature, salinity and oxygen. Due to the strong differences in density, there is a strong vertical stratification of water masses and ichthyoplankton as well. The vertical distribution of fish eggs and larvae was investigated in a period of 27 hours at an anchor station. Samples were taken at three hours intervals with a closing net. The species composition of fish eggs and fish larvae in (), both in percent, was found to be 79.7 (84.0) sprat, 17.5 (15.0) cod, 1.3 (0.6) rockling, 1.5 (0.4) flounder and 7.3 dead eggs. To control for water masses around the station, double oblique hauls with a ring net were performed, as well as measurements of temperature and salinity. The vertical distribution of sprat and cod eggs showed considerable differences. Sprat eggs were most abundant in the upper 40 metres, whereas cod eggs were found only from 40 metres downwards. The few eggs of rockling and flounder showed a weak accumulation between 40 to 65 metres. Sprat and cod larvae were present throughout the whole water column, decreasing in numbers with depth. The maximum abundance overlapped for sprat and cod between 40 to 65 metres. However, sprats were also common in the upper layer, in which cod were present in small numbers only. The larvae of rockling and flounder were generally scarce and not found in every sample. No aggregation was obvious at certain depth levels.

Description: Predation on zoobenthos by fish was studied on Åland, northern Baltic Sea, in a shallow, semi-isolated bay (Station 1) and an outer area (Station 2) which is in direct connection with the bay. The fish sampling was done under an one year-cycle (May-November 1984 - May-June 1985) with a standardized multimesh set of gillnets. The fish samples for community analysis were taken once a month (May-November 1984 - May-June 1985). Stomach samples of perch (Perca fluviatilis, L.), roach (Rutilus rutilus, L.) and ruffe (Acerina cernua, L.) were collected five times during the sampling period representing the spring-, summer- and autumn-seasons. The fish species studied are the most important predators on benthic macroinvertebrates in this area. Calculations of the annual food consumption were done on the basis of field data and literature values. The soft bottom infauna was monitored throughout the study to get accurate measures of the standing stock. Roach was the most abundant and important bottom feeder in the study areas. It consumed 64 to 73 % of the total amount of benthic food taken. Roach preyed heaviest on molluscs. Perch preyed mainly on crustaceans (at St. 2) and insect-larvae (at St. 1). It consumed about 24 to 35 % of the total amount of fish predation. Ruffe is principally an obligate benthic feeder consuming mainly insect-larvae, crustaceans and polychaetes. The abundances of ruffe were low in the study areas, and the quantities consumed were marginal on an annual basis. The total consumption calculated was 999 kg/ha at St. 2 and 349 kg/ha at St. 1 during the summer season (May-November). Consumption is significantly higher in the outer area (St. 2) mainly due to higher fish abundances and benthic biomass in this area. The consumption values are equivalent to about 9 to 31 % of the annual secondary benthic production in the area studied. The fish consumed a significant proportion of the benthic standing stock, but simultaneous experiments in the lab and field have shown that the structuring effect of fish-predation on the benthic community is small. The ecological relevance of the fish/benthos couplings on shallow soft bottoms are further emphasized.

Description: In static toxicity tests, the effects of HgCl2 and of an organic mercury complex on the mortality of Neomysis integer and Pomatoschistus microps were determined under various temperature and salinity conditions. Definite species-specific differences with respect to combined temperature, salinity and mercury effects were found. The toxicity of the organic mercury complex exceeded that of HgCl2 by a factor of 20 in the case of N. integer, and by a factor of 30 in the case of P. microps. By means of continuous respiration and activity measurements on N. integer (the more sensitive species) under organo-mercury contamination at different environmental conditions (temperature, salinity and pO2), reproducible sublethal concentrations were determined. For this species, a direct relationship was found between mercury contamination levels, increase in activity, and oxygen uptake.

Description: On the occasion of the celebrations of the 50th year of existence of the biological station at Hiddensee (1982), the 150th jubilee year of the Zoological Institute of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University in Greifswald (1986), and the 25th year of existence of an independent marine biological research and training facility at the University of Rostock (1985), a short overview is given of the development of biological science in the Baltic Sea in the Hither Pomerania and Mecklenburg region. It will become clear that the initiative for brackish water research arose at the University of Greifswald, with algological studies concentrated at Hiddensee and zoological-ecological work in Greifswald itself. Effective and successful marine biological research and teaching at the University of Rostock started with the establishment of the Department of Marine Biology (1960), where university marine biological activities are now concentrated as a result of the university reform (1968).

Description: Shrimps (Crangon crangon L.) were exposed to 5, 7.5, 10, 25, or 50 ppm of light fuel oil, heavy fuel oil or crude oil at 15° C or 20° C with aeration. The mortality was recorded. It was found that light fuel oil was the most toxic and crude oil the least toxic.

Description: The genus Enteromorpha Link is one of the most common algae in the Gulf of Gdańsk. The literature mentions that several Enteromorpha species occur in the western part of the Gulf of Gdańsk. The material for analysis was collected in the littoral zone down to a depth of 1 m in the Gulf of Gdańsk and on the open Baltic coast once a month from April to November 1986. The taxonomical characters, the nature of the bottom sediments and the sampling season were used for describing OTUs. 6 dissimilarity coefficients and 7 clustering methods were employed. The two principal clusters and some intermediate OTUs are shown on the dendrograms. The difference between these two clusters lies in the morphological characters. In one of them, the filaments are unbranched, without prolification, and the cells are multilateral and rounded, setting in random fashion; in the second one the filaments are branched, and the cells are rectangular, setting in an orderly manner along the main axis and the branches. The remaining characters, especially the quantitative ones do not seem to be important from the cluster analysis point of view.

Description: Cadmium, lead, copper, chromium and zinc contents were determined in otoliths of the cod Gadus morhua L. from the Southern Baltic. It was shown that the levels of these heavy metals fluctuated during the period of investigation (1969-1985). It was found that levels of Cd, Cu, Cr and Zn decreased with age and age-dependent morphometric parameters, while the amount of lead increased. Sex of cod did not affect the level of bioaccumulation of these five trace elements in the otoliths. With the exception of Cu no differences were found between heavy metal contents in otoliths of cod from the Gdańsk and Bornholm Deep.

Description: Following a mass mortality of the demersal fish population in Kiel Fjord due to anoxic water conditions throughout the water column, the occurrence of mass aggregations of the free-living marine nematode Pontonema vulgare on dead fish, jellyfish (Aurelia aurita, Cyanea capillata) and starfish (Asterias rubens), and in weakened mussels (Mytilus edulis) was observed by SCUBA diving and documented through underwater photography as early as two days after the incident occurred. P. vulgare not only survived the anoxic conditions which prevailed for severals days, but also took advantage of these circumstances to prey upon dead or weakened animals on the sediment. These observations confirm previous reports of a possible role of Pontonema vulgare as a scavenger in the form of mass aggregations in areas of acute oxygen depletion and sediments of high organic content. Positive thigmotaxis is assumed to cause aggregations of Pontonema vulgare upon brown sediments and on webs of Beggiatoa spec. in oxic water with no apparent prey as a cause. Their chemoreceptive sense, thigmotactic aggregation behavior, ability to withstand adverse oxygen conditions, and their broad feeding spectrum are responsible for the success of this species in an extreme environment.

Description: Based on data collected at 7 stations 4 times a year in 1985 and 1986, composition and distribution of meiobenthic communities in the Polish part of the Szczecin Lagoon, a eutrophic and polluted water body connected with the Baltic Sea, is presented. The data show a tendency to reduced total meiobenthos densities and diversity from the lower to upper reaches of the lagoon. The meiobenthic communities studied were dominated by nematodes, ostracods ranking second in numerical importance. Harpacticoid copepods were most abundant at the outer stations which are influenced by Baltic inflows. Most of the 10 harpacticoid species recorded in the lagoon were found at the outer stations (lower reaches) as well. Similarity analysis allowed to separate three zones within the lagoon: (1) the outer zone, its stations showing most abundant and diverse meiobenthic communities; (2) the innermost zone (upper reaches) with the least abundant and qualitatively impoverished communities; and (3) the intermediate zone.

Description: An approach to monitoring the availability of oxygen to benthic marine invertebrates in the sediment is presented on the basis of biochemical analyses of metabolites of species from Kiel Bight. In Halicryptus spinulosus, Astarte borealis and Arctica islandica several metabolites of anaerobic metabolism were examined for their suitability as indicator substances of the oxygen availability. The amino acids aspartic acid and alanine seem to be useful only as indicators of short-term anaerobiosis, whereas glycogen and succinate together may indicate the overall duration of long-term anaerobiosis. The time course of glycogen depletion and of the increase of succinate concentrations in the tissues is correlated to the duration of experimentally induced anaerobiosis. Analyses of freshly captured Halicryptus spinulosus reflect the occurrence of long-term anaerobiosis at the sampling site in Kiel Bight during the end of summer and early autumn. Succinate concentrations in these worms and the depletion of glycogen came close to the values of specimens kept in the laboratory under anoxic conditions for 40 days (at 10°C).

Description: On the basis of long-term investigations, the course of seasonal variations of mean daily primary production and mean chlorophyll-a concentration in the Southern Baltic waters are presented. The mean annual primary production of the Gdańsk Deep, Bornholm Deep and the Gotland Deep amounted to 124.4 gC m-2, 88.8 gC m-2 and 107.2 gC m-2, respectively. The primary production of the Southern Baltic in 1986 was higher than in 1985, and higher than the long-term mean value. The mean annual production for the Southern Baltic in 1986 amounted to 130 gC m-2. On the basis of long-term observations of primary production and chlorophyll-a of the Southern Baltic, certain upward trends in phytoplankton production were observed.

Description: The nutrient situation in eutrophic shallow coastal water systems is characterized by particular features. In addition to water exchange with the open sea, interactions at the sediment/water interface play a significant role. With the help of investigation on phosphate sorption/desorption balances and on the denitrification capacity of shallow coastal waters, the following general conclusions can be made: The phosphate concentrations in the water are primarily determined by physico-chemical reactions with the sediment, and less by the rhythm of the phytoplankton primary production. Through intensive interactions between sediment and water, a phosphate "equilibrium" concentration which fluctuates very little is maintained over the whole year. High primary production rates are possible at these low equilibrium concentrations of phosphate. The phosphate sorption capacity of sediments is a characteristic parameter of shallow systems. Sediments with a high organic matter content exhibit the highest phosphate sorption capacities. With the development of nearly anearobic conditions, nitrate reduction can occur at a rate, when the appropriate amount of nitrate is made available to the reaction. Under optimal conditions for nitrate reduction, nitrate concentration is also not a parameter characterizing the nature of the water body.

Description: During 1982, 1983 and 1984 numbers of planulae within the oral arms of the common jellyfish Aurelia aurita were counted, and the organic content of the larvae was determined through C/N analysis. The total numbers of larvae produced by females of the same size increased during the period of investigation by a factor of 4-5, and a good linear correlation between the amount of larvae and body weight of the females were observed. In contrast, the averaged carbon content of the planulae decreased from 0.68 µg C per individual in 1982 to 0.28 µg C per individual in 1984. On average, larvae represented 17% of the carbon content of a female in 1982, 25% in 1983 and 37% in 1984. Partitioning of this organic matter among larvae differed from year to year: low numbers of planulae with a high organic content were observed in 1982, very high numbers with a low organic content in 1984, and intermediate in 1983. Thus breeding behaviour of the common jellyfish seems to be a complex process and there is evidence that medusae abundance and estimated food availability ragulate reproduction in Aurelia aurita populations.

Description: The energy content of Mysis mixta from the Southern Baltic in relation to its body weight was studied in June, August and October 1986, and April and May 1987. In June, immature animals (4-13 mm) and adult females (18-25 mm) dominated. The same composition was found in August, although the size had changed: the immature animals ranged from 10 to 21 mm and adult females from 21 to 30 mm. A more homogeneous population ranging from 12 to 22 mm was found in October. Males occurred in large numbers only in autumn. The dry weight was 15.04 % of the wet weight, and included 8.18% ash. The relationship between dry weight and body length fitted the power function W = 0.714 L2.835. The average energy content of M. mixta was high: 24.748 Jmg-1 OW and 27.055 Jmg-1 AFDW.There was no significant difference in energy content between adult females and males in October, when both sexes were present. Energy content per dry weight increased with the size of the animals. M. mixta obtained in the study area showed similar energy content to each other.

Description: Shrimps Crangon crangon L., acclimated in the laboratory for 24 h in brackish water (7‰ salinity), were incubated in solutions of anionic detergent alkylbenzene sulphonate (ABS) in concentrations of 5 - 50 ppm. After 24 h or 96 h of incubation, preparations of hepatopancreas were stained and examined by light or transmission electrone microscopy. The light microscopy examination revealed a flattening of the duct cells, pyknotic nuclei in these cells, fine granular secretions in the ducts of the gland, and cellular infiltration. The transmission electron microscopy examination revealed an impairment and destruction of the lysosomal and mitochondrial membranes of the hepatopancreas cells in the shrimps exposed to alkylbenzene sulphonate.

Description: In spring, summer and autumn enclosure experiments were performed in the central part of the Arkona Sea. The natural water with the plankton community was enriched by nutrients to about winter levels, and to the double of these concentrations. In spring and summer, the phytoplankton responded with rapid uptake of nutrients and an increase in primary production and biomass. In autumn, the uptake of nutrients was also fast, whereas productivity did not increase, and biomass only in diatoms. Not only did the production increase with higher nutrient supply, but also the productive season was prolonged. This fact is of importance for the function of the pelagic system in the Baltic, because the biomass and nutrients remaining after the spring bloom determine to a great extent the productivity of the whole year.

Description: A bioenergetic model was parameterized for herring (Clupea harengus) using information available in the literature. In this model, all components of the energy budget are functions of temperature and fish weight. The model is used to simulate herring growth and consumption in a coastal area of the northern Baltic proper. Simulated seasonal growth curves restrained to fit one weight per age class are similar to observed growth curves, indicating the importance of temperature in determining herring growth rates in the Baltic. Calculated food consumption and conversion efficiencies are compared with other published estimates.

Description: Knowledge of how phytoplankton responds to nutrient inputs is essential for water management and for minimizing eutrophication. Only processes that are deterministic, i.e. that can respond as algorithms, are controllable. The study area is the chain of inshore waters (so-called Bodden) south of the Darss-Zingst peninsula - shallow eutrophic waters of estuarine character in the Southern Baltic. Monitoring programmes and laboratory experiments have revealed an annual periodicity of the phytoplankton and of the physico-chemical factors influencing it. On the basis of these results, experiments were carried out in enclosures to study the effects of nutrient loading on phytoplankton. The purpose was to test the feasibility of influencing phytoplankton development under field conditions during the transition period from late spring to mid-summer. This contribution presents results from the 1985 shallow water enclosure experiments (FLAK 85) which demonstrate that - the scale of phytoplankton reactions and the species involved are stochastic in character and are governed by stochastic interactions between meteorological events and water exchange processes in the chain of Bodden; - all processes affecting phytoplankton growth are deterministic in character, conforming to simple batch theories: simultaneous addition of nitrogen and phosphorus favours green algae, and in exceptional cases one algal species became dominant; - nutrient loadings do not affect the time of transition to the mid-summer phytoplankton population, the most important regulating factor obviously being temperature.

Description: The investigation area, Himmerfjarden Bay situated at the Swedish coast of the northern Baltic Proper, receives waste water from a sewage treatment plant. Phosphorus is efficiently reduced in the sewage treatment resulting in a high N : P ratio (≈ 65 : 1) in the discharge. In the near future also the nitrogen discharge will be reduced, and it is teared that a lowered N : P ratio in the receiving waters may favour an undesired increase of nitrogen fixing blue-green algae. This study is focussed on the development of a common nitrogen fixing species in the area, Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, at varied nutrient loadings in 1983-85. The biomass as well as the number of heterocysts was low near the treatment plant and increased with increasing distance from the sewage discharge. The low biomass and number of heterocysts in Himmerfjarden Bay is interpreted as an effect of competition with other algae and of low level of phosphorus relative to nitrogen, i.e. unfavourable conditions for nitrogen fixation. The abundance of Aphanizomenon was highest in 1984 when the phosphorus load was higher than in the other years of investigation. As a tentative conclusion it is suggested that nitrogen fixing algae may increase as a result of reduction in the nitrogen discharge to Himmerfjarden Bay in the future. At the reference station outside the Bay, nutrient conditions favoured nitrogen fixing algae, as interpreted from an inorganic N:P ratio less than 10:1 during the summers of the investigation period. Here the variation in biomass between the years was mainly due to the variaton in water temperature; Aphanizomenon was most abundant during the warm summer of 1984 and less abundant during the cold summer of 1985. A significant correlation was obtained between the heterocyst frequency and concentration of inorganic phosphorus in the trophogenic layer at the reference station.

Description: In the Bornholm Basin cod eggs occur exclusively in the intermediate and deep water layers, because their buoyancy is insufficient for allowing them to float in the low salinity surface layer. In the lower range of their vertical distribution they can be exposed to low oxygen contents, which might affect their mortality thus influencing recruitment. At three cruises carried out during the main spawning season of cod in the Bornholm region, hydrographic measurements were made and ichthyoplankton samples were taken by means of a Bongo net and a multiple opening/closing zooplankton sampler. In the middle and at the end of May large numbers of cod eggs were found especially in the north-eastern part of the Bornholm Basin, whereas in the middle of June considerable frequencies were observed only in the southeast. The eggs were concentrated at depths of 60 to 75 m, but they occurred also below that depth range down to the bottom. In this lower part of the water column an intermediate minimum of the oxygen concentration was observed with values of less than 1 ml/l. Due to the increase of specific gravity during embryonic development of cod the older egg stages were relatively more abundant in the deeper water, which caused them to be more exposed to low oxygen levels than the younger ones. Instantaneous daily mortality rates (Z} were estimated by comparing the daily production of a given stage during the first survey with that of its corresponding stage during the second survey. For two cohorts the Z-values amounted to 0.314 and 0.322, respectively. An extrapolation for the entire incubation period leads to an overall egg mortality of 99.9 %.

Description: In this study, we evaluate whether it is possible to distinguish the effects of eutrophication from other, i.e. hydrographical, factors affecting zooplankton. We illustrate our arguments with examples from an old set of zooplankton data which includes 9-year records on mesozooplankton and hydrography collected from Seili, off the south coast of Finland. The present study shows that hydrographic changes override or mask, at least in the time period studied, possible eutrophication effects.

Description: Considerable amounts of nutrients enter as a result of human activity the Western Baltic Sea in the form of discharge or seepage from land or as atmospheric input. Benthic macrophytes which preferably inhabit the nutrient recipient shallow near-shore areas, and where they often constitute the major primary producers may thus play an important role in eutrophication processes by uptake and accumulation of nutrient elements, enhanced primary production and following degradation of the produced organic material. Nutrient uptake, binding capacity and limitation as well as nutrient dependent growth of the two community forming seaweeds Phycodrys rubens and Fucus vesiculosus have been investigated and related to the seasonal patterns of the nutrient conditions in their respective habitats. Nutrient concentrations, both phosphorus and nitrogen, in the algal beds are markedly higher than in the surface water of the open Kiel Bight. In general, the seaweeds seem not to be nutrient limited under natural conditions except for nitrogen in Phycodrys during summer. Nutrient tissue contents are saturated only for nitrogen during winter. The significance of these findings is discussed in view of the observed increasing nutrient levels and changes of the vegetation in the Kiel Bight.

Description: Attraction of the polychaete Capitella capitata to different types of substrates has been investigated in the laboratory. Some observations on the reprcduction, development, and breeding behaviour, as well as on the reaction of the species to the factors sewage concentration, light, and current are reported.

Description: In einer Vertiefung der Kieler Forde, dem sogenannten Baggerloch, kommt es im Sommer und Herbst zu mehrwöchigen Stagnationsperioden, in denen im Wasser Schwefelwasserstoff auftritt. Es konnte nachgewiesen werden, daB die Bildung von Schwefelwasserstoff hauptsächlich durch bakterielle Sulfatreduktion (Desulfurikation) in der obersten Sedimentzone erfolgt. Sie wird vor allem durch Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bewirkt, während Desulfotomaculum nigrificans dabei allenfalls eine sehr untergeordnete Rolle spielt. Entsprechend der verhältnismäßig geringen Menge von schwefelhaltigen Aminosäuren im Wasser und Sediment des Baggerloches dürfte der Anteil des bei der Eiweißfäulnis freigesetzten H2S nicht sehr bedeutend sein. Die Zahl der desulfurizierenden Bakterien lag 1967 und 1968 während der Stagnationsperioden in dem obersten Zentimeter des Sediments bei 100OOO im cm3 - dagegen im Wasser stets unter 20 im ml. Die Anzahl der schwefeloxydierenden Bakterien war gering und lag in der Regel unter 5 im ml Wasser. Es handelt sich dabei vorwiegend um Thiobacillen. Fadige Schwefelbakterien (Beggiatoa, Thiothrix) sind zwar vorhanden - doch konnte keine Rasenbildung auf der Sedimentoberfläche beobachtet werden. Die bakterielle Oxydation von H2S ist demnach nicht sehr groß. Die chemische Oxydation und auch die Sulfidbildung erfolgen im wesentlichen in der Grenzzone zwischen H2S- und O2-haltigem Wasser.

Description: Die mikrobielle Aktivität sowie die Saprophytenzahl in Abhängigkeit vom Salzgehalt wurden in abwasserbelastetem Flußwasser, dessen Salzkonzentration durch Zugabe von NaCl künstlich erhöht worden war, gemessen. Daneben fanden Untersuchungen über die Salzansprüche der 10 häufigsten Bakterienstämme der Probe statt. Außerdem wurde das Wachstum der natürlichen Bakterienpopulationen bei unterschiedlichen Salzkonzentrationen nach Zugabe von Nährstoffen bestimmt. Es zeigte sich, daß die Aktivität und die Zahl der Mikroorganismen durch die Erhöhung des Salzgehaltes stark zurückgingen. Nur eine geringfügige Adaptation konnte festgestellt werden. Nach Zugabe von Nährstoffen trat dagegen eine schnelle Umstellung der Population ein. Die Untersuchungen ergaben, daß die mit dem Flußwasser eingeschwemmten Süß- und Abwasserbakterien nur eine geringe Rolle bei der Selbstreinigung der Küstengewässer spielen. The microbial activity as well as the number of saprophytic bacteria in relation to the salt concentration was measured. The measurements were performed in river water, the salt concentration of which was raised by the addition of NaCl. Also the salinity requirements of the 10 most frequently occurring bacteria were determined. Furthermore the growth rate of the natural bacteria populations in relation to the salt concentration was measured after the addition of nutrients. The activity and the number of bacteria were strongly affected in a negative manner with increasing salt concentrations. Only a slight adaptation could be found. With higher amounts of nutrients, rapid changes in the population were observed. The results showed that the microbial populations carried into the sea by the rivers and sewage effluents can play only a minor role in the self-purification of the coastal waters.

Description: 15.2% of 541 examined cod (Gadus morhua L.) caught in the fjord of Kiel carried a macroscopically visible infection of Ichthyosporidium hoferi (= Ichthyophonus h.). The fungus was found in the liver, heart, spleen, and body-muscles. Infected cod showed up to 30.7% underweight. The condition-factor of infected fish lay significantly below that of healthy ones. Von 541 untersuchten Dorschen (Gadus morhua L.) aus der Kieler Förde waren 15,2% makroskopisch erkennbar mit Ichthyosporidium hoferi (= Ichthyophonus h.) befallen. Der Pilz wurde in Leber, Milz, Herz und Körpermuskulatur nachgewiesen. Infizierte Tiere zeigten bis 30,7% Untergewicht. Der Konditionsfaktor kranker Fische lag signifikant unter dem gesunder Tiere.

Description: Es wird ein seit einigen Jahren in der Gewässermikrobiologie eingeführtes Verfahren zur Bestimmung des "Heterotrophen Potentials" beschrieben. Die Vor- und Nachteile dieser Methode werden diskutiert. Ihre vielfältigen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten werden an Hand einiger Beispiele dargestellt. A method which has been used during the last few years to determine the "relative heterotrophic potential" in aquatic environments is discribed. The advantages and disadvantages involved are discussed. Some examples of the applications of this method are also given.

Description: Von März bis August wurde zehnmal bei fünf Stationen in der Schlei die Besiedlung der Copepoden durch Myoschiston centropagidarum untersucht. Für den häufigsten Copepoden, Eurytemora affinis, wurde aus der Verteilung der Entwicklungsstadien und der Dauer der einzelnen Stadien der Entwicklungszustand der Population rekonstruiert. Zusätzlich wurde die Eiproduktion und die Änderung der Körpergröße untersucht. Für Acartia tonsa, die im Sommer Eurytemora ablöste, wurde nur die Verteilung der Stadien ermittelt. Die Besiedlung durch Myochiston wurde für jedes Stadium bestimmt. Zum Verständnis der Besiedlung reichte die vorgefundene Populationsstruktur nicht aus. Auf den beiden Stationen mit dem geringsten Salzgehalt, wo die Copepodenpopulationen sich auf Grund der Strömungsverhältnisse ungestört entwickelten, konnte die Besiedlung klar aus der Vorgeschichte der Copepodenpopulation abgeleitet werden. Eine optimale Besiedlung ergab sich, wenn sich eine Copepodengeneration ihrem Ende näherte und kurz nach dem Ende einer Generation. Myoschiston centropagidarum ist spezifisch für die beiden dominanten Arten Eurytemora affinis und Acartia tonsa und kann deshalb während des ganzen Jahres seinen Lebensraum besiedeln. From March to August samples were taken on ten occasions at five stations in the Schlei to investigate the infestation of the copepods by Myoschiston centropagidarum. For the most abundant form Eurytemora affinis the history of the population was computed from the distribution and the life span of the different developmental stages. The egg production and change in size were measured. For Acartia tonsa, which replaced Eurytemora during summer, only the distribution of the different stages was determined. The degree of infestation with Myoschiston was measured for each stage. However, the determined population structure was not sufficient to explain the infestation. At the two innermost stations, where the populations were not disturbed by currents, the infestation could be related to the history of the copepod populations. The most epizoes could be found at the end of a generation or the beginning of a new one. Myoschiston centropagidarum is specific to the two dominant copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia tonsa and can therefore be found all the year round.

Description: This article describes and discusses a new method for the fluorescence microscopic examination of bacteria on Nuclepore membrane filters. The bacteria, which have been concentrated by filtration, are stained with a solution of acridine orange. Then the filters are destained with isopropyl alkohol and xylene. This method makes it possible to recognize small bacteria and to distinguish them from detritus. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt und diskutiert eine neue Methode zur fluoreszenzmikroskopischen Untersuchung von Bakterien auf Nuclepore-Membranfiltern. Die durch Filtration angereicherten Keime werden mit einer Akridinorange-Lösung gefärbt. AnschlieBend werden die Filter mit Isopropanol und Xylol entfärbt. Diese Methode ermöglicht es, auch kleine Bakterien zu erkennen und sie von Detritus zu unterscheiden.

Description: 1.1. A percolator was constructed to measure continously metabolic processes in sediments. A continous flow of water penetrates the sediment. Oxygen can be excluded. A continous polarographic control is possible or a control with enzyme electrodes. Gases evolved by metabolism can be trapped. It was attempted to discriminate bacterial and purely enzymatic processes (free enzymes) by addition of chloroform or toluene, both of which will kill bacteria. The attempt was unsuccessful. 1.2. Enzyme electrodes were constructed as a probe for sediments, for the percolator, and for the free water. The enzyme electrodes permit the determination of the ratios of inorganic phosphorus/organic phosphorus, urea/ammonia, glycosidically bound glucose/free glucose. The enzyme is coupled to a diazotized anilin resin which is fixed on a metal electrode as a thin layer. The potentials (measured against Ag-AgCl) correlate with the ratio of the concentrations of substrate and product. It is shown, how absolute measurements can be performed. The electrodes are calibrated in Tris-HCl-buffer solutions pH 8. 1.3. To study the fine structure of sediments matrix bound colour reactions are used. The matrices are fixed to glass slides.Glucose is bound glycosidically to an epoxy resin. After exposition the remaining glucose is measured by a colour reaction. Dehydrogenases are detected by 2, 3, 5 triphenyltetrazoliumchlorid which is fixed to a matrix by spraying with a teflon aerosol. The yellow formazan colour is measured. Hydrogen sulfide is detected by lead acetate which is enclosed in the cells of a dried emulsion. The walls are permeable for gas (H2S), but not for the insoluble reaction product. All reactions are calibrated in Tris-HCl-buffer solutions pH 8.

Description: Untersuchungen über die Zusammensetzung aquatischer Bakterienpopulationen hinsichtlich ihrer Fähigkeit zur Verwertung verschiedener Kohlenstoffquellen sind bisher wenig durchgeführt worden, da es an adäquaten Methoden mangelt. Es wird eine kombinierte Methode mit 14C-markierten Substraten, Nährkartonscheiben, Membranfiltern und Autoradiographie beschrieben, mit der verschiedene physiologische Gruppen erfaßt werden können. Kolonien mit besonderen Eigenschaften (z. B. Phenol oder DDT-Abbauer) können leicht identifiziert und isoliert werden. Die bisherigen Ergebnisse zeigen, daß einige der getesteten Substrate (Glucose, Asparaginsäure, Acetat) stets von fast allen Saprophyten aufgenommen werden können, während die Aufnahme anderer (z. B. Xylose, Lactose, Harnsäure, Phenol, Riboflavin, Fett) sowohl jahreszeitlich bedingte als auch von der Verschmutzung und Küstenentfernung abhängige Fluktuationen aufweist. Von dem größeren Spektrum der Nährstoffverwertung durch Bakterien in Küstengewässern kann eine schnelle Adaptation an Abwasserinhaltsstoffe erwartet werden, während in küstenferneren Gebieten entsprechende Populationen nur sehr schwach vertreten sind. Investigations on the composition of aquatic bacterial populations in respect of their nutritional requirements have been rarely made because of the lack of adequate methods. A combined method using 14C-marked substrates, nutrient pads, membrane filters and autoradiography is described, which enables one to differentiate the physiological groups of bacteria. Colonies with special properties (e.g. degradation of phenol or DDT) can easily be identified and isolated. The preliminary results show that some of the test substrates (glucose, aspartic acid, acetate) can always be taken up by most of the bacteria. Others (e.g. xylose, lactose, uric acid, phenol, riboflavin, fat) show seasonal and environmental fluctuations. The wide spectrum of nutritional requirements of bacterial populations in coastal reagions may lead to a quick adaption to sewage compounds, while in offshore regions the corresponding populations are rather small.

Description: Die Schlei von Schleimünde bis Schleswig betrachtet, stellt in mancher Hinsicht ein Modell der Ostsee dar. Es werden Angaben zur Verbreitung der gefundenen Arten auf sekundärem Hartboden an den acht Stationen gemacht. Ein ökologischer Vergleich der Fauna mit der aus anderen Brackwassergebieten, dem Elbe-Ästuar, Dänischen Brackgewässern, dem Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, der Martwa Wisla (Danziger Bucht) und der finnischen Küste wird ebenso durchgeführt, wie ein Vergleich mit den Ergebnissen von Remane und Jaeckel, die eine ähnliche Arbeit 1937 im gleichen Gebiet durchführten. The Schlei Fjord from Schleimünde to Schleswig seen as closed area is like a model of the Baltic Sea. Dates on the distribution of the occuring species are reported. An ecological comparison between the Schlei Fjord and different other brackish water areas is performed as well as a reference to dates worked out about the same area by Remane and Jaeckel in 1937.

Description: Die vorliegende Arbeit sollte klären, welchen Einfluß die Seewasser-Reinigungsanlage im Aquarium des Instituts für Meereskunde in Kiel auf den Bakteriengehalt des Aquariumwassers hat. Es wurde festgestellt, daß wesentliche Unterschiede in der Belastung des Wassers im Vergleich zum Fördewasser bestehen, insbesondere weist das Wasser des Aquariums eine sehr hohe Konzentration an Phosphat und Nitrat auf. Es wurden die auf Grund ihres Salzanspruches auf verschiedenen Nährböden wachsenden saprophytischen Bakterien gezählt. Es zeigte sich, daB die Saprophytenzahlen starken Schwankungen unterlagen; die Gründe hierfür könnten weitgehend analysiert werden. Die Saprophytenzahlen nehmen beim Durchlauf des Wassers durch die Reinigungsanlage ab, wenn Ozon eingeleitet wird. Es handelt sich aber in diesem Falle nicht um eine unmittelbare Wirkung des Ozons durch dessen oxydierende Wirkung, sondern um eine mittelbare, indem die Schaumbildung gefördert wird. Mit dem Schaum werden neben anderen partikulären Verunreinigungen auch Bakterien dem Wasserkreislauf entzogen. Zur Keimtötung reichen die verfügbaren Ozonmengen nicht aus. Die Anlage erfüllt zwar ihre Aufgabe, indem sie das Wasser von löslichen Proteinen und partikulären Verunreinigungen befreit und das giftige Nitrit zu unschädlichem Nitrat oxydiert, jedoch ist die Nutzung der Anlage nicht optimal. Zusätzliche Versuche mit Ozon zeigten, daß zur Keimtötung im belasteten Aquarienwasser mit den gegebenen Ozonmengen lange Einwirkungszeiten erforderlich sind. Es konnte auch gezeigt werden, daß der Wirkungsgrad des Ozons von der Belastung des Wassers mit oxydierbaren organischen und anorganischen Stoffen abhängig ist.

Description: Aus einer wäßrigen Lösung des Crustaceenäautungshormons Ecdysteron wurden Bakterien in Reinkultur isoliert, die das Hormon abzubauen vermögen. Die mögliche Bedeutung der bakteriellen Inaktivierung des Ecdysterons wird diskutiert. A bacterium which is able to degrade the crustacean malting hormone ecdysterone was isolated from an aqueous solution of the hormone. The possible significance of this inactivation by bacteria is discussed.

Description: Tauchuntersuchungen ermöglichten erste quantitative Angaben über das Vorkommen der Bohrmuschelarten Barnea candida und Zirfaea crispata in der Kieler Bucht. Die Muscheln bewohnen in hoher Siedlungsdichte Geschiebemergelflecken zwischen 2 und 13 m Wassertiefe. Ihre Bedeutung für die Auflockerung des Substrats, das dadurch auch von anderen Benthosformen besiedelt werden kann, ist beträchtlich. Diving investigations have provided first quantitative data on the occurence of boring clams (Barnea candida and Zirfaea crispata) in Kiel Bay. In a zone between 2 and 13 metres of water depth, the clams live in patches of till in large numbers. They have a considerable importance for eroding the substratum, which thus can be inhabited by other benthic species as well.

Description: Fluctuations of horizontal and vertical wind speed components and of air temperature have been measured on a mast in the Baltic Sea. Preliminary results of computed stress and sensible heat flux and their parametrisation with wind speed and air-sea temperature difference are given. Compared with the results of other authors, the present data show the following features: 1. The drag coefficient increases strongly with increasing wind speed. 2. The heat transfer coefficient seems to be smaller under stable stratification than under neutral or unstable conditions.

Description: The thermocline model suggested by ERTEL (1953) is used to describe thin surface layers that had been observed in the Western Baltic. The layers have typical vertical scales of a few decimeters, and their temperature exceeds the temperature of the underlying water by a few tenth °C. Advection is taken into account by means of a source function (including heat sources and sinks). The special case of the mixing coefficient of heat sinks and sources being equal to the coefficient of turbulent heat conduction can be used here if the coefficients are close to the molecular coefficient of heat conduction (approx. 10-3cm 2s-1). The results show that this special case of the model is applicable here. Using the above assumption the vertical temperature distribution during the heating period can be well approximated by using coefficients (10 to 40 10-3cm2s-l) which are sufficiently close to the molecular value.

Description: Es wird eine Methode zur Bestimmung des Kaloriengehaltes von partikularer Substanz aus Schöpfer- und Sinkstoffproben beschrieben. Die Proben werden auf Glasfaserfilter (Whatman GF/C, 2,25 cm Durchmesser) oder Membranfilter (Sartorius, Typ SM 1130, 2,5 cm Durchmesser) filtriert. Die Glasfaserfilter mit dem Filterrückstand werden nach Zugabe von Benzoesäure, die in Äthylalkohol gelöst ist, getrocknet und in einem Phillipson-Mikrokalorimeter verbrannt. Bei der Verbrennung der Membranfilter entfällt die Zugabe von Benzoesäure, da die Filter aus explosivem Cellulosenitrat bestehen. Sie können direkt nach der Trocknung verbrannt werden. Der methodische Fehler liegt bei der Verwendung von Glasfaserfiltern bei 27,1% und bei der Verwendung von Membranfiltern bei 9,6%. Als optimal erwies sich die Verwendung von Membranfiltern der PorengroBe 0,8 µ und die zweimalige Spülung des angereicherten Sestons auf dem Filter mit 2 bis 5 ml destilliertem Wasser. Die Glasfaser- und die Membranfilter weisen keinen signifikanten Unterschied in Bezug auf den Kaloriengehalt des abfiltrierten Sestons auf. In Bezug auf den Sestongehalt (als Trockengewicht) zeigt der Glasfaserfilter eine signifikant höhere Retention gegenüber dem Membranfilter (p1 〈 2% und p2 〈 0,1%). Es ergab sich ein signifikanter Unterschied (p 〈 0,2% in Bezug auf den Seston- und p 〈 0,1 % in Bezug auf den Kaloriengehalt) in der Retention der Filter bezogen auf 1 l Wasser bei der Filtration unterschiedlicher Wassermengen (1 l und 2 l). Aus diesem Grunde sollte immer die gleiche Menge Wasser zur Filtration verwendet werden. Der kalorische Aspekt der Phytoplanktonblüte im Frühjahr 1972 vor Boknis Eck wird dargestellt und diskutiert. Der Kaloriengehalt einer Phytoplanktonpopulation kann als Index für deren physiologischen Zustand angesehen werden.

Description: Different food species cause modifications in the growth forms of bryozoan species. Under cultivation conditions a "stolonization of zooids" is possible in Bowerbankia spp. In some species, e.g. Conopeum seurati and Alcyonidium spp., the numbers of tentacles are influenced by external and physiological conditions. Observations on the brackish water Membraniporid Conopeum seurati are summarized, which revealed that maturity and growth of the erect form are effected by a complex of interdependent factors (colony size, food, temperature, salinity). It is stressed that greater attentions should br paid to the ecologial conditions by taxononoists and systernatists. Numerical inquiries and statistical comparisons which ignore the influences of external factors on the growht forms are questionable. Cultivated Bryozoa may develop forms which under natural conditions will not normally be realized, but which may be of systematic importance. A new cultivation apparatus for long term rearing of sessile plankton feeders has been developed. The experimental vessel of the apparatus has a U-bottom of perspex to sustain a vertical water rotation. The water movement is produced by water in a container vessel, raised above the level in the experimental vessel by an improved type of a bubble-pump. The experimental animals can be observed with a stereo-microscope or with a photo-apparatus without removal from the experimental vessel.

Description: This work is based on 63 samples obtained by Beyer's 50 cm epibenthic closing net and 43 vertical hauls with a 70 cm Hensen-net from December 1969, and March, June and November 1970. The depth in the sampling locality, Vejsnäs Rinne, varied between 28 and 32 meters. Only abundant and particularly interesting species and animal groups have been treated here. Seasonal variations were studied in the cumacean Diastylis rathkei, some mysids, the euphausid Thysanoessa raschii, the decapod Crangon crangon, the chaetognath Sagitta elegans and in some fishes. During winter there are, relatively, a higher number of species (including some rare ones), as well as of individuals. This may partly be ascribed to a stronger inflow of water from the Kattegat in winter, and partly to seasonal horizontal migrations in the animals. It is furthermore apparent that by the present sampling method a larger fraction of the more vagile near-bottom fauna is collected than by more conventional sampling techniques. The diurnal variations in the hyperbenthos were studied in benthic as well as some pelagic groups of animals. Based on the results, it is possible to recognise at least three main patterns of vertical migrations in the hyperbenthos: A. The relatively few pelagic animals found stay just above the bottom during the day. They leavethe region sampled by the epibenthic closing net (i.e. from the bottom to about 80 cm above it) about sunset and stay away until the next morning when they reappear at this level. B. Some of the benthic animals at certain seasons or developmental stages are sparsely represented in the epibenthic closing net samples during day. The catches are increased at dusk, but decrease again later in the evening. In the morning the animals appear once more in the hyperbenthos, only to disappear again after sunrise. The reduced number collected around midnight is either due to midnight sinking, i.e. the animals burrow in the sediment and thus avoid the epibenthic net, or the animals ascend above the level sampled by the net. This last pattern is particularly found in juveniles and in gravid females. C. The majority of the migrating benthic species seem to come sufficiently far off the bottom to be caught in higher numbers in the epibenthic closing net during the dark hours. They are often considerably less numerous throughout the day. The value to an animal of performing diurnal vertical migration has been briefly discussed. It seems possible that some of the more important demersal fishes in the area are able to exploit the migrating animals as food, particularly at dawn and dusk.

Description: Ein Vergleich des Typs und eigenen Materials von Amphiascus graciloides trisetatus KLIE beweist, daß diese Subspezies nicht aufrechterhalten werden kann. Die Exemplare lassen sich vielmehr Amphiascus minutus (CLAUS) sp. I; LANG, 1965 zuordnen. A comparison between the type of Amphiascus graciloides trisetatus KLIE with own material of the Kiel Bay shows the invalidity of that subspecies. The specimens have to be referred to Amphiascus minutus (CLAUS) sp. I; LANG, 1965.

Description: Records of temperature fluctuations in a thermocline show an energy peak close to the local Brunt-Väisälä frequency. This supports recent observations that short internal waves are common phenomena within the thermocline. The high rate of energy of these waves permits the conclusion that they may break and form patches of turbulence. It is assumed that these short internal waves and turbulence patches contribute to the acoustic backscattering observed from these layers.

Description: Von den 50 bisher aus der Kieler Bucht nachgewiesenen Hydroidenarten werden einige ökologische Aspekte dargestellt. Die Besonderheiten des Salzgehaltes, der Temperatur und des Substratangebotes in der westlichen Ostsee werden in ihrer Wirkung auf die Hydroiden beschrieben. Der bestandsmindernde, indirekte Einfluß von Licht auf Flachwasser-Hydroidengemeinschaften wird dargestellt. Ecological aspects concerning the 50 species of hydroids known from the Kiel Bay are discussed. The effects of salinity, temperature and substrate availability on these species in the Western part of the Baltic are described. It is pointed that light influences the density of hydroid populations in shallow waters by favouring the growth of algae competing with hydroids for space.

Description: Auf 2 Fahrten in die Ostsee (September 1971 und April 1972) sind mit Hilfe der Invers-Voltammetrie 97 Metallanalysen direkt an Bord durchgeführt worden. Untersucht wurden auf 12 verschiedenen Stationen die Metalle Zink, Cadmium, Blei und Kupfer. Die mittleren Konzentrationen lagen 1971 und 1972 für Zn bei 8,9 bzw. 7,5 μg/dm3, für Cd bei 0,17 bzw. 0,22 μg/dm3, für Pb 1972 bei 1,1 und für Cu im Jahre 1971 bei 3,1 µg/dm3. Die Verteilung und Streuung der Einzelwerte wird diskutiert. Aufbau, Arbeitsweise und Meßgenauigkeit der Versuchsapparatur werden beschrieben. Shipboard measurements of trace metals have been carried out on 2 cruises (September 1971 und April 1972) by anodic stripping voltammetry. 97 samples from 12 different stations were analyzed for zinc, cadmium, lead and copper. The mean values in 1971 and 1972 are 8,9 and 7,5 µg/dm3 for Zn respectively, while for Cd they are 0,17 and 0,22 μg/dm3, for Pb 1,1 μg/dm3 has been found in 1972 and for Cu 3,1 μg/dm3 in 1971. The distribution and variations of the individual values are discussed. The construction, method and precision of the apparatus is described.

Description: Auf drei Stationen (Sand - 7,5 bis 12 m Tiefe) wurde in der Kieler Bucht die Meiofauna quantitativ für das Jahr 1969 erfaßt. Teilweise wurden auch noch Proben von 1968 und 1970/71 herangezogen. Die Probenentnahme erfolgte mit dem Reineck-Kastengreifer (150 kg-Gerät). Die untersuchte Menge pro Station und Monat betrug 10,6 cm2; dies entspricht 21,2 cm3 (Einstichtiefe = 2 cm). Es wurde der EinfluB von Temperatur, Salzgehalt und Korngröße des Substrates auf die Meiofauna im Jahresablauf untersucht. Zwei verschiedene Korngrößen wurden miteinander verglichen. Das Substrat war weitgehend "rein" und wurde in 9 Fraktionen zerlegt. Die Proben wurden im Labor fixiert (4% Formol) und die Meiofauna aufgeschwemmt und abpipettiert. Beide Substratqualitäten zeigten eindeutige Unterschiede in der Besiedlung durch die Meiofauna. Dies gilt für das Mengenverhältnis der einzelnen Meiofauna-Gruppen zueinander und besonders das Artenspektrum der Harpacticoiden. Die Besiedlungsdichte betrug auf grobem Sand 385300 Tiere/m2; auf mittlerem Feinsand 542180 bis 580920 Tiere/m2. Für Harpacticoiden und Nematoden wurden zwei Besiedlungs-Maxima ermittelt; ein kleineres im Winter (Dezember/Januar) und ein größeres im Sommer (Juli/August). The meiofauna was quantitatively recorded at three stations (sand bottoms, depth 7,5 to 12 m) in the Kiel Bay for the year 1969 as well as from some additional samples taken in 1968 and 1970/71. Samples were taken with a Reineck-grab (150 kg.). 10,6 cm2 X 2 cm were examined per station and month. This is equivalent to 21,2 cm3. The effect of temperature, salinity and grain size of the substrate on the meiofauna in the course of a year was studied. Two different grain sizes were compared with each other. The substrate was largely "pure" and was divided in 9 fractions. Samples were fixed in the laboratory with 4% formol and the meiofauna was washed out and collected. Both substrate types showed a clear difference with regard to population. This applies to the quantitative relationship between the various groups of the meiofauna to each other and to the species composition of the Harpacticoidea. 542.180 to 580.920 individuals/m2 were calculated for medium fine sand and 385.300 for the coarser sand. Two maxima for Nematodes and Harpaticoides were determined, a smaller one in winter (December/Januar) and a larger one in summer (July/August).

Description: Messungen der Energiedissipation stehender Wellen mit laminarer Bewegung wurden im Tank durchgeführt und mit theoretischen Werten verglichen, die sich aus Ableitungen der linearisierten Bewegungsgleichung von NAVIER-STOKES ergeben. Dabei wurde die Dämpfung der Oberflächenauslenkung sowie die von den stehenden Wellen auf den Tankboden ausgeübte Schubspannung gemessen. Es ergab sich eine etwas größere Energiedämpfung als die theoretisch vorhergesagte. Die Schubspannung stimmte innerhalb der Fehlerbreite mit der Theorie überein.