Nitrogen fluxes in the German Bight

From November 1989 to March 1992, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) carried out surveys of major physical and chemical parameters in the German Bight in connection with the TUVAS project (‘Transport, transfer and variability of contaminants and nutrients in the German Bight’)...

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Published in:Marine pollution bulletin 1997-06, Vol.34 (6), p.382-394
Main Authors: Beddig, Susan, Brockmann, Uwe, Dannecker, Walter, Körner, Dieter, Pohlmann, Thomas, Puls, Walter, Radach, Günther, Rebers, Andreas, Rick, Hans-Josef, Schatzmann, Michael, Schlünzen, Heinke, Schulz, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Applied sciences
Biological and medical sciences
budget
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
German Bight
Marine
Marine and brackish environment
Natural water pollution
nitrogen
North Sea
Pollution
Pollution, environment geology
Seawaters, estuaries
Water treatment and pollution
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Summary:From November 1989 to March 1992, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) carried out surveys of major physical and chemical parameters in the German Bight in connection with the TUVAS project (‘Transport, transfer and variability of contaminants and nutrients in the German Bight’). During roughly the same period, the interdisciplinary research project ‘Processes influencing contaminant fluxes in the North Sea (PRISMA)’ performed continuous measurements of atmospheric nutrient and contaminant deposition and numerical experiments with atmospheric, hydrodynamic and ecosystem models. Results from both projects, together with available information on river loads and data from the literature on sediment fluxes made it possible to construct nitrogen budgets for the German Bight during the period of the TUVAS surveys. Comparing the mean annual input fluxes, the major nitrogen flux into the water of the German Bight was from rivers (around 70%). The atmospheric contribution was around 30%.
ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00159-2