F - 4 
Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum Westküste (FTZ), Büsum 
(West Coast Research and Development Centre) 
GOOS related activity 
Module 
Research / 
operational 
Measuring data / products 
Users 
Measuring techniques 
FTZ-Pl 
Measuring methods and variables Controlling 
plankton development In coastal waters 
3,4 
Research 
Algal fluorescence parameters, data on 
photosynthesis output In coastal waters, 
phytoplankton species, spectra and size 
distributions, C/N/P exchange rates through 
sediment surface, variables controlling 
primary production, predictions of the impact 
of climate change on the Wadden Sea 
Research institutions, 
authorities with 
monitoring tasks, 
Wadden Sea National 
Park offices 
Biosensors, fluorometers, flow 
cytometry of phytoplankton, plankton 
probes: Immunofluoro-chromatic and 
fluorescence kinetic measuring 
techniques 
Establishment of a station at Büsum-Mole for long 
term observation of phytoplankton and nutrient 
dynamics in the Wadden Sea 
Data and trend analyses of phytoplankton and 
nutrient developments, primary production 
data of the Wadden Sea, controlled variables 
of primary production, process formulation 
and operating data for modelling, basis data 
for modelling the Impact of climate changes in 
the Wadden Sea 
Research Institutions, 
public 
decisionmakers, 
authorities with 
monitoring tasks, 
Wadden Sea National 
Park offices 
Flow cytometry, conventional 
microscopic methods, radiometric 
methods (Cl 4), pulse-amplitude 
modulation, I1PLC, autoanalyser 
FTZ-P2 
Development of a measuring system module for 
marine phytoplankton monitoring for shipboard 
use on ferries (Blue Box) 
3,4 
Research 
Equipment development for marine 
hiomonltoring, data on stocks, composition, 
and photosynthesis output of phytoplankton 
Authorities 
performing 
monitoring tasks, 
public decision 
makers, research 
institutions, 
Fluorometer with algal group 
identification system