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Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel (IfM Kiel) 
(Institute for Marine Research at Kiel University) 
GOOS related activity 
Module 
Research / 
operational 
Measuring data / products 
Users 
Measuring techniques 
Optimisation of biological monitoring 
2,3 
Research 
Improved methods and strategies for 
recording pelagic and benthos biomass 
parameters and population patterns: 
• photographic and video methods for benthos 
monitoring 
- optical plankton recorders for automatic In- 
sltu recording of quantity, distribution and 
composition of mesozooplankton communities 
Federal and stale 
authorities, 
HELCOM, ICES, 
marine research 
Institutes 
Photo and video equipment for 
recording benthic organisms on and 
within sediment, 
lehthyoplankton recorder (IPR) and 
zooplankton profiler (ZPP), 
plankton nets equipped with optic, 
video, and data transmission systems 
Environmental influences on the reproductive 
success of fish stocks 
2,3 
Research 
Contribution toward understanding natural 
fluctuations in flsh stocks and broadening of 
the basis for ecosystem oriented fisheries 
management 
Marine research 
institutes, ICES, 
NAFO etc. 
Evaluation of long-term data series, 
field and laboratory experiments 
Influences of predator/prey relationships (Incl. 
fisheries) on the structure of marine communities 
2,3 
Research 
Contribution toward understanding natural 
fluctuations in flsh stocks and broadening of 
the basis for ecosystem oriented fisheries 
management 
Marine research 
institutes, ICES, 
NAFO etc. 
Evaluation of long-term data series, 
field and laboratory experiments 
Analysis of communities in shallow water habitats 
2,3 
Research 
Data on the importance of shallow water 
habitats to open-sea communities and on the 
ecological importance of specific habitat 
structures (contributions to coastal zone 
management) 
Federal and state 
authorities, research 
institutes 
Comparative systems analysis, in-situ 
experiments, tagging, deployment of 
divers