Biologische Anstalt Helgoland (BAH), Hamburg 
(Biological Station Heligoland) 
(subject to reservation that projects are continued after integration of BAH into Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI)) 
GOOS related activity 
Module 
Research / 
operational 
Measuring data / products 
Users 
Measuring techniques 
Investigations into the composition of zoobenthos, 
species spectrum, and abundances 
3 
Research 
Data on zoobenthos >lmm, grain size 
composition, biomass determination 
BLMP 
At a station near Sylt, 24 box corers 
each (200 cm 2 base ), sieve 1 mm mesh 
size 
Recording of changes In bacterial metabolic 
efficiency at Helgoland, study of the occurrence of 
heavy metal resistant/ tolerant bacteria as an 
indicator of heavy metal pollution (experimental 
phase) 
3 
Research 
Bacterial basic data, total bacterial number 
Scientific institutions 
Microbiological methods 
Determination of inorganic nutrients and 
phytoplankton biomass near Helgoland 
3 
Research 
Nitrite, nitrate, ammonium, phosphate, silicate, 
temperature, salinity, phytoplankton 
National and 
international 
institutions for 
marine research and 
marine 
environmental 
protection 
Standard methods