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A new device for sampling water from the benthic boundary layer

Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 44, pages 329–334 (1990)Cite this article

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An instrument is described, which collects water from the benthic boundary layer in shallow waters with a maximum depth of 50 m. Four water samples of 71 each can be collected between 5 cm and 40 cm above the sediment. Handling is easy, and the sampling operation is short enough to allow repeated employment even on time-limited, routine investigations. First results show gradients in the organic matter and seston content of samples from the 5 to 35 cm above the sediment. The oxygen concentrations near the sea bottom decreased faster than those 3 m above, just below the summer pycnocline.

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  1. Ulf Eversberg

    Present address: Meereszoologie, Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 2, Außenstelle: Bürgermeister-Smidt-Straße 20, D-W-2850, Bremerhaven

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  1. Institut für Meereskunde, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-W-2300, Kiel 1, Germany

    Ulf Eversberg

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Eversberg, U. A new device for sampling water from the benthic boundary layer. Helgolander Meeresunters 44, 329–334 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02365470

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