Biologen, Chemiker, Physiker und Meeresforscher untersuchen im Biotop der Kieler Bucht Zoo- und Phytoplankton, Nahrungskette, Benthoswachstum und Veränderungen des Meeresbodenprofils durch Sedimentation, Erosion und die Entstehung der sogenannten "Riesenrippel".

Scientific activities from Joint Research Programme 95 (SFB 95). Main regions under investigation are in the Western Baltic Sea. Additional research equipment: research vessels, a limited area in the Eckernförde Bay, the plankton tower. Trained and practiced research diving. Interrelation between currrents and bottom morphology. Experimental sedimentology in the laboratory. Sedimentation and erosion in the North Sea tidal flat. Age determination of sediments by the radioactive decay. "Semiramis"-experiment: colonization experiments on substratum devices suspended in sea water. Baltic sea bouy system for telemetry and data recording. The plankton tower, in which the plankton population is prevented from drifting, for observation. The bell-jar-experiment for the investigation of remineralisation at the bottom.