We can undertake on your behalf:

• Monitoring assignments involving automatic and traditional sampling techniques, including data analyses and report generation.

• Consultation and planning in the area of deep-sea environmental protection in the EEZ and The Area, environmental protection of coastal areas and integrated coastal zone management as well as in the implementation of interdisciplinary working groups in these fields.

• We co-operate in this area with the BIOLAB Research Institute, Dr. Gerd Schriever, Hohenwestedt.

Applied Research

Innovative Technologies

Services in Ocean Research

We are developing specialised instrumentation and gear for use in rivers, lakes, coastal waters and the deep sea in co-operation with universities, research organisations and governmental agencies.

Training our clients in the use of our instruments and gear is, of course, included. During the passed years we have built drifting measuring buoys including data transmission, a laboratory unit for investigation of air bubbles and time controlled sampling devices for shallow water use and as special units for deep-sea lander systems. Additionally we developed a new power saving deep-sea light source and a low light deep-sea video camera.

In addition, we build proven gear for use in ocean research and take into account the special wishes of our clients. Construction of gear equipped with our photo and video capabilities as well as those of our clients request is also offered, e.g:

• Box-corer and Van Veen Grab of different size
• Multiple corer, different size and numbers of cores
• Deep-sea lander systems
• Liquid sampling devices, time controlled or adjustable to the situation for in-situ sampling

We would be happy to put our technical capabilities and experience at your disposal in caring for and maintaining your electrical and mechanical instrumentation and gear in our workshop at Kiel, from ashore, and aboard research vessels. All our technicians gained long experiences on cruises on board of German and foreign research vessels in the North- and South Atlantic Ocean, in Antarctic and Arctic Waters, the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.

We also provide maintenance and service of electronic and acoustic diving equipment.