Blankenese (km 634)
Sampling site upstream of the Elbe estuary
The sampling site Blankenese is located immediately downstream of the port of Hamburg and extends between the river kilometres 629 and 636.5. It is used to document the nutrient and contaminant load of the Elbe which is discharged into the North Sea.
In 2001, the main sampling site for bream moved from the Mühlenberger Loch (a bay area in the Elbe) about 5 kilometres upstream to the Köhlfleet. This was necessary after a partly backfilling of the Mühlenberger Loch in the context of areal expansions of the Airbus Germany GmbH.
About 1 km upstream of the sampling site Blankenese is a permanent monitoring site of the International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe (ICPE).
Recommended analysis examples
Search data
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Only sub-area in the tidal section of the river Elbe
Specimen
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Common mussel species as invasive animal in rivers and lakes with high information level for water pollution
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Bioindicator in rivers and lakes
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Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase
Analytes
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Eighty percent of all elements on earth are metals
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Only eighteen elements in the periodic table
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Organic substances with at least one metall atom
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Group of organic compounds with at least one covalently bonded chlorine atom
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Toxic and persistent organochloropesticide
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Several isomeric compounds among the group of chlorinated hydrocarbons
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Group of organic compounds with at least three condensed six-membered rings
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Chemical agents against harmful organisms and for plant protection
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Organic compounds which are fully (per-) or partially (poly-) fluorinated
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Class of synthetic fragrances
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Class of non-ionic surfactants and their degradation products
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Atoms of one element with different weights
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Flame retardants reduce the flammability of objects
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Cyclic methylsiloxanes with persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic properties in the environment
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Additional information for the interpretation of contamination data
Sampling period
1993 - 2023