NP Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft
National Park in the largest brackish water (Bodden) habitat of the world.
The Bodden National Park of Western Pomerania was established in 1990 to protect one of the most untouched stretches of the Baltic coast, including the Darß/Zingst peninsula, the islands of Werder, Bock and Hiddensee, the west coast of Rügen Island and 687 km2 of water.
The overall surface area of the National Park is 805 km2, divided into two zones. Zone I embraces areas dominated by nearly natural landscapes with scarcely any economic activity, while the remaining terrain combines to form Zone II.
The Bodden is regarded as one of the few remaining natural landscapes in Central Europe still extant. This is natural shoreline which undergoes permanent change.
The landscape was created about 6000 years ago when the sea advanced and flooded previously dry terrain, leaving hill ridges as islands. The sea has constantly eroded these formations, depositing the material elsewhere as sandbanks, spits of land and peninsulas. The coastline essentially acquired its present contours about 4000 years ago, although in more recent times Darß/Zingst, Hiddensee and Rügen have gradually been growing closer together.
Nowhere else on the Baltic coast is this typology so distinct, with an abundance of alternating cliff and flat shoreline, spits, beach-lined lakes, shallow marine inlets (or bodden), windy flats, sandy dunes and beaches, all in close proximity.
Sub-areas
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Peninsula in the Western Pommerania Bodden National Park
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Bodden in the southwestern part of the island Rügen.
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Coastal region west of Kap Arkona.
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The sampling areas have been selected to represent adequately the major types of ecosystems in Germany and taking into account the varying intensities of anthropogenic impact and land use.
Specimen
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Common brown alga of the coastal areas of the North and Baltic Sea
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One of the most important edible mussel species common in the North and Baltic Sea
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As the only viviparous fish in German nearshore waters, it is a bioindicator in nearshore coastal marine ecosystems.
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Inshore, the herring gull mainly feeds from the sea: upon fish, mussels, and crabs.
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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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
1991 - 2023