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Magdeburg: a Center of Inland Water Research for Decades

Magdeburg: a Center of Inland Water Research for Decades Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol. 31 (2003) 4–5 273 Editorial Research into inland water goes back a long way in ed by the automatic measuring stations built under the en- Magdeburg. Authorities and bodies responsible for water- vironmental accord between East and West Germany. ways have been based there for a long time and are cur- The rich fund of data also includes limnological surveys, rently carrying out an unprecedented scheme to create for example on the nitrogen plant in Piesteritz and the con- Magdeburg waterway crossroads by bridging the Elbe struction of Stendal nuclear power plant. It had to be taken with the Mittelland Canal using thrift locks. into account that in the overloaded, oxygen-deficient Elbe, The Water Resources Engineering College was estab- natural processes such as nitrification practically came to lished in Magdeburg in 1956; after German unification it a standstill. Constantly high ammonium values (often became the Department of Water Resources at Magde- around 10 mg/L) meant that the oxygen content had been burg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. Research buffered down to an impermissibly low redox level. conducted by faculty and students in their undergraduate There is still high international interest in how rivers re- dissertations concentrates on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica Wiley

Magdeburg: a Center of Inland Water Research for Decades

Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica , Volume 31 (4‐5) – Dec 1, 2003

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Copyright © 2003 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0323-4320
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1521-401X
DOI
10.1002/aheh.200390042
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Abstract

Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol. 31 (2003) 4–5 273 Editorial Research into inland water goes back a long way in ed by the automatic measuring stations built under the en- Magdeburg. Authorities and bodies responsible for water- vironmental accord between East and West Germany. ways have been based there for a long time and are cur- The rich fund of data also includes limnological surveys, rently carrying out an unprecedented scheme to create for example on the nitrogen plant in Piesteritz and the con- Magdeburg waterway crossroads by bridging the Elbe struction of Stendal nuclear power plant. It had to be taken with the Mittelland Canal using thrift locks. into account that in the overloaded, oxygen-deficient Elbe, The Water Resources Engineering College was estab- natural processes such as nitrification practically came to lished in Magdeburg in 1956; after German unification it a standstill. Constantly high ammonium values (often became the Department of Water Resources at Magde- around 10 mg/L) meant that the oxygen content had been burg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. Research buffered down to an impermissibly low redox level. conducted by faculty and students in their undergraduate There is still high international interest in how rivers re- dissertations concentrates on

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Published: Dec 1, 2003

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