The technical equipment included an ultra-high-resolution scanning sonarKils, U., Ruohonen, K., Makinen, T.: Daily feed intake estimates for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Wahlbaum) evaluated with SONAR and X-ray techniques at commercial net cage farms. Coun Meet Int Coun Explor Sea 1991/F3: 1-8 ; 1991 that was used for locating schools of juvenile herring, for guiding a ROV, which was controlled via a cyberhelmet and glove, and for determining positions, distances, and speeds. Probes measured the water salinity, temperature, and oxygen levels. Special instruments could measure plankton-, particle-, and bubble-concentrations and their size distributions.Kils, U.: "Swimming Behavior, Swimming Performance, and Energy Balance of Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba ", College Station, Texas; 1 - 122; 1981 Imaging equipment included low-light still and high speed video cameras using shuttered Laser-sheet or infrared LED illumination.Schulze P., Strickler, R., Bergstroem, B., Berman, M., Donaghay, P., Gallagher, S., Haney, J., Hargraeves, B., Kils, U., Paffenhoefer, G., Richman, S., Vanderploeg, H., Welsch, W., Wethey, D. & Yen, J.: "Video based instruments for in situ studies of zooplankton abundance, distribution and behavior.", Arch. Hydro. Beih. 36: 1-21 ; 1992 An endoscope-system for non-invasive optical measurements called ecoSCOPE, which could also be mounted on an ROV, was developed and used to record the microscale dynamics and behavior of the highly evasive herring. 150px|View out of one of the underwater windows into a netcage with rainbow trout Research questions investigated by students during courses and their thesis work at the Laboratory included: What are the effects of the natural light gradient on predator-prey interactions? How can the predator best see the prey without being seen?Thetmeyer, H., Kils, U.: To see and not to be seen: the visibility of predator and prey with respect to feeding behaviour. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 126: 1-8 ; 1995 How does the focussing of small waves oscillating light regime influence camouflage and attack strategy? What are the influences of the different frequencies of microturbulences? How do such effects change at the moment when herring larvae join into schools? What role does the phenomenon of aggregation play? Do ocean physics create or alter organism-aggregations? Can the dynamics of aggregations effect ocean physics at the microscales?Kils, U.: Formation of Micropatches by Zooplankton-Driven Microturbulences. Bull Mar Sci 53(1) 160-169; 1993 Are there effects of the surface waves? What are the distribution and dynamics of microbubbles caused by turbulences and gas-oversaturations? How can the organisms orient in respect to micro-gradients of the ocean physics? How do they survive in the direct vicinity of undulating anoxia and hypoxia?Fischer, P., Kils, U.: In situ Investigations on Respiration and Behaviour of Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus and the Eelpout Zoaraes viviparus During Low Oxygen Stress ICES C.M.1990/F:23; 1990 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Why are eelpouts, sticklebacks and herrings so extremely successful in the Baltic while cod is not?Fischer, P., Rademacher, K., Kils U.: In situ investigations on the respiration and behaviour of the eelpout Zoarces viviparus under short term hypoxia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 88: 181-184 ; 1992 What are the effects and functions of schooling for feeding and microscale-orientation? What is the behavior of fish in netcages and how much food is lost from the cages. The ATOLL mainly served as a test bed for the development and field testing of equipment such as developing ROVsKils, U., Marschall, P.: Der Krill, wie er schwimmt und frisst - neue Einsichten mit neuen Methoden (The Antarctic krill Euphausia superba - feeding and swimming performances - new insights with new methods) In Hempel, I., Hempel, G., Biologie der Polarmeere - Erlebnisse und Ergebnisse (Biology of the Polar Oceans) Fischer Jena - Stuttgart - New York, 201-207 ;1995 (and images p 209-210) that were to be used later in Antarctic expeditions, e.g. for in situ imaging of transparent organisms of krill size under the ice. External links ATOLL laboratory Kils, U.: The ATOLL Laboratory and other Instruments Developed at Kiel; U.S. GLOBEC NEWS Technology Forum Number 8: 6-9 ; 1995. Also available as a PDF file. Waki Zoellner Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ZDF, 1978, Drehscheibe: Waki Zöllner und sein Atoll vor Travemünde. Norddeutsches Fernsehen, NDR, 1978, Atoll vor Travemünde. Bayerisches Fernsehen, BR3, 1980, Samstags-Club: Maria Schell und Waki Zöllner. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ZDF, 1990, Teleillustrierte: Waki Zöllner und sein Floatel Newspaper article Newspaper article2
The technical equipment included an ultra-high-resolution scanning sonarKils, U., Ruohonen, K., Makinen, T.: Daily feed intake estimates for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Wahlbaum) evaluated with SONAR and X-ray techniques at commercial net cage farms. Coun Meet Int Coun Explor Sea 1991/F3: 1–8 ; 1991 that was used for locating schools of juvenile herring, for guiding a ROV, which was controlled via a cyberhelmet and glove, and for determining positions, distances, and speeds. Probes measured the water salinity, temperature, and oxygen levels. Special instruments could measure plankton-, particle-, and bubble-concentrations and their size distributions.Kils, U.: "Swimming Behavior, Swimming Performance, and Energy Balance of Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba ", College Station, Texas; 1 - 122; 1981 Imaging equipment included low-light still and high speed video cameras using shuttered Laser-sheet or infrared LED illumination.Schulze P., Strickler, R., Bergstroem, B., Berman, M., Donaghay, P., Gallagher, S., Haney, J., Hargraeves, B., Kils, U., Paffenhoefer, G., Richman, S., Vanderploeg, H., Welsch, W., Wethey, D. & Yen, J.: "Video based instruments for in situ studies of zooplankton abundance, distribution and behavior.", Arch. Hydro. Beih. 36: 1–21 ; 1992 An endoscope-system for non-invasive optical measurements called ecoSCOPE, which could also be mounted on an ROV, was developed and used to record the microscale dynamics and behavior of the highly evasive herring. 150px|View out of one of the underwater windows into a netcage with rainbow trout Research questions investigated by students during courses and their thesis work at the Laboratory included: What are the effects of the natural light gradient on predator-prey interactions? How can the predator best see the prey without being seen?Thetmeyer, H., Kils, U.: To see and not to be seen: the visibility of predator and prey with respect to feeding behaviour. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 126: 1–8 ; 1995 How does the focussing of small waves oscillating light regime influence camouflage and attack strategy? What are the influences of the different frequencies of microturbulences? How do such effects change at the moment when herring larvae join into schools? What role does the phenomenon of aggregation play? Do ocean physics create or alter organism-aggregations? Can the dynamics of aggregations effect ocean physics at the microscales?Kils, U.: Formation of Micropatches by Zooplankton-Driven Microturbulences. Bull Mar Sci 53(1) 160-169; 1993 Are there effects of the surface waves? What are the distribution and dynamics of microbubbles caused by turbulences and gas-oversaturations? How can the organisms orient in respect to micro-gradients of the ocean physics? How do they survive in the direct vicinity of undulating anoxia and hypoxia?Fischer, P., Kils, U.: In situ Investigations on Respiration and Behaviour of Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus and the Eelpout Zoaraes viviparus During Low Oxygen Stress ICES C.M.1990/F:23; 1990 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Why are eelpouts, sticklebacks and herrings so extremely successful in the Baltic while cod is not?Fischer, P., Rademacher, K., Kils U.: In situ investigations on the respiration and behaviour of the eelpout Zoarces viviparus under short term hypoxia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 88: 181–184 ; 1992 What are the effects and functions of schooling for feeding and microscale-orientation? What is the behavior of fish in netcages and how much food is lost from the cages. The ATOLL mainly served as a test bed for the development and field testing of equipment such as developing ROVsKils, U., Marschall, P.: Der Krill, wie er schwimmt und frisst - neue Einsichten mit neuen Methoden (The Antarctic krill Euphausia superba - feeding and swimming performances - new insights with new methods) In Hempel, I., Hempel, G., Biologie der Polarmeere - Erlebnisse und Ergebnisse (Biology of the Polar Oceans) Fischer Jena - Stuttgart - New York, 201–207 ;1995 (and images p 209-210) that were to be used later in Antarctic expeditions, e.g. for in situ imaging of transparent organisms of krill size under the ice. External links ATOLL laboratory Kils, U.: The ATOLL Laboratory and other Instruments Developed at Kiel; U.S. GLOBEC NEWS Technology Forum Number 8: 6–9 ; 1995. Also available as a PDF file. Waki Zoellner Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ZDF, 1978, Drehscheibe: Waki Zöllner und sein Atoll vor Travemünde. Norddeutsches Fernsehen, NDR, 1978, Atoll vor Travemünde. Bayerisches Fernsehen, BR3, 1980, Samstags-Club: Maria Schell und Waki Zöllner. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ZDF, 1990, Teleillustrierte: Waki Zöllner und sein Floatel Newspaper article Newspaper article2
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