| Parameter | Method | Reference |
| Dissolved Oxygen | Winkler titration, since 1957 | Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 4 |
| Phosphate | Photometer (ELKO II, Zeiss), since 1957
Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis (SCFA), since 1979 | H. Wattenberg, Critical review of the determining nutrient salts and related constituents in salt water, Cons. Perm. Intern. Explor. Mer, Rapp. Et Proc.-Verb. 103, 1937
Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 10 BRAN + LUEBBE AutoAnalyzer Method No. G-175-96 Rev. 8, since 2002 |
| Total phosphorus | Photometer (ELKO II, Zeiss), since 1957
Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis (SCFA), since 1979 | K. Kalle, Ann. d. Hydrographie 63, 1935 H. Wattenberg, Cons. Perm. Intern. Explor. Mer, Rapp. et Proc.-Verb. 103, 1937 F. Koroleff, ICES, paper C.M./C. 33, since July 1970
Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 10 |
| Nitrite | Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis (SCFA), since 1979 | Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 10 |
| Nitrate | Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis (SCFA), since 1979 | Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 10 |
| Ammonia | Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis (SCFA), since 1979 | Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 10 |
| Total nitrogen | Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis (SCFA), since 1979 | Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 10 |
| Silicate
| Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis (SCFA), since 1979 | Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 10 |
| Chlorophyll a | Photometer (ELKO II, Zeiss), since 1957
Fluorometer, since 2009 | J. Krey, Die Bestimmung des Chlorophylls in Meerwasser-Schöpfproben, J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 14, 1939
Nicholas A. Welschmeyer, Fluorometric analysis of chlorophyll a in the presence of chlorophyll b and pheopigments, Limnology and Oceanography, 1994, Vol. 39(8), pp. 1985 - 1992 |
| Total Alkalinity (TA) | Versatile Instrument for the Determination of Titration Alkaliniity (VINDTA), since 2009 | Mintrop, L., F. F. Perez, M. Gonzalez-Davila, M. J. Santana-Casiano, and A. Körtzinger, 2000: Alkalinity determination by potentiometry: Intercalibration using three different methods. Cienc. Mar., 26, 23–37 |
| Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) | Single-Operator Multiparameter Metabolic Analyzer (SOMMA), since 2009 | Johnson, K. M., K. D. Wills, D. B. Butler, W. K. Johnson, and C. S. Wong, 1993: Coulometric total carbon dioxide analysis for marine studies: maximizing the performance of an automated gas extraction system and coulometric detector. Mar. Chem., 44, 167–187, doi:10.1016/0304-4203(93)90201-X |
| Trace elements (Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn) | AAS, since 2012 | Methods of Seawater Analysis, K. Grasshoff 1999, chapter 12 |