The objective of the station is to facilitate ecosystem research in the High Arctic. According to the framework programme of Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations (ZERO) this includes: - Basic quantitative documentation of ecosystem structure and processes; - Baseline studies of intrinsic short-term and long-term variations in ecosystem functions; - Retrospective analyses of organic and inorganic material to detect past ecosystem changes; - Experimental studies enabling predictions of ecosystem responses to Global Change. The programme is coordinated with Nuuk Ecological Research Operations (see below) within the Framework of Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM). Main gaps: Winter dynamics
Zackenberg, Nuuk Basic
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c. 3.500 physical and biotic parameters are measured each year in marine and terrestrial (including glacial) parts of the ecosystem. The programme is cross-disciplinary and aims on providing data to allow for quantifying the dynamics of a high arctic ecosystem
Aaarhus University (AU)
Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM), CEON (CEON), Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD), FLUXNET (FLUXNET), GLORIA (GLORIA), ITEX (ITEX)