Concrete plans are established to link the thematic programmes SITES Water and SITES AquaNet stronger together by testing a new automatized Greenhouse Gas (GHG) flux measurement system developed by David Bastviken et al. in the SITES AquaNet infrastructure. This automatic GHG flux system will also be tested to be used for SITES Water´s measurements in the future.
Ana Isabel Ayala, a PhD student at the Department of Ecology and Genetics at Uppsala University, recently completed a set of comprehensive simulations showing future changes in Lake Erken’s water temperature and thermal structure.
A new experimental stream infrastructure has been under construction at Svartberget Research Station during August and September. This exciting new project led by Lenka Kuglerová, jointly funded by grants from the Wallenberg foundation and FORMAS, will provide a set of 12 each 14.4 meter long and 0.2 m wide experimental flumes fed with water from a nearby stream. These flumes will allow gradient, substrate and flow conditions, water temperature and nutrient status to be controlled in a natural but reproducible setting.
As every year, autumn arrived fast in Abisko and plans to end the open water season in the coming weeks on Lake Almbergasjön are establishing (first ice expected soon, removal of equipment necessary). On Lake Almbergasjön most of Abisko´s SITES Water long-term monitoring installations are located. The monitoring programme provides a unique opportunity to not only measure the lake’s water temperature and oxygen profile, but also to take a deeper look into the fluxes of greenhouse gases from its sediment and water column.
Do not miss the 17th Annual Krycklan symposium, which this year has the theme:
“Drained wetlands – effects of continued forestry and restoration”.
Take this opportunity to get an insight into the most recent research questions within the Krycklan Catchment Study.
Read more about Krycklan Catchment Study here.
The summer course in forest regeneration with its final field week in Asa was completed in August 2020.
The course goal is to give students insight in the complexity of forest regeneration in modern forestry in northern Europe and is open for master and PhD students with a background in forest science/forest management as well as ecology or environmental science.
The course is divided into three parts, with a field project, a literature study and a final field week situated at Asa Research Station.
The summer is over and looking back at the growing season 2020 at Röbäcksdalen Field Research Station there is both good and bad experiences.
We, The Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES), are in the process of recruiting a new assistant director. The position is for 2 years, but we are hoping to recruit someone for a more long term engagement (given we get new VR funding).
Do not miss the chance to be a part of SITES and the opportunity to contribute to further development of our infrastructure.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Apply by: Deadline extended - 2020-09-06
Read more and apply here.
Subject area description
Impacts of multiple environmental disturbances on ecosystem metabolic rates inferred from high frequency sensor monitoring
Application
The project is open for application of Master candidates with strong motivation on disturbance ecology and statistical modelling. Please contact Silke Langenheder (silke.langenheder@ebc.uu.se) or Pablo Urrutia Cordero (pablo.urrutiacordero@ebc.uu.se) from Uppsala University (Limnology Unit) for further information.
Background and project description