Marin Basis Zackenberg

Marin Basis Zackenberg

Start/end date: 
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 00:00 to Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - 00:00
Event type: 

Marin Basis Monitoring Program is a part of the GEM program, and take place in Young Sund every year in late July until middle of August. The program follows the levels and changes in

  • Sea ice
    • Ice cover and thickness
  • Water column
    • Temperature, salt, pressure on transects and continuous measurements
    • Sedimentation
    • Nutrients, DIC/TA and plankton composition
    • Light, Fluoresence and Chlorophyl
  • Sediment
    • Flux experiment
    • Oxygen profiles
    • Sulphate reduction
    • Benthic fauna
    • Laminaria saccharina
  • Walrus – registration

PI: Mikael Sejr and Mie Winding

Field Site: Young Sound, N.E. Greenland

Link to Isaaffik website