Zackenberg Basic The BioBasis programme Hansen, Lars Holst; Hansen, Jannik; Nielsen, Palle Smedegaard; Humaidan, Jakob ; Christoffersen, Kirsten Seestern; Schmidt, Niels Martin Published in: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations Publication date: 2014 Document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Citation for published version (APA): Hansen, L. H., Hansen, J., Nielsen, P. S., Humaidan, J., Christoffersen, K. S., & Schmidt, N. M. (2014). Zackenberg Basic: The BioBasis programme. In L.th M. Jensen, T. R. Christensen, & N. M. Schmidt (Eds.), Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations: 19 Annual Report 2013 (pp. 39-65). Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. http://zackenberg.dk/fileadmin/Resources/DMU/GEM/Zackenberg/Nye_Zac_files/ZERO_19th_Annual_Report_2 014.pdf Download date: 05. okt.. 2021 19th Annual Report 2013 Aarhus University DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy ZACKENBERG ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH OPERATIONS 19th Annual Report 2013 AARHUS AU UNIVERSITY DCE – DANISH CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY Data sheet Title: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations Subtitle: 19th Annual Report 2013 Editors: Lillian Magelund Jensen, Torben Røjle Christensen and Niels Martin Schmidt Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University Publisher: Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy URL: http://dce.au.dk Year of publication: 2014 Please cite as: Jensen, L.M., Christensen, T.R. and Schmidt, N.M. (ed.) 2014. Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations 19th Annual Report, 2013. Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environ- ment and Energy. 130 pp. Reproduction permitted provided the source is explicitly acknowledged Layout and drawings: Tinna Christensen, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University Front cover photo: The bridge across the river Zackenberg, September 2013. Photo: Jørgen Skafte. Back cover photo: Lærke Stewart carrying out vegetation mapping, July 2013. Photo: Lars Holst Hansen. ISSN: 1904-0407 ISBN: 978-87-93129-22-1 Number of pages: 130 Internet version: The report is available in electronic format (pdf) on www.zackenberg.dk/Publications and on www.dce.au.dk Supplementary notes: Zackenberg secretariat Department of Bioscience Aarhus University P.O. Box 358 Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +45 30783161 Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations (ZERO) is together with Nuuk Ecological Re- search Operations (NERO) operated as a centre without walls with a number of Danish and Greenlandic institutions involved. The two programmes are gathered under the umbrella or- ganization Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM). The following institutions are involved in ZERO: Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University: GeoBasis, BioBasis and MarineBasis programmes Greenland Institute of Natural Resources: MarineBasis programme Asiaq – Greenland Survey: ClimateBasis programme University of Copenhagen: GeoBasis programme Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland: GlacioBasis programme The programmes are coordinated by a secretariat at Department of Bioscience, Aarhus Uni- versity and fi nanced through contributions from: The Danish Energy Agency The Environmental Protection Agency The Government of Greenland Private foundations The participating institutions Contents Summary for policy makers 5 Lillian Magelund Jensen, Torben Røjle Christensen and Niels Martin Schmidt Executive summary 7 Jakob Aberman, Magnus Lund, Michele Citterio, Niels Martin Schmidt, Mikael Sejr and Lillian Magelund Jensen 1 Introduction 10 Niels Martin Schmidt, Torben Røjle Christensen and Lillian Magelund Jensen 2 Zackenberg Basic: The ClimateBasis and GeoBasis programme 14 Maria Rask Mylius, Torben R. Christensen, Per Hangaard, Birger Ulf Hansen, Dorthe Petersen, Mikkel P. Tamstorf, Mikhail Mastepanov, Majbritt Westring Sørensen, Lau Gede Petersen, Laura Helene Rasmussen, Charlotte Sigsgaard, Kirstine Skov, Jakob Abermann and Magnus Lund 3 Zackenberg Basic: The GlacioBasis programme 31 Michele Citterio, Marek Stibal, Signe Hillerup Larsen, Filippo Calí Quaglia and Andreas Ahlstrøm 4 Zackenberg Basic: The BioBasis programme 39 Lars Holst Hansen, Jannik Hansen, Palle Smedegaard Nielsen, Jakob Humaidan, Kirsten S. Christoffersen and Niels Martin Schmidt 5 Zackenberg Basic: The MarineBasis programme 66 Mikael K. Sejr, Thomas Juul-Pedersen, Egon Frandsen and Ivali Lennart 6 Research projects 78 6.1 Mass and energy balance monitoring on Freya Glacier 78 Bernhard Hynek, Daniel Binder, Gernot Weyss and Wolfgang Schöner 6.2 Straightforward surface reconstruction with a camera: A new DEM of Freya Glacier 80 Bernhard Hynek, Geert Verhoeven, Daniel Binder, Geo Boffi and Wolfgang Schöner 6.3 Dating the retreat of the ice caps around Zackenberg using cosmogenic Be-10 in rocks 83 Vincent Rinterknecht and Vincent Jomelli 6.4 Comparing periglacial landscapes and permafrost conditions of NE Greenland to Svalbard 83 Hanne H. Christiansen, Bo Elberling, Mette Bendixen, Wesley R. Farnsworth, Graham L. Gilbert, Kjersti Gisnås, Stefanie Härtel, Cecilie S. Nielsen, Juri Palmtag, Suvi M. Saarnio, Niels Weiss and Andreas Wester- gaard-Nielsen 6.5 Impact of permafrost on the stability of sedimentary shores in the Young Sund area 84 Aart Kroon and Mette Bendixen 6.6 Epi- and endolitic micro-colonial fungi in high Arctic environment (the Zacken-berg valley, North-East Greenland) 86 Katja Sterfl inger, Andreas Noack, Natasa Saric and Christian Voitl 6.7 MICROTEA: Structure and function of microbial communities in challenging, polar terrestrial habitats: A pan-Arctic survey 90 Stefano Ventura, Katja Sterfl inger, Ondrej Komarek, Luigi D’Acqui and Roberto De Philippis 6.8 Three years exclusion of large herbivores in a high Arctic mire changed vegetation structure and greenhouse gas balance 91 Julie M. Falk, Niels Martin Schmidt, Torben R. Christensen and Lena Ström 6.9 Studies on controls of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in the high Arctic Greenland 93 Riikka Rinnan, Sarah Hagen Svendsen and Frida Lindwall 6.10 Potential plant acquisition of nitrogen from thawing permafrost soils 94 Anders Michelsen, Daan Blok and Bo Elberling 6.11 East Greenland bryophytes – biodiversity and importance as herbivore diet (BRYOGREEN) 94 Michael Stech and Hans (J.D.) Kruijer 6.12 ZackSAR – retrieval of environmental parameters in Arctic tundra landscapes from remote sensing data 95 Jennifer Sobiech-Wolf 6.13 Modelling past and future vegetation communities 96 Lærke Stewart, Loïc Pellissier, Caroline Ernberg Simonsen and Niels Martin Schmidt 6.14 GPS collaring of musk oxen at Zackenberg 98 Niels Martin Schmidt, Mikkel Stelvig, Jesper Bruun Mosbacher, Lars Holst Hansen and Carsten Grøndahl 6.15 Dissecting the interaction web of Zackenberg: targeting pollinators 99 Kristiina Visakorpi, Malin Ek, Gergely Várkonyi, Helena Wirta, Bess Hardwick, Peter Hambäck and Tomas Roslin 6.16 Seasonal patterns in nest predation risk in sanderling Calidris alba 101 Jeroen Reneerkens 6.17 Ecology of Arctic lakes 102 Kirsten S. Christoffersen 6.18 Trophic interactions, temperature and greening in a changing climate 104 Anders Gravbrøt Finstad, Ditte Katrine Hendrichsen and Erland Birkeland Nilsen 6.19 Nutrient fl uxes and biotic communities in Arctic rivers with different water source contributions 104 Alexander Milner, Catherine Docherty and David Hannah 6.20 MIBIPOL: Ecological and evolutionary constraints on microbial biodiversity in lake ecosystems – a bipolar comparison 106 Elie Verleyen, Pieter Vanormelingen, Dagmar Obbels, Otakar Strunecky, Josef Elster, Annick Wilmotte, Koen Sabbe and Wim Vyverman 6.21 The function of a polynya: Deployment of moorings in Young Sund, NE Greenland 108 Søren Rysgaard, Igor Dmitrenko, Sergev Kirillov, David Babb, Leif Riemenschneider, Egon Frandsen and Ivali Lennert 6.22 The bridge across the river Zackenberg 108 Mikkel Tamstorf, Jørgen Skafte and Flemming Tamstorf 7 Disturbances in the study area 111 Jannik Hansen 8 Logistics 114 Henrik Spanggård Munch and Lillian Magelund Jensen 9 Personnel and visitors 115 Compiled by Lillian Magelund Jensen 10 Publications 120 Compiled by Lillian Magelund Jensen 11 References 124 Compiled by Lillian Magelund Jensen Appendix 129 Day of Year 19th Annual Report, 2013 5 Summary for policy makers Lillian Magelund Jensen, Torben Røjle Christensen and Niels Martin Schmidt The 2013 season at Zackenberg, proceeded kenberg Basic is also involved in INTER- largely as planned. The season started 23 ACT (International Network for Terrestrial March and ended 30 October. A total of 91 Research and Monitoring in the Arctic), researchers visited the station. The total in SIOS (Svalbard Integrated Arctic number of ‘bed nights’ was 2752 (1877 Earth Observing System) and in CBMP related to research and monitoring, and (Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring 875 to logistics). Of the 2752 ‘bed nights’ Programme). CBMP has strong inter- related to research and monitoring, 749 national linkages to global biodiversity ‘bed nights’ were primarily related to in initiatives and is the biodiversity compo- house monitoring, while 1128 was used by nent of the Sustaining Arctic Observing external research projects. Networks (SAON). Zackenberg Basic fea- The long-awaited bridge over the river tured prominently in the comprehensive Zackenberg was established. The building circum-arctic Arctic Biodiversity Assess- of the bridge was fi nancially supported by ment, which was published by CAFF in Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Prin- 2013. cess Mary’s Foundation,