Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science
| SITES | |
|---|---|
| Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science | |
 Sign at Skogaryd Research station | |
| Project type | Collaboration project |
| Funding agency | Swedish Research Council (SRC) |
| Location | Sweden |
| Project coordinator | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) |
| Participants | University of Gothenburg, Uppsala University, Stockholm University, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) |
| Budget |
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| Duration | 2012 – |
| Website | https://www.fieldsites.se/en-GB |
SITES (Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science) is a Swedish infrastructure project to improve the collaboration of national terrestrial and limnological field research. It is designed to broaden knowledge about the interaction of different ecosystems, not only the processes of a single ecosystem itself. It combines multiple climate zones, from agriculture lands, forest, cultivated forest to mires, streams, lakes and alpines.
Besides providing the infrastructure for related research, SITES is also meant to give access to recent data.
In the early stages of SITES, all available Swedish research stations have been reviewed for their suitability as terrestrial research site. Here, also a high variety of the nominated stations has been focused.[2] In the future, SITES is considered important for the coordinated management of relevant long time series.[3]
Thematic Programmes[edit]
SITES runs three thematic programmes (Water, AquaNet, Spectral[4]):
- The SITES Water program performs long-term monitoring of water and lake multivariate parameters, which enables studies e.g. about influence of climate change on hydrological processes.
- With SITES AquaNet provides standardised infrastructure for mesocosm experiments in lakes, for example sampling platforms on lakes equipped with sensors for temperature, radiation, PH, etc..
- SITES Spectral is an infrastructure for acquiring spectral data for ecosystem monitoring, e.g. with respect to green house gases or phenology.
Collaborating research stations[edit]
SITES involves nine research stations:
| Site | Host organisation | Size (ha)[5] | SITE Water | SITE AquaNet | SITE Spectral |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abisko Scientific Research Station | Swedish Polar Research Secretariat | 55 | x | x | |
| Tarfala research station | Stockholm University | 2,960 | x | x | |
| Svartberget Field Research Station | SLU | 2,531 | x | x | x |
| Röbäcksdalen Field Research Station | SLU | 300 | x | x | |
| Grimsö Wildlife Research Station | SLU | 13,000 | |||
| Erken Laboratory | Uppsala University | 2400 | x | x | x |
| Asa Field Research Station | SLU | 2,718.9 | x | x | x |
| Skogaryd Reseach Station | University of Gothenburg | 400 | x | x | x |
| Lönnstorp Research Station | SLU | 78 | x |
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Project Description on swecris". Retrieved 2019-01-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Evaluation of nominations for participation in the "Swedish national infrastructure network of terrestrial and limnology research facilities"". 2012-12-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ The Swedish Research Council´s guide to research infrastructure 2014. Swedish Research Council. 2014. p. 93. ISBN 978-91-7307-302-8. Search this book on
- ↑ "SITES - Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science". SLU.SE. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ↑ "SITES - Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science | DEIMS-SDR". deims.org. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
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