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

Field Site: Daneborg and Young Sound

Link to Isaaffik website