Annual reports

Jensen, L.M & Rasch, M. (eds.) 2011. NERO - Nuuk Ecological Research Operations, 4th Annual Report 2010. Roskilde, Aarhus University.

Jensen, L. M. & Rasch, M. (eds.) 2010. NERO - Nuuk Ecological Reseach Operations. 3rd Annual Report 2009. Roskilde, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University.

Jensen, L. M. & Rasch, M. (eds.) 2009. NERO - Nuuk Ecological Reseach Operations. 2nd Annual Report 2008. Roskilde, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University.

Jensen, L. M. & Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. NERO - Nuuk Ecological Reseach Operations. 1st Annual Report 2007. Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Scientific papers

2010

Arendt, K.E., Nielsen, T.G., Rysgaard, S. and Tönneson, K. 2010. Differences in plankton community
structure along Godthåbsfjord; from the Greenland Ice Sheet to offshore waters, SW Greenland.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 401:49-62.

Blicher, M.E., Clemmesen, C., Rysgaard, S., Sejr, M.K. and Mempel, H. 2010. Seasonal and spatial variations in the RNA:DNA ratio and its relation to growth for sub-Arctic scallops. Marine Ecology Progress Series 407:87-98.

Blicher, M.E., Sejr, M.K. and Rysgaard, S. 2010. Seasonal growth variation of Chlamys islandica (Bivalvia) in the sub-Arctic Greenland is linked to food availability and temperature. Marine Ecology Progress Series 407:71-86.

Boye, T.K., Simon, M. and Madsen, P.T. 2010. Habitat use of humpback whales in Godthåbsfjord, West Greenland, with implications for commercial exploitation. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. doi:10.1017/S0025315410000755.

Glud, R.N., Berg, P., Hume, A., Batty, P., Blicher, M.E., Lennert, K. and Rysgaard, S. 2010. Benthic O₂ exchange rates across hard-bottom sediments as quantified by eddy correlation in a sub-Arctic fjord system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 417:1-12.

Hedeholm, R., Grønkjær, P., Rosing-Asvid, A. and Rysgaard, S. 2010. Variation in size and growth of West Greenland capelin (Mallotus villosus) along a latitudinal gradient. ICES Journal of Marine Science. Doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsq024.

Mikkelsen, D.M. and Witkowski, A. 2010. Melting sea ice for taxonomic analysis: a comparison of four melting procedures. Polar Research 29: 451-454.

Piña-Ochoa, E., Høgslund, S., Geslin, E., Cedhagen, T., Revsbech, N.P., Nielsen, L.P., Schweiger, M., Jorissen, F., Rysgaard, S. and Risgaard-Petersen, N. 2010. Widespread occurrence of nitrate storage and denitrification among Foraminifera and Gromiida. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:1148-1153.

Post, E., Forchhammer, M.C., Tyler, N.J.C., Høye, T.T., Tamstorf, M.P., Christensen, T.R., Elberling, B., Gilg, O., Hik, D.S., Ims, R.A., Rysgaard, S., Stirling, I., Welker, J., Wookey, P.A., Schmidt, N.M. and Aastrup, P. 2010. Response to B. Griffith et al.'s E-Letter. 13 January 2010. Science. 

Ruiz-Halpern, S., Sejr, M.K., Duarte, C.M., Krause-Jensen, D., Dalsgaard, T.,  Dachs, J. and Rysgaard, S. 2010. Air–water exchange and vertical profiles of organic carbon in a subarctic fjord. Limnology and Oceanography 55:1733-1740. 

Søgaard, D.H., Kristensen, M., Rysgaard, S. and Glud, R.N. 2010. Dynamics of autotrophic and heterotrophic activity in Arctic first-year sea ice: Case study from Marlene Bight, SW Greenland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 419: 31-45.

2009

Blicher, M.E., Sejr, M.K. and Rysgaard, S. 2009. High carbon demand of dominant macrozoobenthic species indicates their central role in ecosystem carbon flow in a sub-arctic fjord. Marine Ecology Progress Series 383: 127-140.

Glud, R.N., Wöfel, J., Karsten, U., Kühl, M. and Rysgaard, S. 2009. Benthic microalgal production in the Arctic: Applied methods and status of the current database. Botanica Marina 52: 559-571.

Rysgaard, S., Bendtsen, J.B., Pedersen, L.T., Ramløv, H. and Glud, R.N. 2009. Increased CO2 growth and decay in the Nordic Seas. Journal of Geophysical Research Ocean 114, C09011, doi: 10.1029/2008JC005088.

Sejr, M.K., Blicher, M.E. and Rysgaard, S. 2009. Sea ice cover affects inter-annual and geographic variation in growth of the Arctic cockle uptake due to sea-ice Clinocardium ciliatum (Bivalvia) in Greenland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389: 149-158.

Sejr M.K., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Legeżyńska, J. and Blicher, M.E. 2010. Macrobenthic species composition and diversity in the Godthåbsfjord system, SW Greenland. Polar Biology 33: 421- 431, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0717-z.

2008

Bay, C., Aastrup, P. & Nymand, J. The NERO line - a vegetation transect in Kobbefjord, West Greenland. NERI Technical Report No. 693, 2008.

Mikkelsen, D. & Rysgaard, S. 2008. Annual variation in algal composition, primary production and nutrient dynamics of an arctic sea ice community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 368:65-74.

 Mikkelsen, D.M., Rysgaard, S. and Glud, R.N. 2008. Annual variation in algal composition, primary production and nutrient dynamics of an arctic sea ice community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 368:65-74.

Rysgaard, S., Glud, R.N., Sejr, M.K., Blicher, M.E. and Stahl, H.J. 2008. Denitrification activity and oxygen dynamics in Arctic sea ice. Polar Biology 31:527-537.

2007

Berg, P., Swaney, D., Rysgaard, S., Thamdrup, B. & Fossing, H. 2007. A fast numerical solution of the general mass-conservation equation for solids and solutes in aquatic sediments. Journal of Marine Research 65:317-343.

Blicher, M., Rysgaard, S. & Sejr, M. K. 2007. Growth and production of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776), in a high arctic fjord and growth along a climate gradient (64 – 77°N). Marine Ecology Progress Series 341:89-102.

Rysgaard, S., Glud, R. N., Sejr, M. K., Bendtsen, J. & Christensen, P. B. 2007. Inorganic carbon transport during sea ice growth and decay: A carbon pump in polar seas. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: C03016. doi: 10.1029/2006jc003572.

Rysgaard, S., Glud, R. N., Sejr, M. K., Blicher, M. E. & Stahl, H. J. 2007. Denitrification activity and oxygen dynamics in Arctic sea ice. Polar Biology 31:527-537. 

Schmid, M.C., Risgaard-Petersen, N., van de Vossenberg, J., Langezaal, S., Kuypers, M.M.M.,  Lavik, G., Brandsma, J., Damsté, J.S., van der Zwaan, B., Hulth, S., Thamdrup, B., Canfield, D., Dalsgaard, T., Rysgaard, S., Sejr, M. K., Strous, M., op den Camp, H. J. M & Jetten, M. S. M. 2007. Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidizing Bacteria in Marine Environments: Widespread Occurrence but low Diversity. Environmental Microbiology 9(6), 1476-1484.

Sejr, M. K., Nielsen, T.G., Rysgaard, S., Risgaard-Petersen, N., Sturluson, M. & Blicher, M. 2007. The fate of pelagic organic carbon and importance of the benthic-pelagic coupling in a shallow cove in Disko Bay, west Greenland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 341:75-88.

2006

Cook, P., Wenzhöfer, F., Rysgaard, S., Galaktionov, O., Eyre, B., Cornwell, J., Huettel, M. & Glud, R. N. 2006. Quantifying denitrification in permeable sediments: Insights from a two-dimensional simulation analysis and experimental data. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 4:294-307.  

Forchhammer, M. C., Rasch, M. & Rysgaard, S. 2006: A conceptual framework for monitoring climate effects and feedback in arctic ecosystems. NERO 1st Annual Report, 2008.

 Roeselers, G., Norries, T. B., Castenholz, R. W., Rysgaard, S., Glud, R. N., Kühl, M. & Muyzer, G. 2006. Diversity of phototrophic bacteria in microbial mats from arctic hot springs (Greenland). Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01103.x.

Reports

2011 

Pernosky, M.A., Hangaard, P., Larsen, M. 2011. Climate Basis Monitoring Program Nuuk Basic, 2010. 36 pp. Asiaq Report no. 2011-14. Full report in PDF (508 kb).

2010

Andreasen, R.H. 2010: Influences on a low arctic ecosystem from spatiotemporal variations of insolation, soil moisture and temperature. Master thesis at Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen. 60 pp. 

Blicher, M.E. 2010. Structure and dynamics of marine macrozoobenthos in Greenland – and the link to environmental drivers. PhD thesis. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources & Department for Biology, University of Copenhagen. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, 162 pp. 

Iversen, K.M. 2010. Climate Basis Monitoring Program Nuuk Basic, 2007-2008 Re-evaluation. Asiaq – Greenland Survey. 11 pp. Asiaq Report no. 2010-05. Full report in PDF format (536 kb).

Iversen, K.M. and Pernosky, M.A. 2010. Climate Basis Monitoring Program Nuuk Basic, 2009. Asiaq – Greenland Survey. 36 pp. Asiaq Report no. 2010-04. Full report in PDF (1 MB).

Pedersen, S.H. 2010: Global radiation in Nuuk and Kobbefjord SW Greenland. Bachelor thesis at Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen. 62 pp. 

Rysgaard, S. 2010. Coastal Environments as a link between land and sea in the Arctic. IASC 08/09 Bulletin. International Arctic Science Committee. Rachold V., Bowden S. and Pit M. (eds). ISSN:1654-7594. pp 48-49. 

Westergaard-Nielsen, A. 2010: Piselating Plants – Spatial temporal monitoring of phenology and snow cover dynamics in Arctic using unmodified digital cameras. Master thesis at Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen. 90 pp.

2009

Aastrup, P., Nymand, J., Raundrup, K., Lauridsen, T.L., Krogh, P.H., Schmidt, N.M., Illeris, L. & Ro-Poulsen, H. 2009. NuukBasic. Conceptual design and sampling procedures of the biological programme of NuukBasic. National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University. 70 pp. NERI Technical Report No. 745. Full report in PDF format (2 MB).

Andersen, A., Hangaard, P., Iversen, K.M. 2009. Climate Basis Monitoring Program Nuuk Basic, 2007-2008. Asiaq – Greenland Survey. 26 pp. Asiaq Report no. 2009-10. Full report in PDF format (690kb).

Kristensen, M. and Søgaard, D.H. 2009. O2 dynamics in artifi cial and natural sea-ice: Influence by algae, bacteria and physical processes. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 127 pp.

2008

Blicher, M.E., Josefson A., Batty P., Schiedek, D., Sejr, M.K., Hansen, J. and Rysgaard, S. 2008. Cruise Report Kanumas West 2008: Benthic fauna in ecological key areas along the coast of Northwest Greenland. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk and National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Mikkelsen, D.M., Rysgaard, S., Mortensen, J., Retzel, A., Nygaard, R., Juul-Pedersen, T., Sejr, M.K., Blicher, M.E., Krause-Jensen, D., Christensen, P.B., Labansen, A.L., Egevang, C., Witting, L., Boye, T.B. and Simon, M. 2008. Nuuk Basic: The MarineBasic monitoring programme 2007. In Jensen, L.M. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. Nuuk Ecological Research Operations, 1st Annual Report, 2007. Copenhagen, Danish Polar Centre, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Rysgaard, S., Arendt, K., Frederiksen, M., Mortensen, J., Egevang, C., Labansen, A., Witting, L., Simon, M., Pedersen, L. and Mikkelsen, D.M. 2008. Nuuk Basic: The MarineBasic Programme 2005-2006. In Jensen, L.M. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. Nuuk Ecological Research Operations, 1st Annual Report, 2007. – Copenhagen, Danish Polar Centre, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Rysgaard, S., Frederiksen, M., Mikkelsen, D.M., Juul-Pedersen, T., Arendt, K.E., Krause-Jensen, D., Sejr, M.K. and Blicher, M. 2008. MarineBasic Nuuk – Sampling manual for the field programme.

2007

Risgaard-Petersen, N. & Rysgaard, S. 2007. Biogeochemistry and microbiology. Report on R/V Maria S. Merian Cruise MSM 5/03 15 June to 4 July. 169 pp.

Rysgaard, S., Frandsen, M. & Arendt, K. 2007. ”Exchange” - udveksling mellem Godthåbsfjord og hav. Report to DANCEA (the Danish Cooperation for the Environment in the Arctic) under the Danish Ministry of Environment. 10 pp.

Rysgaard, S., Frederiksen, M. & Arendt, K. 2007. Nuuk Basic: The MarineBasic programme. Report 2005-06. Report to DANCEA (the Danish Cooperation for the Environment in the Arctic) under the Danish Ministry of Environment. 60 pp.

General information 

2010

Juul-Pedersen, T. Go North! Internet chat event with schools from around the world. Theme: “World Resources", Topic: "Ecology: Sustainable Development”. 23 April, 2010.

Rysgaard, S. YouTube – Life in the sea ice. www.youtube.com. 17 May, 2010.

2009

Aastrup, P. 2009: SMS'ende rensdyr. Fønix 4.

Andersen, M.K. 2009. Forskning fra en isflage. Søren Rysgaard presents a science update on ice and climate. Ideer, Weekendavisen 33, 14 August.

Rysgaard, S. and Bøggild, C.E. 2009. Udbrud fra en isdæmmet sø. Sermitsiaq, Grønland, 2 October.

Sejr, M.K., Christensen, P.B., Rysgaard, S., Glud, R.N. and Blicher, M.E. 2009. Livet på den arktiske havbund. Aktuel Naturvidenskab 1:13-17.

2008

Arendt, K., Juul-Pedersen, T. & Batty, P. 2008. Forskning i Arktis – et varmt emne. INUTEK  23 oktober. 

Rasch,M. 2008. En ny feltstation i Grønland. Polarfronten 4/2008.

2007

Bernarroch, J. 2007. Sydlig overvågning. Polarfronten, 4/2007 p. 14.

From, L. 2007. Smeltet is truer klimaet. Jyllandsposten, 16 January.

Jastrup, M. 2007. Det kolde Nord ind i varmen. Politiken, 1 March.

Mikkelsen, D. M. 2007. Havisens alger. Urt 31 (2):64-67.

Rysgaard, S., Mikkelsen, N., Kuipers, A., Jensen, J. B. & Risgaard-Petersen, N. 2007: Forskere på jagt i havbunden efter fortidens klima. Atuagadliutit, 19 July.

Rysgaard, S., Mikkelsen, N., Kuipers, A., Jensen, J. B. & Risgaard-Petersen, N. 2007: Fortidens klima hentes op fra havet. Ingeniøren, 17 August.

Rysgaard, S. 2007: Viaje historica llega de Dianamarca Chilenos se suman al viaje. La Estrella, Chile, 9 February.

Struck, D. 2007: Climate change in Greenland; positive and negative effects. The Washington Post, 20 May.

2006

Philbert, P. 2006. En vestgrønlandsk aflægger. Polarfronten, 4/2006, p. 15.

Rysgaard, S. 2006: Klimap nunat immallu issittut avannarlerni allanngorarnera. Climate change in the Arctic. INUTEK - Katuaq, 19 January.