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On April 24-25, 2023, fourteen researchers, PhD and Master students gathered at Lake Bolmen to start up the international research collaboration within the EU network AQUACOSM-plus and the national infrastructure SITES AquaNet. The study will use mesocosms to investigate how lake ecosystems are affected by browning and eutrophication. The research project is taking place simultaneously at three locations in Sweden, and Bolmen Research Station was the first to go.

Linda Groot Nibbelink has recently started as Field technician at SITES Lönnstorp research station! Welcome to the SITES Community, Linda!

To get to know Linda, we asked for her to introduce herself to the SITES Community:  

Hi! My name is Linda Groot Nibbelink. I grew up in Goes, a rural town in the Rhine delta in the Netherlands. I studied International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University & Research and Organic Agriculture & Agroecology at BOKU in Vienna, Austria and at University of Hohenheim, Germany. 

The SITES 2023 Calendar theme is “Data in Focus”. The openly available data produced within SITES and stored on the SITES Data Portal is the “golden thread” of the infrastructure, allowing users access to ecosystem data that covers diverse habitats and climate zones across geographical gradients in Sweden. Each month follow along as we highlight a unique SITES dataset.  

Over the past few months, the SITES Water Thematic Program and the associated openly available data, has been featured in several events.   

A handful of the external research projects at Grimsö focus on large scale evaluations of practical techniques to manage wildlife-traffic problems. These projects are led by Grimsö but conducted in collaboration with several national and international stakeholders, including, e.g. the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), Interreg Sweden-Norway and the Norwegian BaneNOR. Many issues concerning wildlife and traffic are complex but with growing importance in the last decades, both due to denser populations of large mammals and continued increase in traffic volumes.

The SITES 2023 Calendar theme is “Data in Focus”. The openly available data produced within SITES and stored on the SITES Data Portal is the “golden thread” of the infrastructure, allowing users access to ecosystem data that covers diverse habitats and climate zones across geographical gradients in Sweden. Each month follow along as we highlight a unique SITES dataset.  

"Accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis" is the theme for the World Water Day 2023. Within the SITES Water long-term measurement program, data on hydrological, physical, chemical, and biological parameters within lakes and streams across SITES stations is made openly available to the user community to address a broad range of scientific questions relevant to solving the water crisis.

In March, it is still “low season” at Abisko Scientific Research Station. About ten researchers have been on-site during the winter, but the number will gradually increase during the spring. In May, larger groups will arrive as the field season begins in earnest. They will be at the station all summer, and thus it looks like it will be another intense field season.

Browning of surface water, rivers and lakes is a major problem that affects the ecosystem and the water quality. For example, increasing browning reduces biodiversity in lakes by reducing the fish population and therewith the food web. Browning also lowers the recreational value in tourism and requires higher effort to produce clean drinking water. Due to its complexity and the relatively young research field on browning in waters, the governing processes and their interrelationship are not fully understood yet.

Ingrid Sassenhagen has recently started as Research Engineer at SITES Erken Laboratory! Welcome to the SITES Community, Ingrid!