SITES

Last changed: 15 October 2021

Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science

  • Is a national coordinated infrastructure for terrestrial and limnological field research
  • Contributes to the strengthening of Swedish research based on measurements and experiments conducted in the field
  • Is available for all researchers on equal terms, regardless of affiliation

SITES consist of nine reasearch stations and Asa/Aneboda is one of these. The SITES initiative comes from the Swedish Research Council, who together with the partner organisations are funding the work and the infrastructure.

 

Området före stormen Gudrun i januari 2005 Området två år efter stormen Gudrun i januari 2005
Området fem år efter stormen Gudrun i januari 2005 Området åtta år efter stormen Gudrun i januari 2005

The cyclone Gudrun in January2005 had some rather small effects on the IM/SITES area in Aneboda, in spite the fact that  Aneboda is situated in the most affected region. However, a later outbreak of bark bettles has killed most of the pines in the area. The photos are taken from a permanent vegetation monitoring area in August 2004 (upper left), 2007 (upper right), 2010 (lower left), and 2013 (lower right) Photo: Ulf Grandin, SLU.

Read more about the effects from the cyclone on the water quality in the area in a scientific article in Ambio

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