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Corrections for Advances in Ecological Research no. 40: High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Ten years of monitoring and research at Zackenberg Research Station, Northeast Greenland. Unfortunately, we have found one serious and a few minor errors in our book. The most serious is that the change in the number of days with positive mean temperature is not modelled to increase to 248 for the period 2051-2080, but “only” from 80 to 110, i.e. with one month. The 248 days refer to a grid near Scoresby Sund south of Zackenberg. Changes are given in bold. Page XXVI, 2nd paragraph, second last line to be changed to “the observed c. 80 during 1961–1990 to an average of 110 at the end of the” Page XXVII, 2nd paragraph, 2nd line to be changed to “river, Zackenbergelven, with its catchment area of c. 512 km2, corresponded” Page XXVII, 2nd paragraph, 3rd line to be changed to “to 381 mm precipitation. With an annual evapotranspiration of more than” Page XXVII, 2nd paragraph, 9th line to be changed to “port was 42,500 t, corresponding to 83 t per km2 catchment area. Page 38, 2nd paragraph, 6th line to be changed to “near Zackenberg is projected to increase from 80 for 1961–1990 to 110 for the” Page 38, 2nd paragraph, 8th line to be changed to “130 such days in individual years, so that the climate at Zackenberg hardly”
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