Selected peer reviewed papers

Albert, K.R., Mikkelsen, T. N. and Ro-Poulsen, H. 2007: Ambient UV-B radiation decreases photosynthesis in high arctic Vaccinium uliginosum. Physiologia Plantarum 133 (2): 199-210.

Albert, K.R., Rinnan, R., Ro-Poulsen, H., Mikkelsen, T.N., Håkansson, K.B., Arndal, M.F. and Michelsen A. 2008. Solar Ultraviolet-B Radiation at Zackenberg: The Impact on Higher Plants and Soil Microbial Communities. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 421 – 440.

Arndal, M. F., Illeris, L., Michelsen, A., Albert, K., Tamstorf, M., Hansen, B.U. 2009. Seasonal variation in gross ecosystem production, plant biomass, carbon and nitrogen pools in five high arctic vegetation types. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 41, 164-173.  doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-41.2.164.

Bennike, O., Sørensen, M., Fredskild, B., Jacobsen, B. H., Böcher, J., Amsinck, S.L., Jeppesen, E., Andreasen, C., Christiansen, H.H. and Humlum, O. 2008. Late Quaternary Environmental and Cultural Changes in the Wollaston Forland Region, Northeast Greenland. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 45 – 79. 

Berg, T.G.B, Schmidt, N.M., Høye, T.T., Aastrup, P.J., Hendrichsen, D.K., Forchhammer, M.C. and Klein, D.R. 2008. High-Arctic Plant – Herbivore Interactions under Climate Change. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 275-298.

Christiansen, H., Sigsgaard, C., Humlum, O., Rasch, M. and Hansen, B.U. 2008. Permafrost and Periglacial Geomorphology at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 151 – 174.

Christoffersen, K.S., Amsinck, S.L., Landkildehus, F., Lauridsen, T.L. and Jeppesen, E. 2008. Lake Flora and Fauna in Relation to ICE-Melt, Water Temperature and Chemistry at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 371 – 389.

Egevang, C., Stenhouse, I.J., Phillips, R.A., Petersen, A. Fox, J.W. and Silk, J.R.D. 2010. Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration. PNAS 107 (5):2078-2081.

Elberling, B., Tamstorf, M.P., Michelsen, A., Arndal, M.F., Sigsgaard, C., Illeris, L., Bay, C., Hansen, B.U., Christensen, T.R., Hansen, E.S., Jakobsen, B.H. and Beyens, L. 2008. Soil and Plant Community-Characteristics and Dynamics at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 223-248.

Elberling, B., Nordstrøm, C., Grøndahl, L., Søgaard, H., Friborg, T., Christensen, T.R., Ström, L., Marchand, F. and Nijs, I. 2008. High-Arctic Soil CO2 and CH4 Production Controlled by Temperature, Water , Freezing and Snow. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 441 – 472.

Ellebjerg, S.M., Tamstorf, M.P., Illeris, L., Michelsen, A. and Hansen, B.U. 2008. Inter-annual variability and controls of plant phenology and productivity at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 249-273.

Forchhammer, M.C., Christensen, T.R., Hansen, B.U., Tamstorf, M.P., Hinkler, J., Schmidt, N.M., Høye, T.T., Rasch, M., Meltofte, H., Elberling, B. and Post, E. 2008. Zackenberg in a Circumpolar Context. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 499-544.

Forchhammer, M.C., Schmidt, N.M., Høye, T.T., Berg, T.B., Hendrichsen, D.K. and Post, E. 2008. Population Dynamical Responses to Climate Change. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 391-419.

Grøndahl, L., Friborg, T., Christensen, T.R., Ekberg, A., Elberling, B., Illeris, L., Nordstrøm, C., Rennermalm, Å., Sigsgaard, C. and Søgaard, H. 2008. Spatial and Inter-Annual Variability of Trace Gas Fluxes in a Heterogeneous High-Arctic Landscape. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 473 – 498. 

Hansen, J., Schmidt, N.M. and Meltofte, H. 2008. Bird monitoring at Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland, 2006. Bird Population 9: 1-12.

Hansen, B.U., Sigsgaard, C., Rasmussen, L., Cappelen, J., Hinkler, J., Mernild, S.H., Petersen, D., Tamstorf, M.P., Rasch, M. and Hasholt, B. 2008. Present-day climate at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 111-149.

Hasholt, B., Mernild, S.H., Sigsgaard, C., Elberling, B., Petersen, D., Jakobsen, B. H., Hansen, B.U., Hinkler, J. and Søgaard, H. 2008. Hydrology and Transport of Sediment and Solutes at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 197 – 221.

Hinkler, J., Hansen, B.U., Tamstorf, M.P., Sigsgaard, C. and Petersen, D. 2008. Snow and Snow-cover in Central Northeast Greenland. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 175-195.

Høye, T.T. and Forchhammer, M.C. 2008. The influence of weather conditions on the activity of high-arctic arthropods inferred from long-term observations. BMC Ecology 8 (8):1-7.

Høye, T.T. and Forchhammer, M.C. 2008. Phenology of High-Arctic Arthropods: Effects of Climate on Spatial, Seasonal, and Inter-Annual Variation. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 299 – 324.

Høye, T.T., Post, E., Meltofte, H., Schmidt, N.M. & Forchhammer, M.C. 2007. Rapid advancement of spring in the High Arctic. Current Biology 17 (12): 449-451.

Klein, D.R., Bruun, H.H., Lundgren, R. and Philipp, M. 2008. Climate Change Influences on Species Interrelationships and Distributions in High-Arctic Greenland. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 81 – 100.

Mastepanov, M., Sigsgaard, C., Dlugokencky, E. J., Houwelling, S., Ström, L., Tamstorf, M. and Christensen, T. R. 2008. Large tundra methane burst during onset of freezing. Nature 456: 628-630.

Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B. Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. High-arctic ecosystem dynamics in a changing climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40, 563 pp. Academic Press, New York.

Erratum: Corrections for Advances in Ecological Research No. 40. 

Meltofte, H., Høye, T.T. and Schmidt, N.M. 2008. Effects of food Availability, Snow and Predation on Breeding Performance of Waders at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.). High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 325 – 343.

Meltofte, H. and Rasch, M. 2008. The Study Area at Zackenberg. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 101 – 110.

Meltofte, H., Sittler, B. and Hansen, J. 2007. Breeding performance of tundra birds in High Arctic Northeast Greenland 1987 - 2007. Arctic Birds 9: 45-53.

Mernild, S. H., Hasholt, B. and Liston, G. 2008. Climatic control on river discharge simulations, Zackenberg River Drainage basin, NE Greenland. Hydrological Processes 22: 1932-1948. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6777.

Mernild, S. H., Liston, G. E. and Hasholt, B. 2008. East Greenland freshwater runoff to the North Atlantic Ocean 1999-2004 and 2071-2100. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7061.

Mernild, S. H., Liston, G. E., Hiemstra, C. L., Steffen, K. Hanna, E. and Christensen, J.H. 2009. Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass-balance modelling and frashwater flux for 2007, and in a 1995-2007 perspective. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7354.

Olesen, J.M., Bascompte, J., Elberling, H. & Jordano, P 2008. Temporal dynamics in a pollination network. Ecology 89(6): 1573-1582.

Reneerkens, J., Benhoussa, A., Boland, H., Collier, M., Grond, K., Günther, K., Hallgrimsson, G.T., Hansen, J., Meissner, W., de Meulenaer, B., Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y., Piersma, T., Poot, M., van Roomen, M., Summers, R.W.,Tomkovich, P.S. & Underhill, L.G. 2009. Sanderlings using African–Eurasian flyways: a review of currentknowledge. Wader Study Group Bull.116(1): 2–20.

Stendel, M., Christensen, J. H. and Petersen, D. 2008. Arctic Climate and Climate Change with a Focus on Greenland. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 13 – 43.

Schmidt, N.M., Berg, T.B., Forchhammer, M.C., Kyhn, L.A., Meltofte, H. and Høye, T.T. 2008. Vertebrate Predator-Prey Interactions in a Seasonal Environment. In Meltofte, H., Christensen, T. R., Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008. High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. Advances in Ecological Research 40: 345-370.

Annual Reports

Jensen, L.M. and Rasch, M (eds.) 2010: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 15th Annual Report, 2009 (pdf 10.5 MB). Roskilde, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, 2010, 134 pp.

Jensen, L.M. and Rasch, M (eds.) 2009: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 14th Annual Report, 2008 (pdf 10.5 MB). Roskilde, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, 2009, 116 pp.

Klitgaard, A.B. and Rasch, M. (eds.) 2008: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 13th Annual Report, 2007 (pdf 6.8 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2008, 98 pp.

Klitgaard A.B., Rasch, M. and Caning, K. (eds.) 2007: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 12th Annual Report, 2006. Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2006, 104 pp.

Klitgaard A.B., Rasch, M. and Caning, K. (eds.) 2006: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 11th Annual Report, 2005 (pdf 5 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2006, 111 pp.

M. Rasch and Caning, K. (eds.) 2005: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 10th Annual Report, 2004 (pdf 2 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2005. 85 pp.

M. Rasch and Caning, K. (eds.) 2004: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 9th Annual Report, 2003 (pdf 3.2 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2004. 92 pp.

M. Rasch and Caning, K. (eds.) 2003: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 8th Annual Report, 2002 (pdf 3.6 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2003. 80 pp.

Caning, K. and M. Rasch (eds.) 2003: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 7th Annual Report, 2001 (pdf 2.4 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2003. 75 pp.

Caning, K. and M. Rasch (eds.) 2001: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 6th Annual Report, 2000 (pdf 4.3 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Ministry of Research and Information Technology, 2001. 80 pp.

Caning, K. and M. Rasch (eds.) 2000: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 5th Annual Report, 1999 (pdf 3.7 MB). Copenhagen, Danish Polar Center, Ministry of Research and Information Technology, 2000. 86 pp. (OBS! Printed version is out of stock).

Rasch, M. (ed.) 1999: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations. 4th Annual Report 1998 (pdf 3.2 MB). Danish Polar Center. Ministry of Research and Information Technology, 1999, 62 pp.

Meltofte, H. & Rasch, M. (eds.) 1998: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations. 3rd Annual Report 1997 (pdf 12.2 MB). Danish Polar Center. Ministry of Research and Information Technology, 1998, 68 pp.

Meltofte, H. & Thing, H. (eds.) 1997: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations. 2nd Annual Report 1996 (pdf 3.2 MB). Danish Polar Center. Ministry of Research and Information Technology, 1997, 80 pp.

Meltofte, H. & Thing, H. (eds.) 1996: Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations. 1st Annual Report 1995 (pdf 6 MB). Danish Polar Center. Ministry of Research and Information Technology, 1996, 64 pp. (OBS! Printed version is out of stock).

Reports

Gauthier, G., and Berteaux, D.  (ed.). 2011. ArcticWOLVES: Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems. Final synthesis report. Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 160 pp.

Schmidt, N.M., Krogh, P.H. & Forchhammer, M.C. 2011. Herbivore influences on ecosystem functioning. Establishment of musk ox exclosures at Zackenberg. Aarhus University, DCE -Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. Technical report No. 2. 20 pp.

Public information

Bay, C. 1998:Vegetation mapping of Zackenberg valley, Northeast Greenland (PDF 818Kb). Danish Polar Center & Botanical Museum, University of Copenhagen, 29 pp.

Callaghan, T.V., Rudels B. & Tweedie, C.E. 2006:International Review of the Zackenberg Research Station (pdf 403 Kb). The Danish Environmental Protection Agency, 2006. 32 pp.

Fredskild, B. & Mogensen, G.S. 1997:ZERO Line. Final Report (PDF 1.6 Mb). Greenland Botanical Survey & Botanical Museum, University of Copenhagen, 36 pp.

Meltofte, H. 2008. BioBasis, a long-term biological monitoring programme at Zackenberg Research Station in high-arctic Northeast Greenland. In Hacquebord, L. and Boschman, N. (eds.). A passion for the pole - Ethological Research in Polar Regions.

Meltofte, H., Rasch, M. & Stendel, M. 2008:Dramatic transformations.Suluk, No. 4, 2008.

Meltofte, H. 2007. Effects of climate variation on the breeding ecology of Arctic shorebirds.  Monographs on Greenland / Meddelelser om Grønland, BioScience 59.

Meltofte, H. & Berg, T. B. 2004:BioBasis Conceptual design and sampling procedures of the biological programme of Zackenberg Basic 7th edition (pdf 2.1 MB). National Environmental Research Institute Department of Arctic Environment, 2004. 90 pp.

Meltofte, H. & Berg, T.B. 2001:Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations. BioBasis. Conceptual design and sampling procedures of the biological programme of Zackenberg Basic (pdf 3.3 MB). National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Arctic Environment, 2001. 65 pp.

Petersen, H., Meltofte, H., Rysgaard, S., Rasch, M., Jonasson, S., Christensen, T.R., Friborg, T., Søgaard, H. & Pedersen, S.A. 2001:The Arctic, Chapter 20. In Jørgensen, A.M., Fenger, J. and Halsnæs, K. (eds): Climate Change Research – Danish Contributions (pdf 376 kb). Danish Meteorological Institute and Gad’s Forlag, Copenhagen, 2001, pp. 303-330.

Rysgaard, S. & Glud, R. N. 2007:Carbon cycling in Arctic marine ecosystems: Case study Young Sound(pdf 8.4 MB). Monographs on Greenland /Meddelelser om Grønland 2007, Bioscience 58, 214 pp.

Sigsgaard, C. 2005:GeoBasis Guidelines and sampling procedures for the geographical monitoring programme of Zackenberg Basic (pdf 5.9 Mb). National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) & Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen (IGUC). 108 pp.