Research Objectives
The primary purpose of the station is to enable field work under harsh and extremely variable environmental conditions (cold, elevated UV-radiation, dryness, low nutrient concentrations, long lasting darkness below snow and ice, atmospheric fertilization and acidification of oligotrophic ecosystems etc.). The present emphasis lies on studies related to
- evolutionary microbial ecology,
- diversity of psychrophilic microbes,
- interactions in ecosystems with strong determinants and
- life and survival strategies.