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.