Climate-Ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra (COAT) — Adaptive system for long-term terrestrial monitoring

• Main Authors: Pedersen, Åshild Ø, Albon, Steve, Beumer, Larissa T, Fuglei, Eva, Isaksen, Ketil, Liston, Glen, Jepsen, Jane U, Madsen, Jesper, Mosbacher, Jesper, Paulsen, Ingrid MG, Pedersen, Stein T, Ravolainen, VT, Reinking, AK, Soininen, Eeva M, Stien, Audun, Stien, Jennifer, Van der Wal, René, Yoccoz, Nigel G, Ims, Rolf A
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Adaptive monitoring; climate change; ecological monitoring; ecosystem-based monitoring; food-web; long-term; management; terrestrial; Arctic; Brøggerhalvøya; Nordenskiöld Land; Svalbard; Arctic Fox; Climate change; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5751761; https://zenodo.org/record/5751761

This is chapter 2 of the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report 2021. Predicted temperature increases in the Arctic are expected to fundamentally alter tundra ecosystem dynamics. The Arctic’s extreme year-to-year and place-to-place variability make long-term monitoring challenging,...