DAEMONS has now been up and running for just over a year. Despite the logistical problems caused by COVID, monthly sampling has gone ahead every month except for April. January 2021 was the final month for the routine sampling programme led by Filip and Sara. There aren’t many daylight hours in January, so head torches were needed for an epic 12 hour field day. There’s also the time-consuming process of collecting lake samples under ice to contend with.
What happens next for DAEMONS? Last year we had planned four seasonal synoptic campaigns to sample fifty lakes and rivers, and fifty coastal locations. They were cancelled due to travel restrictions, and seem unlikely to happen until at least the latter half of 2021. So now we have a window of time to analyse lab and field data, and to start to draft manuscripts. We hope that, sooner or later, circumstances will allow all the project team to make it to the Gårdsjön Research Catchment for sampling and paper writing. Comments are closed.
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