BioBasis Nuuk - Arthropods - Arthropod emergence

Arthropods are sampled by means of yellow pitfall traps. Window traps are used for flying insects. The traps are emptied weekly throughout the snow free season. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual available at the website. Arthropods:Arthropods BioBasis Nuuk:The BioBasis programme monitors the dynamics of organisms and biological processes in the terrestrial and limnic ecosystems at Zackenberg and Nuuk. The BioBasis programme plays a central role in the development and implementation of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) http://www.caff.is/monitoring across the Arctic.