Sep04
Sampling on the North Slope
In July, Yiming and I went to the North Slope to investigate carbon cycling on the Tundra. Alaska and northern regions are getting a lot warmer these years melting the permafrost. To investigate how this warming may impact carbon cycling we sampled small critters and their potential food sources from lakes and their surrounding areas. Subsequently I will analyze this sample with a new technique we call isotope fingerprinting of amino acids that can identify the biosynthetic origin of amino acids. My project is funded by Carlsbergfundet and runs until the end of this year. See more pictures here from my trip to the north here: http://picasaweb.google.com/natursyn/CarlsbergArctic
