Alaska Coastal Wetland Expedition – 31. July – 31. August 2021

Just a nice wetland. Bog-site along the Kenai River.
Just a nice wetland. Bog-site along the Kenai River.
Field crew at the Kenai River.
Miriam and Matthias trying to get a peat core.
Morning moose visit at our base camp in Sterling.
Flux measurement setup with the Los Gatos Research greenhouse gas analyzer (yellow in the front) with the self-made double bucket chamber (white in the back).
Johanna and Matthias installing the bucket chamber for flux measurements.
Claire monitoring the flux measurements at the Kenai river.
Johanna recording metadata during the flux measurements.
Natalie carrying the greenhouse gas analyzer to the field sites at the Kenai river.
Johanna and Miriam retrieving a peat core at the Kasilof river.
The Kenai river tidal flats, where we carried out repeated measurements during a full tidal cycle.
Matthias collecting sediment samples at the Swanson river.
Miriam with a peat monolith at the Kasilof beach.
Measuring methane fluxes in the Kenai tidal flats during the evening.
Beautiful colors in coastal wetlands at Kenai river.
Field crew at the Kenai River.
Miriam and Matthias trying to get a peat core.
Morning moose visit at our base camp in Sterling.
Flux measurement setup with the Los Gatos Research greenhouse gas analyzer (yellow in the front) with the self-made double bucket chamber (white in the back).
Johanna and Matthias installing the bucket chamber for flux measurements.
Claire monitoring the flux measurements at the Kenai river.
Johanna recording metadata during the flux measurements.
Natalie carrying the greenhouse gas analyzer to the field sites at the Kenai river.
Johanna and Miriam retrieving a peat core at the Kasilof river.
The Kenai river tidal flats, where we carried out repeated measurements during a full tidal cycle.
Matthias collecting sediment samples at the Swanson river.
Miriam with a peat monolith at the Kasilof beach.
Measuring methane fluxes in the Kenai tidal flats during the evening.
Beautiful colors in coastal wetlands at Kenai river.