Working groups

Promoting Long-Term Ecological Research in Mountains (2011-2013)

Aigüestortes & Redon (Spain)




General information

  • Operator: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, University of Barcelona, Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications
  • Altitude: 2240m asl
  • Established: 1984
  • Climate zone: alpine
  • Ecosystem type: alpine lake catchment/meadows, scree, bare rock
  • Point coordinates: 42.64208°N, 0.77951°E

Variables measured

  • Air temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Solar radiation
  • Snow depth
  • Duration of snow cover
  • Snow density
  • Atmospheric deposition
  • Wind speed
  • Lake water chemistry
  • Lake water temperature
  • Lake water level
  • Lake water transparency
  • Lake ice-cover phenology
  • Bacterioplankton
  • Phytoplankton counting
  • Zooplankton