Ross Island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage
ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to determine the number of people using the Ross Island recreational walking tracks, and to examine the relationships between the number of users, track morphological characteristics, and soil physiochemical properties. Infrared track counters provided 2-y...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247414000400 2024-03-03T08:48:12+00:00 Ross Island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage O'Neill, Tanya A. Balks, Megan R. López-Martínez, Jerónimo 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000400 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247414000400 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 51, issue 4, page 444-455 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000400 2024-02-08T08:37:03Z ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to determine the number of people using the Ross Island recreational walking tracks, and to examine the relationships between the number of users, track morphological characteristics, and soil physiochemical properties. Infrared track counters provided 2-years of data on five walking tracks on the island. Track width and track incision were measured and soil sampling in the vicinity of the track counter and an adjacent control site was undertaken. Between January 2009 and January 2011 5084 passes were recorded on the Scott Base to McMurdo Station walking track, 2842 on the Wind Vane Hill walking track, 3561 on the Round Observation Hill walking track, 10936 on the Up Observation Hill track, and 693 on the Crater Hill summit walking track. There were more users on all tracks in the 2010–2011 summer season than the 2009–2010 summer season. The highest frequency of visitors occurred on Sundays during the summer (November to January). There was no relationship between the number of passes on the track and the measured impact indicators. This indicates that higher usage of a formed track had little cumulative impact. Track width and incision were related to the slope of the terrain, with tracks traversing flatter areas generally wider (R 2 = 0.85) and less incised (R 2 = 0.96), than those traversing steeper hillsides. There were no significant differences between tracks and control samples in soil pH, soil EC, organic C, total N, and total P. However, soil bulk density was higher in the walking tracks than adjacent control areas (p < 0.05). Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Ross Island Cambridge University Press Ross Island McMurdo Station ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.850,-77.850) Scott Base ENVELOPE(166.766,166.766,-77.849,-77.849) Observation Hill ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.850,-77.850) Crater Hill ENVELOPE(166.717,166.717,-77.833,-77.833) Polar Record 51 4 444 455 |
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ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to determine the number of people using the Ross Island recreational walking tracks, and to examine the relationships between the number of users, track morphological characteristics, and soil physiochemical properties. Infrared track counters provided 2-years of data on five walking tracks on the island. Track width and track incision were measured and soil sampling in the vicinity of the track counter and an adjacent control site was undertaken. Between January 2009 and January 2011 5084 passes were recorded on the Scott Base to McMurdo Station walking track, 2842 on the Wind Vane Hill walking track, 3561 on the Round Observation Hill walking track, 10936 on the Up Observation Hill track, and 693 on the Crater Hill summit walking track. There were more users on all tracks in the 2010–2011 summer season than the 2009–2010 summer season. The highest frequency of visitors occurred on Sundays during the summer (November to January). There was no relationship between the number of passes on the track and the measured impact indicators. This indicates that higher usage of a formed track had little cumulative impact. Track width and incision were related to the slope of the terrain, with tracks traversing flatter areas generally wider (R 2 = 0.85) and less incised (R 2 = 0.96), than those traversing steeper hillsides. There were no significant differences between tracks and control samples in soil pH, soil EC, organic C, total N, and total P. However, soil bulk density was higher in the walking tracks than adjacent control areas (p < 0.05). |
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Ross Island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage |
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Ross Island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage |
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Ross Island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage |
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Ross Island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage |
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Ross Island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage |
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ross island recreational walking tracks: relationships between soil physiochemical properties and track usage |
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