Microbial biomass and community structure changes along a soil development chronosequence near Lake Wellman, southern Victoria Land

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Aislabie, Jackie, Bockheim, James, Mcleod, Malcolm, Hunter, David, Stevenson, Bryan, Barker, Gary M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: Britannia; Darwin Mountains; Victoria Land; Wellman; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102011000873; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102011000873

Abstract Four pedons on each of four drift sheets in the Lake Wellman area of the Darwin Mountains were sampled for chemical and microbial analyses. The four drifts, Hatherton, Britannia, Danum, and Isca, ranged from early Holocene (10 ka) to mid-Quaternary ( c. 900 ka). The soil properties of weath...