Distribution, genesis, and properties of Arctic soils: a case study from the Fuglebekken catchment, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Szymański, Wojciech, Skiba, Stefan, Wojtuń, Bronisław
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2013
• Subjects: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Guano; Hornsund; Fugleberget; Ariekammen; permafrost; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popore-2013-0017; https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/34/3/article-p289.xml; https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2013.34.issue-3/popore-2013-0017/popore-2013-0017.pdf

Abstract This paper presents distribution and properties of soils within the Fuglebekken catchment in neighbourhood of the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen (Svalbard Archipelago). The present study describes 8 representative soil profiles out of 34 profiles studied for the whole catc...