Soil development and soil biology on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic
Soil development and soil biology on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic This review covers aspects of soil science and soil biology of Antarctica with special focus on King George Island, South Shetlands, the martitime Antarctic. New approaches in soil descriptions and soil taxonomy show a great...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/v10183-011-0002-z 2023-05-15T14:11:55+02:00 Soil development and soil biology on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic Bölter, Manfred 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183-011-0002-z http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/32/2/article-p105.xml https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2011.32.issue-2/v10183-011-0002-z/v10183-011-0002-z.pdf unknown Walter de Gruyter GmbH Polish Polar Research volume 32, issue 2, page 105-116 ISSN 2081-8262 0138-0338 Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2011 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/v10183-011-0002-z 2022-06-16T13:41:29Z Soil development and soil biology on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic This review covers aspects of soil science and soil biology of Antarctica with special focus on King George Island, South Shetlands, the martitime Antarctic. New approaches in soil descriptions and soil taxonomy show a great variety of soil types, related to different parent material, mainly volcanic origin, as well as on influences by soil biological processes. The spread of higher rooting plants attract microorganisms, nematodes and collemboles which in turn build new organic material and change the environment for further successors. Microbial communities are drivers with respect to metabolic and physiological properties indicating a great potential in a changing environment. The literature review also shows a lack of investigations on processes of carbon and nitrogen turnover, despite wide knowledge on its standing stock in different environments. Further, only few reports were found on the processes of humification. Only few data are available which can be regarded as long term monitorings, hence, such projects need to be established in order to follow ecological changes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica King George Island Polar Research De Gruyter (via Crossref) Antarctic King George Island Polish Polar Research 32 2 105 116 |
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Soil development and soil biology on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic This review covers aspects of soil science and soil biology of Antarctica with special focus on King George Island, South Shetlands, the martitime Antarctic. New approaches in soil descriptions and soil taxonomy show a great variety of soil types, related to different parent material, mainly volcanic origin, as well as on influences by soil biological processes. The spread of higher rooting plants attract microorganisms, nematodes and collemboles which in turn build new organic material and change the environment for further successors. Microbial communities are drivers with respect to metabolic and physiological properties indicating a great potential in a changing environment. The literature review also shows a lack of investigations on processes of carbon and nitrogen turnover, despite wide knowledge on its standing stock in different environments. Further, only few reports were found on the processes of humification. Only few data are available which can be regarded as long term monitorings, hence, such projects need to be established in order to follow ecological changes. |
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