Soil organic carbon and microbial activity: east Antarctica
Summary Schirmacher oasis (SO) (70°46′04′′S to 70°44′24′′S; 11°49′54′′[± 48]E to 11°26′03′′[± 02]E), one of the smallest oases in Antarctica, is situated on Dronning Maud Land, which is about 70 km south of the Princess Astrid Coast of east Antarctica. This oasis is a small rocky moraine, surrounded...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00857.x 2024-06-02T07:58:39+00:00 Soil organic carbon and microbial activity: east Antarctica Gajananda, K. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00857.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2389.2006.00857.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00857.x/fullpdf en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor European Journal of Soil Science volume 58, issue 3, page 704-713 ISSN 1351-0754 1365-2389 journal-article 2006 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00857.x 2024-05-03T11:26:34Z Summary Schirmacher oasis (SO) (70°46′04′′S to 70°44′24′′S; 11°49′54′′[± 48]E to 11°26′03′′[± 02]E), one of the smallest oases in Antarctica, is situated on Dronning Maud Land, which is about 70 km south of the Princess Astrid Coast of east Antarctica. This oasis is a small rocky moraine, surrounded by the vast polar ice cap and Antarctic ice shelf. It represents cold desert conditions, devoid of any higher plant and animal life, except for a few patches of microbiotic crusts in some suitable niches. Melted water from glaciers, ice and snow produces about 30 fresh water lakes and many streams, which supply essential nutrients to the autotrophs (algae, mosses and lichens). Between 30 December 1999 and 29 January 2000, soil samples were collected from 14 sparsely vegetated sites to study the soils and ecology over this oasis. Bio‐physicochemical parameters, organic carbon and microbial activities (dehydrogenase) of the soils were determined. The average surface air temperature and wind velocities during the sampling period were −0.87°C and 4.3 m s −1 . The average pH, plant biomass (standing crops) and moisture content were 7.5, 22.5 g m −2 and 375.4%. Total organic carbon (TOC) contents of the soil samples ranged from 1.16 to 2.58% and the mean value was 1.58%. Dehydrogenase activity (DHA) was low and the average was 0.008 mg Triphenyl formazan (TPF) g soil −1 day −1 . The low DHA in SO suggests that anaerobic oxidation of organic C is poor. TOC and DHA are negatively correlated with plant biomass ( r =−0.14, P = 0.62 and r =−0.21, P = 0.48). The organic C and microbial activities are dependent on the amount of the autotrophic productivity and abundances. TOC correlated significantly with DHA ( r = 0.85, P < 0.001), which indicates that organic C is an important factor in controlling the development of DHA in the SO. The averaged bio‐physicochemical data in the oasis do not deviate much from the respective mean values and the TOC is expected to remain in the range of 1–2%; however, a small change in human ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Astrid Coast Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Ice Shelf Polar Ice Cap Princess Astrid Coast Wiley Online Library Antarctic East Antarctica Dronning Maud Land European Journal of Soil Science 58 3 704 713 |
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Summary Schirmacher oasis (SO) (70°46′04′′S to 70°44′24′′S; 11°49′54′′[± 48]E to 11°26′03′′[± 02]E), one of the smallest oases in Antarctica, is situated on Dronning Maud Land, which is about 70 km south of the Princess Astrid Coast of east Antarctica. This oasis is a small rocky moraine, surrounded by the vast polar ice cap and Antarctic ice shelf. It represents cold desert conditions, devoid of any higher plant and animal life, except for a few patches of microbiotic crusts in some suitable niches. Melted water from glaciers, ice and snow produces about 30 fresh water lakes and many streams, which supply essential nutrients to the autotrophs (algae, mosses and lichens). Between 30 December 1999 and 29 January 2000, soil samples were collected from 14 sparsely vegetated sites to study the soils and ecology over this oasis. Bio‐physicochemical parameters, organic carbon and microbial activities (dehydrogenase) of the soils were determined. The average surface air temperature and wind velocities during the sampling period were −0.87°C and 4.3 m s −1 . The average pH, plant biomass (standing crops) and moisture content were 7.5, 22.5 g m −2 and 375.4%. Total organic carbon (TOC) contents of the soil samples ranged from 1.16 to 2.58% and the mean value was 1.58%. Dehydrogenase activity (DHA) was low and the average was 0.008 mg Triphenyl formazan (TPF) g soil −1 day −1 . The low DHA in SO suggests that anaerobic oxidation of organic C is poor. TOC and DHA are negatively correlated with plant biomass ( r =−0.14, P = 0.62 and r =−0.21, P = 0.48). The organic C and microbial activities are dependent on the amount of the autotrophic productivity and abundances. TOC correlated significantly with DHA ( r = 0.85, P < 0.001), which indicates that organic C is an important factor in controlling the development of DHA in the SO. The averaged bio‐physicochemical data in the oasis do not deviate much from the respective mean values and the TOC is expected to remain in the range of 1–2%; however, a small change in human ... |
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