Microbial Ecology of Antarctic Soils

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 36 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of one of the referenced papers - &Environmental conditions and microbiological properties from soils and lichens from Antarctica (Casey Station, Wilkes Land)&: Microbial ha...

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Other Authors: BOLTER, MANFRED (hasPrincipalInvestigator), BOLTER, MANFRED (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
environment
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
EARTH SCIENCE
LAND SURFACE
SOILS
SOIL PH
MICROFAUNA
BACTERIA/ARCHAEA
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
PLANTS
LICHENS
FUNGI
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
BIOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
lichen
microbiological
Casey
epifluorescence
algae
PAR
photosynthetically active radiation
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY
HUMIDITY SENSORS
OXYGEN METERS
TEMPERATURE PROBES
SFM &gt
Spectrofluorometer
LABORATORY
FIELD INVESTIGATION
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA &gt
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Antarctic
Casey Station
Wilkes Land
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/microbial-ecology-antarctic-soils/700147
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_36
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 36 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of one of the referenced papers - &Environmental conditions and microbiological properties from soils and lichens from Antarctica (Casey Station, Wilkes Land)&: Microbial habitats of an Antarctic coastal terrestrial environment are described. Emphasis was laid on soil with different contents of organic matter and some representative lichen species. Parameters for this description were microclimatic conditions, organic and inorganic matter, epifluorescence microscopy, and parameters describing microbial and enzymatic activity. The data of direct measurements of bacterial standing stock (number and biomass) and of exoenzymatic activity via FDA-hydrolysis were found to be the most valuable parameters for microbiological properties. The data show significant differences with regard to nutrients and microbial activity. Scales of patches are only a few square decimetres with wide ranges of environmental and microbiological properties within short distances.

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