Pedogenic and microbial interrelation in initial soils under semiarid climate on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Meier, Lars A., Krauze, Patryk, Prater, Isabel, Horn, Fabian, Schaefer, Carlos E. G. R., Scholten, Thomas, Wagner, Dirk, Mueller, Carsten W., Kühn, Peter
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Brandy Bay; Ross Island; Antarc*; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019; https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/2481/2019/

James Ross Island (JRI) offers the exceptional opportunity to study microbial-driven pedogenesis without the influence of vascular plants or faunal activities (e.g., penguin rookeries). In this study, two soil profiles from JRI (one at Santa Martha Cove – SMC, and another at Brandy Bay – BB) were in...