Carbon, nitrogen and hydrocarbons contents in soils and sediments after a diesel spill at Carlini Base, King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo) ...

• Main Authors: Vázquez, Susana, Monien, Patrick, Pepino Minetti, Roberto, Jürgens, Jutta, Curtosi, Antonio, Villalba Primitz, Julia, Frickenhaus, Stephan, Abele, Doris, Mac Cormack, Walter, Helmke, Elisabeth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Impact of climate induced glacier melt on marine coastal systems, Antarctica IMCOAST/IMCONet; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Isla 25 de Mayo; King George Island; South Shetland Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.879748; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879748

A diesel spill occurring at Carlini Station (South Shetland Islands, West Antarctic Peninsula) in 2009 started the study of the fate of the hydrocarbons and their effect on the bacterial communities of the Potter Cove ecosystem. Soils and sediments were sampled across the 200-meter long diesel plume...