Diurnal Effects on Soil Biota

Investigation of the effect of short-term variation in soil moisture and soil temperature on nematode anhydrobiosis as part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project. The percent of anhydrobiotic nematodes with relation to soil moisture and temperature was determined. T...

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Published: McMurdo Dry Valleys LTERByrd Polar Research Center 108 Scott Hall1090 Carmack RdColumbusOH43210-1002USA(614) 292-4697 2011
Subjects:
Antarctica
LTER
nematodes
Hoare
Lake Hoare
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Taylor Valley
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.20990
http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.0240.2/xml
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Summary:Investigation of the effect of short-term variation in soil moisture and soil temperature on nematode anhydrobiosis as part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project. The percent of anhydrobiotic nematodes with relation to soil moisture and temperature was determined. The study began at 0930 on 22 December 1997 and ended on 23 December 1997. The samples were taken at 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 hrs.

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