The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach
We adopted a statistical approach to identify environmental parameters which might be important in structuring the bacterial community in soils on the Antarctic Peninsula. An assessment of soil bacterial community composition at six environmentally distinct locations was made using terminal restrict...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:18340 2023-05-15T13:45:12+02:00 The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach Chong, C.W. Pearce, D.A. Convey, P. Tan, I.K.P. 2012 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18340/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18340/1/_ANS_ANS24_03_S0954102012000028a.pdf http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&pdftype=1&fid=8596326&jid=ANS&volumeId=24&issueId=03&aid=8596324 en eng Cambridge University Press https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18340/1/_ANS_ANS24_03_S0954102012000028a.pdf Chong, C.W.; Pearce, D.A. orcid:0000-0001-5292-4596 Convey, P. orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Tan, I.K.P. 2012 The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach. Antarctic Science, 24 (3). 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000028 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000028> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2012 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000028 2023-02-04T19:31:42Z We adopted a statistical approach to identify environmental parameters which might be important in structuring the bacterial community in soils on the Antarctic Peninsula. An assessment of soil bacterial community composition at six environmentally distinct locations was made using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiling. All locations are near to Rothera Point, on Reptile Ridge and adjacent islands in Ryder Bay, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, and were selected to maximize the range of environmental variability easily accessible from Rothera Station. A range of environmental variables was determined, and a Spearman rank correlation test was used to link the community structure and environmental variables. We demonstrated that the taxonomic distribution of the soil bacteria among the six study sites was relatively even, especially among the islands within Ryder Bay, although each location possessed a distinct community structure. Significant differences in the environmental conditions and soil chemical parameters allowed us to identify differences in location and soil pH as the environmental variables that could most probably explain the soil bacterial community patterns. This observation is consistent with an increasing number of studies from both Arctic and Antarctic locations, and will contribute to the design of future parameter-specific studies to test the potential functional significance of pH to the Antarctic soil bacterial community. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic Science Arctic Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Rothera ENVELOPE(-68.130,-68.130,-67.568,-67.568) Ryder ENVELOPE(-68.333,-68.333,-67.566,-67.566) Ryder Bay ENVELOPE(-68.333,-68.333,-67.567,-67.567) Rothera Point ENVELOPE(-68.133,-68.133,-67.567,-67.567) Rothera Station ENVELOPE(-68.120,-68.120,-67.569,-67.569) Reptile Ridge ENVELOPE(-68.173,-68.173,-67.546,-67.546) Antarctic Science 24 3 249 258 |
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We adopted a statistical approach to identify environmental parameters which might be important in structuring the bacterial community in soils on the Antarctic Peninsula. An assessment of soil bacterial community composition at six environmentally distinct locations was made using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiling. All locations are near to Rothera Point, on Reptile Ridge and adjacent islands in Ryder Bay, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, and were selected to maximize the range of environmental variability easily accessible from Rothera Station. A range of environmental variables was determined, and a Spearman rank correlation test was used to link the community structure and environmental variables. We demonstrated that the taxonomic distribution of the soil bacteria among the six study sites was relatively even, especially among the islands within Ryder Bay, although each location possessed a distinct community structure. Significant differences in the environmental conditions and soil chemical parameters allowed us to identify differences in location and soil pH as the environmental variables that could most probably explain the soil bacterial community patterns. This observation is consistent with an increasing number of studies from both Arctic and Antarctic locations, and will contribute to the design of future parameter-specific studies to test the potential functional significance of pH to the Antarctic soil bacterial community. |
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Chong, C.W. Pearce, D.A. Convey, P. Tan, I.K.P. The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach |
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The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach |
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The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach |
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The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach |
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The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach |
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The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach |
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identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the antarctic peninsula - a statistical approach |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18340/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18340/1/_ANS_ANS24_03_S0954102012000028a.pdf http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&pdftype=1&fid=8596326&jid=ANS&volumeId=24&issueId=03&aid=8596324 |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18340/1/_ANS_ANS24_03_S0954102012000028a.pdf Chong, C.W.; Pearce, D.A. orcid:0000-0001-5292-4596 Convey, P. orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Tan, I.K.P. 2012 The identification of environmental parameters which could influence soil bacterial community composition on the Antarctic Peninsula - a statistical approach. Antarctic Science, 24 (3). 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000028 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000028> |
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