Temperature variation and its biological significance in fellfield habitats on a maritime Antarctic island

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Davey, M.C., Pickup, J., Block, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518430/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102092000567

Temperatures within soil and plant habitats on Signy Island in the maritime Antarctic were measured during 1987. Four sites were monitored using minithermistors attached to a data logging system. Three main periods within the annual temperature cycle were identified. In spring/summer (November–March...