Combined effects of glacial retreat and penguin activity on soil greenhouse gas fluxes on South Georgia, sub-Antarctica

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Wang, Peiyan, D'Imperio, Ludovica, Biersma, Elisabeth, Ranniku, Reti, Xu, Wenyi, Tian, Qingjiu, Ambus, Per, Elberling, Bo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Guano; New Ground; Saint Andrews Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525910/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525910/1/1-s2.0-S0048969719352477-main.pdf; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719352477

The effects of soil succession after glacial retreat and fertilisation by marine animals are known to have major impacts on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in polar terrestrial ecosystems. While in many polar coastal areas retreating glaciers open up new ground for marine animals to colonise, littl...