Seasonal availability of chemical nutrients on Signy Island
This paper presents some preliminary results of an investigation into the seasonal variation of extractable n utrients in the soils of Signy Island. In an examination of British soils Allen & Grimshaw (1962) found that extractable phosphorus and ammonium -nitrogen concentrations increased as a r...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Royal Society
1967
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526725/ https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1967.0010 |
| Summary: | This paper presents some preliminary results of an investigation into the seasonal variation of extractable n utrients in the soils of Signy Island. In an examination of British soils Allen & Grimshaw (1962) found that extractable phosphorus and ammonium -nitrogen concentrations increased as a result of prolonged freezing. In view of the importance of such phenomena to the soils of subpolar regions experiments were carried out on Signy Island over a complete season. Signy Island is particularly suitable for such a study because of the prolonged freeze during the winter months, and the oscillation of the soil temperatures around 0 °C during the rest of the year. |
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