Selected soil properties and bacterial abundance in the glacier forefields 'Black Valley Transect' and 'Glacier Transect' on Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Bajerski, Felizitas, Wagner, Dirk
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; SPP1158; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Global warming; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.846890; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846890

Antarctic glacier forefields are extreme environments and pioneer sites for ecological succession. Increasing temperatures due to global warming lead to enhanced deglaciation processes in cold-affected habitats, and new terrain is becoming exposed to soil formation and microbial colonization. Howeve...