Interactions between climate, vegetation and the active layer in soils at two Maritime Antarctic sites

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: CANNONE, NICOLETTA, EVANS JCE, STRACHAN R, GUGLIELMIN, MAURO
• Other Authors: Cannone, Nicoletta, Evans, Jce, Strachan, R, Guglielmin, Mauro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: ground temperature; permafrost; South Shetland Island; South Orkney Island; vegetation buffering effect; Antarctic; King George Island; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Active layer thickness; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11383/1498441; https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200600037X

In the summer 2000-01, thermal monitoring of the permafrost active layer within various terrestrial sites covered by lichen, moss or grasses was undertaken at Jubany (King George Island) and Signy Island in the Maritime Antarctic. The results demonstrated the buffering effect of vegetation on ground...