Interactions between climate, vegetation and active layer in Maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: CANNONE, Nicoletta, ELLIS EVANS J. C, STRACHAN R, GUGLIELMIN M.
• Other Authors: Cannone, Nicoletta, ELLIS EVANS, J. C., Strachan, R, Guglielmin, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: -Cambridge University Press / New York:40 West 20th Street:New York, NY 10011:[phone], [phone], EMAIL: [e-mail], INTERNET: http://www.journals.cambridge.org, Fax: [phone] -Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 2006
• Subjects: ground temperature; permafrost; South Shetland Island; South Orkney Island; vegetation buffering effect; Antarctic; King George Island; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Active layer thickness; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/494259; 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...