Bedrock and biotic influence on on community composition of soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Tytgat, Bjorn, Verleyen, Elie, D'hondt, Sofie, Clercx, Pia, Van Ranst, Eric, Roberts, Stephen, Wilmotte, Annick, Vyverman, Wim, Willems, Anne
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; EAST ANTARCTICA; TERRESTRIAL; SøR RONDANE MOUNTAINS; ILLUMINA; ARISA; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Transantarctic Mountains; Sør-Rondane; Sør Rondane Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; DML
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/6934857; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-6934857

Antarctica is a continent of extremes; the low availability of liquid water and nutrients, extreme low temperatures and seasonally variable levels of solar radiation exert high selective pressures on organisms. Consequently, most life forms in the scarce ice-free regions which represent less than 1%...