Studies on the Activity and Composition of Soil Microbial Communities in Rescource Limited Soils.

• Main Author: English, Lorna Christina
• Other Authors: Hopkins, David W, School of Natural Sciences, Biological and Environmental Sciences
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2006
• Subjects: Mt Etna; Maritime Antarctic; Decompositon; Phospholipid fatty acids; Microbial communities; biomass; Soils Sampling; Soils Analysis; Biodegradation; Antarctic; Etna; Signy Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/121; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/121/1/Lorna%20English%20MPhil%202006.pdf

Soils from two resource limited sites were sampled and various chemical and microbial parameters measured. The sites chosen were Signy Island in the maritime Antarctic and the southern slopes of Mt Etna in Sicily. The soil from the Antarctic was resource limited due to the severe nature of its habit...