Soil organic matter interactions along the elevation gradient of the James Ross Island (Antarctica)

• Published in: SOIL
• Main Authors: Vlček, Vítězslav, Juřička, David, Valtera, Martin, Dvořáčková, Helena, Štulc, Vojtěch, Bednaříková, Michaela, Šimečková, Jana, Váczi, Peter, Pohanka, Miroslav, Kapler, Pavel, Barták, Miloš, Enev, Vojtěch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geoscience Union 2025
• Subjects: arbuscular mycorhizal fungi; climate-change; decomposition; protein; carbon; glomalin; lichen; symbiosis; nitrogen; origin; Ross Island; Ulu Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11012/250856; https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-813-2024

Around half of the Earth's soil organic carbon (SOC) is presently stored in the Northern Hemisphere permafrost region. In polar permafrost regions, low temperatures particularly inhibit both the production and biodegradation of organic matter. Under such conditions, abiotic factors such as meso...