Moisture Associated Microbial Communities in Antarctic Dry Valley Soils

• Main Author: Anderson, Rachelle
• Other Authors: Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waikato 2017
• Subjects: Climate change; microbial community; soil; in situ; Dry Valley; Antarctica; water track; moisture; relative humidity; temperature; UV; bio-indicator; Antarctic; Miers; Miers Valley; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11346

Climate change is having a dramatic impact on the natural environment and is one of the most imminent and important issues of the 21st century. With limited vegetation and few large terrestrial organisms, Antarctica offers a unique opportunity to understand the impact of abiotic, climatic factors on...