Abiotic factors influencing soil microbial activity in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Díaz-Puente, F.J., Schmid, T., Pelayo, M., Rodríguez-Rastrero, M., Herraiz, M.J.S., O'Neill, Tanya Ann, López-Martínez, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: microbial activity; soils; organic matter; mineralization; South Shetland Islands; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cierva; Cierva Point; Deception Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/13775; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141602

Microorganisms play a key role in the carbon (C) cycle through soil organic matter (SOM). The rate of SOM mineralization, the influence of abiotic factors on this rate and the potential behaviour of SOM are of particular interest in the northern Antarctic Peninsula and offshore islands. This is one...