Soil physical impacts and recovery rates following human-induced disturbances in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica

• Main Author: O'Neill, Tanya Ann
• Other Authors: Balks, Megan R., López-Martínez, Jerónimo
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waikato 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; Soil Disturbance; Soil recovery rates; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Ross Island; McMurdo Station; Scott Base; Marble Point; Observation Hill; Crater Hill; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7345

With increasing visitor numbers an understanding of the impacts of human activities on Antarctic soil environments has become an important issue. The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate soil physical impacts, and soil recovery rates, following human disturbance in the Ross Sea region...