Functional ecology of an Antarctic Dry Valley

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Chan, Yuki, Van Nostrand, Joy D., Zhou, Jizhong, Pointing, Stephen B., Farrell, Roberta L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; McKelvey; McKelvey Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7768; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1300643110

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest ice-free region in Antarctica and are critically at risk from climate change. The terrestrial landscape is dominated by oligotrophic mineral soils and extensive exposed rocky surfaces where biota are largely restricted to microbial communities, although their...