Snow-patch influence on soil biogeochemical processes and invertebrate distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-99

  Gooseff, Michael N ^a,b   Barrett, J E ^c   Doran, Peter T ^d   Fountain, Andrew G ^e   Lyons, W Berry ^f   Parsons, Andrew N ^g   Porazinska, Dorota L ^g   Virginia, Ross A ^c   Wall, Diana H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; SNOW COVER; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037302359     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0091:SPIOSB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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