Soil phosphorus cycling in an Antarctic polar desert

Geoderma

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Bate, D B ^a   Barrett, J E ^a   Poage, M A ^b   Virginia, R A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic soils; Chronosequence; Hyporheic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ANTARCTIC SOILS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; HYPORHEIC; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; TILL; WEATHERING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 39449133386     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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