Effects of human trampling on populations of soil fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1544-1551

  Ayres, Edward ^a   Nkem, Johnson N ^a,e   Wall, Diana H ^a   Adams, Byron J ^b   Barrett, J E ^c   Broos, Emma J ^a   Parsons, Andrew N ^a,f   Powers, Laura E ^a,g   Simmons, Breana L ^a   Virginia, Ross A ^d  

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

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^f NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Disturbance; Ecotourism; Footpaths; Nematodes; Polar desert; Rotifers; Soil biodiversity; Soil CO2; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOTOURISM; FAUNA; FECUNDITY; MORTALITY; NEMATODE;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL; WALKING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

ANIMALIA; EUDORYLAIMUS; NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; SCOTTNEMA LINDSAYAE; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 57449104025     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01034.x     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Adams, B. J., et al. 2006. Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38 : 3003 3018.
2. Aislabie, J. M., M. R. Balks, J. M. Foght, and E. J. Waterhouse. 2004. Hydrocarbon spills on Antarctic soils: effects and management. Environmental Science and Technology 38 : 1265 1274.
3. Andrássy, I. 1998. Nematodes in the sixth continent. Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics 1 : 107 186.
4. Ayres, E., D. H. Wall, B. J. Adams, J. E. Barrett, and R. A. Virginia. 2007. Soil and sediment biogeochemistry and faunal community structure across aquatic-terrestrial interfaces in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosystems 10 : 523 535.
5. Barger, N. N., J. E. Herrick, J. van Zee, and J. Belnap. 2006. Impacts of biological soil crust disturbance and composition on C and N loss from water erosion. Biogeochemistry 77 : 247 263.
6. Barrett, J. E., R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, A. N. Parsons, L. E. Powers, and M. B. Burkins. 2004. Variation in biogeochemistry and soil biodiversity across spatial scales in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecology 85 : 3105 3118.
7. Barrett, J. E., R. A. Virginia, A. N. Parsons, and D. H. Wall. 2005. Potential carbon and nitrogen turnover in soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 37 : 107 116.
8. Barrett, J. E., et al. 2006. Terrestrial ecosystem processes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38 : 3019 3034.
9. Belnap, J. 2006. The potential roles of biological soil crusts in dryland hydrologic cycles. Hydrological Processes 20 : 3159 3178.
10. Belnap, J., S. L. Phillips, J. E. Herrick, and J. R. Johansen. 2007. Wind erodibility of soils at Fort Irwin, California (Mojave Desert), USA, before and after trampling disturbance: implications for land management. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32 : 75 84.
11. Bockheim, J. G. 1997. Properties and classification of cold desert soils from Antarctica. Soil Science Society of America Journal 61 : 224 231.
12. Burkins, M. B., R. A. Virginia, C. P. Chamberlain, and D. H. Wall. 2000. Origin and distribution of soil organic matter in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Ecology 81 : 2377 2391.
13. Campbell, I. B., and G. G. C. Claridge. 1987. Antarctica: soils, weathering processes and environment. Developments in soil science 16. Elsevier, New York.
14. Campbell, I. B., G. G. C. Claridge, and M. R. Balks. 1994. The effects of human activities on moisture content of soils and underlying permafrost from the McMurdo Sound Region, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 6 : 307 314.
15. Campbell, I. B., G. G. C. Claridge, M. R. Balks, and D. I. Campbell. 1997. Moisture content of soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica. Pages 61 76 in W. B. Lyons, C. Howard-Williams, and I. Hawes, editors. Ecosystem processes in Antarctic ice-free landscapes. Balkema, Rotterdam.
16. Campbell, I. B., G. C. C. Claridge, D. I. Campbell, and M. R. Balks. 1998. Soil temperature and moisture properties of cryosols of the Antarctic cold desert. European Soil Science 31 : 542 546.
17. Clow, G. D., C. P. McKay, G. M. Simmons Jr., and R. A. Wharton Jr. 1988. Climatological observations and predicted sublimation rates at Lake Hoare, Antarctica. Journal of Climate 1 : 715 728.
18. Doran, P. T., C. P. McKay, G. D. Clow, G. L. Dana, A. G. Fountain, T. Nylen, and W. B. Lyons. 2002a. Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986-2000. Journal of Geophysical Research 107 : 4772 4784.
19. Doran, P. T., et al. 2002b. Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response. Nature 415 : 517 520.
20. Fountain, A. G., et al. 1999. Physical controls on the Taylor Valley ecosystem, Antarctica. BioScience 49 : 961 971.
21. Freckman, D. W., and R. A. Virginia. 1993. Extraction of nematodes from Dry Valley Antarctic soils. Polar Biology 13 : 483 487.
22. Freckman, D. W., and R. A. Virginia. 1997. Low-diversity Antarctic soil nematode communities: distribution and response to disturbance. Ecology 78 : 363 369.
23. Freckman, D. W., and R. A. Virginia. 1998. Soil biodiversity and community structure in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Pages 323 336 in J. C. Priscu, editor. Ecosystem dynamics in a polar desert: the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
24. Frenot, Y., S. L. Chown, J. Whinam, P. M. Selkirk, P. Convey, M. Skotnicki, and D. M. Bergstrom. 2005. Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. Biological Reviews 80 : 45 72.
25. Gremmen, N. J. M., V. R. Smith, and O. F. R. van Tongeren. 2003. Impact of trampling on the vegetation of subantarctic Marion Island. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 35 : 442 446.
26. Hedlund, K., and M. S. Öhrn. 2000. Tritrophic interactions in a soil community enhance decomposition rates. Oikos 88 : 585 591.
27. Kutiel, P., E. Eden, and Y. Zhevelev. 2000. Effect of experimental trampling and off-road motorcycle traffic on soil and vegetation of stabilized coastal dunes, Israel. Environmental Conservation 27 : 14 23.
28. Overhoff, A., D. W. Freckman, and R. A. Virginia. 1993. Life cycle of the microbivorous Antarctic Dry Valley nematode Scottnema lindsayae (Timm 1971). Polar Biology 13 : 151 156.
29. Parsons, P. N., J. E. Barrett, D. H. Wall, and R. A. Virginia. 2004. Soil carbon dioxide flux in Antarctic dry valley ecosystems. Ecosystems 7 : 286 295.
30. Poage, M. A., J. E. Barrett, R. A. Virginia, and D. H. Wall. 2008. The influence of soil geochemistry on nematode distribution, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40 : 119 128.
31. Powers, L. E., D. W. Freckman, and R. A. Virginia. 1994. Depth distribution of soil nematodes in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 29 : 175 176.
32. Powers, L. E., D. W. Freckman, and R. A. Virginia. 1995. Spatial distribution of nematodes in polar desert soils of Antarctica. Polar Biology 15 : 325 333.
33. Ros, M., C. Garcia, T. Hernandez, M. Andres, and A. Barja. 2004. Short-term effects of human trampling on vegetation and soil microbial activity. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 35 : 1591 1603.
34. Schlesinger, W. H., J. F. Reynolds, G. L. Cunningham, L. F. Huenneke, W. M. Jarrell, R. A. Virginia, and W. G. Whitford. 1990. Biological feedbacks in global desertification. Science 247 : 1043 1048.
35. Seastedt, T. R. 1984. The role of microarthropods in decomposition and mineralization processes. Annual Review of Entomology 29 : 25 46.
36. Stevens, M. I., and I. D. Hogg. 2004. Expanded distributional records of Collembola and Acari in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Pedobiologia 46 : 485 495.
37. Treonis, A. M., D. H. Wall, and R. A. Virginia. 1999. Invertebrate biodiversity in Antarctic Dry Valley soils and sediments. Ecosystems 2 : 482 492.
38. Virginia, R. A., and D. H. Wall. 1999. How soils structure communities in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. BioScience 49 : 973 983.
39. Wall, D. H., and R. A. Virginia. 1999. Controls on soil biodiversity: insights from extreme environments. Applied Soil Ecology 13 : 137 150.
40. Webb, R. H. 2002. Recovery of severely compacted soils in the Mojave Desert, California, USA. Arid Lands research and Management 16 : 291 305.
41. Zhang, W.-J., J.-X. Feng, J. Wu, and K. Parker. 2004. Differences in soil microbial biomass and activity for six agroecosystems with a management disturbance gradient. Pedosphere 14 : 441 447.