Photosynthetic pigments in soils from northern Victoria Land (continental Antarctica) as proxies for soil algal community structure and function

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2105-2114

  Colacevich, Andrea ^a   Caruso, Tancredi ^a   Borghini, Francesca ^a   Bargagli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic soils; Model selection; Photosynthetic pigments; Physico chemical features; Soil algae

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; ANTARCTIC SOILS; ANTARCTICA; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MODEL SELECTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL FEATURES; PIGMENT DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL VARIABLES; SPATIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL SCALE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; UNIVARIATE MODELS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOMASS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FORESTRY; PAINT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MICROCLIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; WATER CONTENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70249148522     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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