Distribution and abundance of soil fungi in Antarctica at sites on the Peninsula, Ross Sea Region and McMurdo Dry Valleys

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 308-315

  Arenz, B E ^a   Blanchette, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biodiversity; Carbon; Fungi; Microbial Ecology; Nitrogen; PH; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; C/N RATIO; CARBON AND NITROGEN; DRY VALLEY; INDIGENOUS FUNGI; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY FACTORS; ROSS SEA; SALINITY; SOIL FUNGI; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL SAMPLE; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

FUNGI;

ABUNDANCE; CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNGUS; NITROGEN; PH; SALINITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

FUNGI;

EID: 78650677941     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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